Mr. & Mrs. Crab - Gainesville

Megan was so nice and so attentive. She went through the menu and took the time to explain everything for first timers. Megan was awesome!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was great for the 3 of us.
Ordered a combo meal with sausage and clams.
The three of us were very full.
My favorite sauce.
He has his own style.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was pretty good. Crab was easy to shell. Scallops were okay. Waitress was excellent.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best seafood in Gainesville!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The experience for my family at Mr. and Mrs. Crab was extremely disappointing to say the least. We had all looked forward to celebrating a wonderful birthday dinner, however, were met with a $411 meal that we didn’t even have silverware to eat with until over halfway done. Apparently the crab crackers were all dirty and being washed (understandable) but we did not even have forks and waited quite awhile after asking for them. I have worked extensively in food service and the restaurant appeared adequately staffed and was maybe half full.

The most disappointing part of our experience was that we had asked for a birthday song both when we first arrived and reminded our waitress afterwards. We waited for over 30 minutes after our dinner (we received the check, etc.) until the staff came to sing happy birthday. Normally I would have said just forget about the song so that we could just leave at that point, however, I knew my nephew had been counting on that as part of his celebration. The waitstaff then proceeded to say very loudly “let’s get this over with” as they walked past the table prior to singing. The entire experience at this restaurant was overpriced, disrespectful, and a sore disappointment. Save your $400 for a meal that’s worth it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

The dining area has enough decorations to keep your eyes busy for a while. Our waiter was prompt and helpful. We ordered the crab boil in the special sauce per a kind ladies recommendation we met in the lobby area. They don’t have brewed tea but the fountain tea was acceptable. The he crab cakes were edible but likely out of a bag. We didn’t have to wait long for our boil in a bag . The first thing I noticed was the shrimp that were deveined were a little dry. However, the couple I found that had not been deveined were soft and juicy. The sausage was tasty but bordering on overcooked.
About the crabs…
Our trusty server went awol for a while after giving us our food and we were left to assume they didn’t provide claw crackers. I explained to my date that likely people stole them and that’s why we didn’t receive any. Furthermore, I told her that it was still possible to recover the meat from the claws even without the proper tool. So, I set about breaking into those things with fork and fang. Let me tell you, those were some of the most well armored crabs I have consumed in my 40+ years of crab consuming. Through the fire and the flames I proceeded to rend the paltry supply of meat from those crustaeous devils for my woman. Finally our waiter made his appearance and I immediately began to confront him about our situation. Turns out, they had both butter and claw crackers for their customers. After returning with the butter he asked if he could shuck the remaining crab for us to which we replied with a hasty yes. As we began to indulge ourselves in our recently acquired butter he pops open a crab and says “eh, I’ll get y’all a better crab.”… So, he took off with the crab while we dipped our remaining meat in the butter. As I stated earlier, paltry amounts of meat for the effort. When he returned with our replacement crab, only then did it occur to me that we had been duped. The new crab was loaded with delicious moist meat. Apparently, our originals were so overcooked the meat had shrunk to dry particulate in comparison.
The sauce was amazing and tempting to just drink it from the bottom of the bag. The corn was tasty but also slightly overcooked. I was guilty of not knowing what to expect and therefore let the experience get out of hand. When I return, things will go better.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sausage, Sauce

Good food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cajun

Great service and Best Mr and Mrs Krabs I've ever been to!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sausage, Lobster Shrimp Potatoes and Corn, Cajun, Sauce, Steamed Oysters, Lobster

Service was great...wish I could remember his name, but we dined on Halloween and had a great male server.
Food is alright, I wish we had Gulf shrimp! It was fast and in a convenient location!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Our first time eating here and it was a big win. Matt was our server and yes he was nice. This was our first time here. We will return. I loved the way the place is decorated.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

So disappointing. I am an out of towner and went in and the service was just bad. The food was not as good as expected.

Food: 3

Service: 1

Dang good seafood boil, Mr and Mrs crab flavor extra hot is awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lobster Shrimp Potatoes and Corn

For $70 you can get a truly absurd amount of seafood for two people. Simple and delicious menu with all the hits. The atmosphere is nice and the service is friendly. The food came out in less than 5 minutes but tasted really fresh. It’s just a solid restaurant that doesn’t overcharge.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was great.. MJ, was our server & couldn't have asked for a better server, he was very attentive, friendly & informative. Atmosphere, is great, lots to see.
We had a great dinner as a whole & would like to thank you all, for a great experience & a very special thank you, to MJ, for doing such a great job.. KEEP UP THAT AWESOME ATTITUDE.
We will definitely be back...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Server was very nice and responsive. Crab legs were bomb!!! Spice was nice. The drink was wonderful.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4