Shaking Crab (Newton)

203 Adams St, Newton
(617) 795-1630

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Alex B

We where short on time and
Explained the waiter we are coming over in 15 min ahead of us coming. In the middle of order I was asked to wait a sec and it took 4 min. After placing and order I reminded the waitress that we willcbe dining in and she cancelled the placed order as we had to order once in. She hanged up.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

NA SSI

The food is so delicious! My parents enjoyed it too~~
We went with 4 people and ordered 2 large sizes.
It's a lot of fun to go with two people and order one portion each. The lobster tail was also delicious❤️

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Leanne Jeanty

The staff was so incredibly nice and the food was amazing. Best seafood boil spot, and I can’t wait to continue going there. Do not pass up on this spot. ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries, Snow Crab Legs, Seafood Boil

Phillip Nguyen

Who knew a seafood place would have such amazing fries. The fried shrimp was also delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kenneth Rivera

This was a terrible experience. Ordered take Out. Lobster was dry and apparently reheated, just a few salty morsels on a hot dog bun. Never again, and for the price and tip, a disgrace.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll

Pilai W

Seafood good portion for 2 .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil

Jayde Camille

The food was very good the atmosphere was quiet not a lot of parking spaces available situated in residential are, drink are really good

Wheelchair accessibility: yes

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Fried Corn, Snow Crab Legs, Seafood Boil, The Jumbo Shaker Snowcrab Shrimp Corn

Kaushiki Banerjee

Parking: Adam’s street has free parking on both sides for three to four hours and shaking crab is on Adam’s street.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Noodles, Lobster Roll, Cajun Fries

Matt Higgins

Delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mimi

They have amazing sauce options, compliments their shrimp basket really well. Their Cajun seafood boil is a great balance of spicy. Their sesame noodle is a must, fresh ingredients, like garlic and parsley, you can taste it right away!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Clams, Snow Crab Legs, Seafood Boil, Lobster Tail, Fried Shrimp Basket

Duke Lootchip

It's cool and whatever but if I'm paying this much y'all better be clapping while I'm eating

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

D Vadney

We went at noon on a Saturday right when they opened. Parking is all curbside in a rather nice/upscale residential area, but there wasn't any trouble finding a spot right across from the restaurant. I had tried "reserving a table" online from the Google listing the day before and it led me to believe they were completely booked till Saturday evening; I'm glad we took a chance and went anyways because we were the only people there for 1.5 hours. Our waitress was a fantastic young lady who was super attentive and very familiar with the menu, which is always a relief. I did a boil bag of half crab legs and half crawfish. Id say the juice wasn't worth the squeeze with the Crawfish, only bc it was a lot of work to get the meat out for what you get. It's not like in the South with crawfish where you can easily peel barehanded. With the seasoning and sauce etc you're gonna want to wear the gloves they provide and it just makes it a bit tricky. That's nothing against the restaurant, just a person opinion. All in all the crab legs and crawfish were delicious and the process was super fun. Their drinks were fantastic, if a little expensive but whatever. The presentation was definitely on point. I had the strawberry mojito, my husband had the Mai Thai. Their sweet tea could've been straight from texas. I'd absolutely recommend this restaurant to people and would go back if I was in the area again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Norton Lam

My wife and I stopped in at the end of a long day for a seafood boil. We got the Seafood Galore with Envie (cilantro lime) sauce. It was unbelievably delicious. No other comments necessary.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil

Elijah Wreh

Overall, the service was great, the staff was very helpful, and the menu was very easy to follow and select from.

Parking: Finding a parking spot was very difficult, and I had to park far from the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll, Snow Crab Legs, Seafood Boil, Sweet Potato Fries

Darcy Dorwart

Well done! Quick service, great food, low key, excellent fun experience!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil

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