Dirty Dick's Crab House - Avon

Love the Gator Bites, and Gator tacos and all the other food they make. We stop here every time we go on vacation yearly

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hush Puppies, Gator Tail

Louisiana shrimp scampi is fantastic 😋

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service that we had was great the waiter tried to make sure that we had everything we needed even though he was really busy. The food was pretty good; it was not as good as other Seafood I have had other places but it was good enough that we will go back especially when we are in the Outer Banks again. The atmosphere is loud. Not a bad atmosphere it's just loud and really open and it might be what they are going for. It was a very fun experience though and we made sure to grab something from the souvenir shop before we left!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Combo

Great service, we were there during the off season

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My family and I visited this Thursday evening to celebrate my child’s 13th birthday. We arrived approximately around 6:30pm and were immediately seated. We were a party of 8, so it was surprising we got seated so quickly; however, that was one of the few enjoyments of the night.

We ordered the clam chowder bowl, kids chicken tender basket, flounder and shrimp plate, and two 1/2 orders of snow crab with the boil. My families food arrived after waiting for about 40 minutes. They all were satisfied with the flavor of their food. Myself and my child weren’t served our crab leg meals until my family was finished eating their entire meal. Four of our members had already left the restaurant while we were still eating. We also weren’t provided and drink refills until most of our food was already eaten.

Our server was very nice, but seemed to be overwhelmed with the tables she was taking care of. We were then offered two free desserts for “waiting so long”. I then asked for a discount instead of the desserts since we already had cake waiting. We did receive a 15% discount for the issue which was about half the price of one crab leg meal. This was disappointing due to the fact that mine and my daughter’s food consisted of over half the price of our bill, and we weren’t even able to enjoy our meal with our family.

Overall, too pricy and poor service. Will not be returning.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

We had the fried clams and scallops, very, very, good!

Food: 5

Best cheeseburger I ever had! My friend enjoyed the crab legs as well

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kind of kitschy place that draw people in with its name, obviously. Seafood was fresh and food was hot. It was good but nothing to write home about.
Partner got a funny shirt, of course.

Oysters were fresh and pretty good, only a touch of grit on a few.
My grilled mahi tacos were better once I pulled off most of the half pound of cheese (it seemed) on each one.
Beans and rice were better with more hot sauce.
Partner enjoyed his crab melt and said it was very hot when it arrived. He also really liked the hush puppies.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Clean , fast courteous service, food was great ! Made multiple visits to this location, always a pleasure and good meal . Will return next year .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Catch of the Day, Spiced Shrimp, Fish Tacos, Hush Puppies

Came in late (7pm) one hour before closing.
Almost empty restaurant and a food hall atmosphere. Friends were hyped about this place and brought us so we expected some excellent food.
Pros: Crabby Mary! Crazy, salty, „extra“ cocktail.
Cons: food was Ok. Rather bland and overcooked, and everything was deep fried and tasted like it comes out of the freezer.
Other people’s food on other tables looked good, so maybe we just ordered wrong.
Service was OK, all in all nothing to write home about. (Except for the Crabby Mary! 😉)

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

We sat at the bar for the special on shrimp. The steamed shrimp was so good. I also got the boil as a side and it was delicious. My hubby got the clam chowder in a bread bowl and said it was very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Steamed Shrimp

Forced gratuity, no thank you. Two separate families sitting at the same table with two separate bills. Forced gratuity of 18% on subpar service and mediocre food. If we would have dirtied up two separate tables we would have been able to choose our own tip. Will not be back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Just a great place for a big family! We had 4 kids with us, 2, 5, 6 and 10. Great waiter who refilled the shark when one child spilled it. Also he gave a great lesson on crab cracking! Fast service with a smile! When same chaotic kid skinned her knee on the way out, hostess was sweet as can be and found a bandaid. Great experience! Wonderful food! Giant portions! Highly recommend! Wish I’d gotten the names!

Kid-friendliness: Great kids’ menu, shark attack drink, can order dinner on a frisbee!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Catch of the Day, Shark Attack, Steak

Food was not good and very bland ! Was not worth the price !!

Food: 2

Service: 3

Very large group that came in and the place was not busy AT ALL. Took them 5 minutes to put silverware down and menus while we stood at the host stand watching them. Once seated they gave us one waitress who kicked butt and deserves a raise! 25 people and no one helped her except to bring food. The food was ok….nothing to be too impressed with. The Bloody Mary was just ok….I expected more but was more watered down tomato juice with barely any vodka.

Food came out in waves which is ok with such a large group. Only messed up 1 or 2 orders and they were small things like fries instead of something else.

Again, no help cashing out but our waitress once again kicked butt and got everyone taken care of quickly. The only reason I’d go back is to high five her and throw her some more money cause she did great.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5