“Checked out Crab Du Jour in Lumberton last night and it was excellent. It seems like a chain as there are a few around, but most likely franchised. I was hesitant to try them because reviews on google were very mixed, and there's nothing worse than seafood that isn't fresh. I am so glad we did.This is one of those cajun style steamer bag seafood places. The Lumberton location is an "xpress" and primarily takeout, but there are a handful of booths for eating in. Decorated in a cute nautical theme with fishing nets, old license plates, anchors etc. A sweet older Asian couple were running the place. The place was impeccably clean, both the storefront area and what I could see of the kitchen in the back, always a good sign.We opted to eat our food there while it was hot and fresh. We ordered 3 create your own combos, select your seafood, sauce, and spice level. We all went with garlic butter sauce. We did 1 LB of spicy snow crab legs, 1LB mild crab legs, and a mixed bag 1/2 LB lobster tail and 1/2 LB scallops. Each bag included a couple red potatoes and 2 half ears of corn.Crabs were cooked perfectly, juicy, slid right out of the shells and the sauce was super flavorful. We liked the spicy version a bit better and would probably ask to mix garlic butter and old bay in the future. But the lobster and scallops? BOYYYYY. Let me just say I NEVER order these items out because I find them consistently disappointing. Scallops are always small, both tend to be overcooked and lacking flavor. That was not the case! There were 6 huuuuge scallops, again perfectly cooked. Even drenched in the garlic butter you could still taste that unique clean sweetness of a quality sea scallop. And this was genuinely the best lobster tail I've ever had. So so tender, none of the overcooked chewy lobster business here. Potatoes and corn were also good, definitely using fresh ears of corn not frozen. We also had a side of fries, which were they type with a very light tempura like batter. Hot and crispy, would get those again too.We washed it down with a variety of specialty Asian teas and sodas they sell in the beverage case. Food was served with a bucket for shells , a pair of gloves each, and a full package of baby wipes ? Both the lady at the counter and the man cooking checked on us several times. They were very kind, there is a slight language barrier so be patient when ordering please!Overall 10/10. Highly recommend this place, especially for enjoying a mess-free seafood boil on the patio at home in the coming months.“
“Checked out Crab Du Jour in Lumberton last night and it was excellent. It seems like a chain as there are a few around, but most likely franchised. I was hesitant to try them because reviews on google were very mixed, and there's nothing worse than seafood that isn't fresh. I am so glad we did.This is one of those cajun style steamer bag seafood places. The Lumberton location is an "xpress" and primarily takeout, but there are a handful of booths for eating in. Decorated in a cute nautical theme with fishing nets, old license plates, anchors etc. A sweet older Asian couple were running the place. The place was impeccably clean, both the storefront area and what I could see of the kitchen in the back, always a good sign.We opted to eat our food there while it was hot and fresh. We ordered 3 create your own combos, select your seafood, sauce, and spice level. We all went with garlic butter sauce. We did 1 LB of spicy snow crab legs, 1LB mild crab legs, and a mixed bag 1/2 LB lobster tail and 1/2 LB scallops. Each bag included a couple red potatoes and 2 half ears of corn.Crabs were cooked perfectly, juicy, slid right out of the shells and the sauce was super flavorful. We liked the spicy version a bit better and would probably ask to mix garlic butter and old bay in the future. But the lobster and scallops? BOYYYYY. Let me just say I NEVER order these items out because I find them consistently disappointing. Scallops are always small, both tend to be overcooked and lacking flavor. That was not the case! There were 6 huuuuge scallops, again perfectly cooked. Even drenched in the garlic butter you could still taste that unique clean sweetness of a quality sea scallop. And this was genuinely the best lobster tail I've ever had. So so tender, none of the overcooked chewy lobster business here. Potatoes and corn were also good, definitely using fresh ears of corn not frozen. We also had a side of fries, which were they type with a very light tempura like batter. Hot and crispy, would get those again too.We washed it down with a variety of specialty Asian teas and sodas they sell in the beverage case. Food was served with a bucket for shells , a pair of gloves each, and a full package of baby wipes ? Both the lady at the counter and the man cooking checked on us several times. They were very kind, there is a slight language barrier so be patient when ordering please!Overall 10/10. Highly recommend this place, especially for enjoying a mess-free seafood boil on the patio at home in the coming months.“