Crafty Crab Alexandria

5770 Dow Avenue, Alexandria
(703) 647-9096

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Customers' Favorites

Snow Crab and Shrimp Crawfish
Garlic Breaded Cheese Curds
Fried Catfish Basket
Fried Shrimp Basket
Lemon Pepper Wings
One Dozen Oyster
Corn on the Cob
Snow Crab Boil
Snow Crab Legs
Fried Tilapia

Menu

Something Fried
Fried Catfish Basket
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.
Fried Shrimp Basket
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.
Fried Calamari
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.
crab cake
2 pcs
Fried Oyster Basket
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.
Crabmeat Fries
Cheesesticks
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.
Chicken Tender Basket
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.
(12pc) Fried Scallop Basket
Fried Tilapia Basket
All baskets served with a side of your choice, fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, potato, or corn on the cob.

Oyster and Scallop
Steam Scallop
Oyster and scallop are first steamed then seasoned with one of our special seasonings.

Seafood Boils
Snow Crab Legs
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Shrimp (Headless)
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Crawfish
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Shrimp
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
King Crab Leg
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Dungeness Crab
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Black Mussels
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Green Mussels
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Lobster Tail
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.
Clam
Your fresh catch is boiled in our secret spices, then blended with one of our crafty crab signature seasonings and served in a bag to preserve the flavors. Each pound comes with potato and corn on the cob.

Combine Em
Snow Crab & Headless Shrimp
Each pound seafood comes with 1corn and 2potatos.
Seafood Platter
Snow crab (2 clusters), whole shrimp (1/2 lb), crawfish (1/2 lb), mussels (1/2 lb), clams (1/2 lb), 2 corns, and 3 potatoes, (not sold by the pound, cannot be substituted). Each pound of seafood comes with 1 corn and 2 potatoes.
Snow Crab & Crawfish
Each pound Seafood comes with 1corn and 2potatos.
Snow Crab & Whole Shrimp
Each pound seafood comes with 1corn and 2potatos.
Whole Shrimp & Crawfish
Each pound seafood comes with 1corn and 2potatos.
Mussels & Clams
Each pound seafood comes with 1corn and 2potatos.

Sides
Hush Puppies
Steamed Rice
Boiled Eggs (2)
Corn on the Cob (3)
Coleslaw
Potatoes (3)
Sausages
Fries
Onion Rings
Crab Cake (2)
Broccoli
Sweet PotatoFries

Salads & Desserts
Cheese Cake
Key Lime Pie
House Salad
Chocolate cake
Shrimp Salad
Chicken Salad

Daily Specials
Snow Crab Special
1/2 lb snow crab, 1/2 lb headless shrimp, 1/4 lb sausage, 2 corn, and 2 potatoes.
Green / Black Mussel Special
1/2 lb mussel, 1/2 lb snow crab leg, 1/2 headless shrimp, 1/4 lb sausage, 2 corn, and 2 potatoes.
Lobster Special
1/2 lb lobster tail, 1/2 lb snow crab leg, 1/2 lb headless shrimp, 1/4lb sausage, 2 corn, and 2 potatoes.
Dungeness Special
1/2 lb Dungeness crab, 1/2 lb snow crab, 1/2 lb headless shrimp, 1/4 lb sausage, 2 corn, and 2 potatoes.

Wings
Lemon Pepper Wings
Cajun Wings
Buffalo Wings
Sweet Chili Wings
Plain Wings
Breaded Sweet Chili Wings

Soda
Sprite
ginger ale
pepsi
dr pepper
diet pepsi
ice tea
Water
apple juice
mountain dow
orange juice

Make your own
Make your own
you need to pick at least one pound of seafood

Holiday Specials
#H1. Holiday Crawfish Special
1/2 crawfish, 1/2 headless shrimp, 1/2 black mussel, 2 corn, 2 potato, and 2 egg
#H4. Holiday Dungeness Special
1/2 Dungeness crab, 1/2 headless shrimp, 1/2 black mussel, 2 corn, 2 potato, and 2 egg
#H2. Holiday Clam Special
1/2 clam, 1/2 headless shrimp, 1/2 black mussel, 2 corn, 2 potato, and 2 egg
#H3. Holiday Lobster Special
1 lobster tail, 1/2 headless shrimp, 1/2 black mussel, 2 corn, 2 potato, and 2 egg

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Recent Reviews

5/5 always! 🦀 Crafty Crab seriously never disappoints. The snow crab special is FIRE every single time, and the shrimp basket with fries is delicious — 5/5!
They also have really good Sunday drink specials — $3 off drafts, $4 off glasses, $10 pitchers, and $20 buckets. 🍻 Great deals to go along with the seafood.
Customer service is always good, the atmosphere is fun and casual, and the food consistently hits. Definitely...
September 2026
We got it to go tonight and everything was delicious. Placed an online order and was ready pretty quickly. Another plus for the fact this food alone cheered up a significant other who was having a bad night. We had the daily special crab legs, shrimp, sausage, potatoes and clams. We’ll be back!
August 2026
Went there for dinner and had the seafood platter. The food was good, but honestly, it wasn’t anything too amazing. The place is pretty spacious, with booths, tables, and a whole bar section.

They could definitely use a few more servers, though. We had a hard time getting our server’s attention to order, and we also waited quite a while for extra gloves. Another thing is that the music was really loud, so it was hard to have a conversation with my friends.
August 2026

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Crafty Crab Alexandria

5770 Dow Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 647-9096