Crafty Crab Woodbridge

Food amount and quality horribly misrepresented by the restaurant. Fraudulent. For example, see the photo of their 12 “steamed scallops.” Waste of time and money.

Food: 1

Excellent service, spectacular seafood, and a fun atmosphere!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn

Came with my friend on a Friday night. I’m honestly confused how it’s not busier. There was no wait and our waiter Mohammed was super friendly and helpful. The food was awesome! We shared a boil with crab, shrimp, sausage, potatoes and corn in the Boom! seasoning that was really nice. The crab fries were seriously better than they had any right to be.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn

Personally I love this place and anytime I am in Woodbridge I try to go. We get the same thing, oysters and a steamed bag of seafood goodness. BOOM Boom sauce and medium heat. No complaints here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our first time with my wife, and we can't complain, the seafood was very tasty, excellent service, very good location and atmosphere, I recommend it

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Snow crab legs were overcooked and sticking to the shell. And I did more fighting than eating and just gave up and tossed it to the side.
The sauce wasn't that special.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn

Great shrimp and crab boil!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn

The first issue we had was the Sign. Yes, the Sign. We walking down the packed parking lot at Potomac Mills Mall and were actually headed to the Cheesecake factory when we saw the other building beside it and I saw the picture of the Crab claw but since the sign was black we could not read it. I had to open up Google maps and zoom in to find out what the name of the restaurant was.

Being seafood lovers we decided to give that a try.
We were greeted and seated immediately which was nice and the waiter came right away and took our drink order.

The second issue we ran into was the menu, it was confusing. It showed menu items with half pound and 1 lb pricing but then underneath everything it said you could not order in half pound increments which was extremely confusing. After our waiter explained how things worked... we still weren't quite sure but I ended up ordering a pound of the Alaskan king crab legs and the wife ordered 1 lb of the Snow crab legs. We had never been here before and I noticed that they were going to put seasoning on the crab legs which I prefer my crab legs just steamed so I asked to have the seasoning on the side and I am so grateful that I did that. They served the seasoning on the side which was a bowl of butter and a bunch of seasonings and I cannot imagine trying to crack open the shells with that all butter already all over them on the outside.

I'm a firm believer that you eat with your eyes and the presentation was extremely odd. Your order comes served in a bag that is blown up on a plate so you can't even see your food until you unwrap it. Again this type of presentation was very odd in my opinion.

You are served this with a plastic fork and crackers. When I tried to crack my Alaskan king crab legs they were so rubbery I could not even open one. And trying to use a plastic fork was a no-go as well. Our waiter had not been back so I grabbed another waitress walking by and asked her if they had a knife and she was gracious enough to bring me a crab knife.

The wife's snow crabs were cooked properly and she was able to crack them open and enjoy her meal.

After struggling with my crab legs which I should have sent back but our waiter never came to check on us after bringing the food even though I saw him at another nearby table he never bothered to come over to check on us, so I just pushed through.

When our waiter did finally come back at the end of our meal, I think he knew he had messed up because he saw us talking to the hostess asking him to get our waiter so we could get our check he intermediately came over.

Unfortunately I just can't recommend this place, not just because of the service but the food and presentation were extremely bad in my opinion.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn, Snow Crab Legs, Corn on the Cob

Went for my mom's birthday and she loves seafood, I'm not much of a fan. This place has an exceptional staff. I made a mistake and ordered a seafood boil, I was wanting to try something different but immediately realized I made a mistake. The waiter Cristian was very friendly and noticed I wasn't enjoying myself. He convinced me to talk to the manager and they took that meal off my bill and let me order something else. I was very appreciative as I had accepted that I messed up and threw money away but they saved me on that. I really enjoyed my catfish basket. My mom loved her dinner and my son had no complaints so I take it he liked it. Cristian and the manager is the reason this is a 5 star review. Excellent service that will put this place at the top of my list when my mom wants seafood.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

It’s unfortunate that I’m writing this review as someone who was a loyal customer to this business but everyone needs to know about the unprofessionalism coming from the staff here. My fiancé and i ordered boils from here via Uber eats and when the food got to us the bags were small and we could tell right away it wasn’t our order. The name on the bag was also an indication that it wasn’t our order. We called Uber first to see if they had any other orders or how he got the wrong order and ended up calling crafty to let them know they still had our order and we had someone else’s. We even offered to take the order back to the restaurant and if they could give us our order or remake it due to the inconvenience. After all, it was confirmed that the staff handed out the wrong order to the driver. The manager was so rude and nasty and tried to refuse us of any help. He told us that it’s not his problem and to call Uber and eats. He stated that we didn’t pay him we paid Uber. The issue is that we paid Uber to deliver but paid almost 200 dollars for dinner. You got majority of the cost for the food and we are supposed to be left w no dinner, no solution even for another day? Absolutely not, i had To argue him down and let him know how much of a mess up both them and the Uber team made to allow him to finally listen and understand that they handed out the wrong order. He finally stopped arguing and said to just come in. I was already close and went in with the order that wasn’t ours. He didn’t even greet me. Just took the bag and looked at the ticket saying Oh… i see I see . We remake it for you. He went to the back of the kitchen w the biggest attitude as if we made the mistake. He then yelled and scolded his employee and 15 mins later came back w the new order instead of apologizing he tried to dumb down the situation and said the only difference is the quantity other than there was no issues w the order. I would Think paying almost 200 for a meal and not getting the amount for that price is deff a difference. Also he still didn’t make it right, the flavor wasn’t what we asked for. I took The order and at home went to take the bags out of the crafty crab bag and sauce squirted everywhere all over my house. I realized That they punched both bags purposely to allow the sauce to spill everywhere!! That has never happened to us before and the bags are thick to avoid that sort of thing . Ridiculous! Trying to punish us as if we made the mistake. Disgusting business and people. Lost loyal customers because we will never support then again.

Atmosphere: 1

I’ve been here plenty of times with my cousins and we always order the same seafood boil. My most recent visit I went with my boyfriend and his family and we all ordered the same thing- 4 of the snow crab legs. They were all missing the sausage so I told the waiter and he came back with three bags of sausages for us but he lied and said that they don’t come with sausages. I know they do you don’t have to lie to make yourself look better it just makes you look bad. Our order came out to $180 for 5 people because they charged us extra for ordering sausages

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn, Snow Crab Legs, Corn on the Cob

The seafood boils are delicious, and the portions are very small. You can not order just shrimp alone or crab alone. You have to order half a lb or a whole lb of shrimp & crab together. A lb of shrimp & crab seafood boils will cost around $100

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

When the mood strikes we visit this place for good eats. Get ready as there are great options at this restaurant and There is a sliding scale of heat and seasoning options. We Love the Shrimp Broil with Boom Seasoning! For us, 1 lb. Is enough for 2 ppl. The broil arrives in a steam bag which arrives with potatoes and corn. We have enough to take some home. We have attended and I’ve celebrated my own birthday here with a large crowd and they are super accommodating. They had this fried rice which was amazing, but it is not on the menu anymore. However, you will love their hushpuppies with honey. They have plenty of fried or grill food and drink options on the menu. There is space to rent upstairs for events. The main floor has a big dance floor a bar and plenty of seating. There is plenty of parking and seating outside. The wait staff is also pretty great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn, Hush Puppies, Corn on the Cob

The manager on duty tonight 10/19 at 835pm is the worst. I was approached by the manager asking the gender of my 3yr old child and was told I could not take my child with me to use the bathroom because she said my child was a male. Male or female that’s my 3 yrs old child. We came in a party of 16.
My server was amazing

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

I had the fried clams, but they wear bread and tasteless. The crab fries were delicious but made with imitation crab. The bartender did a great job with the drinks. The atmosphere is perfect for our date night.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil Crabs Shrimp Potatoes & Corn