Mother Shuckers Crab Shack

Cool little spot with great service, food and atmosphere.

I’m new to the area, so all restaurants are new to me. Being spitting distance to the Chesapeake, I expected to find some nice, fresh seafood places in the area - and thankfully this is one of them. I’ve never had oysters this fresh…..it’s like they pulled in the trap just for my meal. Just gotta have a care for shell pieces and sand (but that’s certainly not gonna stop me, it’s just more proof how fresh they are).

I also got a crab dish, which was also delicious, but my eyes are bigger than my belly and had to take some home. Score! Next day I smoked the oysters on grill and I had a nice crab cake with them.

The atmosphere/decor is church type “banquet & chairs” type tables and chairs - but kept extremely clean. And there’s a LOT LOT LOT of Trump tchotchke, which would be fine if one of them wasn’t staring at me like it was watching me/ judging me as I ate. 😆

Best place to get seafood, I moved to Florida, whenever I go back home to visit family this is the place I go for seafood. Without a doubt best place around the area.

Nakayla Mace-Cook, I doubt that it was because of the color of your skin. You were probably treated horribly because of your attitude your entitlement atmosphere or maybe he wasn’t treated bad at all. Maybe the staff was very busy at the time you visited this fine establishment I have eaten here at least 20 times and not once was I ever treated badly or anyone in my family along with my four kids the staff is awesome. The food is excellent like I said maybe the staff was busy. Maybe somebody had a bad day. God forbid you’ve never had a bad day because you’re entitled to have a perfect day every day

I was not treated well. It was clear to see this place didn’t like me because I was black..

This place was super great.Our family traveled to get some seafood and spend time together.We ended up coming back the next nite for dinner again it was that good!Thank you to Skyler and staff for making our trip an awesome one .We ll see you in the fall😃McCarthy Family

Great little crab shack! The food was on point and the our waiter was awesome.

Order dozen of large crabs $95.00 for lunch. Great service and friendly staff, my problem was once I got home and opened the bag Wtf... medium sized with legs missing on four!!!! Although, they were tasty. I'll wait for (Just In Time Sea food) too reopen next month.

We had just moved to the area and was looking for some famous NE crab cakes.
Our mistake. The place was filthy, smelly, overpriced and the owner had inappropriate political propaganda all over the place. There’s a time and place for almost everything, but it’s a crying shame when politics are the star of the show, not the cuisine.

We should have known what we were in for upon just approaching the front door of this place reeked of the rotten shellfish they throw in the dumpster -right next to the front door. Save yourself the trouble and buy a box of limp fish sticks. It’s about the same quality and you save yourself an empty wallet and a stomach ache.

🔥 highly recommend “Keepin it Krabby” in Martinsburg for the best seafood in the DMV area.

Food was too greasy and salty. I got a crab cake topped with a softshell crab, and I did not get one HINT of crab. The only thing I liked was the Hush Puppies and the sweet tea. Plus, it was LOADED with Trump decor and life-sized posters. Do not recommend.

Smells like pee in here. Not the good kind either.

Owners Chuck and Jackie were lovely! Skylar there son amazing! Food was great will be back 😁 also I’d like to add that I sat there and had probably a 20 minute conversation with the owners and politics did not come up in the conversation once. If you don’t want to have a conversation about a particular thing then don’t bring it up 🤷🏼‍♀️.

Super bummed. I’ve been picking up crabs to-go from here for a couple years now, but the last two years they have gone down hill. Finally got my first dozen 🦀 of the season a week ago and more than half of them were missing half of their legs (claws). As a true crab picking lover and Marylander we hope to expect at least a few loose claws thrown in the bottom of the bag as courtesy, especially if you spend $70 + tip for pick up.

This happened last year too, but refrained from giving a review because like I said I have been coming here for a while.

I know they will respond saying I don’t like Trump. This isn’t the case. Just someone who enjoyed supporting this business and hoping they can take this review into consideration.

I got food poisoning there. The owner claims that the only reason I gave a bad review is because I’m against their politics. That’s their excuse for any bad review. But, believe me, the food was substandard and it made me sick. They’ll deny it, but they lie.

Awesome as always ❤️