This restaurants as no pretensions, it is all about good food and drink and excellent service and that is what it delivers. Yes it has a unique selling point, a bucket of fresh steaming shellfish up-ended directly onto the table with panache! It has your choice of ingredients along with potato, sausage and sweet corn. You are armed with the... More 

The food was Gr.....reat and watch out for the deserts awesome! The service was excellent and it was just a good eating time👍😎

After a full day of wine tasting this was a vibrant change of pace. Congenial, attentive, and overall good service-thank you Erin. This is a place I would recommend for travelers passing through or staying in Pismo Beach.

I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to people who experienced similar but with much better quality food and greater seafood variety places like Crabby Crab in Los Angeles, etc.. This place might be good for people who wouldn't know the difference.

I've been to Cracked Crab during a family beach trip. A place the people I was with were used to and love. Staff is friendly, helpful, service is good. I remember it in a good way. You want to have seafood there, crab of course, because it is definitely what it is well-known for! I suggest the "Whole Jumbo Alaskan... More 

My friend and I had a great experience at this restaurant. We ordered the bucket, which was dumped on our table. It was a huge amount of food, which we took some home. Add a couple beers and our bill was around $120 with a tip. Not cheap, but good and worth the experience.

We ordered the combination plate with snowcrab dungenous and mini lobsters. This restaurant is unique in that it pours your food right onto the table. Also you get corn on the cob and red potatoes and shrimp and oysters clams. The food was delicious and fresh and service was very good. I especally loved the little mini lobsters most of... More 

I expected great things from this restaurant but was a little disappointed. We didn't have the bucket of crab but instead ordered off the menu and it was standard fayre. I had the soft shell crab sandwich which was a little over fried so it was almost burnt. The meal was expensive and perhaps overpriced for what we had. However... More 

Awesome place to enjoy a bucket of seafood. You get to choice 3 options. Comes with corn on the cob, potatoes, and sausages. You definitely get fresh seafood from here! Crab and shrimp was delicious! It's a must if you like fresh seafood! Really good atmosphere and staff are super friendly. All the key ingredients for a great restaurant! #1... More