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Informal seafood chain serving crab buckets & stuffed shrimp, plus American comfort dishes.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 190 NJ-35, Eatontown, NJ 07724
Phone: (732) 389-2116
Website: http://www.joescrabshack.com/
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Joe’s Crab Shack
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Abandoned Joe’s Crab Shack in Eatontown, NJ – YouTube
This location closed down in July 2017. The Monmouth Mall also closed down just recently in August 2024 and will be demolished soon to make …
Joe’s Crab Shack closes at Monmouth Mall – Asbury Park Press
EATONTOWN – You can’t “Eat at Joe’s” in Eatontown any longer. Joe’s Crab Shack at the Monmouth Mall closed on Monday.
Reviews
Joseph Gabell
Food is as usual amazing. Always get the steamer pots and i am never disappointed. Waiters & Waitresses are always so nice and so helpful. Also the drink menu is beyond accommodating to both beer lovers and mixed drink lovers! definitely will be a place i love to go
… moreMartin Zhang
So all the negative reviews are true: small portion, over priced, bad service, blah blah blah. My family came to celebrate Mother’s Day. Arrived around 6:10 Sunday, probably the peak time of the day. We got our seats fairly quickly. But we had to wait for 30 minutes for our appetizers and another 45 minutes for the main dishes. My food came out with a missing item. We hoped a relaxing and cheerful night. But the burning feeling of beer in an empty stomach really chipped away any notion of celebrations or relaxation during the long wait, together with many many disappointments when a waiter carried food passing our table time and time again. It would be unfair to blame the hard working waiters and waitresses. The incompetent management made this restaurant a miserable place that no one will miss.
… moreJustin Brett
Two visits in the last few months. Neither was wonderful. Overpriced (barely mediocre) seafood and bad service were prevalent on both trips. First visit, there were no kids menus, so we were shown a printout of a kids menu that was not inclusive of the entrees and drinks. Celebrated a birthday party and were told they didn’t have candles (and that people usually provide their own, which I’ve never seen nor heard anywhere else.) Bartenders didn’t know how to make drinks from their menu. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for your seafood fix.
… moreJay Dee
As someone who knows seafood the food here was not good. The crab cakes don’t hold together, the stuffed shrimp had so much stuffing that made the shrimp overcooked in order to cook the stuffing to temp. To be fair, it is a crab restaurant and I didn’t get crab. My lady’s food was not hot when it came out. Our server, Bevin, was great though. Drinks were good and the Remolaude sauce was good too.
… moreC Z
The wait staff was awesome. The were great to the kiddos. THERE is a pirate ship the kiddos can play either waiting for their food or afterwards. Food was pretty good. WE didn’t get the buckets, a little pricey but the sea food was excellent.
… moreSwag master527
Horrible! Do not eat here!!! As the guy before me said the negative reviews are true. Horrible service. Had to wait an hour after seating our appetizers never came. They do not attend large parties as gratuity is included and is 18%. They are not attentive at all because they are getting paid with over priced plates and small portions and nasty flavor, sea food is not fresh, no meat inside. Had clams and all the shells were empty. What a horrible experience. Never again will I attend any Joe’s crab shake.
… moreJeff Niel
STAY AWAY! save your money
this restaurant is terrible- if you order a dinner -THEY DON’T give you a salad- and they don’t give you any bread- my girlfriend ordered salmon with mashed potatoes and coleslaw – the salmon was fair- but the sides were horrible and it was a very small portion – and like i said- no salad no bread- for a little more were could of ate like royalty at Red Lobster-
now i had a grilled chicken salad- half the lettuce was white- not a lot of chicken- and the menu said it had avocado- i saw 2 pieces of avocado in there each was no bigger than a dime– for this i should of went to Chili’s – their grilled chicken salad is a dollar less and you get twice as much- all fresh vegetables more chicken and better tasting –
now the service was horrible – we went there about 1:30 pm on a Saturday. afternoon, the place was more than half empty and it took over 30 min for our order- when i needed more salad dressing our waitress was not in site- had to get up and look around for another waitress-finally found someone to help me- then i notice our waitress was in another section cleaning a table. this restaurant is big in terms of square footage- she should not of been in another section 50 feet away.
STAY AWAY! save your money….
Red Lobster would be the better choice for seafood and their service is always great- along with a much better atmosphere -Chili’s has the best salads- better service –
… morethis restaurant is terrible- if you order a dinner -THEY DON’T give you a salad- and they don’t give you any bread- my girlfriend ordered salmon with mashed potatoes and coleslaw – the salmon was fair- but the sides were horrible and it was a very small portion – and like i said- no salad no bread- for a little more were could of ate like royalty at Red Lobster-
now i had a grilled chicken salad- half the lettuce was white- not a lot of chicken- and the menu said it had avocado- i saw 2 pieces of avocado in there each was no bigger than a dime– for this i should of went to Chili’s – their grilled chicken salad is a dollar less and you get twice as much- all fresh vegetables more chicken and better tasting –
now the service was horrible – we went there about 1:30 pm on a Saturday. afternoon, the place was more than half empty and it took over 30 min for our order- when i needed more salad dressing our waitress was not in site- had to get up and look around for another waitress-finally found someone to help me- then i notice our waitress was in another section cleaning a table. this restaurant is big in terms of square footage- she should not of been in another section 50 feet away.
STAY AWAY! save your money….
Red Lobster would be the better choice for seafood and their service is always great- along with a much better atmosphere -Chili’s has the best salads- better service –
C R
OVER PRICED AND MEDIOCRE QUALITY
I was skeptic about coming here due to the reviews, and deep in my gut I knew this place was to good to be true, probably why I have always kept going past it. I finally went and I wasn’t impressed at all. Ordered calimari appetizer which was ridiculously greasy and meager in portion for the price. For dinner my friend got the crab cakes which were cold and tasted mealy and fishy. Not what I was expecting for a “crabshack.” I got the classic steam pot for dinner, the steam pot on the menu looked massive and filled to the brim with crab legs, shrimp, corn, etc, but what I got was probably half of what was shown in the picture. The positives are that the waitress was very nice and that the decor was cute, but for the price and quality of this place, it’s extremely disappointing.
… moreI was skeptic about coming here due to the reviews, and deep in my gut I knew this place was to good to be true, probably why I have always kept going past it. I finally went and I wasn’t impressed at all. Ordered calimari appetizer which was ridiculously greasy and meager in portion for the price. For dinner my friend got the crab cakes which were cold and tasted mealy and fishy. Not what I was expecting for a “crabshack.” I got the classic steam pot for dinner, the steam pot on the menu looked massive and filled to the brim with crab legs, shrimp, corn, etc, but what I got was probably half of what was shown in the picture. The positives are that the waitress was very nice and that the decor was cute, but for the price and quality of this place, it’s extremely disappointing.
Carol Fetz
Great food, great service. I got the Dungenous crab pot in Old Bay and I recommend it highly. There are several huge crabs, some red potatoes and a delicious ear of corn in the pot. If you haven’t been there, this place is a must ! Lobster, crab, shrimp, clams, etc. So disappointed to hear that this restaurant closed, along with several others. Now the nearest one is in Lawrenceville.
… morecatie fun
I’m embarrassed that I was so close to the Jersey shore and ate at this subpar chain. It’s so loud (that whole screaming/singing happy birthday at peoples’ tables must die). The food pretty much sucks and tastes like something out of a food court in the mall. The fried calamari tasted like something you’d get in Applebees…in Ohio. The wait staff was friendly….almost disturbingly so. Keep driving….you’re almost at the shore.
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