Crabby Dick’s
30 Clinton St, Delaware City, DE, 19706
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Address :
30 Clinton St
Delaware City, DE, 19706 - Phone (302) 832-5100
- Website https://www.crabby-dicks.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 9:00pm
- Mon : 11:00 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Street
Bike Parking : No
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
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Michele R.
Ok, the only reason I keep going back is because it's only about a block from my house. On a nice day the view of the water from the deck is beautiful. Everytime I try to give the food another chance I am disappointed. We ordered the 5.99 burger special the other night (for take-out) and had a drink at the bar while waiting. The rolls where dry and stale, and the burger was also dried out with very little flavor. I didn't even finish it all. The 5.99 is for a BURGER only. Fries are extra. As I said before, Crabby's is a once in a while treat. The food tends to be hit or miss. Maybe if you go you will have a better experience. I live in town and negative experiences here tend to be the norm for me and my friends. EVERYTHING here is expensive. And you don't get much quantity for your $$$. Stay away from the spiced up "crabby popcorn". Oh it's pretty good but so salty and spicy you will be forced to buy more beverages. But...if you're looking for a touristy place to hang out while visiting Delaware City then Crabby's offers the nicest atmosphere. Depending on the chef and the day of the week tho, you're taking a gamble with the quality of your food. If you plan on drinking, make sure you come with a full wallet! Your bill will be high! If you go on a Thursday night, say hello to Mishna who runs the karaoke. That's really the only thing worth doing there at Crabby's.
(1)Autumn K.
Nice atmosphere on the deck. Definitely a great place to grab drinks and chill with friends. Service was mediocre but the manager definitely made up for it. She was all over the place and still had time to check on each and every table! Good menu options even for those that don't like seafood.
(3)Madeline Y.
We were driving down to "Slower" Delaware from Brooklyn, NY to hang out at a friends beach house when we got a hankering for crabs. Generally when we get that far past Jersey, we go to another crab shack. But our usual was off the beaten path. Using our trusty hand held devices, and a memory my friends childhood of a place his mom used to take him way back in the day, we found Crabby dicks (in a different spot than when my friend used to go as a tiny child). Twice I've been here, and both times, I was in awe. Maybe it's because we were so far from home and were in awe of the place or maybe each time we happened upon the place they wer having a good night - whatever the case, this place rocks. From all the dirty innuendos and puns on the menu (Crabby Dicks wife's name is Anita Dick - comon!!!) to the ridiculous amount of crabs you can get for less than a dozen oysters in NYC. The service was what was to be expected for a small town; at least to us it was great and they loved that we loved the place. They have fun merchandise and pretty decent entrees if you're not a crab person, too. If you find yourself heading south towards Rehoboth or Delarware City from the Tri-state area and you're itching for a home town feel and crabs, this place is a slight detour off the highway and worth the trip.
(5)Ethan J.
Not sure if this place would be as popular if it wasn't located on the waterfront. Good drinks, and setting. Service was helpful but a little amateur. The menu was huge, and the customers around us seemed to enjoy what they had. The sexual theme was funny at first, but a little overwhelming. It made it hard for us to take the place seriously.
(3)Chris D.
Great place and even better location. Do not understand why the bartenders have to duck in and out of a small door and can't reach their assigned tables. It appears to be dangerous to the staff and is disconcerting to watch this limbo exercise.
(3)Sherry J.
RJ and I stopped here for drinks because we wanted to sit by the water. The view is ok depending on which table you get. The waiter brought plenty of popcorn with Old Bay, and we shared a bowl of cream of crab soup mixed with Maryland crab and a fruity rum punch in a bucket. Not the same as sitting outside at the beach, but it will do on a nice day.
(3)Charlie G.
Ok service dirty newspaper like menu, good prices, free popcorn very salty, dark dining room. Nice view of the river from the enclosed porch or outside patio. Cliched and over done with tchotchkes they need to be dusted they need a designer to fix the atmosphere.
(3)Maureen V.
We were happy to see Crabby Dick's finally open after being closed for renovations. The hostess seated us in a station where, we found out later, the waitress was on 'BREAK". The table next to us was complaining as they too had been seated at least fifteen minutes with no acknowledgement. We flagged a waitress from another area and she seemed glad to help us. She brought our cocktails, took our dinner order and we never saw her again. We asked to speak to the manager but she was busy with another table who were complaining that their waitress rang up the wrong amount on their credit card. Forty five minutes later our entrees were delivered to our table by another server, before we got our soup. We canceled our soup so we could eat our dinner hot. Several times during all these mishaps , one of the owners paraded back and forth careful not to make eye contact with, or help in any way , the unhappy tables. All the while the swinging door to the kitchen creaked like a crying dog , loudly. My entree was very good but I won't be back because I do not care to eat in the middle of a three ring circus. They have so much to learn about running a restaurant.
(2)Stephen M.
My family and I went down there for dinner and we've been down there before and it was good but this time it was terrible. I called beforehand to see if I could make a reservation and she said "No" but when I got done there she asked if I had a reservation????? I told her you said you couldn't make reservations. Then we get seated and it takes about 15 minutes to be acknowledged. We ordered the drink of the day Long Island Ice tea and they were terrible my wife and I only drank maybe half must have been a cook making drinks. The food was good but the service was terrible and I don't think I'll be returning there I'd rather drive another hour plus to the Crabby Dick's in Rehoboth beach which is way better. It looks like I'm not the only one that had a bad experience recently. Go someplace else.
(2)Holly M.
The service was fine, the fish tacos not impressive. I went to the DE city location last night and checked their online calendar beforehand to see what specials they had. Miller Light 2.00 for Happy Hour, so I had 2 with dinner, but when the check came, I was charged full price. When I asked about it and showed the waitress it was clearly on the website, she asked the manager. She came back to advise that it was actually only for draft beers and they do not offer Miller Light draft at their location! Well, then why have it on your website as the first item for your Happy Hour drink special? Oh, and the manager would not adjust my bill - $3.50!! Seriously?! You have lost a customer for $3.50 as a matter of principle. Your info was not clear, nor did the waitress advise upfront when ordering and the fact that you would not adjust my bill is ridiculous. False and misleading. Clearly you do not care about your customers.
(1)GoBlue G.
First time here this evening Sat. 6-7-14, and I will not be back. The two stars are very generous only because the view from the patio was better than anything else there. Our server, Miss Clueless couldn't recite the beer list, when asked about the origin of the oysters she had to leave the table to ask the kitchen, I'm sorry this is a seafood themed restaurant/dump she should know where the oysters come from! If you don't wear a Harley tee-shirt then don't bother going! I ride and don't need to advertise I'm a Harley owner, oh and make sure you have several tattoos and smoke to feel comfortable there! As far as the food... Couldn't tell the difference between the breaded fried things our table ordered... They need more fryers so not to transfer flavors from one product to another! This is a Fryer paradise! Bartenders over serving the regulars at the outdoor bar, several patrons served way to many became obnoxious with the expletives flying. This place has been around for a while and I'm sure they will continue, as a matter of fact they are opening another facility by another name close by! They have their customer base and please have at it. I will not make the mistake of spending my money there again. Fool me once........!
(2)Vincent J.
Stopped in while riding our cycles. Good enough for that. The menu was amusing because it was written like a news paper. The food was OK nothing special. I would go back and try again.
(3)Michael B.
Food seemed somewhat okay, until we found a hair in food (possible pubic). Soap in bathroom was on floor the whole 1.5 hrs we were there. Seemed like wait staff was struggling with a crappy kitchen staff. Poorly managed at top level. Stay away.
(2)Erica R.
First of all.... The bathrooms were DISGUSTING! My son went into the men's bathroom and there was crap all over the toilet. The place should be called CRAPPY dicks! Our server 'Clayt' can not write upside down..you could barely read his chicken scratch. We order 4 drinks and he returned 7 minutes later with 4 cokes and 2 straws, we asked for 2 more and he returned 3 minutes later with 1 straw. UGH! After we finally got our final straw, we put in our appetizer order. The apps came at a reasonable time but were missing blue cheese for the wings, tarter sauce for the fish sticks (DICKS) and side plates. Now into the main dinner....we ordered crab cakes, crab legs with shrimp, a hamburger, and a pasta dish. While we were waiting 55 minutes for our dinner my son and I had the highlight of the CRAPPY dicks adventure playing the Claw game trying to catch a crab stuffed animal. Clayt told us our food will be out soon and the delay was due to the fact another server took one of the hamburger dinner. Finally, the food came with only 2 hot meals, the pasta and hamburger. The 2 $25 seafood meals were cold. Clayt didn't come back after he dropped off our food for 10 minutes, knowing the was a high possibility the seafood meals were not warm. The crab cakes were awful along with cold and the crab legs and shrimp were barley editable. Overall we had the 'best' worst meal we ever had. And plan on never going back and recommending one to NOT go to CRAPPY DICKS! p.s CRAPPY DICKS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the game machine is where they get there money with 50 cents never eat there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(1)Charlie C.
Here is this thing...even though the food was good...it just didn't seem like a great place. We had the "Balls Sampler" and they were good...the corn and crab being the best of the lot. I had the crab pot pie...that is what led me to pick this place. It was ...mehh....it had the potential to be great. Awesome idea...just executed poorly. The crab filling to pastry dough ratio was way off and the dough was under cooked but the filling was quite tasty. The lovely had the crab fluff...a beer battered and deep fried crab cake. She said it was good...but not outstanding. We had the cheesecake for dessert and it was just OK as well. This place just misses the mark. It should and could be better than it actually is and that is a shame. If you go...just remember it is really a 2 star maybe a 3 star place. All the parts are there...they are just not put together well.
(2)Lisa M.
I'm going to get the negative out of way. 1. We sat down at a table with a dead fly on it, only to find that the whole inside of the restaurant had houseflies in it. 2. They have cloth table cloths with texture on it so all the crumbs from the people before us were still on the table when we were sat. I really wanted to get up right then but my boyfriend is very laid back and after wiping the dead fly and crumbs off the table we continued to sit there. They seem to love honey mustard there. We got crab balls and they came with honey mustard. We got hush puppies that came with honey mustard. And i got a crab ball po-boy that came with....honey mustard. Just seemed strange. No cocktail sauce? The actual po-boy was pretty tasty but I really didn't like the experience. I think if I go there again I'm definitely eating out on the deck.
(2)Ray T.
Stopped in for a late lunch after a morning of geocaching along the C&E Canal. Let's get the negatives out of the way. The name- and all the merchandising inside the resturaunt- is clearly sophomoric. Come on... this isn't a college campus...can't come up with a classier approach? The other gripe is the prices. Inflated. $17 for a crab cake sandwich, fries and an iced tea. Everything was overpriced. Positives? The crab cake sandwich was good, fries were likewise tasty, old bay popcorn was interesting, and others at the table liked the crab soup. Also, the interior of this old inn was very cool. Not period, by any means, but pretty cool. Table clothes were brown butcher paper. I'd come back...exactly once. No more, no less. Food and atmosphere are the redeeming qualities.
(3)Diana W.
Meh food. Meh service. WHOA prices! Overly sexualized unfunny puns. The only game in town, so we'll go to another town.
(1)Kimberly T.
I have been going to Crabby Dicks for years and although the food is slightly over priced, it is hard to find good food close to Port Penn, DE. I do not like to travel far from home when I go out. I love the old building and the decor. The food sometimes leaves something to be desired. I have had better. The thing is this restaurant turned the town around and it is now popular for tourists. Major tip, stick with the sandwiches, I don't think the entrees are worth the cost. Also try the ice cream shop next door also owned by Crabby Dicks
(3)Heidi D.
Friday night, the weather was nice, not too hot or humid. It was perfect weather for sitting outside. We chose to go to Crabby Dicks. The name was a not so clever play on all the double entendres and sexual innuendo that one can squeeze out of the name. We'd dined here once before with a group, and the service was okay at best. The food was adequate, but the server was surly and unapologetically inattentive to us. We chalked it up to our late arriving and indecisive party members. This time, we went as a couple and arriving early at 5:00, we hoped to sit outside on the waterfront deck. We went to the hostess at the front entrance, but were directed to another hostess for the deck itself. Though we were assured she was out there, we stood at the stand for a good ten minutes before being greeted. There were plenty of empty tables, so when the hostess finally arrived, we got one near the water. The server's names were written in chalk on the wooden floor, but were difficult to decipher. Eventually, our arrived and took our drink order, two waters and a beer. She brought the waters first, but left without giving us straws. She eventually brought the beer, and almost left without the straws but we were able to catch her before she left, totally ignoring the closed menus indicating that we were ready to order. As more time ticked by, the tables around us were filling up. Each one was now filled with middle aged white trash, smoking profusely. The ambiance of the deck was quickly descending into that of a meth fueled barbecue as the cliches of tattoo comparison and petty gossip and jealousy flew around like the rampant house flies. Finally, the waitresses came back to take our food order, which consisted of an appetizer of snow crab legs, a burger for my husband and a crab salad sandwich for myself. Although my husband's beer was nearly empty, she didn't ask if he wanted another. Nearly forty minutes went by and each of the tables that had ordered after us received their appetizers. Our waitress began checking on the other tables, but completely ignoring our table and my husband's now empty beer glass. We began to lose hope that our appetizer would arrive as ordered. Sure enough, our food arrived, all at once. The appetizer was so dried out that it was obvious it had been under a heat lamp for quite some time. As we tried and failed to remove the crab meat from the hardened claws, the flies descended on the other food. Our waitress never came back to check on us. I eventually had to flag down the hostess who had been having a conversation about how she was quitting soon with another waitress. I complained about all the failures of service we'd experienced. By then, we just wanted our check and to leave. She seemed genuinely concerned, assuring us that she would take care of it and alert the management. It was another fifteen minutes before our waitress showed up, seemingly unaware that she'd completely ignored us. We were beyond livid, and just wanted to leave. We were shocked that she didn't even think to have brought it with her. Another ten minutes passed before she slapped it down wordlessly on the table. It was then we got a glimpse of the method to the literal madness. She was checking on only one table at a time, rather than all of the tables in her section, before going to the register. We realized this after seeing our ticket out of there pass by at least twice, as the waitresses checked on other tables one at a time when all she had to do was drop it off for our signature. Eventually, we got our chance to leave, but the abysmal service could not stand. We went to find a manager, which took forever. While our complaints seemed to finally resonate, all she could offer was to give is a gift card for the value of our meals. It was the extent of her capacity as a manager, but by then we had enough. There wasn't enough comped food in the universe to make me want to eat there again.
(1)Beth L.
Family friendly? Only as far as there are child portions. Sexual innuendo and no baby changing station proves making statements doesn't mean they are necessarily true statements. Food: overpriced for mediocre institutional offerings. Service: inconsistent.
(1)Jesse A.
We have eaten here a few times since it is a nice trip on the motorcycle. It's real close to the Delaware River and you can take a short cruise nearby over to Fort Delaware. The food is good, staff is good and the popcorn with Old Bay on it is great. Always ate outside here.
(4)Frank C.
This place is way to expensive for the small portion sizes and the terrible food!
(1)David W.
Ate on the deck on a Sunday afternoon. It was pretty quiet - not crowded at all. Menu looks good. The problem here is the service - it takes forever to get your food. We ordered two sandwiches. It took over an hour to get them. This didn't play very well considering we were here with our eighteen month old baby. Food was ok but not worth the extremely long wait. I don't think we will return.
(2)Chris N.
It started off as a pleasant Sunday afternoon drive to nowhere, namely Delaware. We decided to stick by the water because we didn't want to get lost in the middle of the state. At worst we would be able to follow the river back north to Philadelphia. At one point we were made to drive inland a bit because the road didn't run right along the water, that is when we hit a town called Delaware City. There was finally a road heading East, so we followed it and shortly thereafter we were once again safely by the water. As we turned around to head back on our journey, we spotted Crabby Dick's. With the radio off we heard our stomachs growling and decided that we should eat some food. A bit turned off by the name, "Crabby Dick," we decided to walk through beautiful downtown Delaware City to find somewhere else to eat. There was a seedy bar and a mini-mart, so despite the idea of a penis covered in red spots, we decided to venture in to Crabby Dick's and not "have what she's having." While searching for the host, we saw signs advertising National Bohemian Beer for a $1.59. Interesting. We managed to get a seat on the deck with a beautiful view of the mighty Delaware River, even better there was an island in the river so that it blocked a good portion the sight of New Jersey. We ordered two National Bohemians and checked out the menu. It was still a bit early in the season for crabs so we decided that mussels would be the perfect compliment to our new favorite beer, Natty Bo. After placing a phone call to a friend of mine from Baltimore, another patron approached us and provided us with the history of National Bohemian. It was fascinating. We thanked him and started to eat our mussels which just arrived. The mussels were fantastic, we only wished that we would have asked for some bread to soak in the sauce after we had finished the mussels. The sun was beginning to set and we realized that we should keep heading down the coast so that we could eventually catch the beautiful view of the nuclear power plant over in New Jersey. The waiter very promptly delivered our check which we very promptly paid. We picked up some business cards and realized that we just ate at place called Crabby Dick's. We laughed and kept driving. A couple weeks later we went to Crabby Dick's website. It was ridiculous. So ridiculous that we set up an account on Yelp and wrote a review about our afternoon. We still haven't been back there but the next time we want to find a wonderful place in the middle of nowhere, Crabby Dick's will be number one on the list.
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