Mr. Crab by The Captain's House (Wan Chai) — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Lobster Combo - Unique Presentation & Awesome Taste

Mr. Crab is like a utopia for seafood lovers! It seems to have all kinds of popular seafood on the menu (for the Combo). The MAIN attraction is obviously THE COMBO (choice between lobster combo or crab combo or your own customized seafood combo), where the selected seafoods are boiled in a sauce of customer’s choice.

We went for the LOBSTER COMBO in a MEDIUM SPICY CAJUN SAUCE.😋

It had lobster meat, shrimp, scallops, potato and corn-cobs..... all of them boiled to perfection in those aromatic spicy sauces.😋 It comes wrapped and sealed in fishnet ....almost like it’s been caught and pulled out of water just now😊.... OR as another esteemed user aptly pointed out ....it’s like a present you’re about to unwrap. The meat was quite soft and easily coming off the shell. So basically it was Less effort and More meat!!😍

Among the starters, the CAJUN SHRIMP TACOs were a great choice, and came with the sour cream, guacamole and salsa dips. Probably would’ve liked the taco shells to be a little bit crispier but it ain’t no deal breaker😊. The shrimp and the filling inside (mango, avocado) were good enough to make it a good appetizer 👍🏻

Among the other starters were the SKEWERS (Shrimp Skewers and Fajita Vegetable Skewers). Both had a nice look....especially the Fajita Vegetables Skewers since they were hanging in mid-air and super easy to pull down.👍🏻

The cocktails were innovative....and well presented- Rose Lychee Mojito and Jo’s Jade. One of the ingredients of this cocktail Jo’s Jade was ....well....egg-whites!! 🤔hence I was quite curious about how Jo’s Jade would taste like and......SHE DIDN’T DISAPPOINT ME AT ALL😍. I absolutely want her😘 and I don’t care if this concoction is right or...

Set lunch at Mr. Crab comes with daily salad & soup, main dish, and coffee or tea, ranging from HK$98 - HK$168, which is quite a good deal in the area for a proper western lunch!

There was quite a lot of salad dressing on the greens, and the corn soup was creamy with a hint of milk, perfect with a thin slice of bread that tastes like focaccia.

The Crab Paste & Crab Meat Pumpkin Risotto is definitely my favourite! There was a generous amount of crab meat, the taste of crab stood out while the pumpkin and onion gave a slight taste of sweetness to the risotto. I like the touch of parmesan cheese on top which added another layer of flavours to the rich and creamy risotto.

The Grilled N.Z. Sirloin was also satisfactory - loved the grill flavour on the steak mixing with the black pepper gravy, and the grill marks actually made it even more appealing! We ordered medium but the steak was slightly towards the medium rare side, but the texture was still fine for us. The steak also came with fries and slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini.

I’ve upgraded the set drink to finest selection mocktail and the Devil’s Chocolate was absolutely devilish! Who can ever say no to iced chocolate topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup plus bits of Mars chocolate bar?

The dessert of the day is Truffle Panna Cotta and it was certainly a wow - I’ve never had truffle in any dessert and it was surprisingly good! The honeycomb toffee on top also gave an extra flavour and it was a perfect end to a...

Terrible Service - v normal food - over rated. I came here because of the excellent decorations and atmosphere from the outside. The atmosphere is fine. The food is very average (I had the set menu). The waitress only understood English, which was fine for me, but seemed very uncertain when I asked about the dishes. It was only when I got the bill and paid by card that I realised how poor their communication was. There are several employees around, but unfortunately, they either only speak Cantonese or only speak English (they seemed like house helpers from Philippines). They took my MasterCard and asked me to input my pin, which the machine accepted. She then walked off to put the machine onto the holder and came back after 3 minutes saying "can you type in your pin again, it error". I asked for proof if it had declined or failed somehow. I waited 5 minutes and another staff came over to repeat the same words asking me to type my pin. Again I requested proof of the error as I've already input my pin. They walked off and another person came after 5 minutes saying the same thing. This happened 4 times! I asked to see a manager, which they refused and in the end I input my pin again as I was already late by then. Terrible service and ridiculous that they are not trained to use card machines in a location filled...