Crab Cove Seafood — Restaurant in Haddon Township

We came here for 1 thing only - blue crabs. We were passing by from Atlantic City to Philadelphia and we saw a lot of crab shacks/stands that sell live blue crabs in the area. We aren't local to NJ/Philly and our choice is to find a restaurant with cooked blue crabs...

We ordered one dozen blue crabs prepared in garlic butter with some sides of corn and potatoes. Being a takeout restaurant, we brought the crabs and ate at our hotel cafeteria area.

We asked for the bigger crabs and they weren't as big as we like them to be. We also asked to have the shells on but our crabs have their shells removed... The 1st crab was small and didn't have much meat. We were disappointed at first but then the next 12 or 13 were all very meaty. No sure why we were given more than 12 crabs.

We normally go with the Cajun seasoning. This time we picked garlic butter. The garlic butter makes the crabs dinger licking good. We didn't the plastic gloves in the bags, we ate the crabs with bare hands.

What's more surprised is that the dozen crabs with sides are only $40 and no tips was asked when we paid with a credit card. No tips jar were there either. So either the restaurant is non-tip or we forgot to. If back home in Boston, this crab meal would be a lot more expensive.

So for the value and taste, this place is a 5. The restaurant is in or near Camden, NJ. I didn't find the neighborhood to be desirable. I didn't find it comfortable parking a Mercedes Benz on the small parking area while waiting for our order. This is my 1st time set foot in Camden, NJ so my worries may be just my own bias...

Seems like this is a new place. They have a decent menu except even though they have a seafood boil combo they do not have a seafood fried combo. I ordered a fried whiting platter. They gave me flounder. It was good, just not what I ordered. The fish had a very nice crunch to it. I also ordered scallops. There was no crunch at all! I got French fries with my platter. They also offer Cajun and sweet potato fries. They were the shoe string type. I would have preferred something heartier like steak fries or crinkle cut but, oh well! They were bland (no salt) and they did not put ketchup in my bag! (So I could not munch on the fries as I drove home.)🤦🏾‍♀️ I wouldn't be totally opposed to going there again, but I'm not in a...

It was seafood boil, the seasoning missed hard so it didn’t quite taste the best in comparison to other places locally. My negative review is mostly because of the rude young person that answers the phone. The attitude and the nonchalant responses were what did it for us. My girl called and placed the order, I went to get the food and the boy was sitting inside behind the counter on a stool on his phone with his head down. I literally stood there in front of the counter waiting for about 20mins thinking an adult was going to come from the back and take my order when all of a sudden he puts his phone into his pocket and walks up to the counter ???? No sorry for the wait...