Jac's Crabs & Seafood — Restaurant in Maryland

When we lived in Abingdon from 2020 to 2022, Jac's had become our favored place to buy take out steamed crabs. The crabs were heavy & reasonably priced. They sold sides such as fried clam strips & snow crab clusters & other seafood. We were always waited on by one or two woman. The food was always well prepared & we enjoyed it.

This year we ordered crabs for pickup along with steamed shrimp. They were no longer offering sides such as the fried clam strips. We do not live in Harford County any longer so we had specifically ordered from Jac's based on previous visits.

The crabs were not bad - but not great. Some were watery & some were dry. They didn't seem fresh steamed - although the crabmeat was edible and did taste good.

The steamed shrimp had not had the back cut out before being steamed. Generally when cooking steamed shrimp the back vein where the shrimp excretes it's waste is removed & that part is open when the shrimp are steamed. So all the shrimp were steamed with the dirty vein in tact, which then had to be removed & cleaned out before the shrimp could be eaten. I ate one & I could taste iodine so I knew they had been in a solution to keep them from degrading & they were not fresh. I did not eat any more because I know the residue from that iodine solution would make me sick. Plus if I was tasting the iodine, I wasn't tasting the shrimp.

I'm not saying I'll never buy from there again but since we purchased from there, I did go to a different steamed crab establishment not far from there this past weekend & bought steamed crabs & shrimp that were 100% better & also reasonably priced. This used to be my usual go-to for steamed crabs, so I think it will be again now.

I don't know if Jac's is under new management or what, but there were no women waiting on us. Just one man that I saw when we picked up & paid for our...

I’m a new customer of Jac’s Crabs and these were some of the best crabs I’ve gotten since living in Maryland for over 5+ years. The seasoning was perfect and wasn’t spicy at all! The crabs were also meaty and sweet 👌🏾 And the corn was soooo good! That was sweet as well, didn’t need any butter! I ordered a half dozen medium males, with corn on the side. They also have everything you need when picking up your order. I also ordered a crab knife and paper with my order. They had small containers of butter if needed in the cold case with other sauces as well as side dishes. And mallets if needed.

I was able to place my order over the phone. The lady who took my order was so nice and answered any questions I had. I was also greeted and had great customer service when I picked up my order! When picking up my order, I also noticed they had a layout of crabs in different sizes on a tray if you place your order inside of the carryout to have a visual of the different crab sizes they offer. This place easily won me over as one of my favorite crab spots!!...

Had to give my crabs back I came here last year it was fantastic. I decide to come again, I made my appointment for 4 p.m dozen of medium crabs. I showed up at 3:45pm. They give me my bag at 3:57pm but they're Cold I can put my hand in the bag and touch them all.

They want heat them up for 3 minutes.. Everyone else that was leaving their bags were hot, when they were first given to them.

They refunded my money with no problem, they were still courteous and kind.

But the problem I have is the handling of the crabs and wanting to reheat the crabs after they were cooked. Issued me cold crabs at my appointment.

I did decide not to buy any unless maybe I will return next year or later...