The Original Crab Shanty — Restaurant in New York

I've visited Crab Shanty on multiple occasions throughout my life. Growing up in the Bronx, City Island was and still IS my favorite area to dine in. Crab Shanty is one of my favs on this strip.

During my last visit, i came with a group of 11 people. My family and i had just gotten done baptizing three of the kids in our family. Naturally we agreed to come to Crab Shanty afterwards for a meal.

We did not have a reservation and were seated with no problem. It was Sunday about 3:30ish. We were sat towards the back which is alot wider and spacious. We usually sit back there since we always come as a big group. The main entrance is holiday decked out. Love the decor and big Grinch at the door.

The waiter was very nice. We had one main guy and about three different people assisting him as well. We were immediately given water and this amazing garlic bread. The amount of garlic is ridiculous yet so amazing. We asked for extra.

We all ordered the Millionaire Margaritas. I certainly recommend them. The flavor is not bad and the alcohol content was great. Not too much not too light. Others at the table had coffee and sodas, all of those came out great as well.

We had two dozen clams. 12 baked and 12 raw. Both were great quality and tasted good. We also had 12 raw oysters. They were huge. Fresh and tasty. Two of us had the lobster special. It was one whole lobster with two baked clams and two broiled shrimp. I also had it with salad and baked potato. The have a number of sides to choose from, i believe they were rice, pasta and vegetables. The lobster was cooked perfectly. The clam and shrimps were also good. I wish i would of ordered more shrimp, they were on the smaller side. I got my lobster stuffed with crab meat, highly recommend it. My husband got shrimp scampi and a lobster tail. For some reason his lobster tail tasted fishy. He didnt eat it. The waiter took it off the check and was apologetic about it. I recommend ordering the whole lobsters always. We had ravioli from the kids menu and chicken tenders with fries. Some family members orded broiled blue fish with rice. They loved it. The rest had a seafood special which had shrimp, broiled clams and crab legs. For desert we had cheese cake. Everything was really good.

Overall we love it here. The service is always quick. The food is delicious. The prices are reasonable. I recommend getting the meals for two. Those are huge and worth the value 100%. This restaurant can get full especially during holidays. Any parties from one to 20 people can be accommodated. Maybe more but i would recommend calling for reservations. We were lucky to just show up and be seated with no problem. I wouldn't try this move in the summer...

This restaurant serves Seafood, get the surf (leave the turf at Orchard Beach), ask for Sisco, and look no further.

I went here on a Friday around 5pm. The free valet parking made me feel relaxed before I even entered the door.

When I walked in I was instantly seated and served garlic bread in the form of an Italian loaf (which I ate every damn bite of).

I ordered a Manhattan (served in martini glass) which all in all maybe could’ve used a touch more vermouth, not bad though.

The extensive menu offered a plethora of options for all seafood cravers (at a good price).

I ordered the fried calamari which was served with wedges of lemon and delicious marinara sauce and tartar sauce which whilst dipping the calamari I did not get anxious about running out of.

I also was provided a very tasty creamy New England Clam Chowder as a side option.

I initially ordered the prime rib medium rare and jumbo shrimp, while the jumbo shrimp tasted amazing…

I took one bite of the prime rib (served with Ajou and medium rare as ordered) and truthfully was not impressed, HOWEVER, Sisco (Who I might add is a very attentive server, never felt rushed, and service must have been his mantra as prior to even ordering the steak provided the A1 Sauce without me even having to ask) asked me pretty shortly after getting the steak and not only completely understood that the prime rib wasn’t to my liking, he was able to switch me out for a Lobster Tail that was out of this world, served with dipping butter, it’s been two days and I still cannot stop thinking about that lobster tail.

I finished my order up with some cheesecake, which not to be redundant… was on point.

Be sure to tip the valet driver on the way out (which I add I did not feel any pressure to tip)!

The Original Crab Shanty, I...

Enjoyed everything moment at restaurant and we loved boiled crab legs and shrimp!!!! It is only 30 mins away from Manhattan but it has "beach" "vacation" atmosphere :):)We created so much mess to eat crab legs but we loved it!!!!

After all those good food, 2 of us were really full:)

Complement Garlic Bread and pickles: Freshly toasted bread is always good and never goes wrong!

House Salad: Usual salad with chickpea and olives (comes with entrees and you can pick either salad or soup)

1 Doz Mussels in Garlic Sauce: Could not stop eating!!! big portion and great taste.

Snow crab legs and jumbo shrimp : broiled broiled broiled!!! glad we picked broiled!!! sooo much flavor in it and simple butter goes really well:) Our hands became really messy but it's required to dig out delicious crab meat!!!!

Cannot wait to go back here!!!

After two years in 2021, I went back here. Well,,, it was okay. But it did not live up to my expectation. So, i’m changing from 5 starts...