King Crab — Restaurant in Town of Cheektowaga

I know this place has had some recent less than stellar reviews but I don't think those were very fair, so here is my detailed birthday experience from this past Saturday.

Atmosphere: Cute. Definitely can't mist from the the outside. Very adorable decor. Love the chalkboard wall in the entranceway and the pirate stature. Tables were nicely spaced from each other, chairs were sturdy and it was nice and clean.

Staff: Reservations were easy to make. They handled it gracefully when our party size went from seven to four on the day of. Our server was a young guy and I'm so sorry I didn't get his name because he was friendly, made recommendations, checked on a us a few times and refilled drinks when asked. (This is an Asian ran seafood experience. Service is traditionally brisk, so if you aren't used to it, you might consider it rude. It's not, they just don't like to trouble people who are eating unless they are needed. It takes exactly two seconds to ask for something.)

Food: So I love cajun seafood boils. Crab is my favorite thing. We built our own and went with four lobster tails (I will say these were a little tougher than I prefer my lobster to be but the flavor was good), two pounds of snow crab (amazing) and a pound of head off shrimp (so good). We added two orders of potatoes, two orders of corn and one order of broccoli. (Honestly, the broccoli absorbed to much seasoning, so Id pass on that for noodles next time.) The sauce we went with is the Juicy Special. A combo of all the seasonings mixed with butter. And heat level was mild as most of my family doesn't handle spice as well as I do. (I'd have gone hot if I was on my own.) It was really good. I could have poured that boil sauce on the paper table cloth and eaten it. (No joke, the provide spoons so you can drizzle it on your seafood after you peel/crack it. We used them to add the sauce to our bowls of rice. (Which we added on extra.) One hundred percent would come back here again.

Price: You can complain all you want that the cost is high. Welcome to America in 2023. Everything is high and it's seafood. These people provide nice food and service. And I thought it was pretty much on par with the other local boil options. Two apps, 3 soft drinks, 3 bowls of rice, some cajun fries and a build your own boil was below $200 (Before tip). We are large eaters and we were all stuffed, so amount compared to price was just fine. Left a $50 tip for our server because he earned it.

We definetly plan on coming back here again. Doesn't even have to be for a...

My husband spent about $200 for dinner for four. Definitely could've spent our money elsewhere. It was a HUGE disappointment. I am a seafood lover so we decided to try this place out. My green mussels were over cooked my black mussels wasn't cooked enough (majority of them were still closed) My crab legs was overcooked it was a horrible experience. Once we were ready to leave we had to ask someone to send our server over (that tells you how much we were even checked on) after 5 more minutes of sitting there NO ONE STILL CAME OVER. My husband had to walk to the hostess to let her know we were ready to pay and told her we waited for long time and that no one came. Her response was "oh they went to lunch, they have to have a lunch break". Like really in the middle of waiting a table??? I understand servers need a break but ask us if we're ok, ask if it's anything we need because you're going on break soon or even send someone else in as a replacement to simply check up on us. I will NEVER go back there again. It was quite empty for a Saturday afternoon and I see why now...if you want a seafood boil I suggest going somewhere else for better food quality and hopefully better...

I was so excited to go try King Crab because I was REALLY craving Green Mussels and saw they had them on their menu. Now I try to be very open and honest about my reviews to help businesses. I'm not trying to be mean by no means! But this place was REALLY DIRTY!!! The bathroom smelled like urine and the toilets two of them didn't flush, they didn't have hardly any soap to wash hands,a little paper towel roll left on top of the paper towel dispenser. The floors were really dirty and the light above our table REALLY DUSTY!! I honestly didn't notice that until after we ate we were so hungry because we hadn't eaten since breakfast. The Green Mussels were not bad, but The waitress brought my mussels out 1st, and like 10 min later my Sisters Gator tail, and then another 10 min my husband 's food!!! Everyone should be served together!!! It's not fun eating ALONE!!! THIS PLACE HAS POTENTIAL!!! THE food is not bad!! They could serve REAL CRAB NOT FAKE!!! Mussels pretty good! Gator tail decent! Onion rings, terrible, should make homemade one's! They REALLY could be A great Seafood boil place and we REALLY NEED A GOOD ONE in the area!!!...