Red Crab - Juicy Seafood 2314 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60435

"First time here at Red Crab. Is the best. Trying to find a new seafood restaurant around here. My family came to celebrate my birthday and the staff was nice to us. Juicy special sauce ROCKS!!! Be back soon!!!!!!!!!!"

"I came in with my girlfriend and we order 4 pounds of seafood they were friendly to put it in a tray for us to share. This seafood place is better than the one at Joliet mall. Everything is fresh. LOVE IT!!!!!!!"

"Good food for the price. If you get the bag the everything season was fantastic. Just remember it is all cooked at the same time and temperature, thus some of your seafood may be overcooked. The thirty-dollar baked or grilled deal was an amazing great price and perfectly cooked. The oysters on the half shelf were fresher than Al's steakhouse on Valentine's day! The service is rocky. There are a lot of people standing around. They have a lot of front-of-the-house skills to work on. It seems like the waitresses were taking on too much. The atmosphere is cute but the tv kind of ruins the vibe. It's very bright in the foyer. I recommend sitting further in the back so you don't have all that light to create a somewhat better atmosphere. The bathrooms were just wrong, lol. There was a heater plugged in right next to the sink. You can see by the pictures it needs a deep cleaning. The food was good and a great value. A new front-of-the-house manager to teach people skills to the staff that hangs by the register would be helpful. Deep clean the bathrooms. Fix your heat situation in the bathroom before you get sued. I truly hope you succeed. I will be back to see your improvements."

"Our experience here was quite the mixed bag. Some of the food was absolutely delicious and some was so bad we spit it out. For instance, the fried calamari appetizer was atrocious. Most of the pieces tasted old and gummy. And the clam chowder, while not bad, is more of a potato soup than a clam chowder. It didn’t have the rich thickness and there were barely any clams, though I must’ve had at least two whole potatoes. Again, it didn’t taste bad, but it wasn’t what I ordered. The fried shrimp, though, was amazing: light and crispy, with just the right amount of spice. And the boil we got was tasty as well, with the lobster tail being a particular delight. But all the sides were very middling and the potatoes were a little undercooked. And the service leaves much to be desired. They weren’t rude, but we were essentially ignored after ordering. With the food being so hit-or-miss, I don’t think we’ll be trying it again."