The Crab Shack

Great Location, Delicious food , Beautiful View of the waterfront and excellent service from staff. I've been here a few times with Family & friends and both experiences have been great. Look out for their $2 oysters and make the most of it I surely do 👍 Only downside is you need to pay for parking or find parking somewhere as parking costs.

We really enjoyed our first visit to Crab Shack over the weekend. It was fairly busy around lunch time, and we sat outside where you can look out to the wharf and boats. We seriously weren't expecting that view, so that was a massive bonus! Being the first time we were ordering crab to eat, we weren't sure what to go for. The waiter helped explain the different crabs and what sauces paired well with the different crabs. I think it was Snow crab that we went with in the end, shown in the photo, with 1kg mussels. All together, it was a perfect amount for two people. We enjoyed being so occupied cracking them open. Both the Crab and mussels were so tasty. It got messy, so make sure you don't wear your best white shirt! Lots of fun. There's not many places where you feel comfortable digging into your food with your fingers and getting messy! They bring you a small wash dish each with water in it, so you can clean your fingers as you need. The waiters and workers were all really attentive. Was so impressed with the whole experience that I left a tip. It's not something I do often in NZ, but we were just so impressed with the whole experience. Service, Food, and View. All perfect. After that, go grab an ice cream, there are lots of options nearby, and enjoy it walking around the wharf.

Went here for Valentine's Day. Ordered chowder, cheesey garlic bread, squid rings, 6 wings, two steak meals with extra fries. Food came out fairly quickly. Almost too fast. Hadn't finished chowder before steak came out. Steak was cooked to perfection. Over all the food was great. Watch out for the chicken wings, they're bigger than you think 😁. We ended up taking the wings back home with us. Only issue I had was with the ordering system. If I'm going to pay that much then I would prefer table service but that's a personal preference.

$2 Oysters and $2 Wings!!!! Oysters were delicious and wings were nice maybe just a little spicy and would've been nice with like a yoghurt sauce or something cold to help cool ya mouth after eating. We also didn't realise how huge the wings were and ordered $40 worth and probably wouldn't order as much next time. The soft shell crab was the least favourite dish we ordered. Menu said the crab came in a tempura batter but the batter was quite heavy and the crab kind of disintegrated through the batter which was also really oily. Got sickening eating it. The sauce that we chose with it was really nice however. Mud crab was ok...yum with the sauce we paired it with. Squid Rings were average, what you'd expect. Favourite dishes were the Skillet Mac n Cheese and the Classic Crayfish and Prawn Roll. Great service and atmosphere with $5 beers for happy hour. Would come back again.

Had a great evening and dinner! Happy hour value is amazing and the staff were all awesome. I just want to acknowledge the staff member who came to check on us after noticing the discomfort we felt from another group there who seemed to take issues with my wife breastfeeding (everything under a blanket so nothing could be seen) by staring at us the whole time and then taking a photo of us on their departure. He gave us reassurance that we were not being improper and it saved our night, so thank you again!

If you want to get your hands dirty and enjoy crabs with seafood pliers and picks, there really is only one place in Auckland. We came here after it’s move into the previous Culpeper location, and it’s a smaller venue but feels more cosy. The chowder was nice and chunky. The snow crab has a good amount of meat to dig into and more delicate in flavour but the mud crab was full of meat albeit a more tougher and mild in flavour. We found the garlic butter more moorish but a bit overwhelming after a while. But the white wine garlic sauce to be great all the way through.

I love the food!! We ordered crabs of the day which was Australian blue swimmers and was cooked really good in garlic sauce. 👌🏻👌🏻 One order of it was shared by me and my partner and was more than enough for us. We also had one of the best chips. The shrimp cocktail was also great for starters. The place was also a nice spot with a sea view and clean toilet. Staff was excellent in taking orders and were very accommodating 😊

A well deocrated family friendly restaurant. The staff were friendly. Price is reasonable. The clams is still one of my favourites. The seafood chowder is very creamy with lots of seafood and vegetables. Their kids meals are also surprisingly very nice, we had the burger with steamed veggies (i don't usually expect the kids meal to be as good value for money).