SEA Crab House - Bend

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   SharonH

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 20, 2023

   overall1food2service1ambience1

   Made a reservation on open table..arrived no tables available. They offered us a seat at the bar. Bar does not overhang so top of counter is poorly executed. Not a clean feeling and service/food not great.

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   AudreyB

   Portland

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 16, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   We had a great time dining here! We built our own boil and the food was amazing! We felt like we were at the Oregon coast. We definitely plan on coming back soon and ordering other things off the menu we wanted, but were too full to try. We’re so glad we have a charming place like this in town!

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   Monica

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 13, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   I had the best experience celebrating my birthday with your guys!! I will definitely be back for more boils.

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   EMMandFam

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 10, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The food is really really great! We had a variety of items, with the crab boil being our main focus. The crab cakes we got were really yummy: only crab, not fillers, and the coating was light & crunchy. The fish & chips - cod - were big & chunky and the tartar sauce was perfect. The fish tacos got a big thumbs up, as well. The corn and potatoes that came with the boils were perfectly tender, and we ordered the SEA Special sauce which is so good we could drink it! Highly recommend and worth every penny!

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   heath

   Washington DC

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 1, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Perfect meal to wrap up 2022. Fish and chips were well loved and our boil was fantastic!!

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   CarolC

   Seattle

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 11, 2022

   overall4food5service5ambience3

   The food was fresh, fun and delicious and the service was great. I did find it overpriced but I I realize that getting fresh seafood to Bend must be an expensive challenge. The ambiance could be better as the place can easily get overcrowded during the winter.

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   Unhappy

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 9, 2022

   overall1food1service1ambience3

   My wife really wanted to try out the SEA Crab House in Bend ever since they opened, so I decided to surprise her by taking there on her birthday. My wife does not do spicy, so when we were ordering the boil, we specifically told the waitress no spice. She recommended the SEA Crab seasoning and stated she can just tell the kitchen no spice. We recapped the order with the waitress and I had asked again, "the Sea Crab seasoning is not spicy, correct?". She believably assured me, it will not be spicy. When we received the boil, it looked very well seasoned (which I am all for), but the first bite was insanely spicy. My wife tried it and ended up not being able to eat it was so spicy. Now I love spicy things, but it was even hot to me... The waitress came by to ask us how the food was, I let her know that it was extremely spicy. She apologized and went on her way. Not even 5 minutes later, my wife wanted to go because she couldn't eat it. She wanted to take it home and try to rinse it off, hoping that would help. I then called the waitress over and asked for our bill. She proceeded to say she's sorry and said she had told the kitchen it was spicy. We got our bill, boxed up the boil and left. This was one of the worst experiences ever. They messed up the food so bad, my wife couldn't eat it and did nothing to suffice the situation. We paid nearly $250.00 and were sent home extremely disappointed. We did order some other food items there for our daughter, but they were over-cooked and inedible. My wife broke dowm in tears during our ride home because her birthday was ruined. I could have spent less than $200.00 at one of the best places to eat in downtown Bend and would have left happy, full and eager to go back again. Instead we tried the SEA Crab House and left hungry, wasted $250.00 and ruined the day of the most important person in my life. I would love my money back so I can take my wife to a place where will have a world-class experience.

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   AdamB

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 19, 2022

   overall1food1service4ambience1

   I was highly disappointed in the SEA Crab House. We had looked forward to going there. They were out of oysters. The fish and chips were the worst I had ever had. Burnt batter and soggy fries. I am not sure what they are trying to accomplish, but it's not working, and I think this place ( unless they figure out what is going on in the kitchen) will be gone soon. A shame.

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   wanderer

   Portland

   19 reviews

   4.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on November 17, 2022

   overall4food4service5ambience3

   Expensive fresh, delicious food in a spartan settings with attentive staff though slow process. I shared a fresh crab with my mother, added 2 salads and we spent an hour enjoying food and conversation.

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    Bernice

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 15, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Didn’t have mussels or claims but overall pretty good

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    CynthiaJ

    Portland

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 5, 2022

    overall2food2service3ambience3

    I had high hopes for this place even though the reviews haven't been that good. I really wanted to have a good meal. The waitress was great. Very friendly and explained how the menu worked. They had a big tank with fresh crabs running around in it. I figured that the crab was going to be really good because it would be so fresh. Quite the contrary. We ordered the Dungeness crab and shrimp platter. 2 lbs of crab. When it arrived the crab on the plate was very small. They included the top of the crab with had nothing in it but left over guts. I tried a shrimp first because they looked appetizing. I was disappointed. It had no flavor and was mushy (over cooked) Then I went in for a leg of crab. I opened it up as to my dismay there was no meat in it.! Nothing! Going thru the rest of the crab I found the same and the legs that did have a small bit the meat i was stringy and grey in color. There were a few shrimp that were good but it was hit and miss. We told the waitress about the crab and she had the manager come over. She was nice and she did reduce our bill by 15 percent. Our bill was still 95.00. We had 2 drinks which were fine and some garlic bread. I didn't taste any garlic on it but at least it filled me up. Unless they make some big changes to the food at this place I think it will be closed within the next 6 months. That's my prediction. People in Bend like good food so I don't think they will make it. So sad

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    Bigguy

    Portland

    6 reviews

    4.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on October 30, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience3

    Very enjoyable dinner. I had heard some negative comments, but this is a very new restaurant which opened during a labor crisis. Whatever problem others had did not exist last night, food and service were both very good. As far as ambiance and food, it reminds of a mid-Atlantic crab house, and, in my opinion, the only good thing about the mid-Atlantic region IS the seafood. I will definitely return, and that is the real test!

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13. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Sacramento

    7 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on October 2, 2022

    overall4food5service5ambience5

    Pretty expensive for dinner out one night so definitely not the once a week or every couple weeks spot. Maybe every other month or so. Food was good & service was great but much pricier than we expected.

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    ChristineH

    Portland

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 17, 2022

    overall2food3service2ambience1

    The picture on Open Table is not what the food looks like at all. Presentation of food was very poor. We ordered drinks and calamari appetizer, and clam chowder to start. The clam chowder was good. There were four of us and they forgot my clam chowder. When it came they overfilled the cup and it was dripping off the side of the cup and all over the plate. The calamari was over fried and they just threw it on top of wilted lettuce. You got two tablespoons of cocktail sauce. The drinks were okay but not good. I ordered a Bloody Mary and decided to have another and it came with no straw and no garnish and was worse than the first. My other guest got the wrong drink. We ordered a boil with shrimp and king crab which was very expensive but crab was good and shrimp huge. What really bothered me is they charge you $2 for each HALF corn on cob and $1 for each SMALL yellow potato. For the price of the seafood you would think the side dishes would not be separate. Very expensive, no ambiance and not worth the price. We will not be going back. Too bad we were so excited for the restaurant to open.

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