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Shaking Crab - Boston Common, Boston, MA

Shaking Crab - Boston Common

4.2
4.2
124 Reviews
$30 and under
Cajun
  • Innovative
  • Good for groups
  • Romantic
Shaking Crab's vision for messy eating began with the core belief that food can be more than sustenance, but an experience to be shared with those around us. Bibs up, phones down, we need YOUR help to continue spreading the communal experience of shaking.

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Cajun, Creole / Cajun / Southern, Shellfish
  • Hours of operation
    Sat 2:00 pm–10:15 pm Sun 2:00 pm–9:15 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 4:00 pm–9:15 pm Fri 4:00 pm–10:15 pm
  • Phone number
    (617) 936-3162
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Neighborhood
    Downtown Crossing
  • Cross street
    Boylston Between Tremont and Charles
  • Parking details
    We validate parking at: MOTOR MART GARAGE 201 Stuart StreetBoston, MA 02116Please bring your parking ticket to be validated at the rate of $10/3hrs.
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Non-Smoking, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wine

What 124 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.2
4.2 based on all time ratings
  • 4.2Food
  • 4.1Service
  • 3.8Ambience
  • 3.9Value

NoiseModerate

124 Reviews
  1. Delicious

    New York City

    133 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    133 reviews

    Dined on February 8, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Did not have paper menus that I wanted. Food was tasty. Service was great.

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    2 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on January 1, 2023

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Waiters were clearly on their phones and not paying attention to us. We had hungry children and needed food sometime soon.

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  3. SuttonYaya

    Greater Boston

    6 reviews

    2.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on December 22, 2022

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Came in with 2 kids for a pre theatre dinner. Music was cranking with rap and we heard 4 f’ bombs in the first 5 minutes. This location is still operating at COVID scaled down service. Plastic forks, QR code menu. This menu is difficult to decipher online and not mobile friendly. Every time we tried to expand it so the kids could see it went wonky. Kids had a awful time trying to break their food out of the shells with plastic forks so we finally asked if they had real silverware. We dumped the fried pickles out of the paper basket so one of the kids didn’t have to keep fishing in a big plastic bag for her lobster. When we asked about wine we we given a verbal beer list. Under pressure he left to check and said they had a caber-NET and a mer-LOT with no idea of brand. Went with G&Ts instead, seemed safer. No refill on the coke, they sold “the last one”. The fried corn app was mushy and the corn in the bag was almost gelatinous and inedible. The fried pickles were soggy, and onion rings greasy and lukewarm. Overall it was not a great experience, the food was marginal and not worth the prices. Would not return.

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  4. Explorersoflocaleats

    Chicago

    32 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    32 reviews

    Dined on December 13, 2022

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Some good platters for sharing. Loaded lobster fries were good.

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  5. CindyD

    Greater Boston

    10 reviews

    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on December 7, 2022

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Location was great! The garlic noodles were great! The lobster was a good value but it was served in a plastic bag with the butter sauce in the bag with the shell on the lobster. They shook it at the table. Very messy way to eat lobster. The sauce should be on the side for dipping. I would go again but ask for sauce on the side.

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  6. MBruno

    Greater Boston

    24 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    24 reviews

    Dined on November 30, 2022

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Uniquely good seafood. Great cocktails. Chill atmosphere. Be warned though that there are very few choices if you do not like seafood though and the dining room is up a long flight of stairs!

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  7. AmyE

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 16, 2022

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 1
    We had reservations before a show. Walk in and there is a sign to wait to be seated. No one came to seat us. Then a man came in from outside and asked if we were from grub hub. I said no we had reservations. He brought us upstairs and it smelled so horrible we almost couldn’t stay. Mix of seafood and garlic maybe. Took a bit for the waiter to take our order. Chowder was disappointing. Barely ate it. Wouldn’t recommend this place.

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    Singapore

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 1, 2022

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Overall the food was good as is the service. Not quite what I was expecting

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  9. CarI

    Greater Boston

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 16, 2022

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 1
    Not very good given how expensive it is………………………….

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  10. foodieok

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 12, 2022

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    the food was so bomb. let me put yall on real quick: twin lobster tails, shrimp, potatoes and corn smothered in their moderately spicy garlic butter sauce. i ordered the "life's a peach" cocktail and it was liqaaaaaa but it was the perfect pairing. total was like $65 not including tip and i paid that hoe with ease cause it was just so good. i will be back LOL

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FAQs

Shaking Crab - Boston Common does offer delivery in partnership with Uber Eats. Shaking Crab - Boston Common also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (617) 936-3162.

Shaking Crab - Boston Common is rated 4.2 stars by 124 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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Google Map for Shaking Crab - Boston Common

140 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Boylston Between Tremont and Charles
  • Neighborhood
    Downtown Crossing
  • Hours of operation
    Sat 2:00 pm–10:15 pm Sun 2:00 pm–9:15 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 4:00 pm–9:15 pm Fri 4:00 pm–10:15 pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Cajun, Creole / Cajun / Southern, Shellfish
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Parking details
    We validate parking at: MOTOR MART GARAGE 201 Stuart StreetBoston, MA 02116Please bring your parking ticket to be validated at the rate of $10/3hrs.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Non-Smoking, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wine
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