The Drunken Crab Santa Barbara

Came here while vacationing with the Mrs. Ordered a seafood boil with crabs, mussels and shrimp. Food came out hot. I enjoyed a cider while I was there. I don't think that they have any hard liquor. My server was amazing!! I enjoyed my boil, although I wish the sauce was a little bit thicker like in used to. However, the flavor and mild spice level was good. My wife ate her share the next day and liked it. She also enjoyed the spice level.

Incredibly great food. Super friendly service and great atmosphere.

Right on State street, parking is best to go to a parking lot nearby. Not too busy, recommended getting all three sauce, spicy, mild didn't really do it for me. Wings were cooked perfectly, cajun fries didn't really impress me. All in all, okay place.

Ate here expecting a decent meal. The food was honestly terrible for the price. Boiling crab is so much better the sauce here just lacks any flavor. On top of that our waitress never offered a refill, she charged us for peeled shrimp when we wanted head on. There’s also an automatic 17% service charge on every check. This just means the establishment clearly doesn’t pay their staff enough. I wouldn’t even have an issue paying it if the service was half decent.

The food was delicious and my server, Delilah, was incredibly helpful and provided amazing service! The food came out quickly and staff was very friendly. Definitely will be returning and requesting the same waitress again!

What a terrific place this is. Great atmosphere & being right on lower State Street it's walkable from the beach or from anywhere downtown. The staff are young and friendly and very courteous. I would recommend this for visitors guests and locals alike. Plus I lucked out today they're having $1 blue point oysters! Oh and my hazy IPA is fabulous and so is my calamari.

So I came here to honor my Late Mother, our Birthday tradition was to have Crab Legs. I usually just make them myself at home, but I didnt have time this year so I went out. I never tried it before and was excited. I get there, and they tell me it's a wait, so i ask to sit at the bar. I was Inforned that they don't serve food at the bar, so i asked if I could sit and wait at the bar. I was pretty much given the least amount of attention as possible before I was asked if I wanted a drink. Got a glass of wine, and waited for my table. 30 minutes later I was sat. I got snow crab legs "MP" Aka market Price, as a boil +6.95 and some drawn butter. 1.99. less than 10 minutes later a bag of seafood was dropped on my table and I was left to eat on the table like a traditional crab boil in the south, very casual, very quick service oriented, clearly. After another glass of wine, and very little service. Much to my dismay, I got a check for 80. Dollars and some change. And saw that I was Auto Gratuitied for 15 percent of my bill, as a SINGULAR PARTY OF 1 PERSON! and when I asked. I was told that it was standard policy. I asked where this was posted. As I saw no signs in or outside the restaurant in plain view. And i was given the menu, which had this small barely readable gray print on a white background. I paid 48 dollars for 2 crab clusters 1 sausage 2 pieces of corn and 2 small potatoes pictured below. Not worth it. I will never be back. Pay your employees a living wage, and just do better. I find this practice sneaky, and bad for business. I didn't recieve a level of service that required an Auto Gratuity. It's not an upscale restaurant, my food came in a plastic bag for christ sakes, and I ate with my hands.