Charleston Crab House-market Street

Stellar food and service Indoor/Outdoor seating : 2 floors Frozen Rum Runner Passion fruit rum, banana rum, rum, Blackberry brandy, orange juice, pineapple juice, grenadine, a floater of Gosling Black Seal rum 5 stars Grilled Seafood Trio redfish / sea scallops* / shrimp / garlic butter / Charleston red rice / seasonal veg 5 stars

I really enjoyed this place. It was a Wednesday night so it wasn’t super busy. I was able to walk in and be seated immediately at about 5:30 PM. My server was good not outstanding. I tried six different oyster types and enjoyed all of them. Some of the names made me giggle. The She Crab soup was outstanding. This is most definitely someplace I will return to the next time I am in Charleston.

Ordered the huspuppies, Charleston crab cakes and a painkiller. The hush puppies were some of the most flavorless I’ve ever had. The crab cakes were basic and didn’t impress nor disgust me. The cocktail was good. Probably wouldn’t visit again but it’s far from terrible. I was hoping for out of this world seafood and it just didn’t meet that expectation. The service was friendly but very slow.

We were in town to celebrate a birthday and to embark on a cruise ship the next day. I was supposed to be amongst the party of people but this is a two-story restaurant and I have mobility challenges so I decided to sit down stairs. I will see it immediately the hostess is very kind when I told her that the rest of my group was parking the car, she took me to a table immediately because I told her that I couldn't stand for long. I don't remember the name of our server it's not on the receipt but I will say she was so accommodating especially because a couple people in my party they either change their mind or ask for extra stuff. I ordered the Mussels, but others ordered raw oysters and grilled oysters along with some other stuff. My Mussels were chef's kiss. The butter wine sauce was amazing!!! I was kind of full but I ordered a crab cake sandwich which came with fries. The crab cake was okay it could have been seasoned more and maybe I should have asked for some more remoulade sauce. But for the most part I did enjoy it. I also had a lemon drop martini oh my goodness so good. There were no complaints about the food no complaints about the service everything was straight. I will definitely return.