The Boiling Crab

San Diego, CA · Seafood restaurant

Rating
4.5/5
★★★★★ 4.5
Reviews
20
Rank in San Diego
#802
of 3838 restaurants
City Percentile
62%
rating percentile
Address
The Boiling Crab, 9015 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92126
Phone
(858) 695-9025
Website
www.theboilingcrab.com
Status
Closed · Opens 12 PM

The Boiling Crab is a restaurant located in San Diego, CA. It is one of 3,838 restaurants listed in San Diego. Its 4.5-star rating is above the San Diego city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Saturday12 PM–10 PM
Sunday12 PM–10 PM
Monday3 PM–9 PM
Tuesday3 PM–9 PM
Wednesday3 PM–9 PM
Thursday3 PM–9 PM
Friday3 PM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Abarajithan Gnaneswaran · Nov 2025

This place is insane. My Asian friends, who have super high standards for seafood, had their faith in American cuisine restored. One of them said "This is the best oyster i had in North America" We ordered fried soft shell crabs, bucket with shrimp, oyster & crab legs, and Gumbo. Everything was perfect. We will visit often.

★★★★☆ 4.0 Shabari Vivek · Dec 2025

It’s shocking how the quality has gone down. Ordered a large amount of crab and shrimp to feed 6 people and the amount of sauce in the bags, barely enough for 2 people. It used to be 5 star food and service but alas not anymore!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Lina Zhao · Jun 2025

Been there couples time before and dine in there. BUT I ordered Togo yesterday, the shrimp are NOT FRESH, you can taste that. But before I dine in the shrimp quality is good. Won’t go back again, waste my money.

★★★★☆ 4.0 Sharon B · Feb 2025

We went on a weekday and the two of us were seated right away in a booth. Our wonderful server was Ron and he did a great job advising us what to order. I would say that this place would be better suited for larger groups. They did not have a seafood bucket with a variety of seafood like other restaurants. Each order for the seafood boil had a 1 lb minimum, except for shrimp where you can order ½ lb. Since there were only two of us, we were limited on what we could order. We ordered 1 lb of Alaskan snow crab legs, 1 lb of clams, and ½lb of shrimp (with heads). All in the Sha Bang sauce, which was pretty tasty. We were advised to order it in Mild. Glad we did because it did have a little heat and Medium might have been a bit too spicy. Food came out pretty quickly. It was fun to dump eve

★★★★★ 5.0 AJ Hmoud · Mar 2025

Solid spot. We ordered the king crab and calamari—both hit the mark. The vibe was great, and Chris (our waiter) really made the experience smooth—shout out to him. Definitely coming back next time I’m in town.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Outdoor Seating ✓ Onsite Services ✓ Takeout ✓ Dine In ✓ Delivery ✓ Fast Service ✓ Great Beer Selection ✓ Sports ✓ Lunch ✓ Dinner ✓ Solo Dining ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating ✓ Alcohol

Services

Seafood restaurantCajun restaurantCrab houseCreole restaurantFamily restaurantRestaurant

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