The Kickin' Crab

hey guys, let me tell you about a place called kicking crabs located in Irvine California. If you’re looking for really nice seafood boil that this place is awesome. The only one downside to this is that the wait time for Seden is sometimes over an hour the cocky guys that are there. Don’t really give you the best customer service in my opinion other than that, the ambience is great. The men’s bathroom was pretty filthy. When I went inside I didn’t take any photos of it cause I’m not here to create any Health Department issues with this restaurant however, I believe that they can do much more better in the restroom

Was in town for a shoot and craving some Cajun :) This was referred! The boil was pretty good and sauce was very tasty, but what stood out the most was the fish and fries! Fish was thick and so tasty! Especially with the tarter sauce! Also had the clam chowder and it had huge pieces of clams in every bite! Really light and not so creamy and delicious.

We had a horrible experience at Kickin Crab. We added pur name on Waitlist on Sunday, May 11th at 12:10 pm for dine in with two other friends. My wife wasn’t feeling well due to the extreme heat outside, so we politely asked if she could sit inside the restaurant for a moment to cool down. The place was nearly empty, as you can clearly see from the photos—plenty of open tables and chairs. Still, one of the servers, an Asian young lady with tablet in hand and calling waitlist parties, rudely told us, “Our store is small, sorry you can’t sit here,” and turned us away. She clearly saw that my wife was unwell and chose to ignore it. There was zero compassion, zero flexibility, and the attitude was unnecessarily rude. It’s unacceptable for a restaurant with so much empty space to treat people like this—especially when someone is clearly not feeling well. Absolutely disappointed. We will never be returning, and I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone who values decent customer service or basic human kindness.

Definitely, yes, It’s one of my favorite restaurants! Seafood is always fresh, the service is great, we choose the Combo 3, $125, including snow crab legs, 3 lbs other seafood( shrimps, clams, mussels). Everyone likes the snow crab legs, and we order 2 more lbs again. Spent over $400

I LOVE this place. The only one I’ll go to for a seafood boil in a bag because of their sauciness. Great service, reasonable prices, and plenty of tables for good times. The shrimp with potatoes, corn, sausage, and an egg is always my go to.

This was my family’s first time and our server was great at answering our questions. Unfortunately the food quality wasn’t what we had hoped for. The corn tasted stale, the shrimps were not deveined, and texture was off. We did have the garlic noodles, but overall there was a lack in flavor.

Really amazing restaurant! I got two pounds of clams and the kickin style sauce mild spice. Delicious sauce that I had to bring it home. If you get the sauce on the side you basically get to bring it home which is a nice tip. We also got the gumbo and the fried chicken! Both were good. I wish we tried the set meal. This place works better with a bigger crowd.

No marinate , tons of empty shells , sure just dumped it in the bag , no taste or flavor whatsoever. You wanna be a copycat but you’re at least 2000 miles from the original boiling crab quality! Need a lot of improvements.