Crafty Crab Brandon - Lakeland

Good enough food. Service was not very good. The server was playing with his phone alot and I had to call him for drink refill.

Crafty Crab was the very first seafood boil restaurant to open in Brandon. I 've tried all the other restaurants with the same concept in this area. Yep, there are three other places. So, why not save the first one that opened in Brandon for last? That makes no sense at all, but I 'm glad that I did. There were only a few patrons dining the whole time I was there between noon and 1pm. Fortunately, I had my choice of seating. The restaurant is clean, cool, and comfortable. The menu varies in price range from just under $10 for a half pound of your choice of seafood to a little over $70 for a pound of king crab legs. There are four sauces that you can get at different heat levels. The last of the four is a combination of Cajun, garlic butter, and lemon pepper, and it 's called The Boom sauce. Sounds familiar, right? I decided to go with what I love. I usually get a half dozen steamed oysters as an appetizer along with a half pound of green mussels in the combo sauce. What I think is unique is that you can also add ramen noodles to your boil bag for an additional charge. In fact, this is the only restaurant of its type in the area that does this. It seriously is the best way to soak up that yummy sauce (besides a side of steamed rice). I wish all the seafood boil restaurants had ramen as an add on. Anyway, all was good with the exception of the sauce. The Boom sauce was extremely salty in the bag. I didn 't notice it being that way on the steamed oysters, so I 'm not sure why it tasted so salty in the bag. I do want to go back and try the garlic butter next time just to compare the two sauces. I think that was the only issue I had. The mussels were a good size and tasty. The potatoes were a generous size as well. The service was fantastic! Charli made sure I had everything that I needed, and she checked in on me often to make sure I was happy. She was super sweet helpful, and I hope I get her again next time. There will be more lunch time visits. Especially since they offer ramen noodles.

Recommend this Place You are under the sea’s at the place. Fishes hanging from the ceiling and shadows of sharks and crabs. This place looks amazing. Crafty Brandon isn’t your normal seafood restaurant decor. Instead of fish nets all over the ceiling they have fishes and other sea creatures!!! Unique and fun, first time coming here and i loved it. The food was amazing too. I got some fried shrimp and the portions was just right. I also got a Seafood boil with shrimp and snow crabs really good and the sauce was great. It was the garlic butter seasoning.

If you are looking for crabby place to eat on 60 in Brandon go to Crafty Crab! They will never disappoint, the food is always freshly cooked, and there are combo choices if you are not a seafood lover. We love their specials that can be shared as it is large. It is fun and yummy place to eat with your family or friends. And do not forget Bday! They will sing a song for you!

The staff was very nice, no complaints on service. We all got fried shrimp and catfish and it had to be the blandest breading we've ever had. Its like they put no salt or pepper or anything in it at all. The sauce was pretty good so at least you can dip it. Just wish it had some flavor.