When you see the seafood restaurant near the waterfront, you would imagine yourself sitting by the water and eating fresh caught seafood. I was wrong after I tried the seafood at the crab pot Seattle waterfront. When you see the restaurant is crowed, you think the restaurant must serve good food. Well, I was wrong again. It turned out to be a tourist trap.
My husband and I bought two orders of the Westport seafood feast $50 minimum order plus tax and standard tips. The service was average. However, seafood was dry, overcooked and not fresh. The food was not that hot when it brought to my table. I suspect that the food was being cooked before, and reheated before it was brought to my table. The minimum order is two for Westport seafood feast, however, we only got one quarter of Dungeness crab part, one quarter of king crab part. The food was so bad that we could not finish half of the order. Since we paid so much for the food, we decided to not waste the food and take the food home. The box of food has been sitting my refrigerator for one week already and still no one wanted to eat it. We finally decided to throw it away.
My relative was in buffet business before and they only paid $1.00 wholesale price for one pond of frozen Dungeness crab to serve in a $12 buffet. Since I enjoyed lot of live seafood from Chinese restaurant and grocery store for cheap price, I am very positive that Crab pot is severing cheap dead frozen seafood for outrageous price. There is a day and night difference between dead frozen seafood and fresh live seafood.
I wish I checked the recent review of this restaurant before I made decision on where to celebrate a birthday. I did not have a chance to complaint because the waiter did not dare to ask about the food and I did not want to spoil my day by complaining about it. I am puzzled why other people in the resturant did not complaint about the food.
I believe it is a rip off when you compare the price with the food you get from other restaurant. For example, in Ming Chinese restaurant in Bellevue, I can pick a big live Dungeness crab from the tank for $15 each and they will cook almost any way you want and it always taste juicy and sweat since it is live crab. The live Dungeness crab is now selling $3.99 at 99 Chinese grocery store near the Valley Medical Center and you can ask it cleaned for you. The store also sells live shrimps and live lobsters around $10 a pound. The seafood in Las Vegas resturant is much more cheaper. I had a $16 Chinese buffet in Las Vegas and they served endless supply of delicious lobster, crab and shrimp. I was also a happy person after I had a big giant flavorful lobster($60) at emeril’s restaurant at mgm grand in Las Vegas.
Pros: waterfront patio
Cons: the food made me grouchy
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