D'Jillisser K.
8/17/2025
Anytime I'm in NY, I make it a point to stop by Crabby Shanty, and last night's visit did not disappoint. I wasn't too hungry, but the $35.99 special was more than enough and such a great value....
The Original Crab Shanty Restaurant
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361 City Island Ave
Bronx, NY 10464
The Original Crab Shanty building was not always a restaurant. This building has a rich history that can be traced back to the turn of the century. In the early 1900’s this building, with its tall ceilings was a silent movie theater. Later in the early 1900’s the federal government took the building over and made it into the City Island Post Office, which served The City Island community for many years. Many residents of City Island still have many fond memories of the old post office. Ironically there was even a road that went though our current parking lot, which was named Crab Lane!! However the road does not exist anymore. In 1977 when we took over the property we turned it into the ORIGINAL CRAB SHANTY RESTAURANT. Before it was named the Original Crab Shanty Restaurant, we had a couple of other names we wanted to call the restaurant.
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Reviews
3.5936 reviews
Lawrence D.
8/1/2025
It was a pleasant day so we decided to eat outside. The staff took a very long time to approach us after seating us. My date asked for a Chardonnay and when it was finally brought out- the color...
Kenny E.
7/20/2025
Great food, inviting atmosphere and terrific staff! Fernando was our waiter (menu tour guide) and he was such a pleasure! Everything he suggested tasted outstanding and he was very interpersonal...
Kathleen L.
8/20/2025
So this feast for around 130 is meant for 2 ; it was 3 of us for lunch and we had left overs . Absolutely delicious from soft shell crabs to snow crab dungenous stuffed crab blue in garlic sauce...
James L.
8/25/2025
Went on a Friday evening, was seated right away. Food took quite a while to come out but was some of the best seafood we have had on the east coast. Service was a bit slow, didn't refill our water...
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