Rehoboth crabs come with a check. Lewes crabs come with a phone call
A field guide to the six rooms and shacks from the Tanger outlets to Second Street, and how to buy steamed blues in each. Only one posts a firm crab price online.
The Crab House
The Crab House is Rehoboth's Route 1 crab room, across from the Tanger Seaside outlets. Eric and Norman Sugrue of Big Fish Restaurant Group opened it in 2014 in the former Beachcomber space. The brothers took over the original Crab House in 1996 to launch the first Big Fish Grill. The group has since merged with Baltimore's Atlas Restaurant Group. The draw is the nightly all-you-can-eat crab feast at $69 a person as of August 2026. It runs 4 to 8 p.m. with summer corn chowder, corn on the cob and hush puppies. A raw bar and 36 drafts back it up. The room is seasonal and closes roughly October through March.
Latest known prices
From phoned-in checks and posted boards; the date rides with every number.
- The Crab HouseRehoboth Beach
- mixed$69/AYCE pp
official website · 2026-08-01
Our reporting
The name the Sugrues kept in their back pocket for 18 years
Rehoboth's Route 1 crab room is a 2014 project with a 1996 origin story and a $69 all-you-can-eat feast. Reviewers praise the floor staff and report lukewarm crabs on the busiest nights.