The all-you-can-eat ledger: what a crab feast costs from 23rd Street to Route 611
Five houses run the all-you-can-eat crab table in and around Ocean City this summer. Only one of them will print the price. Here is the ledger as of August 1.
The Crab Bag
The Crab Bag is the 130th Street crab house that takes its grading seriously. The 2026 menu spells out five hard-crab classes. They run from medium at 5.5 to 6 inches to colossal at 7.5 and up. Crabs sell by the dozen and half-bushel at market price, quoted on the carryout line. The all-you-can-eat steamed crab option comes with corn. It allows no sharing and runs subject to availability. Jumbo lump crab cakes run 32.95 single and 59.95 double on the posted menu. It carries a 4.2 on Google across more than 4,400 reviews and a 2026 Best of OC win. The recurring gripe is the bill, not the crabs.
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The Crab Bag grades its crabs like a produce stand
The 130th Street crab house prints a five-class sizing chart and quotes its dozens by phone. The recurring complaint is the bill, not the crabs.