blue crab seafood house

a wonderful experience.. everything on the menu looked delicious,we chose to have a musssel clam appie and the dungeness crab entree with creme brulee dessert. the wine was a great match and mike ourwaitermade our evening very enjoyable. if you are ever in victoria i would strongly recommend this wonderful restaurant.

great view, bland lukewarm food.. we received a gift certificate for this place, otherwise we would not have come here to dine. having dined here before and not been impressed, we thought maybe the place has improved, and it has not. the bisque i had as my entree was lukewarm, the oysters were chewy. i had the seafood cioppino as a main dish, and i was not to happy with the sandy clams. the final straw was the totally tasteless dessert, taste and texture was like frozen whip cream, waffles on top were old tasting. we did mention it to thewaiterand he suggested another dessert which was ok (no appology). service is not personal for the price, food is tasteless and bland, the only good thing is the beautiful view. beware this is just another tourist trap hotel restaurant.

we missed our reservation by 24 hours! can you imagine, we had the wrong day but after phoning to apologize for our mistake they found an early dinner time that we could make and my birthday dinner was saved. thanks chris who made that happen. ourwaitermike was great, here when we needed him but otherwise in the background. we had a great view of the harbour and watched float planes land and harbour ferries travelling back and forth. our started was the crab cakes which were yummy and pretty too. i had crab risotto, perfectly done asparagus and peas with the crab. very enjoyable as i ate every last bite. my partner had the lamb, beautifully prepared to a medium rare and placed on a bed of colourful fall vegetables with an au jus drizzled around the plate. we shared the raspberry chocolate torte which is creamy in texture and very rich. a good dish to share easily between tow and probably between 3. great food, great service and fantastic view. we'll be back.

sadly i was disappointed with our experience. i've always liked the blue crab and enjoy taking friends from out of town for good west coast seafood. last night however, we made a reservation days in advance for 7:30. we ordered our dungeness crab dinners with side veggies, not cheap! thewaitercame back about 15 mins later to tell us they were out of crab. okay this is the second time i've experienced this with blue crab. how can they call themselves a "seafood" restaurant and be out of crab in the middle of a friday evening dinner service? we had to settle for frozen snow crab which was tasteless and rubbery. even the veggies, roasted root vegetables, were to hard to spear with a fork.
for two of us with a glass of wine each the tab was $145 for a really lousy meal. the only thing good about it was the view. i can see this view though from many other venues in victoria. i pretty much doubt i'll return again. they seriously need to step up their game.

went to the blue crab this evening to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday. it was amazing. we ordered the platter for two. first off, they kept asking if we wanted more bread!!! second of all, ourwaiterhunter, made sure that our wine glasses were never empty. their clam and muscles were cooked perfectly! the tenderloin was scrumptious , as well as the rice, veggies, and prawns. the scallops were overcooked but it didn't wreck my meal. i loved the butter on the tea light to keep it warm, and the lemon water bowl. the king crab would have been better if the shells were cut open for easy access (like some restaurants i've been to do). i found it extremely difficult to get into the crab, and once i did my steak had gone cold. other than that- everything was amazing and the views were gorgeous. will be back!

date night at blue crab. saturday night and the dining room was full so we ended up sitting in the lounge. it was confortable and we luckily got a window seat which was fantastic because the view is spectacular. to eat, we ended up sharing the 3 course dungeness crab feast with denman island oysters to start. also had an a la carte ceasar salad with pancetta. to drink, negroni and martini with a bottle of kindle merlot. all the seafood was super fresh and crab cooked perfectly. blue crab rissoto had great consistency. denman island oysters among my favourite and these were well shucked. ceasar salad was best ive had in a long time. romaine super fresh and dressed so you could still taste lettuce with a perfectly balanced flavour. when the bill came it was a pleasant surprise actually :) everything was very good but what makes this a 5 star rating had to be the service. ourwaiterwas awesome. so thanks for making our date night a big success and we'll be back.

very disappointed. we went out to the blue crab; we got there at 5:40 pm and didn't have reservations so we were told to seat ourselves in the lounge. we had an excellent view and thewaitermentioned that the large boat belonged to the man who owned the harbor ferries and often had parties so there was often people passing. i informed mywaiterthat i don't eat pork and asked him if it was in any of the dishes on the dine around victoria menus and he said he didn't believe so. we asked him to describe what was the difference between the three crab options on the dine around menus and he wasn't very informative...didn't mention the sides at all. i asked him for a sweet white wine and he brought me a riesling that tasted like unsweetened apple juice; rather disappointing. we chose a $40 and a $50 dine around victoria menu each. he then brought me a chowder that had bacon in it, i picked the bacon out and made the best of it. when thewaiterreturned i asked him to ensure that there was no pork in my main. the bacon scallop appetizer my partner had was the best thing either of us ordered that night. after a considerable wait he brought our mains i chose a main that consisted of crab cakes, crab risotto and crab legs with vegetables. my crab cakes were tasty but the risotto was very bland and the crab was cold. thewaiternever offered pepper nor did he do a check in. my partner had the whole dungeness crab which was served on top of the same bland risotto with the same vegetables. as we waited for our deserts we realized that the meal was taking longer then expected it was already 7:15 and we were supposed to meet someone at 7:30 so we called and let them know we were running late. at 7:40 ourwaiterbrought us a desert...not one that either of us had ordered and said it was on the house as the chocolate desert had been taken. at that time i asked him if our other desert was still coming too and he cut me off saying of course but this one is on the house. i had no interest in the creme brulee it was not particularly well done and had no appeal for me. my partner asked for the bill and told him that we were running late. thewaiterbrought the desert my partner had ordered with the bill and i again asked about my desert; a croissant bread pudding. only to be told by thewaiterthat i had not ordered the three course meal....which we had been charged on the bill...i countered that i had ordered the croissant bread pudding and asked him to put it in a to go container as we were late and he said he couldn't because the ice cream would melt. he eventually; after another considerable wait brought it and it was good but not worth the hassle and wait. we weren't able to leave until nearly 8:05pm. he did comp us about $15 dollars but for a rather horrible dining experience we still paid over $100 dollars. i won't be going back!

i decided to take some friends of mine to the blue crab while they visited from vancouver. we could have gone to any restaurant downtown but i loved the view from the crab. we walked into an almost empty restaurant and looked at a menu while waiting for a host. after about five minutes one came up and told us to wait while he answered the phone and assured the caller there would be room for them to eat that night. he then turned to is with the fakest smile i have ever seen and let is know that they where full and had no room for us at any time that night. we left slightly shocked, and a bit confused about what had just happened. the people we saw seated where wearing jeans and tshirts. so it wasn't that we wearnt dressed formal. either thewaiterjust didn't like us, or the small quiet
baby i was holding. regardless it was one of the worst experiences i have ever had. unless you want to be made to feel less than human by the staff avoid this place, i know i will never go again.

mediocre. service was odd.waiterwasn't sure of prices for 'market price' items, slow at times, food was good, but they sat us in the very back. we later noticed a couple who arrived after us was served sooner. over priced as well. also disappointed in the lack of local brews. "we have a lager and an ale". :)

bluecrab mediocre. mediocre at best. in fact, thinking about it, my wife and i cannot think of one dish that wow'ed us. the caesar salad was one of the worst we've ever had, the lettuce was old and the dressing without character of any kind. both of our entrees (scallops and halibut) were over cooked. when thewaiterpresented the bill ($120) and asked how the meal was and was told in detail what what was wrong, made no attempt to correct or compensate. overpriced and disappointing. waitstaff slow and not particularly informative. best seafood in victoria? i hope not. award winning chef - must have been on vacation but apparently not mine.