Blue Crab Seafood House - Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina by APA

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   Julie

   VIP

   Vancouver

   22 reviews

   5.0

   22 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   New Year’s Eve @ Blue Crab is always extra special! Lots of variety to suit anyone’s tastes, delicious food from appy through to dessert, fine beverage selections & exceptional , attentive, caring service , thank you to all the Blue Crab lounge & restaurant team!
   

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   Bryan

   Naples

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Gosh, we came in with very high expectations and we are accustomed to awarding mostly four or five stars for all of our eating experiences, all over the world. However, it's just very hard to offer a very high rating, based on our one-time experience. The food was presented beautifully and tasted very good. Portions were pretty small for the price, but high quality ingredients. Are issue was with the speed of the kitchen and food service. We had read quite a few reviews about the kitchen not serving food at a timely manner. Unfortunately, this was our experience. We were a party of six and one of the last tables to be seated for the evening. As we watched the dining room begin to clear, it took 40 minutes for a bowl of seafood chowder and four crab cakes to arrive. It was a total of 1 hour and 25 minutes for the remainder of our food and we only ordered three main dishes and one additional appetizer to share. We were eating lightly. We were one of the last tables to leave, which indicates peak kitchen hours were far behind, so we just could not understand the long delay for food to be prepared. To be fair, the staff was friendly and attentive. Very clean and upscale environment with sensational views, as witnessed in numerous other reviews.
   

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   Charlie

   VIP

   Vancouver

   15 reviews

   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Get rid of Robbin’s parking! There’re a rip off and there machines are very hard to follow. Hard for us older folks to park way down there in the dungeon when the elevator doesn’t work.
   

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   Amy

   Vancouver

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Blue Crab for our first time and on New Year's Eve included delicious food, great service and distributing neighbours. The restaurant had plenty of available seating, yet we were sat beside another couple at a close distance who were pretty disrespectful when it came to their level of chat and bodily functions... Not the best way to celebrate our night out. Good thing the food was great!
   

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   Meagan

   Vancouver

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Tried for the first time on New Years Eve, did not disappoint! Our server Mike was wonderful, the view was phenomenal, and oh yum the food! We will.be back.
   

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   Michel

   Vancouver

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Great experience, nice view, very good food, incredible service
   

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   Catherine

   Vancouver

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Beautiful restaurant with the most incredible views of the inner harbour. Outstanding food and service we had an amazing experience. It’s honestly the best spot in Victoria for a cocktail 🍸 and a breathtaking view.
   

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   shelly

   Vancouver

   10 reviews

   4.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The seafood experience was ok but it all had the same smoked flavor.
   

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   Richel

   Vancouver

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was very good. However, we discovered that we were charged an extra $60 for 5 tiramisu that we did not purchase (there were only 3 of us at dinner and only 2 of us had dessert. The dessert was bread pudding that was included in the $85 per person price for the meal). I called the restaurant and was told to send an email, and I have done that twice and have not received a reply. This is extremely disappointing and very surprising, I have always received prompt replies from emails to the restaurant and hoped for better service than this at a place so renowned.
   

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    Sue

    Victoria

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5

    We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas Day dinner. The food was absolutely delicious! The service was a bit slow, however our server apologized for the delay and even offered us some snacks until the main dish was served. We will definitely consider this restaurant for next year, if not before!
    

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