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the Crab Pot Restaurant & Bar, Bellevue, WA P232
 
The setting and decor were excellent. We ordered their specialty "Seafeasts for you". "We take a variety of fresh seafood, steamed with mouth watering spices, we pour it out or the table on butcher paper, give you a mallet, bib & let you go at it!"

The concept sounded great! We ordered "The Westport" - Dungeness crab, snow crab, shrimp in the shell, steamed clams & mussels, andouille sausage, corn on the cob & red potatoes.

I just hate it when a restaurant had everything going for it and ruined the food by over-cooking them! The crab pieces were quite scarce and dry. The corn was too mature and under-cooked. The "mouth watering spices" was simply a Cajun mix sprinkled on the cooked mixture. It was too spicy for some in our party. Putting the spice in a shaker at the table would have been nice.

Quality and quantity were below expectations. Nothing else came with the $16.95 dinner. A loaf of sourdough bread was another $1.95.

It was a beautiful restaurant. Too bad that the food was barely acceptable.

 
the Crab Pot Restaurant & Bar Overall grade: C+
2 Lake Bellevue, Bellevue, WA 98005
Phone: (425) 455-2244
Date of visit: 5/21/2000 Rcvd: 5/21/2000
Submitted by: LL, Yakima, WA C1 R244
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