The Original Crab Shanty Restaurant

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361 City Island Ave
Bronx, NY 10464
+1 (718) 885-1810
http://www.originalcrabshanty.com
The Original Crab Shanty building was not always a restaurant. This building has a rich history that can be traced back to the turn of the century. In the early 1900’s this building, with its tall ceilings was a silent movie theater. Later in the early 1900’s the federal government took the building over and made it into the City Island Post Office, which served The City Island community for many years. Many residents of City Island still have many fond memories of the old post office. Ironically there was even a road that went though our current parking lot, which was named Crab Lane!! However the road does not exist anymore. In 1977 when we took over the property we turned it into the ORIGINAL CRAB SHANTY RESTAURANT. Before it was named the Original Crab Shanty Restaurant, we had a couple of other names we wanted to call the restaurant.

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3.5940 reviews
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William S.
9/30/2025

What a fun little restaurant! We stoped by last night for a quick bite and the food was so good! The fried shrimp was really good and a great price as well! The mozz sticks were really good and...

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Kathy X.
9/23/2025

My friend had their birthday lunch here. The place was expansive and bustling. We were given a booth seating, which was comfortable and cozy. I was happy to see that their generous Lunch Special...

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D'Jillisser K.
8/17/2025

Anytime I'm in NY, I make it a point to stop by Crabby Shanty, and last night's visit did not disappoint. I wasn't too hungry, but the $35.99 special was more than enough and such a great value....

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Alessandra R.
11/30/2025

I put off writing this review because we had an unfortunate experience when my sister found a small roach in her tartar sauce. I don't even eat seafood, but I came along because she'd been craving...

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Kathleen L.
8/20/2025

So this feast for around 130 is meant for 2 ; it was 3 of us for lunch and we had left overs . Absolutely delicious from soft shell crabs to snow crab dungenous stuffed crab blue in garlic sauce...

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