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Assateague Crab House
Seasonal crab house and seafood market on the road to Assateague
Opens 11am
- Sit-Down Dining
Hours & practicals
- Hours (summer)
- Every day, 11am–9pm
- Address
- 7635 Stephen Decatur Hwy, Berlinharbor
- From your base
- Sorts every list here by walk time.
The take
The crab house on Stephen Decatur Highway you pass on the way to the ponies — a seasonal spot with a seafood market attached, so you can eat there or take it home. Pairs naturally with an Assateague day: beach first, crabs after. Closed off-season.
Details
- Cuisine
- seafood
On the plate
46 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-10 · read by script
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Appetizers
- Bee Sting WingsChicken, Honeyread by scriptIs this right?
- Calamaribreaded · fresh · Squid, Calamariread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab & Avocado Saladfresh · Crab, Crabmeat, Vinaigretteread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab BallsCrab, Our Tartar Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab Dipbaked · Crab, Cheese, Spice, Meatread by scriptIs this right?
- Crabby Friesfried · Crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Cream Of Crab (The cream-based crab soup, thick and pale. The other Maryland crab soup is the tomato one.)Crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Homemade Hush Puppies (Cornmeal batter, dropped in the fryer and served alongside. Sweet in some kitchens, oniony in others.)friedread by scriptIs this right?
- Maryland Vegetable Crab Soupsimmered · Crab, Spiceread by scriptIs this right?
- Raw Oystersraw · Oysterread by scriptIs this right?
- Smoked Fish Dipfresh · smoked · Fish, Dipread by scriptIs this right?
- South Point Samplersteamed · Shrimp, Clam, Musselread by scriptIs this right?
- Steamed Shrimpsteamed · Shrimp, Cocktail Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Stuffed Portabella Mushroombroiled · stuffed · Crab, Portobelloread by scriptIs this right?
- and 1 more read by script
Entrées
- Crab Salad RollCrab, Lobsterread by scriptIs this right?
- Crabcake Sandwichbroiled · fresh · fried · Crab, Crabmeatread by scriptIs this right?
- Fish N Chipsdeep-fried · fried · Fishread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Shrimpfried · Shrimp, Our Tartar Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Grilled Salmongrilled · Beef, Butter, Salmonread by scriptIs this right?
- Grilled Scallopsgrilled · Scallop, Butterread by scriptIs this right?
- Hawaiian Chicken Sandwichbarbecued · grilled · seared · Chicken, Breastread by scriptIs this right?
- Mahi Mahi Fish Tacosfresh · grilled · Mahi, Salsa, Boom Boom Sauce, Slawread by scriptIs this right?
- Mahi Reubengrilled · Mahiread by scriptIs this right?
- Salmon Bltapplewood-smoked · grilled · Pork, Bacon, Lettuce, Salmonread by scriptIs this right?
- Seafood LinguineShrimp, Scallop, Butter, Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Seafood Platterbroiled · fried · Crab, Beef, Shrimp, Scallopread by scriptIs this right?
- Snow Crab Legsdrawn · Crab, Butter, Snow crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Soft Shell (A blue crab caught just after moulting, eaten whole — shell, legs and all.) Bltapplewood-smoked · fried · Crab, Pork, Bacon, Lettuceread by scriptIs this right?
- Soft Shell (A blue crab caught just after moulting, eaten whole — shell, legs and all.) Crabfried · Crab, Our Tartar Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Spicy Chicken SandwichChicken, Nashvilleread by scriptIs this right?
- Steamed Crabs (Whole blue crabs steamed in Old Bay, sold by the dozen or all-you-can-eat, eaten with a mallet.)steamed · Crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Stuffed Flounderstuffed · Crab, Flounder, Our Tartar Sauce, Crabmeatread by scriptIs this right?
- Stuffed Scallopsbroiled · stuffed · Crab, Chicken, Scallop, Imperial Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Stuffed Shrimpbroiled · stuffed · Crab, Shrimp, Imperial Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- The Triosteamed · Crab, Lobster, Snow crabread by scriptIs this right?
- and 2 more read by script
Kids
- Chicken Tendersdeep-fried · fried · Chicken, Tenderread by scriptIs this right?
- Rockfish (Striped bass, as Maryland names it. The state fish, and a regulated catch.) FingersRockfishread by scriptIs this right?
- Shrimp Basketfried · Shrimp, Cocktail Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
Also on the menu
- Bone In Ribeyecajun-rubbed · grilled · Beef, Ribeyeread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Chickenfried · Chicken, Seasoningread by scriptIs this right?
- Steak & Crabcakedeep-fried · fried · grilled · Crab, Beef, Our Tartar Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Twin Grilled Chicken Breastgrilled · marinated · Chickenread by scriptIs this right?
Flavours — our reading
Flavour is our reading of the ingredients a menu prints, not a measurement. How we read them
Assateague Crab House · 38 of 46 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes
The numbers behind the shape
| Axis | Assateague Crab House | Every menu we read |
|---|---|---|
| heat | 18% | 10% |
| smoke | 5% | 13% |
| citrus | 0% | 3% |
| brine | 74% | 53% |
| cream | 24% | 35% |
| sweet | 3% | 12% |
| herb | 0% | 4% |
| umami | 82% | 83% |
Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
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Sources
- Facts — assateaguecrabhouseoc.com, verified July 2026
- coords — geocoding.geo.census.gov, verified July 2026
- hours — assateaguecrabhouseoc.com, verified September 2026
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