Lower Midtown · 23rd St
BLU Crabhouse & Raw Bar
Family-owned bayfront crab house with sunset views at 23rd St.
- Sit-Down Dining
Hours & practicals
- Hours (summer)
BLU Crabhouse & Raw Bar opening hours by day, summer season Mon–Thu (today) 4pm–9pm Fri–Sat 4pm–10pm Sun 4pm–9:30pm - Address
- 2305 Philadelphia Ave at 23rd St bayside, Ocean Citybayside
- From your base
- Sorts every list here by walk time.
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The take
Steamed crabs and a sunset arrive on the same reservation. Order by the dozen, pick slowly, let the evening do its thing. This is the Maryland crab-feast experience without leaving downtown.
What to order: Steamed crabs by the dozen; the raw bar while you wait.
Details
- Cuisine
- Crab house
On the plate
28 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-09 · read by script
Our reading of the menu turns up meat, birria beef taco and blu crab dip.
Menu read 2026-09-09; 2 changes since 2026-09-07. What changed on the menus
Appetizers
- Blu Crab DipCrabread by scriptIs this right?
- Boom Boom Shrimpdeep-fried · fried · Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- Chicken WingsChicken, Bbqread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab HushpuppiesCrabread by scriptIs this right?
- Cream Of Crab (The cream-based crab soup, thick and pale. The other Maryland crab soup is the tomato one.) Chowdersimmered · Crab, Seasoning, Sherryread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Calamarifried · marinated · Squidread by scriptIs this right?
- Half & Half Soupsimmeredread by scriptIs this right?
- Lobster Tuna DipLobster, Tunaread by scriptIs this right?
- Maryland Crab Soup (The tomato one: vegetables, crab, Old Bay, and often a beef stock underneath.)simmered · Crab, Onion, Potato, Cornread by scriptIs this right?
- Poke Tuna NachosTuna, Salt, Seed, Siracharead by scriptIs this right?
Entrées
- Birria Beef TacosBeefread by scriptIs this right?
- Broiled Double Crab Cake Dinnerbroiled · Crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Buffalo Chicken RanchChickenread by scriptIs this right?
- Chicken MarsalaChickenread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Crab Cake Sandwichfried · Crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Lobster RollLobsterread by scriptIs this right?
- Ocean City Pan Roastroastedread by scriptIs this right?
- Seafood Pastacajun-rubbed · Crab, Shrimp, Scallop, Meatread by scriptIs this right?
- Southern Pan Roastroastedread by scriptIs this right?
- Stuffed Flounderstuffed · Flounderread by scriptIs this right?
- and 1 more read by script
Kids
Also on the menu
Flavours — our reading
Flavour is our reading of the ingredients a menu prints, not a measurement. How we read them
BLU Crabhouse & Raw Bar · 18 of 28 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes
The numbers behind the shape
| Axis | BLU Crabhouse & Raw Bar | Every menu we read |
|---|---|---|
| heat | 6% | 10% |
| smoke | 6% | 13% |
| citrus | 0% | 3% |
| brine | 78% | 53% |
| cream | 0% | 35% |
| sweet | 11% | 12% |
| herb | 0% | 4% |
| umami | 89% | 83% |
Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Check in
Your passport…
Sources
- Facts — blucrabhouse.com, verified July 2026
- coords — geocoding.geo.census.gov, verified July 2026
- hours — google.com, September 2026 — not independently verified
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The neighborhood
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