North OC · 128th St
Higgins Crab House (128th St)
All-you-can-eat steamed crab feasts
Opens noon
- Sit-Down Dining
Hours & practicals
- Hours (summer)
- Every day, noon–8:30pm
- Price
- $$moderate
- Address
- 12801 Coastal Hwy, Ocean Cityinland
- From your base
- Sorts every list here by walk time.
The take
Paper on the table, mallet in hand, no hurry — plan a full evening around it.
What to order: The all-you-can-eat steamed crabs — that's what you came for.
Details
- Cuisine
- Crab house
On the plate
54 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-10 · read by script
Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.
Appetizers
- Ahi Tuna TacosTunaread by scriptIs this right?
- Alaskan Snow Crab LegsCrabread by scriptIs this right?
- Alaskan Snow Crab Legs (pound)sauteed · Crab, Musselread by scriptIs this right?
- Baby Back Ribs OR Steamed Shrimpsteamed · Pork, Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- Backfin (Body meat from a blue crab, in flakes rather than whole lumps. Cheaper than lump; the usual crab-cake grade.) Crab Cake SandwichCrabread by scriptIs this right?
- BBQ Rib Samplerbarbecued · Crab, Pork, Snow crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Calamaristeamed · Shrimp, Squid, Calamariread by scriptIs this right?
- Captains Catch Fish of the Daybroiled · fried · grilled · Fishread by scriptIs this right?
- CheesesteakBeef, Pepperread by scriptIs this right?
- Chicken FingersChickenread by scriptIs this right?
- Chopped Saladcrumbled · Pork, Tomato, Onion, Baconread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab Balls (4)fried · Crab, Mozzarellaread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab Dipblackened · chilled · seared · Crab, Tunaread by scriptIs this right?
- Crabby BurgerCrab, Beef, Dip, Burgerread by scriptIs this right?
- Fish N ChipsFishread by scriptIs this right?
- Fresh 8oz BurgerPork, Beefread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Clam Stripfried · Clamread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Mozzarella Sticksfriedread by scriptIs this right?
- Grilled Chickengrilled · sauteed · Crab, Chicken, Shrimp, Fishread by scriptIs this right?
- Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwichgrilled · Chicken, Breastread by scriptIs this right?
- Gulf Shimp TacosCrab, Tacoread by scriptIs this right?
- Hush Puppies (Cornmeal batter, dropped in the fryer and served alongside. Sweet in some kitchens, oniony in others.)friedread by scriptIs this right?
- Mahi Mahi TacosMahiread by scriptIs this right?
- Mussels (over 1/2 lb sauteed)sauteed · steamed · Clam, Musselread by scriptIs this right?
- Seafood TacosFish, Sauceread by scriptIs this right?
- Seared Ahi Tuna (Blackened and chilled)blackened · chilled · seared · Tunaread by scriptIs this right?
- Soft Crab SandwichCrabread by scriptIs this right?
- Soft Shell (A blue crab caught just after moulting, eaten whole — shell, legs and all.) Crab TacosCrabread 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?
- Steamed Crabs (Whole blue crabs steamed in Old Bay, sold by the dozen or all-you-can-eat, eaten with a mallet.) & Baby Back Ribssteamed · Crab, Porkread 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 Shrimpsteamed · Crab, Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- Steamed Shrimp (1/2 lb. Large)steamed · Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- Steamed Shrimp (1/2 lb. Med.)steamed · Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- Steamed Shrimp & Baby Back Ribssteamed · Pork, Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- and 1 more read by script
Entrées
- Broiled Stuffed Shrimpbroiled · stuffed · Crab, Shrimp, Imperialread by scriptIs this right?
- Cajun Catfishcajun-rubbed · Spice, Catfishread by scriptIs this right?
- Chicken Teriyakigrilled · marinated · Chicken, Pineappleread by scriptIs this right?
- Crab Imperial (Picked crab bound in a rich mayonnaise-and-egg sauce and baked, often back in a shell.)baked · picked · Crabread by scriptIs this right?
- Fresh Fish of the Dayblackened · broiled · fried · grilled · Fishread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Chickenfried · Chickenread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Clamsbreaded · fried · Clam, Stripread by scriptIs this right?
- Fried Shrimpbattered · fried · Shrimpread by scriptIs this right?
- Lobster Tailsbroiled · Lobster, Tailread by scriptIs this right?
- Seafood Pastasauteed · Shrimp, Scallop, Clam, Musselread by scriptIs this right?
- Slow Cooked BBQ Ribsbarbecued · Porkread by scriptIs this right?
- Soft CrabsCrabread by scriptIs this right?
- Steak and Crab CakeCrab, Beef, Strip, Crabcakeread by scriptIs this right?
- Steamer Potsteamed · Crab, Shrimp, Clam, Musselread by scriptIs this right?
- and 1 more read by script
Kids
Flavours — our reading
Flavour is our reading of the ingredients a menu prints, not a measurement. How we read them
Higgins Crab House (128th St) · 45 of 54 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes
The numbers behind the shape
| Axis | Higgins Crab House (128th St) | Every menu we read |
|---|---|---|
| heat | 2% | 10% |
| smoke | 4% | 13% |
| citrus | 0% | 3% |
| brine | 71% | 53% |
| cream | 4% | 35% |
| sweet | 2% | 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 — higginscrabhouse.com, verified July 2026
- coords — geocoding.geo.census.gov, verified July 2026
- hours — higginscrabhouse.com, verified September 2026
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The neighborhood
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District
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Categories
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Places
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