West Ocean City

Hooper's Crab House

The big bayfront crab house you have seen from the car.

Opens 11:30am
  • Sit-Down Dining
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Hours & practicals

Hours (summer)
Every day, 11:30am–9pm
Address
12913 Ocean Gateway, Ocean Cityharbor
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

The huge crab house at the foot of the Rt. 50 bridge — you've seen it from the car even if you've never stopped. All-you-can-eat steamed crabs on the bayfront is the program: mallets, brown paper, a couple hours gone. An arriving-day tradition for a lot of families.

What to order: The all-you-can-eat steamed crabs.

Details

Cuisine
seafood
Early bird
Ask about early-arrival pricing on the all-you-can-eat crab special — call ahead, terms vary by season.

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On the plate

45 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-09 · read by script

Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.

Menu read 2026-09-09; 22 changes since 2026-09-07. What changed on the menus

Appetizers

Desserts

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

Hooper's Crab House · 39 of 45 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes

Hooper's Crab House — flavour axes against the townEight flavour axes. Hooper's Crab House: heat 10%, smoke 5%, citrus 10%, brine 87%, cream 21%, sweet 18%, herb 10%, umami 82%. The town: heat 10%, smoke 13%, citrus 3%, brine 53%, cream 35%, sweet 12%, herb 4%, umami 83%.heat10%smoke5%citrus10%brine87%cream21%sweet18%herb10%umami82%
The numbers behind the shape
Share of the dishes we have a flavour reading for that carry each axis.
AxisHooper's Crab HouseEvery menu we read
heat10%10%
smoke5%13%
citrus10%3%
brine87%53%
cream21%35%
sweet18%12%
herb10%4%
umami82%83%

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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

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