3 /5 Maui World Travelers: Friends of ours recommended this place. I do appreciate them, really.
ATMOSPHERE:
Located in the Miners Landing mall. Its a huge restaurant with indoor and enclosed outdoor seating. The only view is from the outdoor-like seating of the service sidewalk, and a moored ship bobbing up and down in its slip.
FOOD:
Sourdough Bread
The standard free stuff. Came to the table hot, crunchy & chewy. Delicious!
Alaskan Combo
King, dungeness, and snow crab legs, head-on shrimp, clams, mussels, andouille sausage, corn on the cob and red potatoes steamed with a very mild salt flavor and paprika. The crabs were good, but the king tasted the best. The clams were super tiny and tasted okay. The shrimp and andouille sausages had no flavor. Were not a fan of mussels so they went uneaten (and you cant substitute.) The corn was good and there were way too many potatoes. Comes with warm butter for dipping. They have a minimum of 2 orders for all combos.
The bucket of food gets dumped onto your table then the bucket is placed on the floor for your trash. Youre given a wooden board, mallet, and bib to engage in your mission.
SERVICE:
We walked in without a reservation but got seated immediately. Our male server was friendly and pretty attentive.
OVERALL:
Im coming to the realization that Im over the table-dumping messiness, table-pounding, and sub-par seafood accompaniments like andouille sausage, mussels, and potatoes, in order to get my seafood fix on. From now on, itll be strictly crab on a plate, and a shell cracker. Thank you.