Reviews for The Boil Shack in Albany, NY
When we first arrived the parking lot looked full so we were a little worried, but they sat us right away. However we asked to... be moved because they sat us behind the hostess area and the phone was loudly ringing constantly and they had it set to thatcaller ID ring, a sound barrier would probably help. We decided to just sit at the bar; the bartender/server was super sweet andhelpful! We had the crab hush puppies which could have used a different dipping sauce or maybe some butter, but had a decentflavor. The light spice old bay seafood boil we shared had Jonah Crab Claws, Little Neck Clams, and peeled/deveined shrimp. Since we got three meats we got three corns and three potatoes and they put in some beef sausage too. It was all incredible...except the sausage we weren't fans off, we'd probably prefer an andouille, but to each their own. We also both had a redsangria which was strong and delicious! I would definitely go back, and maybe just ask them to not waste the sausage on us lol Read more
The food was great but the restaurant was very dirty menus were sticky and the table was too and the service couldve been better... and for the price of the king crab they should include more sausage n potatoes Read more
Good service and food. I ordered fried cajun dusted calamari and gumbo for appertizer. Main dish with combo 1 including... crawfish, shrimp, corn on the cob ????, sausage and potatoes. I got butter garlic sauce. Food is good but I think It would bebetter if being cooked longer and absorbed the sauce. Bourbon street punch is great. ???? Recommend this place. ???? Read more
Amazing seafood! Not inexpensive. Expect to see "Market Price" a lot. Robot waiter is kinda a gimmick but I think it saves the... waitresses's back. Great flavor and options as well. I will be stopping by whenever I need my seafood fix. Read more
The wait staff was super friendly and helpful. Sauce on the boil was tasty and flavorful—medium wasn’t too spicy; just the... right amount of spice. Made a mistake and ordered head on shrimp (not a fan because they aren’t deveined). Otherwise, verygood food. Read more
Went for Valentines dinner and seeing a packed parking lot is a great sign. The food was great atmosphere was lovely and the... staff was pleasant. The little robot that runs food orders out is super cute. Definitely worth it! Read more
I took my husband there for his birthday and he LOVED his 4# seafood boil....explosion sauce was fantastic and enough food for 3... meals at the very least! Lobster roll was nice as well! We'll return for sure. Read more
We ate at The Boil Shack for the first time recently and had a really great experience. We ordered the crab hush puppies and two... snow crab boils with garlic butter and one with light spice. Everything was great. I didn't really care for the hush puppies; Ithought they could have used more crab, but my boyfriend loved them, and the sauce was delicious. The crab boils were excellentand the garlic butter sauce was so good, I wanted to douse everything in it. It was also really good with the light spice added;it wasn't too spicy and had really nice flavor. The crab was cooked perfectly and cracked out of the shell in one piece everytime. Service was great and our meal was brought to us by a robot, which was pretty cool. We'd never seen anything like thatbefore. The prices were also pretty good, even at market price. All in all, we'd definitely return for a meal again. Read more