Dancing crab

With crab legs being one of my favorite foods, I had to try the Dancing Crab. The atmosphere is pretty cool with the wait staff dancing to the music and keeping everyone entertained while they eat. Of course, it also makes it fun and a lot easier when you are able to eat your crab legs right off the table.
We ordered a couple of combo bags for a family of 4 where we had crab legs and shrimp. The Dancing Crab signature sauce was good, but be advised it is very wet if you are looking for more of a dry rub on your crab legs. It is not easy to find restaurants that serve Dungeness crab so that was a plus! After eating from the table with dirty hands, it was convenient to have sink stations in the middle of the restaurant.
Reservations are a must, and with it being so packed on the day that we went, the service wasn’t the most attentive. Overall, it is a cool place to have drinks and seafood with a group of friends hanging together and looking for somewhere cool to try in Shinjuku.

Crab extravaganza! Eating with bare hands, shoving them in my face. It sure made me feeling like a zombie (I guess I’ve been watching too much of The Walking Dead).
Brunch course (3000 yen) included assorted veggies and crab legs, mini octopus, small crabs, also refill free breads and a cup of soup. And we ordered in 3 types of sauce. So far I liked «signature sauce» the best.
They were quite delicious but I wish they were little bit more generous on crab legs. I think there were only 2 batches of crab leg in the bag.
Other than foods, they occasionally throw some birthday celebrations and also their waiters and waitresses do some dance performance like Japanese boy/​girl band.
I thought music was too loud but I think that it’s just a sign of me being old. For young ones, it’s needed to have vibrant atmosphere.

The food is a B, but the experience is an A+!
Come hungry, wearing clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty!

Came in at 7pm and was told last orders were 7:30. Which is absolutely fine. So they sat us down at a table and we waited 5 mins for a drink menu and another 15 for the actual food menu? Lost some points there.
Then they gave us 3 drinks (we came as a couple) and it was not what we ordered. We had to flag them down and they didn’t comprehend that the drinks were incorrect (I hazard a guess the drinks were for the 3 diners next to us). The waitress told us the incorrect drink was mine (a white sangria), we said no cos I ordered a cranberry sangria!!! Again not doing so well here guys!
Onto the food — all tables are covered in a sheet of waxy paper. The waiter will serve you your crab stuff in a plastic bag and dump it on your table — cool novelty. We ordered a combo bag which has queen crab, swimmer crab, mussels, prawns, mini octo’s, bacon squares and corn. We had this in their signature sauce in spicy. They also say the combo bag serves upto 3 people. Note: feeds barely 2 and spicy sauce is not spicy lol it was seafood in spaghetti sauce pretty much!!! Again service failed cos they didn’t give us any cracking tools like they did with other tables, so had to hail someone down for it.
The only cool notable thing about this place is at the centre of the restaurant there’s a hand washing station, which is a line of taps and sinks to wash your hands in and dry as well. Hope to see something like this implemented back home!
So in conclusion, service was unfortunately crap and I don’t think it’s due to language barriers at all, they really weren’t that attentive and made more than a few mistakes. Food is average.

Mild version of Louisiana Cajun meets Japanese fresh seafood and service.
I was craving this place after I read a review and seeing pics from a fellow Unilocaler. My first visit we were turned away. We were there an hour before closing and they were full. Made reservations for 2 days later (today 1÷3÷2015). It was such as tease to see and smell crab but not get any. We were not denied some awesome crab today!
Dancing Crab is located on the 2^nd Floor. Across the street from Starbucks. 3 minute walk from JR. Shinjuku Central East exit.
We were politely greeted, reservations confirmed and then seated. We sat at a window facing the street. Noticed a big sink/​hand washing station in the middle of the restaurant. Saw everyone there so «when in Rome, do as the Romans do». Makes sense since we’ll be eating with our hands. The spigots give out water and also dry hands. Two aprons and claw breakers were on the table.
Drinks– Ordered the a jug (mason jar) of Louisiana Dancing and a Blue Moon Wheat Beer. Louisiana Dancing is somewhat of a hard lime-​aid. It’s ok for me.
Enough about everything else. Let’s talk about the FOOD!
Beer Batter Cajun Calamari– the Calamari rings were fresh and breaded just right. Generous portion. Came with a tangy dipping sauce.
Seafood Combo Bag (¥6500)with additional Queen Crab (¥4000). We ordered it with the Dancing Crab Signature seasoning. Comes with King Crab, Queen crab, swimming crab, prawns, mussels, octopus, corn, potatoes and Bacon chunks. Love it!!! Like a lot of food served in Japan it’s all about serving fresh (not frozen fresh) seafood and putting out the best product. Worth paying the high ¥. My only complaint is the «extra spicy» signature seasoning would be considered mild in Louisiana. The server warned us about ordering extra spicy. We ordered it and didn’t break a sweat.
Overall a great meal, eating experience. Will be glad to come back.