Crab Louie's Bistro

46 Old Fisherman’s Wharf # 1, Monterey - 93940
252 reviews
Seafood American
(831) 655-1173

Really small portions and very expensive. Would not recommend. Food nothing special either. Would go someplace else for sure.

Hi all, I'm not trying to be bias. But from my experience of eating here. If I could leave 0 stars I would. The lady who was outside, waving down customers and saying that all fish, clams, and crabs are fresh from the boat. But that was all a lie, tried their special for dinner which was Cippino and all the seafood was not fresh at all! I am not an expert at fresh, but I ate enough seafood to know that it was old frozen fish and frozen seafood that they heat up for me to eat. The tomatoe sauce for the cippino dish tasted sour, and had an off tasting. Not appetizing at all. The other dish was lobster and steak, priced at $140 or a little over. Lobster was not fresh, steak was bland. It was so disappointing to eat here. All I can say is that, the most fresh thing on their menu that night was probably their carrots ? and broccoli ?. But to make it better enough, our waiter and the lady who was waving down customers outside had a mid argument during dinner. Our waiter didn't want to serve anymore people, while she waved down more customers to come in. They had a disagreement and was being loud. It wasn't professional to be doing that around their guests and customers. But, I dont think I would be returning anymore because their menu and specials was all a lie. FROZEN FOOD! NOT FRESH AT ALL!!!

Not recommend to anyone!Seafoods are not fresh, most likely frozen foods. Offered free calamari and it was just a tiny dish with like 3 pieces in it. Waiter keep saying the oysters are fresh off the boat. This is the most plain tasted oysters I ever had. It has no taste at all. If you are not looking. You probably not gonna know what you are eating. The fish in the Cioppino is also not fresh. First time I had a Cioppino that is very fishy tasted. The steak we have was medium rare and the meat is very tough. Service is ok. Magarita also tasted weird.

After a long day whale watching with our boys and working off a Dramamine-induced haze, this place was everything we needed it to be. It’s an intimate venue with maybe a dozen tables, a few of which have great views of the marina and it’s local fauna. The food was hearty, tasty, and generous (cioppino with very fresh shellfish and crab-stuffed sea bass were spot on), but the real highlight here was the service. Amazingly attentive wait staff were keenly aware of our parental fatigue and went out of their way to make our visit as smooth and enjoyable as possible, from rushing the kids’ meals through the kitchen to feed them asap, to comping two of our three adult beverages, to opening a couple windows to let our ocean-uninitiated boys feed some curious seagulls a French fry. I’d come back here again for the service alone, but the seafood was excellent too!

Where to begin? The food was mediocre to bad, depending on which entree you got… the fish was deep fried stuck together so there were gummy, raw batter parts, the salad consisted of a few sprigs of lettuces and 1 slice of tomato, the chowder was thick and gummy and had little, if any, clam meat in it. The kicker was a guy came through the tiny entrance dining area saying the garbage man was outside. Next thing we knew, a big disgusting garbage can was dragged through the very tight dining area outside( in the front, mind you) and then dragged right back through. Gross, meet tacky! We only went there because it seemed less busy and the concierge(?) outside was pretty insistent. That’s when we learned why it was so empty….

Everything always delicious! we love coming here when ever we visit Monterrey, the place is super nice, the food is amazing and the service is awesome, they always give you the best quality and treat you very nice, if you visit once, for sure you'll want to go back ?

We had the Alfredo. It was okay. Tasted more like a creamy garlic pasta, but my food didn’t have enough sauce on it so it dried up really fast. It came with a free plate of calamari but it was also really dry and tasted like it was refried in the fryer. The Seating is crammed and the waitress was mildly rude. Maybe the other food tastes better, but this meal or atmosphere wasn’t the greatest. The only thing I will say that was good was the cocktail sauce. It was really sweet and refreshing.

Amazing food! Very dog friendly! The first visit we had here the waiter brought out bacon for the pups, the second visit (with one well behaved 40lb dog) they let her inside to eat. It was chilly and very much appreciated. Always great service!

Good place to eat. We ordered 5 different dishes. Everyone in the family loved what they ate. I had stuffed Sea Bass. Never had it before and would definitely eat it again. Their Clam chowder tasted really good as well. They have a kids menu for the younger ones.

They offer free calamari for one table. the calamari is good and tender . we got the Clam chowder and we find its taste average. ordered the recommended Seafood pasta and it is ok. Server is really nice and helpful. our table has a view of the bay and near the boats. you can open the window and get to feed the hungry seagulls. For three people our total bill was around $70.