Joe's Crab Shack

The one positive: it's on the river. But its neighbor (buckhead's) beats it in price, selection, taste, atmosphere, service...

This is WAY overpriced. The server was inattentive. The food took forever to come out and was not nicely plated and not attractive. I got a salad that was thrown together and 99% lettuce (only 2 pieces of chicken and only 2 small chunks of the avocado they promised). Someone else got shrimp alfredo and it was almost all noodles.

To top it off, the music wad SO loud that we could barely talk. I will not be going back

My boyfriend, a girlfriend, and I all went here one night about a month ago and we had a blast. Our server was hilarious and got a huge tip because he was a doll. If you are looking for good food and a happy atmosphere this is the place.

I too my cousin here when she visited Cincinnati for the first time (among other laces, duh!). I know that Joe's in a national chain (went to the one in San Diego when I did the RNR Marathon there a few years ago), thinking that all the coastal states would have these restaurants. I was taken aback when I found out that there was one in Colorado and some more of the inland states.

The location is great, especially in summer (we saw a Red's game {we won!} after eating) because you get to see the river and all the steamboats (Belle of Cincinnati), sports boats, and jet skis.

I got the shrimp trio (crab stuffed shrimp, Malibu shrimp, and coconut shrimp!) and she got the Caribbean Feat (coconut shrimp, Maui mahi, and shrimp sauteed in a smokey chipotle sauce full of pineapple, bell pepper and onion). We shared and sampled each others.

As for drinks, she got a Wikiwiki Wave (Bacardi Coco Rum, blue curacao, banana liqueur, pineapple juice, and sweet & sour) and I got the Shark Bite (Bacardi Limón Rum, Skyy Vodka, blue curacao, sweet & sour and grenadine {comes in small tube with a small plastic shark on the end!} - when you mix in the grenadine, it looks like a shark just bite into a animal/person, hence the name! I would say that the downside is that it is rather expensive to go here (maybe once in a while).