Captain's Galley Crab Cake Shack

Was looking for some place with crabcakes on one of our trips to ocean city and came across this place (and even though it didn't have many reviews- it was highly rated).

Located in the Food Lion parking lot off of the highway but we missed the turn the first time around. Plenty of parking in the shopping center lot.

There isn't much seating, maybe 4-5 seats- I think most people carry-out. They close a bit on the earlier side (7pm).

First things first, their crab cake is packed with meat and a great value! Their hush puppies were *chefs kiss*.
We got the Crabcake and CrabLegs ($39), Crabcake and Scallops ($32) - which both came with a side. We got the Mac N Cheese- which was the epitome of comfort food, and the potato wedges- which was a bit of a let down, it seemed like it might've been old- cold as well.

The scallops came a bit later because they apparently read the ticket wrong but it was cold in the middle. We let them know, and they were apologetic and put the same thing we gave them back in the oven and gave it back to us. Appreciated the apology, but I think if we got new scallops (not the one we took a bite of and spit out) it would've been five stars.

Their drinks are not fountain and from a bottle.

Despite the little hiccups, would return and try again!

Luckily stumbled on this gem on Saturday. The food and service are 5 star. The crab cakes are the best I’ve had at a restaurant. The wine cake brought back memories of my mother’s cakes. Don’t let the strip mall location and small seating area dissuade you. This is a place you’ll want to visit as much as you can. Hats off to the owners and staff. I had a friend visiting from Midwest. She had never had a true Maryland crab cake. She was amazed and commented that if she lived her she’d want to visit restaurant 1/week. I had the sandwich (photo) and you can see it’s mostly lump crab. My friend had crab cake special which included a piece of wine cake. I ate the bum and tomato separately to enjoy crab cake alone. The “galley” sauce has a blue cheese base. Definitely worth trying if you’re there. Enjoy!

My husband and I were in town for the Oceans Calling Festival and since we were in MD we wanted to find the best crab cakes. The Captain’s Gallery certainly delivered! The crab cakes were delicious-all jumbo lump crab meat with no filler. The hushpuppies were delicious as well-they were perfectly fried, not dry, and the batter was light and well-seasoned. It was a delicious lunch! To top it off the staff was very welcoming and friendly. I highly recommend!