The Rusty Crab - Mars Hill

I was taken out on my Birthday and the frozen margarita was divine. The fried pickles are amazing!

Picture is the prior location. They built a new place right on Main Street a year ago. Clean. Plenty of parking. New facilities. Friendly staff and owners. Reasonable prices.

Had the salmon and my brother had fisherman's platter. Both were good. Service not bad but server looked intimated by trying to give out food.

If I could give this place negative stars, I would. We walked in on Thursday at 6. Told we could pick one of 3 tables by the bar. We sat for 20 minutes watching a meandering young man who worked there wander through the dining room back to the kitchen, then repeat. We watched the waitress talk up patrons, except us. No greeting, no I know you're here. We grabbed meandering boy, to ask about service and he said he could bring us drinks. Finally waitress shows us to take our order. As part of my order, I asked for hush puppies to start. Meandering boy shows up about 15 minutes after we place our order to tell us there were no hush puppies. Excuse me? It takes 15 minutes to notice that A) I ordered them, and B) you don't have them? About 7:00, the waitress comes with scoops of cottage cheese and cole slaw for sides. This is about half an hour after we placed our order, and the first time we have food on the table. We finally got entrées, which were room temp. I asked for crab legs, and had to ask twice for a nut cracker to eat them. My melted butter for my crab legs and seared scallops was room temp sludge. Oh, I replaced my starter with fried mushrooms. We got them for dessert. If you want a timely, HOT meal in Mars Hill, go to Al's.Read your response to my review, ma'am. This is absolutely what happened. The waitress didn't have the courtesy to tell us she knew we were there. If she had just stopped by and said hi, that would have made a lot of difference.Meandering boy did wander, not accomplishing much. It really did take 15 minutes to let me know that there were no hush puppies, and my food was still not hot. Saying you're short staffed is not my problem, I commend you for caring about the kids. Give me a heads-up tho, as it was my first visit. All this is common courtesy. If I have to wait an hour to get my food, at least it could be hot. As to the nut cracker, common sense would say I should not have to ask for them at all. And as to the remaining hot food? There wasn't any remaining hot food. It wasn't hot. Oh, appetizers come before the meal. You have a good day, too.

Can’t convince myself to eat anything but the fried whole clams! Sooooo good!