Jumbo Seafood - Singapore

Some superb chili crab, although let's be honest, they have competitors that are equally good. This location is right on the river, has a more casual but still nice outdoor seating area, and what feels like a slightly more fancy indoor seating area. Mocha pork ribs and fried buns were very good as well, the veggies (morning glory with sambal) were probably the start of the show. Service is excellent for a Chinese restaurant. All in all, if you like eating your chili crab in air conditioned comfort and close to the Marina Bay Area, they're a solid choice.

Pluses and minuses Minuses: long wait. The staff is overwhelmed with how many tourists come through, so the service is not great. The chili (mud) crab, its signature dish, tastes like the American chef boyarde, which to me is disgusting Chili crab: 1.5 stars for me The pluses: the mantou (sweet buns) were hot and fresh and soaked up the sauce if the dish I enjoyed (the black pepper crab). The black pepper (Dungeness) crab was delicious and not too spicy while having tons of kick. Black pepper crab: 4 stars The best part of the meal was the Hong Kong style spinach. Amazing. Would eat this by the truck load. 5 stars Won't be back because there are other places that have great crab for less of a wait

Clarke Quay was pretty empty on this day, so we got in with no issues even though we didn't have a reservation. Their signature chili crab was so good!! I was worried the sauce would be too spicy but it was more sweet than spicy. The mantou that we ordered to go with the dish was also delicious and perfect for dipping in the sauce. Definitely recommend visiting!

As one of the most popular chain restaurants for chili crab, I managed a reservation the day prior for 5pm. When I arrived, they noted that our reservation was only for 1.5hours or they'd have to move our tables. It was fine until they inform you that the chili crab may take 45 minutes, which I had no idea until we ordered. We also ordered some Kang Kong Veggies (SG$24), but weird that they brought that plate to us right away. Shouldn't they have waited to bring it out with our crab? Poor time management on their part. While we waited, someone also came around to all the tables offering some Fried Salted Egg Prawn Chin (SG$9.80). This was a pretty good snack and I really enjoyed the salted egg flavor on it. Finally, our crabs came. First was the award-winning Chili Mud Crab (SG$153.40 for 1.3kg). Wow, this looked and tasted amazing. I have to say that the sauce on the crab really made this dish stand out. You definitely need the rice to soak up all the sauce. The best part was mixing the rice into the shell as a bowl and getting all the inside juices. Next, we also got the Signature Black Pepper Dungeness Crab (SG$107.80 for 1.1kg). Sadly, this one was just mediocre and I would've rather had more chili crab or tried some other dishes. Overall, some hits and some misses. I'd mainly come for the chili crab though. That sauce is one of the best things I've tasted.

Jumbo Seafood is a staple of Singapore and a must-visit for chili crab! I've visited Jumbo Seafood every time I've been to Singapore but on my recent trip, we decided to check out this location which is on the Clark Quay river, pretty close to the other location down the river. We made a reservation ahead of time (highly recommended as they often are booked out for the night around 6-7pm and were seated right away. We ordered our favorites, the chili crab (get the mud crab! and sambal kang kong aka water spinach. It's the perfect combination for 2 people and the vegetables are so flavorful from their sambal sauce which we may like enough more than the crab. Definitely visit Jumbo while in Singapore and they even have a location in the airport if you're stretch for time.