What are the opening hours?

Monday 11:30am - 10pm Tuesday 11:30am - 10pm Wednesday 11:30am - 10pm Thursday 11:30am - 11pm Friday 11:30am - 11pm Saturday 11:30am - 11pm Sunday 11:30am - 10pm

The Crab Shack - Wellington

Name: The Crab Shack - Wellington
Address: Queens Wharf, Wellington, 6011, NZ
Telephone: +6449164250
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.3

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The Crab Shack - Wellington

Open from 11.30 till late 5 days a week! Coastal themed casual dining and drinking experience specialising in seafood.
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03/02/2026

Waitangi at The Crab Shack 🦀 We'll be open and ready to make your seafood dreams come true.

Crack into delicious shellfish, cold drinks, and iconic Crab Shack favourites.

Book your table today or walk on through.
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

A 15% public holiday surcharge applies on Waitangi Day.

15/01/2026

Long weekend mode: on 🦀

We’ll be open on Wellington Anniversary Day, serving favourites like tempura soft shell crab, mussel pots, and our iconic seafood boil-up 🤤

• Monday 19 January
• Lunch & dinner
• 15% public holiday surcharge applies

Bring your appetite, we’ll take care of the rest.

Book a table 👇
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

26/12/2025

Christmas leftovers? Hard pass. Crab buckets? Always 🦀

The Crab Shack is open right through the festive season!

Pull up a seat by the water and tuck into fresh seafood, from shucked mussels to our signature crab buckets made for sharing.

Book a table 👇
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

22/10/2025

Labour Day at The Crab Shack 🦀 We'll be open and ready to serve up the ultimate seafood feast! ⁠
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Crack into fresh kai moana, cold drinks, and all your Crab Shack favourites.
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Book your table today, or walk on through.⁠
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]⁠
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A 15% public holiday surcharge applies.

19/08/2025

Love might be messy… but missing out would be messier 👀🍔

Our Love Is Messy Wellington On A Plate burger is only available until this Sunday 24 August.

Get messy with a juicy Harrington’s beef patty loaded with Pickle & Pie bread & butter pickles, red onion, tomato relish, melty cheese sauce, all hugged by a soft Arobake milk bun.⁠

Get in quick, bring the napkins, and get messy with us before it’s gone 🩷

22/07/2025

Love Is Messy... and so is this burger, in the best possible way.

We’re bringing the flavour, and the napkins, with our 2025 Wellington On A Plate burger.

Love Is Messy: a juicy Harrington’s beef patty loaded with Pickle & Pie bread & butter pickles, red onion, tomato relish, melty cheese sauce, all hugged by a soft Arobake milk bun.

It's delicious, it's stacked, and it's available from 4-24 August.

Come get messy with us 🩷🍔

We're open this Matariki 🦀 Shell-ebrate with an epic Crab Shack feast 🤤Bookings are open!⁠crabshack.co.nz/book | info@cr...

15/06/2025

We're open this Matariki 🦀 Shell-ebrate with an epic Crab Shack feast 🤤

Bookings are open!⁠
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

Please note: a public holiday surcharge of 15% applies.

28/05/2025

The Crab Shack will be closed this Monday for King’s Birthday, and back open from Tuesday 🎣

Enjoy the long weekend – we’ll see you then for Taco Tuesday 🌮👏

10/04/2025

Bring on the Easter and Anzac long weekends 🦀 We’ll be open throughout – the perfect chance to shell-ebrate and tuck into a much-needed seafood feast 🐟🍤

• Good Friday - open
• Easter Sunday - open
• Easter Monday - open
• Anzac Day - open from 1pm

Book a table or walk on through 😊
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]⁠

Please note: a public holiday surcharge of 15% applies on Good Friday, Easter Monday & Anzac Day.

03/02/2025

Waitangi Day at The Crab Shack 🦀 We'll be open and ready to serve up the ultimate seafood feast!

Crack into fresh kai moana, cold drinks, and all your Crab Shack favourites – including our iconic seafood boil-up 🥘

Book your table today, or walk on through.
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

A 15% public holiday surcharge applies.

01/01/2025

Cruising through Wellington this holiday season? Craving a seafood feast? The Crab Shack is open all season long! 🦀

Dive into fresh, delicious seafood from shucked mussels to our famous crab buckets – perfect for sharing with the whole crew.

Book a table 👇⁠
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

17/12/2024

Wishing our fellow seafood lovers a crab-ulous holiday season! 🦀
Our holiday hours:
Closed 25th & 26th December

Other than Christmas, we’ll be open throughout the season, ready to serve up the crab-tastic feasts you know and love.

Shell-ebrate the holidays with a booking at The Crab Shack!
crabshack.co.nz/book | [email protected]

Address

Queens Wharf
Wellington
6011

Opening Hours

Monday	11:30am - 10pm
Tuesday	11:30am - 10pm
Wednesday	11:30am - 10pm
Thursday	11:30am - 11pm
Friday	11:30am - 11pm
Saturday	11:30am - 11pm
Sunday	11:30am - 10pm

Telephone

+6449164250

Website

http://www.crabshack.co.nz/locations/wellington/

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