The Boil

Last week, our brother in law, Paul was here for business and we decided to meet up for dinner. Ken and I weren’t sure where to take Paul because he’s been to practically every restaurant in New York, but he suggested we go to The Boil because he had something similar in LA the previous week and was craving it. We’d never been to The Boil but I’ve walked by the place many times (and celebrated a friend’s birthday at a bar nearby) so we were down to check it out.

The restaurant sells seafood by the pound that’s doused with their special house sauce (you can get it mixed multiple ways, we chose The Boil special for all of the seafood we ordered, which uses: garlic butter, Old Bay and Lemon Pepper).

We started with fresh oysters:

And oyster sliders:

I didn’t like the oyster sliders (the oysters tasted a little dirty/not entirely fresh).

After you order, a waiter comes by to give you surgical gloves and a lobster bib because it gets super messy:

We ordered a pound of shrimp (with their heads on):

A pound of king crab legs:

And a pound of Dungeness crab:

We also ordered a side of corn on the cob:

And French fries:

The Boil sauce is really good – it’s very buttery and garlic-filled (the next day, I felt like I couldn’t shake the garlic breath!) We all enjoyed the food but I thought it was slightly disgusting – the sauce was leaking through the gloves and by the end of dinner, everyone was a mess. My favorite seafood item was the shrimp – they were easy to eat and easy to dip in extra sauce.

The restaurant only accepts cash and there usually isn’t a wait if you eat at the bar instead of asking for seats (we did the bar because we were ready to eat!) They also play 90’s R&B and rap while you eat! Worth a visit, don’t wear anything nice when you go!