Benzino’s Crab Trap

So I was inspired to try this spot after watching Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, I try to support local black owned businesses however my experience didn’t meet my expectations. Sadly, I drove 35 minutes to be completely disappointed. Upon arriving we noticed there was limited seating and not much of a large selection on the menu. I ordered the Lemon Garlic butter crab legs, Fried shrimp & Fries and a Lemonade,
Pro’s
#1. Typical crab shack décor #2. Decent parking
Con’s
#1. Overbearing amount of garlic #2. The fries, corn and potatoes all had a bland taste while the lemonade had a terrible after taste! #3.Lacked customer service #4. One bathroom for all customers… total inconvenience when your ready to leave and freshen up after eating and smelling like crabs
Overall, the time and money did not compensate for the quality of food I received. I believe with the proper devotion, this establishment has the ability to do better however I strongly advice you not to waste your time!

I had just moved to the area two weeks ago from New York and I was driving down Powers Ferry Road near Delk Road on my way to drop my special needs son off to my Stepmother’s house before I went to work. And the owner of this establishment was on the other side of the road and made a u-​turn right in front of me and I had to slam on my breaks, he then proceeded to scream profanity at me and tell me that he was going to slap me in my face. He then proceeded to follow me down Powers Ferry for about a mile screaming things as he was passing me and getting in front of me and slamming on his brakes I had to call my boyfriend and he actually heard Benzino screaming at me from two lanes over. Absolutely disgusting. I will never support an establishment with an owner that has such blatant disrespect for women and children let alone autistic children he scared my son so bad that he was crying laying on the floor of my backseat. He was driving a white jeep wrangler… times must be tough at the crab trap.

They had no forks!!! This was 2 hours before they closed. The fries were pretty good though, and the shrimp was decent.

Don’t waste your time! There were only two young men serving the entire restaurant. One was on his cell phone and didn’t bother to speak while the other sat in the back eating food from the pots!
While they have a 96 food score; don’t waste your time; as you are not served a decent amount for the expensive price.

I enjoyed my crabs. I ordered the 1 pound of snow crabs with the Zino sauce. Nothing short of amazing. My best friend order the same thing but with lemon garlic sauce. That was good as well. Omg. His lemonade is to die for. And the «heaven-​ade» was even better. The staff was very friendly for customers waking in 20 minutes until close. The crabs were fresh, hot, and made fast. The place was small. That’s my only complaint. I will be back.

Great food. Great customer service stopped here over the weekend because I’ve heard so many good reviews about it. Orders the fried shrimp with fries. Delicious

Don’t waste your time. Food was not flavorful or worth the price.

I was in the area and decided to stop bye. Cute establishment but I almost u-​turned until someone came out the door. The dark windows looked like a close business. Not much on the menu but I came for crabs. I ordered the lemon garlic butter crabs and jerk crabs. Both were ready in about 12 minutes. When the bag was handed to me it was hot so I assume since that’s the speciality, they are always boiling crabs.
The lemon butter garlic were COVERED in garlic. I looooove garlic and there were at least 6 tablespoons of it in my bag. So beware.
The jerk were very spicy and very tasty! Nice combination since I’ve never had jerk crab legs.
While I enjoyed my crab, I will say that I hate that they use the cheap, small wholesale snow crabs. And some of the legs were missing from the already small clusters.
I will likely try it again because I’m interested in the other flavors and items.

Looking forward to additions to the menu everything I tasted was great, crabs, shrimp potatoes, the corn and sorbet were my favorite.

Benzinos Crab legs are good, but not exceptional. I know of at least one other seafood restaurant in driving distance where you can get more for the money. Needs more or the menu to make it worth the ride from Smyrna. I will give it one more try before writing it off.

Was in Atlanta on a business trip and decided to try Benzino’s very disappointing. First off there are 6 tables so seating was limited fortunately someone was leaving and offered us their seat. I tried the garlic butter crab it had no flavor. Potatoes and corn had no salt or seasoning and the butter tasted like lemon water. Very disappointing. The highlight was seeing Stevie J eating on the under at one of the tables. Other then that. This is one to skip spent $ 45 and we both left hungry

Me and my hubby alway wanted to try benzino’o crab trap so we went today first the person taking our order was texting second waited over 35 minutes for our order we got crab legs corn and potatoes with zino sauce it was good but wasn’t worth the price. Then the worst part is they had nothing for us to crack the crab legs with so we had to use our teeth. We ask the server for something to use he brought a regular scissors like really!!! I wouldn’t go back there

Horrible seating, only 6 or 7 tables. Need a bigger place. I just like the sweet Tea. Im from south Florida and we LIVE off eating crabs everyday. Trust me, Us Floridians know what a batch of good well SEASONED crabs taste like. ive had better garlic crabs. I should’ve had Winne Dixie make mines. That’s it.

The crabs were OK. That’s it. Not worth the expensive price. I’m not sure that I would return, although the service was wonderful. They have a few custom flavors available for you to select, but it still didnt wow me. I expected so much more out of this spot especially since it is owned by a popular reality TV star.
The establishment is small and there is VERY limited seating l, so plan on either doing take out or waiting for a seat to come available if its on a Friday or Saturday evening. Seating is first come first serve… So may have to literally race to a table once one comes available.
They are located in Marietta, Ga which is convienent for Cobb CTY residents. Not worth the ride if you live any further than that. Spondivits in my opinion is still a much better seafood restaurant. Hopefully a few things change in order to make this place a complete hit. All in all its a great experience, especially if your familiar with who the owners are, but the food is simply mediocre.

Hood but good. You should probably bring your own crab cracker because they only had one for everybody to share. It isn’t located in the most desirable area. The restaraunt in itself is small with literally room for 20 people to sit and eat. Yes, I counted. There are 8 tables, 20 chairs. Do not bring a huge party. You will have no where to sit. If you live close, just get take out. The service is slow… But ummmm let’s get on to why I rated it a 4. The FOOD! THE FOOD is that good. It overshadows the other stuff. I went back twice in a row because the crabs are just that tasty! You will be licking your fingers so don’t bother with the gloves that they give you. The hush puppies are addictive. Be sure to get an extra order or you will kick yourself for not doing so. So bring your appetite and your patience. Ignore the young thugs and mind your own buisness. Let me say this though, I appreciate the young, hard working men behind the scenes. They are so courteous and dedicated. Love to see people taking their jobs seriously. You will love the food! Mmmm hmmmmm.

My first time here. The all male staff were friendly. Food was delicious.
My complaints:
1. There was only one crab cracker in the whole restaurant. I had to share with my friend. Thirty minutes later a customer asked to borrow it.
2. The restroom was dirty. There was no soap. I had to ask for some.
3. They ran out of jerk sauce. You should know what items you have available before a customer orders. Do not approach a customer 15 minutes later to say you ran out.
4. There was only one flavor of the special drinks they made. The lemonaide was soooooo good.
5. The corn was not seasoned. The potatoes were not seasoned. Please put the corn in with the crabs for flavor.
Overall it was a good experience. I will return when I visit ATL again.
Benzino sorry I missed you!!!

Hubby and I came here a few weeks ago to try it out because we heard good things about it. I’ll share the pros and cons:
Pros: the crab legs were actually delicious!!! Hubby had the shrimp and it was good too! Hush puppies were great! Arnold Palmer was good. Corn on the cob was tasty!
Cons: Limited seating. Definitely need to lower the prices. The shrimp and fries were good but you only received a few shrimp with your order. The air wasn’t on or something so it was hot at first. Revolt TV was playing in the background which is cool but definitely don’t want your kids listening to it if you bring them.

Quick Synopisis: The flavor of the food gets a whoo-​hooo. The portion of the food, esp for the price ($ 20) gets between a a-​ok. The service gets a meh. It’s a good place for celebrity citings.
Food:
The Benzino sauce will change your life. Don’t get that sauce unless you don’t mind driving to Marietta to keep coming back for it. I’ve been dreaming about it since I had it. I cracked all of my crab legs (I had the #2) and just dropped them in the sauce to marinate in it before I started eating them. I even ate all of the sauce off of the shells. Man it was good, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. The potatoes and corn on the cobb were fantastic too. I have no complaints about the taste of any of the food.
Seating/​Atmosphere
The place isn’t that big, but parking is great. There are about 6 tables in the restaurant, so do not come with a big party. I will admit it was super annoying to look at one table for 4 stay dirty the entire time and another lady (just one lady) sit at the other table for 4 while she waited on her food, and another lady sit at a table while she waited on her food. Meanwhile 4 of us were sitting at a table set up for 2. As soon as one of the ladies got up we started moving around furniture and had to take a table from against the wall and pull it out for us all to fit.
Service:
Don’t expect to be greated, there is absolutely no pizzaz or wow factor that you will get from the staff. You go up to the counter and order, this is not a place they come and take your order. Benzino came out and told us about some new sauces and stuff they had, he even took pictures with people, which was really cool. He was super nice. That was the only personalization we had. We placed our orders and it took about 30 minutes to get our food. While we waited we saw Jazze Phae and a couple other celebs roll through, so at least we had entertainment while we waited. While the place wasn’t crowded with customers dining it, they kept a steady flow of customers coming in and out placing orders. Some friends and I came to hang out so we didn’t mind the wait.
Cons:
I was disappointed that 1 — the tea wasn’t home made. If it was it taste just like something out of the fountain. But then with all that flavorful food they give you, you do not get free refills on the drinks. My drink was gone before my crab legs came, but becuase of my long wait they let me have one. Thank goodness.
You get 2 – 2.5 clusters of crab legs, 1 corn and 2 potatoes for $ 20. I definitely couldn’t used more food/​drink since it cost me about $ 23 and I was still hungry.
Fortunately the food was so delicious I would honestly go back and get my food to go. I don’t like to be thirsty. The pros definitely outweigh the cons to me.

Welp I gave it a shot which is more than I should have done. After driving thirty minutes from my job in Decatur the fryers are down and being told it could take 45 minutes before it’s up and running is unacceptable. No apology or anything, just this is what it is.
It makes it extremely hard to support black businesses. Good day and good luck to others.

So my friends and I took the drive from Grant Park to Marietta to visit Benzino’s CrabTrap because we loooove crab and really wanted to support his new business. We very much enjoy Benzino’s personality on TV and always want to support local businesses. Also, with Benzino’s success in businesses spanning from The Source to Hip Hop Weekly, we knew another great venture into a crab house would exceed our expectations. Unfortunately our experience left a lot to be desired. So let’s get to it…
Atmosphere: the location is great! There was a good amount of seating space and I liked the décor. It was your typical crab house look in terms of appearance, and the restaurant was comfortable and laid back.
Service: there were only two gentlemen working today and it was relatively busy so the wait was much longer than what you should expect. The guys were very nice and pleasant albeit they moved very slow for the demand. Also… they may need a little more training on navigating the restaurant because one of the guys attempted to clean up the areas just recently used by customers and pushed the garbage into the trash with his hands. This would have been ok had he not immediately returned to the kitchen to handle food and did not stop to wash his hands. He did however do so after we made mention of it to the other worker in the front.
Food: this is where it gets tough. So I ordered the pound of crab legs cooked with garlic butter sauce and fried shrimp. I was a little disappointed about the wait but again as I said it was pretty crowded. However, my crabs were frozen at the top. The guys did exchange it fairly quickly but the batch I received wasn’t in the garlic butter sauce. Also the crabs legs tasted intensely seasoned and a little over done as if they were sitting in the bottom of the pot for longer than necessary. The fried shrimp were ok, but I tasted my friends hush puppies and they were great!
Price: the amount of food you get for the price point is very very good! It is really a good value.
Conclusion: I will give Benzino’s CrabTrap another try because everything I mentioned as an issue can definitely be corrected. As this is a new business it just may need some time to work out the kinks. With a little more staff and a little more training… especially on how to manage heavy demands and peek times… this will be a great establishment.