It's been a fabulous adventure since we purchased the land in 1978, which then was a corn field. In 1981 we started building the Big Barn on the Bay. It took 6 months to build. The gala Grand Opening was in June of 1982 and some 1800 people enjoyed the festivities. Throughout the years we would travel and find awesome artifacts for our customers to enjoy each season.
We offer the best when it comes to crabs. You can grab some to go in our famous Wooden Caboose, or dine in with us in the Barn or at Sneaky Pete's overlooking the bay. Either choice is a welcome one, we just want to offer the best in service and a smile on your face as you enjoy the meal we have planned for you.
So Come Make Memories With Us! And we'll make sure it's one you won't forget.
Cuisine
All You Can Eat, American, Beach Food, Seafood, Steamed CrabsDining Options
Carry-Out, Kid Friendly, Outdoor Dining, WaterfrontMeal Types
Lunch, DinnerSuper Deals
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Recent Reviews
Hooper's Crab House
Matthew Lyons : 5 on 7/12/2025 5:14 pm
This is an amazing place! We happened to see it when we were driving by and we're really glad that we did.
It's a really cool place with a ton of stuff hanging on the walls, or from the ceiling. There's even a gift shop.
Dinner was really outstanding. It was probably the best meal we had in Ocean City Maryland and the service was extremely friendly and attentive. They were really great with our dietary restrictions as well.
We started with a few appetizers, the crab chowder (which was very good), the shrimp (which were very well seasoned and cooked), and the basket of crab claws (which was probably our favorite thing that we ordered). The crab claws come well seasoned with a mallet to crack the claws and the blue crab meat was delicious!
For dinner we got a couple of platters, one platter had snow crab legs, lobster, and a fried crab cake, and the other platter had flounder, shrimp, scallops, and broiled crab cake. Everything was delicious and well cooked. It was the best crab cakes we had our entire trip!
Hooper's Crab House is now one of our favorite restaurants in Ocean City, Maryland and one we'll be going back to every time we're there for sure. We highly recommend checking out Hooper's for a great meal!
It's a really cool place with a ton of stuff hanging on the walls, or from the ceiling. There's even a gift shop.
Dinner was really outstanding. It was probably the best meal we had in Ocean City Maryland and the service was extremely friendly and attentive. They were really great with our dietary restrictions as well.
We started with a few appetizers, the crab chowder (which was very good), the shrimp (which were very well seasoned and cooked), and the basket of crab claws (which was probably our favorite thing that we ordered). The crab claws come well seasoned with a mallet to crack the claws and the blue crab meat was delicious!
For dinner we got a couple of platters, one platter had snow crab legs, lobster, and a fried crab cake, and the other platter had flounder, shrimp, scallops, and broiled crab cake. Everything was delicious and well cooked. It was the best crab cakes we had our entire trip!
Hooper's Crab House is now one of our favorite restaurants in Ocean City, Maryland and one we'll be going back to every time we're there for sure. We highly recommend checking out Hooper's for a great meal!
Matthew Lyons
1752340446
5
5
Hooper's Crab House
Mike Via : 4 on 8/9/2025 12:11 pm
The restaurant has been there for along time, it has weathered many storms. The restaurant is really cool, at has many cool things inside, they have a gift shop, arcade, bar, and the restaurant with water views. The food is good, I am biased since I do not eat seafood it is hard for me to judge. I got the ribs and fried chicken with corn.on the cob and coleslaw, the ribs had good flavor and came apart with ease. The chicken was good. I am a big fried chicken person, it had good flavor but it was nothing over the top. My daughters got the all you can eat steamed blue crabs, shrimp, corn on the cob and hush puppies. I peeled the shrimp and cracked the crabs they enjoyed the food. They enjoyed the taste and spices of both. My wife had the fried shrimp with green beans and mashed potatoes, she enjoyed her meal very much. She wished the green beans were cooked a little longer. My family got two orders on the side of crab legs they enjoyed them a lot. The price was very expensive for all, but they have a captive audience at the beach a cool place to serve you and experience is worth probably worth it. I would recommend that if you can afford you should try it.
Mike Via
1754741493
4
5
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Laura Walsh : 5 on 8/24/2025 12:58 am
First time trying Hooper’s and we were extremely satisfied! 3 of us had the seafood combo and one of us had crab cakes. We had New England clam as an appetizer. All of it was fantastic and very fresh! Fun atmosphere and they have a cute waiting area with swings in the sand.
Laura Walsh
1755997107
5
5
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