Black Pearl Tiki - Colonial Beach

When on the coast of the Potomac, you gotta try the crabs! We were looking for some to take home and the place failed us miserably so we stopped by here and the certainly delivered. We had the steamed crabs and the cream of crab soup. Both were delicious. The crabs juicy and delicious. The crab soup full of crab and savory. Highly recommend!

Made the most of it, and it was ultimately worth it for the convenience and price, but I wouldn't go back there...I'd drive somewhere else. The drinks were so so so bad. The food was mid. I got crab legs and they weren't the best quality think inland casino crab legs. The fries were their redeeming quality so good I couldn't give the place 2 stars. The service was also so disorganized and slow even with very few people seated and lots of folks working. Which is all a bummer because this place has SO much potential... it's beautiful, on the water, and a cute outdoor area with live (albeit very bad) music. Again, so much potential, and why I'm giving 3 stars instead of 2, but I wouldn't go back unless they get better service, good, and drinks, but you could totally go enjoy a couple beers and look at the water and have a good time.

Not sure why the ratings are low or maybe I came on a good day. The food was good, I did end up doing the ayce crab legs and our waiter was quick to put the orders in to ensure I didn't wake long between orders. The ambiance was nice since it was right on the water.

I would give no stars if I could. We were given a table outside. Multiple servers walked by us and none said anything to us. Took no drink orders. We were ready to order drinks and food! We waited about 15 minutes and left!!

The food my friend and I had both looked and tasted good, but the service was painfully slow. I can't tell if they're understaffed, or if their staff don't know how to handle the volume they're bound to get at a location like this. But between the two of us we were there almost 2 hours, as every step of the process was slow. Getting seated was slow, getting drinks was slow, getting food was slow, getting the checks was slow, having the checks returned was slow...