World's Largest Crab Sculpture, world record in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

April 10, 2024

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States--The award-winning Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has a big, fat giant crab perched just above the entrance; affectionately referred to as “Tommy”, he leads the way to the overwhelming feast that waits inside and sets the world record for the World's Largest Crab Sculpture, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"Overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway in the Restaurant Row section of Highway 17, the restaurant resembles an authentic Fisherman’s Wharf Village. One side of the structure features a 40-foot waterfall and a lazy river wraps around the entire village. There is even a 50-foot lighthouse reminiscent of those still standing in Nova Scotia," the official website says.

"The real eye-catcher, however, is the big, fat giant crab perched just above the entrance. He’s affectionately referred to as “Tommy.” He leads the way to the overwhelming feast that waits inside!

"The Giant Crab boasts, I dare say, a “gigantic” array of as much seafood as you can imagine and is simply the ultimate choice in tasty buffet dining. It’s spectacular, to say the least, and will cause seafood lovers to moan with delight. In addition to broiled, fried and baked seafoods, mouthwatering dishes like Crab Imperial, stuffed mushrooms, Oysters Rockefeller, seafood strudel are found on the, I can’t help it …. “colossal” buffet. There’s also a Steam Bar that offers a “boat-load” variety of steamed and cooked shellfish including peel-and-eat shrimp, steamed oysters, mussels, clams and those much-loved crablegs."

"At the award-winning Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant, quantity takes a back seat to quality. We offer the freshest, best-tasting seafood buffet in town," the Visit Myrtle Beach says.

"From the minute you see The Giant Crab, you know it's not just another all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. Sure, it specializes in serving seafood, but it does so in such tremendous, really, "giant" fashion with an emphasis on freshness."

"The Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant lives up to its name in “giant” fashion by offering one of the Grand Strand’s most extensive seafood buffets," the Explore North Myrtle Beach says.

"With an emphasis on freshness, Giant Crab serves up over 170 buffet options including snow crab legs, prime rib carving station, hibachi grill, soups, salads, kid’s corner and more!

"Located in Restaurant Row, you’ll know you’re at the right place when you see Tommy, the 25 foot tall, 35 foot wide, 4.5 ton literal Giant Crab that welcomes you inside!"

"Tommy, the giant crab that sits atop the aptly named Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant, is a Myrtle Beach landmark. You have to take a picture of Tommy when you visit Myrtle Beach. It's a state law or something," the Strange Carolina says.

"Word has it that one of Tommy's legs would fetch $24,056 at an average Myrtle Beach seafood buffet."

"Choose from a 170 item buffet featuring an extensive steam bar, Italian pasta, low country favorites, seafood, hibachi grill, carving station with steaks cooked to order, soup, salad, bread, dessert and kid’s bar," the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce says.