This Fan Favorite Red Lobster Event Is Back After 4 Years

Courtney Kassel
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Bring on the melted butter!

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Summer is here, and for us at Allrecipes, summer means seafood. Grilled seafood, steamed seafood, fried seafood, you name it. I may sound like a regular Bubba Gump, but I'm not here to talk about that seafood chain, I'm here to talk about Red Lobster. Because that beloved seafood restaurant chain just announced it's bringing back a highly anticipated, fan-loved event after a multi-year hiatus. Here's what you need to know about Crabfest 2023.

Crabfest Is Back at Red Lobster

Starting this week, Red Lobster's beloved Crabfest is back for a limited time, after four years. What is Crabfest, you ask? A celebration of all things "clawsome" and "crabtastic," Crabfest is a limited-time event at Red Lobster wherein guests can crack into special deals and exclusive menu items that highlight the titular shellfish: crab.

This year, despite worries about crab supply, guests can dig into a full pound of steamed Snow or Bairdi crab legs and customize their meal with one of several new flavor options: Roasted Garlic Butter, Honey Sriracha, or Lemon Pepper. Each crab-centric meal comes with potatoes, a choice of side, and of course, Red Lobster's famous Cheddar Bay Biscuits.

And those are not the only menu additions at Red Lobster. To kick off Crabfest, the chain is introducing several new items to its menus.

For fans of surf and turf, Red Lobster's got a brand new option, Crab & Oscar-Topped Sirloin. That decadent option features 1/2 pound of snow crab and a 7-ounce sirloin topped with lump crab in a garlic cream sauce. Additionally, there are new appetizers and desserts to complete the celebration: Crabby Cheese Fries (seasoned fries topped with Red Lobster's cheese sauce and lump crab) and Strawberry Cheesecake (vanilla bean cheesecake with a fresh strawberry topping).

If you're also getting hungry just reading this, I've got good news—Crabfest has already begun! It will run June 5 for a limited time (with no specified end date as of now) at participating Red Lobster locations, so get crackin'.