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Linton's Seafood is a seafood retailer based in Crisfield, Maryland, known for its extensive selection of fresh seafood products, including Maryland blue crabs, lump crab cakes, and snow crab legs. With over 30 years of experience in the seafood industry, the company specializes in delivering high-quality seafood directly to customers' doorsteps. Linton's Seafood has also honed its shipping methods to ensure the freshness and quality of its products during transit, making it a reliable choice for seafood enthusiasts. The company caters to a diverse customer base, ranging from home cooks to seafood lovers looking for convenient online shopping options. Linton's Seafood offers a variety of products, including hard crabs, crab meat, and gourmet seafood dishes, along with seasonal specials. The user-friendly online platform allows customers to easily browse and order their favorite seafood items, providing an accessible way to enjoy fresh Maryland seafood from anywhere.
Linton's Seafood receives a mix of reviews, but the overwhelming sentiment is negative. While some customers praise the Maryland crabs for their quality and express satisfaction with the service, many others report significant issues with their orders.
Common complaints include receiving mushy or soggy seafood, such as flounder and crabs, which were deemed inedible. Delays in delivery also frustrate consumers, with several noting that their orders arrived late or not at all, leading to disappointment for special occasions. Additionally, the quality of crab cakes and other seafood items often falls short of expectations, with some describing them as flavorless. Despite a few positive experiences, the majority of reviewers express dissatisfaction with Linton's Seafood, indicating a need for improvement in product quality and customer service.
Summary generated with AI from recent reviews
Each source counts by its number of reviews. Only reviews written by people are scored.
| Source | Rating | Reviews | Weight | 6-mo | Fake risk |
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Trustpilot Imported Trustpilot reviews | 2.1 | 20 | 100% | ● Low |
Monthly average rating from reviews written by people · latest review Jul 2025.
| Month | Average | Reviews |
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| Aug 24 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | — | 0 |
| Oct 24 | — | 0 |
| Nov 24 | — | 0 |
| Dec 24 | — | 0 |
| Jan 25 | — | 0 |
| Feb 25 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Mar 25 | — | 0 |
| Apr 25 | — | 0 |
| May 25 | — | 0 |
| Jun 25 | — | 0 |
| Jul 25 | 1.0 | 1 |
Share of positive (4–5★) and negative (1–2★) reviews mentioning each topic · based on the 20 most recent reviews.
“Having lived in Maryland, we need the occasional hard crab shipment”
“Veryy UNHAPPY customer”
Same method for every company: overall rating, legitimacy checks, the average rating of reviews mentioning each area and the 6-month trend · Specialty Foods.
| Company | Overall | Legit | Delivery | Service | Trend | Reviews |
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| 2.1 out of 5 (poor) | 100 out of 100 | 2.0 out of 5 (poor) | 2.6 out of 5 (poor) | — | 20 | |
| 4.6 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | 3.1 out of 5 (fair) | 4.2 out of 5 (good) | — | 1,000 | |
| 4.4 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | 4.4 out of 5 (good) | 4.7 out of 5 (good) | — | 100 | |
| 2.0 out of 5 (poor) | 100 out of 100 | 1.4 out of 5 (poor) | 1.8 out of 5 (poor) | −5% | 72 | |
| 4.7 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | — | 4.9 out of 5 (good) | — | 51 |
Bottom line: Linton's Seafood is #4 of 5 on overall rating in this group. On delivery, Pure Pet Food scores higher (4.4 vs 2.0).
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We live 45 minutes from South Padre Island and haven't been able to get fresh Flounder for a few years to cook at home. I ordered Flounder Fillets and they arrived frozen. We're seniors and have had some great fish fries....the problem is the fish was mushy and I know how to cook fish. It makes me sad because we ordered quite a bit and not sure what to do with the rest, we certainly will not eat it. I wonder if it contains water to cause this? This blew our budget for 4 months, we live on social security and can't afford this type of waste.
I ordered seafood from Lintonseafood. Ordered Aug. 29th. for Sept 1st. Delivery. That was our Labor Day celebration dinner. As of TODAY…..TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6th. I have NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING! NO RESPONSE to my emails, no NOTHING! Very DISAPPOINTED in them! You’re a big seafood company not living up to your PROMISE for delivery! Get your SH#t together! Veryy UNHAPPY customer!!! 😡😡😡
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on 09.02.2021 I specifically ordered 2 dozen Colossal Blue Crabs - 6 3/4" + point to point - price $299.00 or approximately $150 per dozen - WHAT I received were 2 dozen Blue Crab, none of which were 6.3/4 " , most were 5.1/2 " to 6" which does not even meet the criteria for Jumbo, 6" to 6 " - the cost of these crabs are listed at $89.00 to $79.00 per dozen - I have reached out to the company - and I received a phone call from Linton justifying the order stating that no other customer complained - to me they owe me a $120 refund - I promised not to give a bad review if they made good on the order but I have not received an acceptable response from the company - this is the 2nd time this has happened - same company - there will not be a 3rd - I am sure there are more credible crab business in Crisfield
Linton's have been good in the past, but recent shipment was wayyy off the mark. I ordered 4 maine lobster tails (7 oz ones), 2 doz little neck clams, 1 lb backfin crab, and 1 lb sea scallops. It arrived on time and frozen well, as usual. Now the problem...I'm thinking since I'm from WV that Linton's thinks I'm too stupid to know what a Maine lobster tail looks and tastes like. Excuse me but I'm a lobster fanatic and know the difference well. I got some kind of weird rock lobster looking things. I called and asked for owner or manager Oct 2, '21. So I finally got him on phone and explained the appearance. He kept talking me down "that's a Maine lobster tail". No it friggin' isn't I'm thinking. Then he tries to tell me how to steam them and I laugh my butt off as he tells me to steam them 18 minutes so I'm not sure from what planet he lives. Now to the 'sea scallops. Some were the diameter of a dime and NONE were usual sea scallop size. Yeah this ole hillbilly knows scallops, too, and how to prepare. The backfin crab and clams were alright. So they sent the wrong things and then insulted my intelligence. I'm done with these jokers. I hope they go broke. They ruined my party and the embarrassment serving this crap to guests was excruciating.
Crab cakes had no flavor. For the price i expected them to be at least what you would get at a fine dining restaurant. Thought maybe they shipped the wrong item so called and was told i should have ordered the jumbo lump crab cake. They offered to let me send back for credit and send me the jumbo for a lot, i mean a lot more money. When i balked at giving them another try at that outrageous price they simply hung up. No goodbye, no sorry you were disappointed, no we want to make it up to you....... Done with Linton's Seafood. They are not customer centric and have poor product at veryy expensive prices.
THIS PLACE SUCKS. You will NEVER get what you think your going to get. Run away from the horrible company. This Kansas City family is done with this Horrible Company.
I've ordered from Linton's in the past, and its typically been a good experience. However my last experience has ended any chance of doing business with them again. Ordered Crab Claws and lump crab meat, paid for two-day shipping. Didn't receive my order for 11 days, and despite 5 phone calls and 3 emails to customer service, I received ZERO replies. Once the order arrived, despite the negative experience, we were eager to eat! And again we were disappointed, the jumbo lump crab meat we ordered might have been leftover claw or backfin meat, and was full of shell, taste was off, making it inedible. Then we went to the claws (stone crab claws), and again were extremely disappointed, the taste was terrible - bland and not fresh. We called Linton's again, twice, to speak about our experience, and have yet to receive any reply to our messages. Very sad that a company with prior decent experiences, has gone down hill this fast. We sent messages through their website, and direct from the order email, as well as the phone calls (can never get an operator or representative on the line).
5 pounds of King Crab. 3 tubs of blue jumbo crab meat. 3 jars of oysters. $55 for "2 day" shipping to Colorado. Normally I just go to the local grocery store but this was for a special occasion so I splurged. Not one single thing I ordered came frozen. Nothing! The lids on the 3 jars of oysters were not sealed so the juice was all over. The 3 pints of crab meat were so full of cartilage I wouldn't feed it to my dog - much less important guests. King Crab had virtually no taste. Too late to return of course. So went to 3 local grocery stores and got what I needed. Turned out perfect and I'll NEVER EVER shop with this company again. What a joke they are! What a rip off! Don't get duped like me... Perhaps they should stick with bait?
Ordered dozen crabs with light seasoning.Received old crabs that the meat was dried out and had heavy seasoning. Let them know and never received a response.Had to throw them out complete waste of money and crabs
I ordered 3lbs of their JUMBO LUMP CRABMEAT and noted that they ship FedEx 2 day. I received 3 plastic containers that appeared to be back fin lump and not JUMBO LUMP. Only two defrosted ice packs with the containers bouncing around. Very poor packaging. I opened one of the containers and the crabmeat smelled like auto fumes and tasted oily is the best way I can describe it. I opened the 2nd container and was blown away by the awful dead fish smell. If eaten I would surely wind up in a Emergency Room. I sent LINTON THREE EMAILS asking for a two thirds credit and received NO REPLY. I called TWICE and got no reply. STAY AWAY from LINTON SEAFOOD.
Linton's Seafood is a seafood retailer based in Crisfield, Maryland, known for its extensive selection of fresh seafood products, including Maryland blue crabs, lump crab cakes, and snow crab legs. With over 30 years of experience in the seafood industry, the company specializes in delivering high-quality seafood directly to customers' doorsteps. Linton's Seafood has also honed its shipping methods to ensure the freshness and quality of its products during transit, making it a reliable choice for seafood enthusiasts. The company caters to a diverse customer base, ranging from home cooks to seafood lovers looking for convenient online shopping options. Linton's Seafood offers a variety of products, including hard crabs, crab meat, and gourmet seafood dishes, along with seasonal specials. The user-friendly online platform allows customers to easily browse and order their favorite seafood items, providing an accessible way to enjoy fresh Maryland seafood from anywhere.
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