蟹宝 Xie Bao

One of my friends recommended that we should check out Festival Plaza in Edison NJ where there are lots of shopping stores including H-mart supermarket. Before going there, we checked online for a good place to eat and this restaurant Xie Bao Crab House was one of them. Being seafood lovers, we loved to try different things and so glad we did. We ordered their well known dish Crab roe over noodle (you can select noodle or rice), Pork rinds in fish soup with crab roe and Crab roe & pork pan-fried buns. Their crab roe is deliciously seasoned with flavors mixed very well the noodle. My boys loved their fish soup with crab roe. I loved how every bite you can tasted the savory crab roe. They also have complimentary appetizers of pickled white radish, toasted peanuts and seasoned wood ear mushrooms. It’s a cozy environment with friendly staffs. Everything were so good. We would definitely come back when we visit the plaza again.

Review not for crab boil Recommend: crab roe over noodles, pan fried buns Ok: soup dumplings, crab cakes, tofu and crab roe over rice There's very little crab on the menu other than the crab boil. Otherwise I would find this more accurately named crab roe house. The crab roe has good flavor, but it does have a bit of the fishy flavor also. Soup dumplings have no soup. Flavor is ok but there is no soup. The tofu and crab roe over rice is very very bland, much more worth it to get crab roe over rice as an entree. Crab cakes were ok but tiny. The pan fried buns were my favorite and are currently half price on Thursday, so maybe we will come back on Thursday for the buns. Overall pretty pricy and largely underwhelming

Holy crab! I can’t believe the crab roe tasted as good as it looked! Moreover, I enjoyed every dish here. I learned that this restaurant offers Huaiyang cuisine, a cuisine I’ve never heard of or ever tried. This type of cuisine focuses on the perseverance of original flavors of the ingredients. Therefore, you know the ingredients are fresh because it tasted so good. Absolutely a big fan of this place. This is a must try!

If you love Shanghainese food and especially crab this place is wonderful and frankly their soup dumplings are way better than other places in Edison. Soup dumplings with crab were 50% off on Wed and the restaurant was empty in the evening. Thursday there’s 50% off pan fried crab buns. The crab noodles were wonderful, made me miss Shanghai, but the yellow croaker noodles with pickled veg is a skip.

Big foodie here so once I found out about their crab roe options I knew I had to check them out. I couldn't believe how flavorful the crab roe soup buns were, not to mention the juiciness of the meatballs! Xie Bao has some huge flavors you'd expect out a big fancy restaurant but for half of the price. I will absolutely be coming back next time I'm in the area.

Saw this location opened in Edison so I decided to try it. The crab roe rice and noodles were really good. Really rich in crab roe! You would love this place if you want some good crab roe.

The restaurant is very bright and well decorated, felt super comfortable walking in. The servers are very sweet. We were super excited to try these menu items as they aren’t typical dishes available in this area! The most anticipated dish was the most expensive, the crab roe over rice! It’s available over noodles as well, you can also order some extra rice/noodles as they provided a lot of the crab roe. It was excellent as it was hot and with every bite you’re able to get that delicious crabmeat! For the restaurant, I do suggest the crab roe comes in a different dish with possibly a spout lip to make pouring cleaner and easier. For a noodle dish, we tried the scallion oil noodles which is a classic and we throughly enjoyed as it wasn’t sticky, a bit better than others in our opinion. We had to try the crab roe & peking duck pork soup buns, although you get all these amazing ingredients, it did lack some soup. Lastly, we tried the crab row & pork pan fried buns. It’s a classic favorite of mine and it was well balanced between the two meats, however I would’ve like it a bit more fried and crispy at the bottom. To top it off we got a pitcher of the iced lemon black tea and it was super refreshing. I hope to try their lemon passionfruit soda next time I visit. Overall, we were really satisfied trying this new restaurant and their appealing dishes. We can’t wait for the next time to try more and ask what’s their top seller items!

We love trying new restaurants. Unfortunately，we will not be heading back 2nd time. In my opinion, is over priced even they do have real crab meat in everything.Flavor is mediocre and service is really bad. They have one waitress run the whole restaurant. You can barely get her attention.

One of my friends recommended that we should check out Festival Plaza in Edison NJ where there are lots of shopping stores including H-mart supermarket. Before going there, we checked online for a good place to eat and this restaurant Xie Bao Crab House was one of them. Being seafood lovers, we loved to try different things and so glad we did. We ordered their well known dish Crab roe over noodle (you can select noodle or rice), Pork rinds in fish soup with crab roe and Crab roe & pork pan-fried buns. Their crab roe is deliciously seasoned with flavors mixed very well the noodle. My boys loved their fish soup with crab roe. I loved how every bite you can tasted the savory crab roe. They also have complimentary appetizers of pickled white radish, toasted peanuts and seasoned wood ear mushrooms. It’s a cozy environment with friendly staffs. Everything were so good. We would definitely come back when we visit the plaza again.

Review not for crab boil Recommend: crab roe over noodles, pan fried buns Ok: soup dumplings, crab cakes, tofu and crab roe over rice There's very little crab on the menu other than the crab boil. Otherwise I would find this more accurately named crab roe house. The crab roe has good flavor, but it does have a bit of the fishy flavor also. Soup dumplings have no soup. Flavor is ok but there is no soup. The tofu and crab roe over rice is very very bland, much more worth it to get crab roe over rice as an entree. Crab cakes were ok but tiny. The pan fried buns were my favorite and are currently half price on Thursday, so maybe we will come back on Thursday for the buns. Overall pretty pricy and largely underwhelming

Holy crab! I can’t believe the crab roe tasted as good as it looked! Moreover, I enjoyed every dish here. I learned that this restaurant offers Huaiyang cuisine, a cuisine I’ve never heard of or ever tried. This type of cuisine focuses on the perseverance of original flavors of the ingredients. Therefore, you know the ingredients are fresh because it tasted so good. Absolutely a big fan of this place. This is a must try!

If you love Shanghainese food and especially crab this place is wonderful and frankly their soup dumplings are way better than other places in Edison. Soup dumplings with crab were 50% off on Wed and the restaurant was empty in the evening. Thursday there’s 50% off pan fried crab buns. The crab noodles were wonderful, made me miss Shanghai, but the yellow croaker noodles with pickled veg is a skip.

Big foodie here so once I found out about their crab roe options I knew I had to check them out. I couldn't believe how flavorful the crab roe soup buns were, not to mention the juiciness of the meatballs! Xie Bao has some huge flavors you'd expect out a big fancy restaurant but for half of the price. I will absolutely be coming back next time I'm in the area.

Saw this location opened in Edison so I decided to try it. The crab roe rice and noodles were really good. Really rich in crab roe! You would love this place if you want some good crab roe.

The restaurant is very bright and well decorated, felt super comfortable walking in. The servers are very sweet. We were super excited to try these menu items as they aren’t typical dishes available in this area! The most anticipated dish was the most expensive, the crab roe over rice! It’s available over noodles as well, you can also order some extra rice/noodles as they provided a lot of the crab roe. It was excellent as it was hot and with every bite you’re able to get that delicious crabmeat! For the restaurant, I do suggest the crab roe comes in a different dish with possibly a spout lip to make pouring cleaner and easier. For a noodle dish, we tried the scallion oil noodles which is a classic and we throughly enjoyed as it wasn’t sticky, a bit better than others in our opinion. We had to try the crab roe & peking duck pork soup buns, although you get all these amazing ingredients, it did lack some soup. Lastly, we tried the crab row & pork pan fried buns. It’s a classic favorite of mine and it was well balanced between the two meats, however I would’ve like it a bit more fried and crispy at the bottom. To top it off we got a pitcher of the iced lemon black tea and it was super refreshing. I hope to try their lemon passionfruit soda next time I visit. Overall, we were really satisfied trying this new restaurant and their appealing dishes. We can’t wait for the next time to try more and ask what’s their top seller items!

We love trying new restaurants. Unfortunately，we will not be heading back 2nd time. In my opinion, is over priced even they do have real crab meat in everything.Flavor is mediocre and service is really bad. They have one waitress run the whole restaurant. You can barely get her attention.