Westbrook Lobster Restaurant & Bar

For a steamed lobster this was perfect.  After reading the reviews I wasn't sure what to expect, but everything was excellent.  Lobster was prepared well, sides were delicious. The bowl of clam chowder was perfect and suitable to split..  We had a great meal, the bread basket was filled with warm fresh bread.  Great dessert as well.  Menu was awesome and I can't wait to go back and try another meal. The 5th star is because I went home (and woke up,the next day)feeling healthy without an upset stomach that can sometimes accompany eating out at a restaurant that uses poor quality ingredients. I overall a terrific lobster place.

After a day at the outlets we came here looking to purchase some scallops & fish to take home, but alas, I was informed that their retail operations have been closed since January.  You wouldn't be able to tell from their website that still proclaims them as a "fish market".  Update your website fool!

Living along the shoreline and being a big fan of seafood, it's a mystery to me how I never visited Westbrook Lobster before last week.

The inside looks like something taken from the "Rusty Barnacle" restaurant in The Simpsons. At any moment I expected a peg legged sea captain to come walking around the corner and say "Arrrrrrrrr".

Our waitress was aloof and forgot to add, not one, but two place settings to our table. When we brought it to her attention, no apology was given.

My food was nothing to write home about. The lobster bisque was absolutely awful. By awful, I mean it contained very little lobster. At most it had one speck of lobster about the size of a pencil eraser head. I don't understand how a cook scooping out the bisque could not see my bowl contained 0.05% meat.

My linguini with clams was also sub par. I've had much better at other restaurants. Plus, maybe I'm just spoiled because my mom makes a kick-ass linguini with clam sauce.

All in all, I'd have a hard time returning to Westbrook Lobster.