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| - Perhaps my hopes were a bit too high, but I have to admit I'm slightly disappointed by my Rock Lobster trip!
I've been eying this place for some time, and as I'm moving out of the neighborhood soon i figured it was the perfect time to give Rock Lobster a try!
I love the feel of the place, it has a bit of nautical decor which isn't too over the top. There is a good amount of seating too - on my random Wednesday lobster date, they were able to get a table for 8 of us no problem. The servers were friendly and offered us drinks while we waited for the rest of our party to show up. A very good first impression!
DRINKS - They have a great drink list with a LOBSTER DRINK - the Rock Lobster Caesar (featuring a lobster tail!) yum! They also have wine on tap at $1/oz, so basically the drink list had me hooked.
FOOD - the menu looked good, with a few pricy options and a few $12-$15 options. There are also quite a few delicious appetizers, we went for both some oysters (east coast, hurrah!) and a lobster tail. For mains, I ordered the steak and lobster tartar, and the lobster mac and cheese, with the idea that we would split the two. The mains were delicious, but I could definitely have gone for a third choice as well for the two people! The steak tartar was smaller than I anticipated, and while the mac and cheese was a good size, it wasn't quite enough food for two.
So overall, I wish there was more on the menu, or that it was more clear to me that I should order more than one dish per person, perhaps a few to share. When I go again (I'm a firm believer of second chances) I will split one of the towers (which looked UNREAL) or get the lobster dinner for myself. It really is just that I was hoping to go and get a lobster, and instead ended up with a bunch of other food that was kind of lobster-y, without being real lobster.
So, worth going to, definitely! But is it the place to go and get/eat a lobster? Surprisingly, maybe not.
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