My wife and I took our grand-daughter to dinner at the Lobster Pot. It recently opened up in Willoughby Hills near the intersection of SR 91 and art 6 (Chardon Rd.). My wife and I were curious if this was anyway a remake of the the original Lobster Pot in South Euclid that we frequented years ago. They used to have a phenomenall Lobster Bisque and Lobster dinners, and it is.
We made reservations and got there early. We selected a table near the fish tank, which may have been a mistake because we were right in front of the kitchen and there was a lot of noise emanating from it, not the quietest dinner we had.
My grand daughter selected a bowl of of lobster bisque and an appetizer of crab cakes. The bisque was ok, but did not contain a lot of lobster. The crab cakes contained a lot of filling, and minimal crab lumps, mostly shredded crab. It was ok, but not memorable. It is hard to find good crab cakes in Northeast Ohio.
My wife had the lobster Newburgh, which we asked to split, but the waitress suggested that it would not be enough to split. After hearing that, my wife and I decided to order our own dinners. She took home over half of her dinner. The dish was prepared very well and there was a lot of lobster in the dish, it was just too much her, so w could have split the dinner as we are not big eaters.
I ordered the fish and chips, which comprised of a huge filet of halibut served over a huge helping of French fries and a side of very tasty coleslaw. I took home half of the fish and I was stuffed. I was kind of disappointed in the halibut, it was ok, but not spectacular.
The waitress was very prompt with service and checked back frequently to see if everything was to our satisfaction, which is a good sign of a top notch restaurant.
I will definitely go back there and try different dishes. The 3 stars I rated them as, was basically for the nondescript crab cakes, the lobster bisque, and the so - so halibut fish and chips.
This restaurant has undergone several changes since the last time we were there. It is a very warm and comforting atmosphere, just don't sit near the kitchen if you want a quiet dinner.
I am looking forward to going back there soon.
Refer to the pictures of our dishes.