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100% ambiance
“The atmosphere is cool, however, and there's plenty of parking.”
100% dessert
“recommend anyone that wants to have a great meal and a great dessert go now.”
41% drinks
“Food came out cold, long wait, ridiculous prices, and the bartender was pretty slow. After an 1.5 wait (at 9pm!) we decided to just sit and eat @ the bar. We did not get offered roles until we were almost done w/ our meal and our bill for the two of us + ”
73% food quality
“ambiance, service, good food, reasonable prices.”
75% menu variety
“Food and selection is excellent.”
76% overall
“Food came out cold, long wait, ridiculous prices, and the bartender was pretty slow. After an 1.5 wait (at 9pm!) we decided to just sit and eat @ the bar. We did not get offered roles until we were almost done w/ our meal and our bill for the two of us + ”
53% return potential
“Food came out cold, long wait, ridiculous prices, and the bartender was pretty slow. After an 1.5 wait (at 9pm!) we decided to just sit and eat @ the bar. We did not get offered roles until we were almost done w/ our meal and our bill for the two of us + ”
93% service
“Hopefully it was just the waitperson I had - but she was not very good, didn't let me know what the specials were *(other staff was very helpful to their tables explaining the board without being asked) and although she only had two tables she was never a”
33% value
“The food was horrible, expensive and not worth it at all.”
53% wait time
“It's long tables make it a great place for large groups, and the atmosphere makes it a great place for gorups of kids!”
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July 12, 2012
The people who work there are super cool and don’t mind taking the time to answer any questions I may have, such as explaining the fish board or whatever. Vinny the bartender is awesome! He always makes super cool drinks for me.
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July 02, 2012
About as unpretentious as it is possible to get (think paper table cloths) with great oysters, lobster and fish. Try the swordfish skewers for lunch. Mmm, swordfishtastic. And there's free corn bread! It's been 5 nears now, and I never tire of coming
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June 19, 2012
I've only been twice, but each time was a really good time. The first time I went was when I was just starting really explore seafood. I had a swordfish special that was served with marinated tomatoes and squash. Mmmmmm.... The second time was for a graduation party that was in the bar area, so it was private. All you can eat raw bar. Doesn't get any better than that. I like the casual atmosphere. Its a nice change from the typical Legal Seafood/Atlantic Fish Co. scene.
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June 06, 2012
This is a good place. The specials are good, the fruit tart is delicious with ice cream if you like. The lobstah roll is good and you can have it with drawn butter like a Red's. Pretty good.
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May 31, 2012
I love it here. The beer on tap tasted fresh, the atmosphere was very nice and quite a shift in the right direction from the norm. The food I've had has been delicious every time. Waitstaff always did a great job every visit, and it's very convenient to points west with easy parking. Can't find anything wrong with this establishment. This is the next best thing to having a real clambake on the beach!
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May 23, 2012
Watermelon margy. If it is in the Summer try their fresh watermelon margaritas. The pulverized fruit really makes the drink refreshing. My mom loves their fried oysters. They have a grilled sardine appetizer in the Summer that my dad just goes ga ga over. Something for everyone. Their specials have always been good picks. The cornbread that comes with the meal is also good. My son had a soft-serve ice cream cone at the end of the meal that was larger than his face. His eyes grew really big when it came to the table.
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May 14, 2012
Lobsta. Knowing what to get is the thing here. For me and my guy itz 2 3lb lobsters with a bucket of steamers to start, a few beers and we're outta there $120 lighter but a whole lot happier.
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May 03, 2012
Swordfish skewer. I had the Swordfish skewer with sweet & sour soy sauce. Rice seaweed salad. Tasty. Swordfish by itself doesn't have an overwhelming flavor, so the sweet & sour was a great addition.
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November 26, 2011
worst take out thanksgiving dinner ever. I was ordering a Thankgiving Dinner from a recomendation. Thought it would be a good idea. The dinner party started to increase to the amount of people originally, so I decided to cook some extra food, so as to have enough. The food that I got was so terrible, I wouldn't serve it to my guests, I dumped everything. The turkey was like rubber, the potatoes wern't mashed, and the stuffing was the most worst of all, something grainy in it, I couldn't tell what, I tried to fix it, but it was impossible. The portions were so small, they wouldn't even feed four, never mind 6 to 10 people. The cranberry sauce was just enough for my 10 yr old grandson. Thank God I had the sense to make a spiral ham, turkey breast and some veggies and some gravy or we would have starved. The turkey looked like it was cooked a week ago. Very disappointed, $107 down the drain. Next time I'll cook my own meal.
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July 10, 2008
Like a bad joke.... After seeing Summer Shack on the Top 10 list for the best clam chowder in boston, I decided to check it out. Bad idea. Not only was the environment cheap and touristy, but everything on the menu was incredibly overpriced. I guess I should have known that it would be entirely unauthentic, since 2 of their 4 locations are at Logan Airport and Mohegan Sun, but I was still shocked by the tacky nature of the entire restaurant. It felt like they were playing a bad joke on customers while mocking New England tradition. And the chowder sucked.
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