Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern

Disappointment with clam cakes this visit - fell apart when attempting to plate them: One of the go-tos every visit
And, the lobster BLT was advertised as $34 on the menu and $37 on the presented check - time to update the menu prices
And lastly, the menus themselves should be checked - ours were actually food stained -
Overall, this visit was a disappointment to what we usually experience.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Fool me once, shame on you. This restaurant is front-facing in one of the most popular areas for tourism in Maine. One cup of Chowder costs the same as 6 cans of Campbell’s and tastes exactly the same. What does this say about how much they care ahout their customers, and the community? Go to Hannaford and get a can of soup instead. Their prices are better and the quality is comparable.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Food is ok, staff is super friendly. Convenient location.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Sadie was our server and was very good at service and crafting wonderful drinks!!!! The food was outstanding

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food, service and quality all top tier.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Turkey Sandwich and french onion soup both very good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice small restaurant with decent food. French onion soup was really good, clam chowder was fine, crab cakes were good, full bellied clams were fine, and fried scallops were fine. Nothing was bad, just mostly okay. That being said, the location can't be beat for the shopping area. Expect a long wait and parties over four people will get squeezed in (extra chair added to end of table).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Excellent Seafood we had fried haddock was so fresh n cooked just right. Seafood platter was also very tasty

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always good food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a wonderful restaurant in the center of Freeport, the food is tasty, well portoined and our server was great. I had the grilled reuben and French onion soup and both were great

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is one of the few locations in town that has actual Lobster STEW. If you're looking for traditional lobsters Stew this is a place to go. We got the bowl portion, it's a lot but it's very good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Excellent food for the price. Sadie made a tasty Jack Frost vodka drink.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was around 1130a-noon when we arrived. We were quoted 75-90 min, got seated within 30. Only downside to miss-quoting the wait time was that we were in LL Bean on the other side of all the construction, so we had to practically run back to make sure they didn’t skip seating us.

Everything was excellent! Wife, kids and I went for lunch when up in Freeport. As a past resident of Maine, we have been going to eat here for years. It’s just as good as we remember.

Lobster roll, fish and chips, chicken sandwich, and a kids cheeseburger. The kids fish and chips weren’t much smaller than the actual order of fish and chips…save some money and go with the kids portion.

Will return anytime we are in Freeport!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Absolutely phenomenal. Couldn’t recommend both lobster meals more. Will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here for dinner in group of 4. Our focus is on lobster dishes as we are in Maine. The lobster bisque is good; for main we had lazy lobster dish, it’s also pretty well cooked and presented. The let down is on the desert, we had pumpkin pie to share, as it’s October 31; for a small piece of serving we can’t finish it.
All in all, this is a nice place for meal for a taste of Maine lobster plated in good presentation.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5