Lobster Dock

2304 NJ-35, Lavallette
(732) 865-9090

Recent Reviews

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RealtorPeggy Yanuzzelli

Ok. They are right Kristin is the one to ask for!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Louise Puma

Great lobster rolls and love the new location! Nice BYOB vibes

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

tara Krobatsch

Best crab cakes and lobster rolls on the island:) Amazing staff and owners.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

David Behin

Best crabcake I’ve had in ages!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christine Geraci

Our last day of vacation and we were craving a lobster roll. It was delicious and fresh. Server was super nice! Would definitely come back!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joseph Owens

Great crab dip and the crab cakes had a good amount of lump crab meat in them. Wish they gave a full set up of butter or sour cream for the sides of bakes potato and corn on the cob. Lobster roll needed more butter. Would go back again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Julianne Strauss

We’ve been coming to lobster dock for years now on our annual vacation down to the shore. It’s a casual place that always has a solid, tasty selection of food for dinner. At our 6:15 dinner, we waited 1 hour and 20 minutes to receive our appetizer order of mussels. We’re not ones to complain and we understand places get busy. But I can’t comprehend how they would continue to seat people if the kitchen is taking ~1.5 hours just to deliver food. As other reviews had also mentioned, the kitchen seems to be prioritizing large takeout orders before the customers in their dining room. Compliments to the waitstaff for staying positive and still being attentive towards their tables. It’s such a shame because the food is good, but unfortunately if this is a constant problem, as many reviews have indicated, a restaurant should really take the time to figure out the problems in the kitchen so they can turn over tables and have satisfied customers. By not fixing the problem after many poor reviews, you’re doing your waitstaff, who rely on good tips as a part of their hourly pay, and your customers a disservice. Do better.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Victoria Hinde

We waited 45 minutes before only 1 of our 2 appetizers arrived… the crab dip was so salty…. Then came our peel and eat shrimp… over cooked… the waitress was lovely and very apologetic about having to wait for our food, When our food finally arrived it wasn’t that good. My son ordered a Connecticut lobster roll, over cooked lobster, my husband the blackened mahi sandwich over cooked also… and they forgot our order of chicken tenders which arrived after we’d all finished eating. The waitress did take that off our bill… we went there for a quick bite… hour and half later we left… I blame the kitchen staff, the poor waitresses were rushing around apologizing to everyone.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Tyler Quarantiello

Was sat immediately. They were not busy. Plenty of servers. Was ignored for 30 minutes. Spoke to clueless hostess. She was nice. Said someone would come. Multiple tables sat after us that were served. Nobody ever came. No apology. Wasted 45 minutes. Terrible experience

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

C T H

Our server Matt and the hostess were both excellent.in fact they are the only thing that we loved…...my service got a 1 star because the kitchen screwed it up…it was obviously out of his control…..unfortunately our overall experience was NOT good…we waited an hour and a half for food (basic food ) in which the kitchen sent out wrong compared to what was on menu ….and the wait ..inexcusable …I’ve worked in restaurants for years as a server and bartender and understand it’s summer..but 1) there is no excuse for the kitchen sending out food to tables that arrived after you…2)kitchen seemed to prioritize more about the large “to go”orders than folks actually eating there…3)the Ribeye sandwich was overcooked and underwhelming…(how is that even possible) 4)it was supposed to come with “fried” onions as per menu..but instead came with “raw” onions instead..the lobster rolls were OK but not great….the fries were soggy…the atmosphere is there but I would NOT recommend this place nor will I go back..bummer because I was really had aspirations and wanted to like it….it had the vibes but absolutely NOT the follow through.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Patricia Smith

They will not seat single diners. They told me it was a 45 minute wait to even sit down because I was alone. Then two minutes later they were seating multiple tables. Don’t eat here if you’re by yourself.

Service: 1

Kelly Roses

Delicious fresh seafood with great service. Recommend for a yummy lunch

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Donna Pazos

Excellent food and the service was great!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

tyghartman Hartman

I order here all the time. The food is always very good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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We went in person to place a takeout order at 7:20 PM. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE 45 minutes to an hour and that they’d call when it was ready. It’s 9PM. No phone call and no one answers the phone. This is beyond unprofessional.

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