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    Howards Chowder Shack

    3.5 (50 reviews)

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    Cassy D.

    Just went for a repeat visit and it was closed. Just wanted to update everyone on the hours....they open at 4-8 during the week now. I did enjoy the lobster roll and my husband had the fish. We liked everything very much.

    Katrina P.

    My sister and I stopped by this restaurant one day and it was so good!! Definitely get a lot of food for your money and it is delicious.

    Fish Sandwich (with hardly any fish) from Howard's
    Greg L.

    What a shame! This has been a favorite place of ours for years, and it's been even better since it became Howard's. But tonight it was awful. First, the credit card machine wouldn't take any of the new credit cards that have a chip in them - the counter clerk said it's been charging people twice (she didn't offer to enter the card number manually). It was a cool night so we took our food home where we realized they shorted us one drink. The fish and chips and the fish sandwich had almost no fish at all (we actually first thought maybe there was supposed to be another container for just the fish since we couldn't find it in the container - but then found the scant amount of fish that probably weighed less than an ounce). It was abundantly clear that the manhattan clam chowder hadn't been cooked; the tomatoes were acidic and there were probably two pieces of clams. The crab-cakes were average - nothing to go out of your way for. We called to complain and they did offer to give us the "right" amount of fish if we drove back (no explanation of why they didn't give us what we paid for in the first place other than the Owner left for vacation the day before.) And they wouldn't credit us for the missing drink or the dinners without fish. We all have bad nights now and then - but there were so many things wrong that I won't be going back and warn those who do to check your order carefully while you're there.

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    Gregg B.

    White or Red its our favorite chowder. Clams cakes and fries are awesome and Howard's frozen lemonade is the best their is. RI best chowder shack is not by the ocean it's in the woods

    Lobster roll mmmmm

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    no clams in the very dence clam cakes and stewed tomato chowder clams far and few between. my bad forgot how bad it was last year.

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    by comparison the best clam fritters i have had to date, could use more clam in them, overall taste is very good

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