The chowder is wonderful! There were no fillers like potatoes. Every bite is full of fresh seafood until the end. Lobster roll was filled with fresh lobsters and had very little mayo so you can taste the lobster. Husband can't eat seafood so he got the BBQ pork sandwich, which was also good. super friendly service and casual atmosphere. read more

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My wife had the lobster roll & I had a burger. My wife said the lobster roll (served cold) was among the best she ever had. I thought the burger was average. The french fries were crispy and very good. read more

Super friendly service. Casual nautical atmosphere. Lobster bucket is great, but be aware it is A LOT of food. 2 people can share and still have left over. read more

As soon as we walked in, we were greeted with a warm smile by the owner / staff. The interior is spacious with wooden finish and Maritimes paintings & decor, giving a nice rustic, charming, and small fishing town feel while dining. Menu selection is quite extensive, offering everything from the classic lobster boil, lobster roll, fish, scallops, and clam chowder, to massive seafood platter, burgers, and a few vegetarian options. Most main dishes come with side options such as baked potato, mashed potato, fries, rice, vegetables, salad, and soups. They have specials of the day. When we were there, the specials included lobster-stuffed mushroom caps, fiddlehead soup (unique!), and different lobster and clam combos. I had the Scallop Platter (I chose the pan-seared kind, instead of battered and fried), which was balanced and satisfying with all the fixings - came with a choice of carbs and side vegetables. You can customize it, such as replacing the carb with garden salad, with or adding extra anything (I opted for extra vegetables). The seafood and vegs were both fresh, tasted delicious, and portion size was generous (especially with the scallops, and chunks of lobster in the lobster roll). Service was lovely and made the dining experience an excellent one. Highly recommended and if you're in the area or stopping by to / from Fundy National Park. The bonus: they provide free WiFi! read more

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Came here after one of my hikes near fundy and wanted a good fish and chips. Prices were quite reasonable for 2 pieces, could I have finished 2? Maybe LOL it was a generous size too. Service was amazing and I really enjoyed my dinner there. Fish wasn't too greasy but at the same time it was so crispy. Home fries are just as good too. Def come check this place out if you are ever in the area. Oh my cousin got the scallops and out of all the places she has tried them at, she likes it here the most! read more

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Beautiful scenery. Friendly staff. Good food. Really loved the scallop appetizer. The flavour was amazing. Lobster roll was adequate. i would eat here again. read more

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Beautiful town, beautiful boathouse restaurant and beautiful people. I had the breaded chicken burgers with coleslaw. The chicken was so fresh and piping hot! The bun was so soft and sweet too. They server beers too. I got the moose head draft. They have a very friendly ambience. The owners put an old boat on the ceiling. Also they have small bird houses which attracts a lot of humming birds and it is fun to watch. read more

The Alma Boathouse - Breaded Chicken burger with coleslaw and Moosehead draft. - Seafood Near Me - Alma, New Brunswick

Great fish chowder. We liked it so much we ordered more to take back home. Friendly service and reasonable prices too.

This is a nice, spacious restaurant in the heart of Alma! We stopped here for a quick lunch during our break between high and low tide at the Hopewell Rocks. Since it's a fairly touristy destination, prices were a little higher but still reasonable. My dad ordered the fried clams, which I found to be a bit over breaded. Nothing very special, in my opinion. The portion size was also smaller than expected. My sister ordered her all-time favourite - steamed mussels. I'm not even kidding, this must have been her third or fourth time ordering this dish in the past week! It was okay, but nothing very different nor more delicious than the past options. My mom got the chicken burger, which was decent. Finally, I ordered their famous seafood chowder. It was super creamy, and had a good flavour; however, most of the taste came from the fish. Most of the seafood, actually, was fish and shrimp. There were no scallops nor clams. The chowder was good, but I found it a little heavy and overbearing... There was so much cream that I didn't have any appetite for dinner afterwards! read more

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I eat out daily. Deliciously tasteful especially when you are in a fishing / lobster community. So Charlene's (in Bayside NS) makes the best seafood chowder ever, yet this place is a sweet second - I like my seafood chowder not too thick. Lobster roll had lots & lots of lobster. The seafood platter was super, so appreciate when you have a choice to pan-sear your shrimp & huge scallop. Also how often do you get daily fresh cut french fries. Great seafood meal. read more

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Delicious lobster rolls! We sat outside with my dog and had great service and delicious food I think we'll be back this week. Thanks!

Skip it and go over to Collins lobster place and get a lobster roll. Staff was not friendly at the boathouse. Long waits and didn't seem to care if we were there or not. read more

Had lunch here. Ordered steak meal and was told it was sold out already. Second choice: pork sandwich was supposed to be on pretzel bun but wasn't. For pulled pork it was bland and dry. Waitress acted poorly surprised when another person in party ordered seafood bucket due the to size of it. Had to justify to her that we would all share. Seafood was good. Linguini was amazing. Service selection and loud atmosphere not so good. read more

The waitress was amazing and funny and the environment was awesome. The lobster mushrooms were spectacular and the lobster Mac was astounding. 10/10 would definitely recommend. read more

Amazing service from Tina!!!! And the seafood chowder and mussels couldn't have been any better!!! THIS is the place to eat when in or near Fundy National Park!!! read more

Breakfast with Frozen potatoes for 13$ = average. However the restaurant is Nice, very spacious, m'aies you feel right. Very friendly staff. It night have been because i was Hopkins for a GREAT breakfast, but it cane out average read more

Ordered the special and it came with a Lobster Roll & Seafood Chowder. The chowder was UNREAL and we were informed that it will forever put others to shame. I would highly recommend ordering it! read more

The Alma Boathouse - Seafood Near Me - Alma, New Brunswick

Like all the surrounding local places, it's a tourist venue. For the choices around the prices here seemed a little more in my ballpark for the whole family. The kid menu has the usual expected couple of bland choices, chicken strips and fries for all! Thumbs down that it had no drink, fruit, veg, or anything remotely close as a healthy item with that. Just fried strips and fries, both of which were fairly generic. I had the 1 piece beer battered fish and chips with slaw. Fish was great, slaw was great, tartar sauce which I usually skip was fantastic too. The fries all around were "meh". For a place that is obviously deep fryer centric I think that's something they could improve on, I wasn't a fan. Service was small town polite although we did stand in entry for a while before anyone walking by acknowledged us. We weren't in a rush but with kids I'm not interest in slow food. For everything coming out of the deep fryer I would deem that it was pretty slow and pushed the boundaries of how long young ones are willing to see around hungry. I would go here again. read more

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The food here is not bad. We had the mussels, seafood chowder, fish cakes, lobster stuffed mushroom caps, etc. The fish cakes were surprisingly tender inside, but I'm guessing that's because there was more potato than fish inside. The mushroom caps came in an escargot baking dish and were loaded with cheese. These were the highlight of my meal. They were also served with toast points. The seafood chowder was supposed to be served with a lobster crostini. It looked just like my toast points, and I didn't see any lobster anywhere. The mussel option we had was one steamed in lobster broth and served with lobster butter on the side. I couldn't much taste the lobster in the butter either, but still good. Oh. Quirk of the meal. The menu said crumbled nachos would top our mussels. They were Doritos. Um...okay. That certainly made the mussels less upscale. The coolest thing about this place is that they have hummingbird feeders on many of their windows, and we got to see hummingbirds actually come and go. This Torontonian found that quite nice. read more

We stopped by The Alma Boathouse which is along the Bay of Fundy we had the chowder and the lobster roll plater. The chowder was absolutely delicious, lots of seafood and so flavourful. The lobster roll was recommended by another customer so we had one of those and the taste was fantastic. That didn't use a lot of mayo which brought out the lobster flavour. The bun was lightly toasted which added a bit of a crunch. read more

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The service was poor because they had only 2 girls hosting, taking orders, serving, and bussing. A 3rd girl came in near the end of our meal but it didn't seem to help much. They need more helpers so then the waitresses could focus on the customer more. We had to wave her down if we needed anything. The food was good. My husband got the lobster roll and chowder and he said it was amazing. 4 stars for food 2 for service read more

The experience here was below par. We asked for lemon with our water - never received them, asked for Corona Light - got Extra (twice). Food was expensive and bland - no seasoning at all. Fish - both mine and my wife's was overcooked and hard. They have 2 types of wine only - Shiraz and Merlo??? Never ever again. read more

Wow the lobster was incredible and service was amazing too. The waitress made sure I knew how to eat lobster and even showed me how to eat one properly. The lobster was fresh and served with fries. The meal was $33 and I got a 1.5lb lobster. I highly recommend it. read more

Overall, very enjoyable. We were on our way to Fundy National Park from Hopewell Rocks where we went kayaking around (would also recommend that). I had the lobster roll with sweet potato fries and enjoyed it. The sweet potato fries were great and the lobster roll was good. Our party also had another lobster roll with chowder and the chowder was amazing. The lobster eggs Benedict was also a big hit. My brother got pancakes and they tasted homemade and were served with real maple syrup (very appreciated coming from the US were it's always the aunt Jemima's syrup). Finally, someone got the 1st Mates Breakfast and that was just okay, nothing to rave about. I would recommend this place for a little stop. There were lots of options and nothing was disappointing. read more

Had the lobster poutine. Incredible. Just imagine lobster newburg combined with poutine. If I end up on death row, this would be my request for a last meal. If they get a call for takeout from northern New York, I probably killed someone.... read more

You need to know what to order here. We sat down and ordered within a few minutes of waking into the restaurant. After we placed our order we saw plate after plate of fish and chips ("the boathouse" on the menu) coming to table after table. I happened to have ordered the fish burger which was essentially fish and chips. Two others at our table ordered chicken nuggets (frozen processed chicken) and chicken wings (frozen wings that had been fried) and did not care for their food at all. So, if you're here be sure to order the house specialty! read more

Got to the restaurant at 8 pm, waitress took our order, I had to ask her 45 min later about checking on it, offered us some bread at that point. Still waited another 20 min then finally meal arrived. I ordered the boathouse pasta, it was so dry I had to ask for more sauce, fish cakes were nothing but potato, and lobster rolls were not anything special, not much filling. Save your money and go some place else! read more

a great little surprise. good food, in a hidden away restaurant in a general store. They certainly could do more to show off that the place exists. Locals were most of the customers food was good, and well priced. do yourselves a favour and open the front blinds and put up better restaurant signage to draw in more travelers.. read more

We would highly recommend this restaurant.... The food was great but definitely not a place if you are not willing to wait a long time for your food, on the other hand the food was amazing and employees we're great! We would recommend making a reservation ahead of time, it is a great family restaurant! read more

We stopped in for an early dinner after hiking part of the Fundy Trail. My husband had the lobster roll that was generously packed with the good stuff. I had a fish sandwich that was "ok". I give it a 3 because the oil the fish was fried in tasted like it should have been changed awhile ago. That said, our friendly server was happy to make a change in the type of bun I had, and made a really good beer recommendation. read more

The staff was very friendly and personable. Our waitress Norma-Jean was delightful! We ordered the lobster dinner and she took the time to sit down and teach us how to get into it! The food itself was mediocre. Yes, as others reviewed, their seafood chowder is delicious and creamy! But the lobster lacked flavour and tasted a little over cooked. Could have been a once off though. Overall if you want a family friendly restaurant while in the area this is good choice. read more

We are beside the Bay of Fundy in a fishing village. I ordered the seafood platter for $30. Most of it was French fries. All the seafood was frozen. I was very disappointed considering the price. read more

My husband and I had dinner on our last night in Alma. Food was delicious. Service is excellent! We changed tables three times. First time, the table rocked, second table was not near the window, the last table we scored was at the window. The waitress was very gracious with our "musical table" shenanigans. Thank you! read more

We ate at the Boathouse during a stay in the Fundy National Park. To look at this restaurant from the outside (and inside) you would expect dinner from a can. Oh my, am I glad we were wrong. We ordered the scallop appetizer with cream sauce - WOW. The smell & look of this dish was amazing. The scallops were done to perfection. My husband and I each ordered the special that evening - linguine with homemade Italian sausage meatballs. I know I know, why not order seafood? When we placed our order, we were put off by the generic-looking menu & thought the pasta would be safe. The size of our entree was more than generous, and the homemade spaghetti sauce was amazing. The sausage meatballs were great - not greasy at all, and were actually very light. I wish someone would throw some money into updating this restaurant from the outside so travelers would know how great the food is. Everything was obviously homemade and made WELL. We're staying here a few more days & are excited to visit again on our last night. read more

My wife and I decided to try this place after being rudely treated at the hotel restaurant across the street. We are glad we did and ended up eating here two nights in a row. First night we had the steamed mussels which were not over-cooked and were large and plump. We were told that it was a pound of mussels but it seemed like much more compared to other places. We also split two large fish cakes which were delicately flavored and moist. The second night we split a large salad, a bowl of chowder, and a fried clam platter. Everything was delicious and the wait staff is friendly and enthusiastic. We highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Stopped by after Hopewell Rocks. Had seafood chowder and lobster roll. So good we came back the next day for a repeat!

We had lunch at the Boathouse today -- the Seafood Chowder is amazing. The broth is lobster based and delicious. We also had fried clams and lobster rolls they were delicious too but I could eat the Seafood Chowder every day it was so good. read more

Absolutely fantastic food! Great friendly service. Be sure to try the Seafood Chowder! It's the best...and I've had chowder all over the eastern seaboard, and have never had better. Even my 7 year old was raving about the food and how delicious everything was! read more

Not a fancy place but clean and the food was quite good. The seafood chowder was a big hit, really delicious. Lobster rolls were good, plenty of lobster with little or no mayo. Caesar salad was fine. Bread pudding was excellent. Very nice meal. Pleasant waitress. read more

Great local waitress and wonderful food. Unfortunately not as good a view as the Tides restaurant across the street but still miles better overall. Would highly recommend if stopping in Alma. (Plus, they've got hummingbirds outside the window!) read more