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    The River Shack

    3.0 (2 reviews)
    Closed • 2:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    Red's Eats - Lobster roll

    Red's Eats

    4.3(1.5k reviews)
    0.2 mi
    •$$

    yes, the line is long (1hr) but t worth the wait. it was 90° and I started feeling ill. Corey and…read moreDonnie two of the waitstaff were quick to realize this and took immediate steps bringing me a cool drink and a small snack. They were phenomenal and continued checking on me regularly. lobster roll is great - service was better. thanks guys

    Was it worth the wait? Probably not. But was it delicious? Yes…read more Arrived at 10:45am on a Friday, they open at 11:30. The line was already 3/4 of the way down the block. Finally got to the front of the line to order at 12:15 and was served my food 10 minutes later. $38 for a sandwich is steep and it's cash only so you have to carry a lot of cash if you are feeding a family/group. They were already out of the local honey soda since I guess they're getting ready to close for the season (it's mid September). The lady who took our order when we finally got to the counter was nice. After we ordered we sat down at a table to wait, it was a nice day out and you could kinds of see the water. We didn't have a problem finding a table, so there is probably the perfect amount of tables correlated to the somewhat slow single cashier ordering system. The lobster roll was piled high and delicious. The lobster is cold but tasted very fresh. Got it with some warm butter and some lemons. I prefer a warm lobster roll, but this lobster roll was just outstanding. Huge and fresh and tons of meat, including plenty of tail meat where most other places only give you mostly claw meat. It was loaded so high, I had to take like a third of the meat off just so I could fit the sandwich in my mouth, and then I ate the lobster on its own with a fork. Easily the best lobster roll I've ever had. But again, not sure if it was worth the 1.5+ hour wait. I stopped here on our way from Portland to Bar Harbor for a few days, and I actually had the opportunity to stop here again on the way back but opted not to because 90+ minutes is a long time to wait for a sandwich. I'm glad I got to try it for the experience.

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    Red's Eats - Lobster roll and half pint of scallops

    Lobster roll and half pint of scallops

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    Sprague's Lobster - Sprague's Lobster

    Sprague's Lobster

    4.1(342 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    •$$

    It was a perfect day and I had the perfect lobster roll. A ton of lobster, four claws were found…read moreand quickly devoured. Melted butter was poured over the top and went everywhere, sopped up and consumed with great delight. The atmosphere was cheery and lovely, with quite a few people enjoying their own rolls. There was a mixture of languages and everyone had smiles. Service was quick, friendly and efficient.

    We stopped by on Thursday, 6/18/26, at 4:15 pm. There was no line to order and we only waited a few…read moreminutes for our food (a full hour and fifteen minutes less than we waited at the place across the street). A lot of reviews are from people who came here because they didn't want to wait in the long line for the place across the street and they said the lobster roll here was good. We wanted our review to be fully informed, so we got a lobster roll here and we also got one from the place across the street. While the line across the street is absurdly and unnecessarily long, we've determined now that that place is famous for a reason. Prices are the same, high $30s. The actual lobster was fine at Sprague's, comparable to the place across the street. The butter though was not even a competition. I don't know how they do it, but the butter from the place across the street was just so much better. Sprague's butter just did nothing for the lobster roll. It was clear and just looked like clarified butter. Do with this information what you will.

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    Fresh Maine Lobster Roll ($35/MP)

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