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Vel's Restaurant

3.6 (127 reviews)

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Bread bowl with clam chowder
Pam B.

Delicious bread bowl! I had to option of either clam chowder, lobster bisque or soup of the day (I didn't ask what that was). I had already had the lobster bisque at a previous visit, which was very good, and wanted to try the clam chowder. It was very good, the bits of clams could have been a bit bigger and more of them, but other then that, definitely would order again. It also came with a side order of garden fresh salad. The service was good, waitress was prompt and made sure our food was delivered promptly. It is a local place and it appeared to me that there were many repeat customers as the wait staff seemed to know them.

Asked for an onion pizza, looks like they thought I meant no sauce and a massive pile of raw onion.
Chris Z.

Pizza used to be good, not anymore. Ordered an hour in advance for TWO pizzas and still had to wait about 20 minutes after getting there for two room temperature travesties of pizzas. The food there is usually good

Linguini and clams
Kelly T.

First time here and felt very comfortable like in Cheers where everyone knows your name. Waitress, "Shorty" provided great service and was so nice. Enjoyed conversations with customer Kathy and everyone she politely introduced me to. Ate meal there and I was surprised at how delicious it was because I'm pretty picky. Everything was fresh and cooked just right. I took an order to go of the seafood special over linguini and my husband who is Italian and from north end of Boston thought it was great. Overall experience, food, service, ambiance couldn't have been better.

Lobster Roll with onion rings and cole slaw
Jordan T.

It's a diner and lounge in the most traditional New England sense. Some would describe this as a whole in the wall, others would say its a place for townies, but I think if you peel back the surface you find that they take a very large, eclectic menu and make it very tasty. The dishes I had were all well prepared, the service was friendly, and the lunch was very reasonably priced. The portions are large as you would expect from this type of diner but it did not take away from the quality. I will go back many more times!

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Lobster Bisque you say !! YUM YUM YUM. Great Roast beef sub and great pizza love this place. Friendly staff !!!

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