Doug’s Seafood

Okay. This is a simple one. Doug’s keeps it simple but outstanding! Pretty much says it all. Biting into a lobster roll has to be a bucket list item for everyone. It’s not only the lobster but how they prep it in a lite sauce that makes the lobster roll one of life’s culinary pleasures for sure. I am so glad we stopped into this little strip mall place for an awesome lunch.

Very good, lots of lobster on the rolls, didn’t think you could find Maine lobster in southwest Florida. The lobster bisque was great! Will definitely be back! The fresh seafood market is quite reasonable and fresh.

Great lobster rolls… the best I’ve come across in Florida!
Only disappointment was the clam chowder – it was the typical sludge that restaurants often pass off for New England clam chowder…“thick and creamy” of which real chowder is neither (check the cook books!!).
Service was fast… prices are reasonable considering that the lobster has to be shipped in. For this Maine native, it’s almost like being back home.

Lobster roll (with mayo) very good… clam chowder excellent. The only reason I don’t give the lobster roll an excellent is the bun… I’m use to a top split brioche bun (more surface area for grilling off bun and making it crispy)…Doug’s uses a side split hotdog bun, but it’s very good! For the quality of lobster & chowder IMO the pricing is good. Atmosphere very casual. Staff is very friendly. Will be a regular place for me when in town.

Spartan, clean, and purposeful. Doug’s Maine fisher family ships lobster to its bifurcated storefront in a modest strip center in Bonita Springs,. On the appropriate North side, fresh fish chills on ice for purchase. You can also buy packaged house chowders and fish spreads.
On the South side of the store, Floridians and wannabe Floridians who are visitors, patiently wait to devour their fish orders at wooden tables. The most popular selection is the lobster roll. Freshly cracked lobster is mixed with barely noticeable mayo, then plopped onto soft white rolls. Very satisfying.

A hidden gem in Bonita Springs! My grandma has lived in Bonita for well over a decade… maybe 15 – 20 years (my how time flies) now… and had no idea this place existed.
I went down to visit with her and my dad for 2 days and used my trusty Unilocal app to look for «seafood» and «lobster roll». What can I say? It’s an obsession. We wanted to go there for dinner Monday but they’re only open until 5pm. So, Tuesday lunch time… here we come! Doug’s is also a fresh and frozen seafood market and they sell live lobsters.
There’s an AWESOME seafood lunch buffet on certain days for only $ 12.95. On the day we were there it featured lobster mac and cheese, 3 kinds of soup (clam chowder, seafood chowder, gumbo), and 2 – 3 kinds of baked fish. It was tempting, but I was on a mission.
I ordered the Lazy Man’s Lobster Roll. It is lobster, with butter, in a grilled roll. Then I added a bowl of soup ($ 5). The lobster roll was pretty damn good, but as a purist I was disappointed that the roll was side-​split not top-​split (very minor disappointment). The soup (I mixed clam chowder with seafood chowder) was BEYOND. You know how some clam chowder tastes mainly of butter and cream with an afterthought of clams? This tasted of the sea. It wasn’t thick, didn’t cling to the spoon like white gravy, and the other ingredients used let the flavor of the fish and clams really shine through. Maybe the best I’ve ever had. My grandma had a crab roll. She said it was amazing and she (90 ½ years old) ate all of it and said the cole slaw was delicious too. The lobster rolls are available in 2 variations: 1 with mayo, 1 with butter; there’s also 2 sizes. Choose wisely. My dad got the BIG Lazy Man’s Roll and was so stuffed he had to take a nap.
Plan to save room for an authentic Whoopie Pie… made that morning… by grandma. I shit you not. 3 generations are involved in this restaurant and seafood market. Grandson was working the seafood counter, dad was in the kitchen, grandma bakes the desserts in the morning, and friends help man the restaurant counter.
This place is nothing fancy inside (order at the counter on the right, get your own drinks and soups) or out (it’s at the back of a strip mall) but the food is amazing, the people are great, and it’s really rather charming.
Can’t wait to go back again for lunch and another Whoopie Pie!

No fillers in the lobster rolls and has a great flavor. The rolls come with coleslaw and chips. Family ran business. A very casual place with about 15 tables.