Lamberts

Love my neighborhood dive! Don’t expect 5 star or even 3 star dininig… But the locals are great, the drinks are strong and cheap, and you wouldn’t expect it, but the FOOD is delish!

Good food. GREAT service. Happy hour is one of the best in PG County. I work nearby so Lamberts sees me 3 times per week minimum.

Service was good, food is mediocre. Definitely not worth the prices. There are many better choices where you will get better quality for the price.

Ummmm, so this is an update on my previous review of Lambert. Apparently your experience here depends on who’s waiting on you. If you’re over at the dine-​in side Mary is a true gem but she hasn’t been there the last few times I’ve visited. I’m not sure where she is or if she even still works here but this restaurant is suffering without her. The past few times I’ve been here the service has been lackluster and the food isn’t even the same. Wherever Mary went, the owners need to see about bringing her back. She’s the glue that keeps this place together and without her this restaurant sucks.

I have been eating at Lamberts for 20+ years. The food was always good and dependably fresh. However, in the last few years, the food, the overall experience and the service has gone downhill. Our recent visit to the restaurant was yesterday. A simple order of 2 carry out sandwiches was botched. Thank goodness we checked the order before driving off. There was no fish in the box! When we went back to have the order corrected, there was no apology, the server looked at the empty bread and asked what was wrong and then took the box to the back and the staff laughed hysterically. We can forgive an honest mistake but the owner needs to realize that they cannot rest on their old reputation. There are too many other dining choices in the area with more modern décor, faster more courteous servers and service.

This is by far the best seafood restaurant I’ve been to in a very long time. I promise you, you won’t be disappointed!

Great food & great people! The hush puppies, fish & scallops were outstanding. It has an 80’s décor with that era of music playing. It was an unexpected very cool experience!

This place is simply amazing. Get there early or you may be standing.
If you want a strong drink for a resonable price this is where you want to go. The food is also great, I recommend the 1Lb burger, the fried shrimp, and anything on the Saturday happy hour menu. The only item they sell that could use some work are the buffalo wings.
I would give this place 5 stars but at times they can get very busy. This causes the staff to get behind. This place has a cheers vibe where everyone is a repeat customer usually within the same week lol. This also means that they tell their friends and they tell their friends which is great but can cause a random on a random day.
I recommend this place to anyone.

Lambert’s is one of my favorite local seafood restaurants. I go on Thursday’s when they have 1lb of steamed shrimp for 7.99 or fried for 12.99. And o LOVE their fried shrimp as well as hushpuppies.

Good shrimp basket with excellent prices. Hush puppies are great.

I usually call my order in before coming to pick it up. I think I ate on the bar side once while watching the game and it was decent. Get their fried soft shell crab platter and I usually ask them to go light on the salt, because sometimes the batter can be kind of hypertensive oh and the hush puppies are bomb!

This place was pretty entertaining. It’s like stepping back in time to old-​time Prince George’s. Some of the clientele was a little rough around the edges, like the tough-​looking old lady who flossed at the table and left her used dental floss on the center of the table… gross! We had a really nice waiter, but one of the nearby waitresses was pretty flustered and kept messing up orders. Listening to her grumble under her breath and the complaining diners made for good dinnertime entertainment.
We were one of only maybe 5 tables dining in, but apparently there’s a big bar in the back, and we were later told that there’s only two deep fryers, so be prepared to wait. It took 30 minutes to get appetizers and over an hour for entrees, but our waiter was very apologetic. Food was pretty good — maybe not as good as Jerry’s down the road, but good and a fraction of the price. The cream of crab soup was delicious. I had a fried platter that was massive. Some of the scallops were over-​battered and still doughy, but the shrimp and crab cake were really good. Crab cake was surprisingly good if not a tad salty. Overall not bad but certainly not the best ever. 2 apps, 2 huge fried platters, and 2 cokes came to like $ 48 or so which is a great deal.

We finally tried Lamberts today. We arrived around 2pm on a Saturday and were seated quickly. The seafood was good, and I will return to try other things on the menu.
I got the crab balls as an appetizer. They came out steaming hot, fresh out of the broiler. My husband got the jalapeño poppers; they were fine, but a little over-​fried. For the main meal, I got the steamed shrimp and my husband got the broiled bacon-​wrapped scallops. We really enjoyed the crab balls, shrimp, and bacon-​wrapped scallops. We each got fries and the salad bar as our sides. The salad bar is limited (typical salad items, cole slaw, potato salad), but sufficient, so I will get it again.
Pros:
— Seafood is delicious
— Server was friendly. She brought the wrong beer on accident, so let us keep it on the house and then brought us the one that we actually ordered
— Food preparation was quick, food was served piping hot
— Great specials, including discounted appetizers on Saturdays, ¾ pound of steamed shrimp for $ 7.99 on Thursdays, half price margaritas on Fridays, Happy hour from 3 – 6, 10 oz steak for $ 10 on Wednesdays.
Cons:
— My only gripe is that the menu prices on the website don’t match the menu in the restaurant; they’re all a little lower online than what’s on the menu in the restaurant. For example, on the online menu, the scallops wrapped in bacon are listed as 10.99, but they were actually 14.99 on the menu in the restaurant.
Tips: This is a seafood restaurant, so stick with seafood. The french fries were definitely the frozen and deep-​fried kind, I suspect that the jalapeño poppers are, too. The salad bar was fine, but you’re not there for salad.

We waited for OVER AN HOUR!
45 minutes into the wait… we were told that they ran out of soft shell crab… so we decided on crab cakes.
We had crab cakes and fried shrimp.
ALL of it was HORRIBLE! NO FLAVOR!
The lady taking the orders at the front was very nice! She told us what was good and what wasn’t. I asked if the clams were fresh … she was honest and said that they were frozen.
Although he opinion on the other food being good was not accurate… she was very nice.
I will not be back.
I am so mad that I wasted over an hour waiting for this food. And also wasted calories and time consuming the food… well, half of it because the other half went right into the trash!
Yuck.
When you have a seafood restaurant in Maryland… you better stay competitive because there are way too many places to choose from.

Long wait for carry out, and totally not worth the wait! Bland nit good crab cake. The only positive thing I can say is the tomato on my sandwich was fresh. Fries tasted like the oil wasn’t fresh. Won’t go again. Eva

In my initial review, I had an OK experience that was impacted by a large party’s presence. I’ve since been back (several times) and can say that Lambert’s has found its way into my favorite restaurant list. In fact, I’ve made it my duty to put anyone I can onto this place. It’s worth it!
First — go on a Saturday. Preferably early to mid-​afternoon. You can walk right in and get a table, without waiting on hordes of people. Also, (and more importantly) all their apps are half-​price on Saturday! Woo hooo! I tend to make a meal of the apps because they’re that inexpensive and are good portion sizes.
I’ve tried quiet a few things, but have definitely settled into my favorites. First, I love the sauteed mussels. They are plentiful and are made with onion slices and mushroom. They’re are tender and flavorful — you really can’t miss. The hush puppies are a requirement for me. They are served with butter, but you won’t need it. I also enjoy the oysters on the half shell, which have always been fresh and delicious. Honestly, I usually make a meal of the apps, but I highly recommend the fried oyster dinner. Oh. Em. Gee. The crispy, light batter coupled with the robust seasoning of the oysters? Do yourself a favor and order it immediately.
Admittedly, the service isn’t 100%, but it’s not bad either. This is definitely a hidden jewel, and it has a very casual, down-​home feel to it. The waitresses are friendly, laid-​back and I think they balance the customer load well. Every once in a while, they may get backlogged if there are a lot of people, but it’s a rare occurrence. You can tell they’re working at Lambert’s because they want to be there and I appreciate that. As I’ve become a «regular,» it’s nice to know that they’ll remember me.

Very good food rated by seven lost hungry tourists…
Bar atmosphere but was all good!

Being as though yesterday (⁰⁴⁄₁₈) was Good Friday & the last day of the Lenten season I went to Lamberts for dinner… by all the great pictures/​reviews I thought the experience would have been better but I got PLAYED!
APP:
I ordered a bowl of cream of crab soup… very salty & lacked the lump crab meat that I was used to from other seafood restaurants in the area.
ENTREE:
I ordered a crab cake sandwich… now please go back to the picture if the crab cake, this is not what was plated for me… I ordered it broiled & it was soggy and left much to be desired. Side note: sandwiches do come with fixings & cold slaw but all other sides are a la carte
A LA CARTE:
French fries were AMAZING… they were cooked perfectly!
My parents ordered the crab cake with shrimp… the crab cake was the same but I asked to taste a shrimp which was steamed to perfection.
I would have taken pics but of course my phone DIED and no charger
Now I wouldn’t say that I wouldn’t go back… I’m just in no hurry. If/​when I do return I wouldn’t order a crab cake but I would order the steamed shrimp & french fries.
The pictures are not reality so please do not be fooled but try it out for yourself

My tummy hurts. I’m not saying it was the food. But I’m not saying it wasn’t. That being said… it was good. I ordered the Alaskan snow crab legs dinner with cole slaw and a baked potato. Then I washed it all down with a Corona.
3 hours later I wanted to stick my finger down my throat for some sweet relief. Now it’s the following morning and I’m chugging ginger ale at my desk.
Since this is a neighborhood Cheers-​y, down home kind of a spot, I might give it another chance. But then again I might not.

Ambiguous location for sure. A friend told me about this place, had the address and drove passed it three times and this was during the day. Once you enter you will not believe you were in Prince George’s County. This place has a deep deep DEEP South hole in the wall feel. The staff was quite friendly and the food was surprisingly good. This is NOT a first date spot! She will look at you like you had just bumped your head. This is more of a 20^th date spot after you have proven yourself. Lol I like a good hole in the wall and this absolutely fits that criteria! If I could give this place 3.5 stars I would!