Urban Lobster

I was really disappointed in the Chowder Combo that I purchased today. It was $ 20 and I believe the lobster roll can be a little bigger in portion. Also, the NE Clam Chowder has to be the worst I have ever had. It is basically water with 3 – 4 potatoes and a few clams. NE Clam Chowder is supposed to be thick and hearty. I feel like I over paid for a lunch that didn’t live up to expectations. To top it all off, I was still hungry after spending $ 25… I don’t believe I will be a returning customer.

Urban lobster is no longer in business at this location. I know, I live upstairs.

Order on seamless. After he advise me to leave an address he said he can’t deliver so when I went there to pick up 3 rolls. I still have to wait. The buns wasn’t good. They need to buy the open face hot dog bun. It tasted old. The chips n Mac salad was permade hours ago and wasn’t good .The guys was nice but product wasn’t good.

Can I give it zero stars? Ordered through seamless. 2.5 hours it was never delivered.

Food truck between 33 and 32 on Park in NYC. Second time I’ve gotten their Famous lobster roll (which is an original) and second time it was divine!
What a great surprise to run outside for a quick bite, and find the UrbanLobster awaiting! Yum.

Food Truck on 3^rd Ave between 53 – 54 street on Wednesdays during lunch.
Pros: Not a bad Lobster roll for $ 14.
Cons: Inconsistent schedule. Customer service needs improvement. Website out of date.

Very bad!!! Stay away!!!

Your first born for a lobster roll (but it’s almost worth it!)
So despite horrible reviews here I was really craving some good ol’ south fork lawnguyland eats and decided to give it a try. I walked in, asked for a lobster roll and fried clams to go. My eyes bulged a little at the «market price» of $ 27 for a friggin lobster roll and $ 17 fried clams but I paid for my $ 47 dinner and waited 5 minutes for them to whip it up.
I left with a small, very light bag feeling like I was probably cheated. But when I got home and dug in, I was amazed:
Fried clams: omfg. I was expecting some crappy deep fried clam strips, 90% bread 10% rubberbands, but was surprised when I discovered whole clams fried in a light tempura like batter, accompanied by a mayo based sauce with red and green pepper chunks. There were only 7 – 8 of them, which looked like nothing in the giant box they put them in, but it was enough and they were soooo gooood.
Lobster roll: brioche-​like hotdog bun lightly toasted and buttered, crammed with big chunks of lobster (equivalent of a small/​medium sized lobster tail) in a very light mayo sauce. And let me be the first to state, as a lobsta roll expert, its good because its NOT highly flavored. HELLO. It’s LOBSTER. Although the big chunks, while badass, would have been better chopped up smaller. The pickle-​slaw it came with on the side was different and tasty, and even the fries (sized between shoestring and steak cut, crispy enough and salted) were good.
Moral of the story? Don’t hate just because it’s outrageously expensive.

Even though there were a bunch of bad reviews for this place, my husband and I decided to try it because we were craving lobster and didn’t want to go through the hassle of making it ourselves. Big mistake. We ordered the lobster bake for two people. The lobster did not taste fresh and I found a human eyelash in the lobster tail… GROSS. The bake came with four sides and they were all pretty horrible. We got the creamed spinach (sort of edible), tomato and feta salad (inedible), hearts of palm salad (pretty gross), and mashed potatoes (those were o.k.). The meal also came with ½ dozen mussels that were doused with oil and raw garlic and they tasted so nasty and not fresh. We threw most of the meal out. I wish I could go back in time and never order that meal. I don’t understand how this place is in business.

Recently, a buddy and I both had a serious craving for a Lobster Roll. Seeing as we were halfway through family meal, going on an excursion was out of the question. As a result he went to Urban Lobster.
When he returned with $ 20 less dollars in his pocket, he handed me half of a bland, unseasoned Lobster Roll that was about 3 inches long.
Accompanying the white seafood, mayonnaise and bread masquerading as a Lobster Roll, was some equally bland cole slaw and potato salad so awful, I felt bad for the potatoes!
The absolute worst Lobster Roll I have ever had in my life. All around terrible, for that matter.

Table for two at Dead Lobster…
Urban Lobster… You’ve seen their custom delivery car cruising around Manhattan. You’ve probably walked by their store front on Houston street, and were baited by their quirky exterior, and signs that advertise inexpensive monthly deals… The first tip off should be «inexpensive seafood. «Wait, let me rephrase that «Inexpensive Seafood in Manhattan.» What can I say though, when you have a craving for seafood, and it is seemingly convenient, you take it upon yourself to bend the rules a little bit.
I awoke late one Sunday morning and visited my friend who was tending bar at my East Village local for our weekly breakfast. After much deliberation, we decided that Lobster for Breakfast would be ideal given the fact breakfast had ended several hours ago for most of the waking world. After picking up 2 lobsters from the unfriendly and seemingly confused staff member, I basically skipped across avenue A like a girl scout on Percocets eagerly awaiting my «breakfast» treat. I crack open my Lobster, no time for a bib mind you, (Who the fuck wears a Lobster Bib anyways?)… I crack open my lobster and!!! Wait for it… The meat is black. Black! My blood sugar was low, so my hesitation went the way of a shrug. After nervously consuming one of the claws, I crack open the tail… Now imagine if you will, biting into a hamburger and it tastes like a box of sanitary wipes, or booking a romantic trip to Paris, and then ending up raped in some backwoods Southern town… Imagine biting to a lobster tail and it tastes like Amonia! I handed the piece to a few patrons and each and everyone of them had the same response «It smells like Amonia.» I race back to Urban Lobster and ask to see the manager, but luckily I encounter one of the owners. «Ello my friend» he says with a warm smile. «Umm yea, Hello, I have a question, I just bit into one of your lobsters and it tasted like chemicals… Umm, am I going to die?» He takes the piece from my hand, smells it, and says «No no no my friend this does not smell like chemicals, that is just your opinion, I give you another one, But first… You give me back this lobster» I respond by telling him that I’d rather give a rim job to every homeless man on Avenue A than eat another one of his lobsters. You must understand, I didn’t want a refund, I didn’t want an apology, I just wanted an answer to a simple question «Your Lobster tasted like Amonia, am I going to have to spend the next 24 hours in the Hospital?» A screaming match ensued, and I raced back to my apartment to solve the mystery of why my food tasted like chemicals. After a small amount of research and a consultation from the poison control center, I discovered that when a lobster has been dead for too long before it is cooked, it starts to decompose; Sooo, when you cook it, it smells like Amonia. Lovely, no? Luckily, it didn’t contain any bacteria, so I avoided an uninsured tenure in Beth Israel, but it certainly ruined my day. Avoid this place! Avoid it like a Sub Suharan hot zone; avoid it like your ex girlfriend’s wedding; avoid it like a Jack in the Box restaurant… Avoid it… You get the idea.

This was truly a let down. This place is a few blocks from my apartment and so I walk by it enough for my curiosity to have been peaked. It was time to try something new for delivery and Urban Lobster qualified as that. Somehow I thought that, even though I expected our delivery order to taste somewhat like delivery food, it was expensive enough that there was no way that it could be terrible.
Here’s what we got.
The lobster roll was small for $ 22, the meat was fishy tasting, and (like
fish) that’s not the way that lobster should taste at all (I grew up in
Maine so I know a little bit about how it should taste). It was edible, I
was starving and ate the whole thing. This was second best part of the
meal. «Urban Lobster» should be able to manage serving customers… um… lobster.
My friend got the catfish. I had a bite. From another establishment, I
would order this dish again. It was crispy and the fish was moist. A
squeeze of lemon and the dish was tasty. This was the best thing in our
order.
The steamers were rubbery and drowning in a tub of what tasted like garlic water. I had one. Gross.
The crab cakes were small for their exorbitant price, and had less flavor
than prepared frozen crab cakes. The Superlicious Salad from Tiny’s is
great, and is covered in better tasting crab cakes than those found at Urban Lobster.
Creamed spinach arrived with a brown hue to it. There was a little dried
film across the top of the food. It seemed pureed almost, with no
consistency other than pudding, and that is pretty much what it had become. This went uneaten.
The tomato/​avocado salad arrived with mostly chunks of tomato with a slight smattering of what must have been mashed avocado. This went uneaten.
The clam chowder tasted sour. This went uneaten.
We won’t be ordering from Urban Lobster again. I wish that I had thought to read these reviews before ordering.

Thoroughly mediocre. Had the lobster roll, I think it may have been the worst lobster roll I’ve ever had. This may be because I generally only get seafood from restaurants I consider decent. This reminds me why I have this rule.
Meat wasn’t too fresh. There wasn’t much of it. The whole thing was tiny. Baked potato it was supposed to come free with turned out to be a slice of lemon cheesecake when it arrived for some reason.
Even for Seamlessweb, this place kind of sucks.

Wow, I’m iffy to even give this place a 2 star, it’s more like 1 ¾. I was really excited about this place, and looked forward to some good lobster bisque and some crab cakes. Oh I wasted my money. Bisque had no lobster, I didn’t even finish half of it. And the crab cakes tasted fishy, and not like crab cakes. Now these crab cakes are full of meat, just not really feeling like crab meat. And crab cake appetizers were 2 tiny crab cakes, not that I finished the small portions cause it was so bad.
So essentially, this place is definitely not worth it, and I won’t be trying it ever again.

Peter’s a lobster fan. Ardent. Passionate. On our third date we went to Centro Vasco and he ordered each of us a three pound lobster. He ate most of mine.
ANother time we went to Mary’s Fish Camp. He ate most of what we ordered.
On one of our first dates he told me a fish tale (had to, apologies!)about a mysterious place that purportedly would deliver hot steaming lobster right to your door… opening soon… close by. That place turned out to be Urban Lobster. Somehow we have managed not to try it until recently.
We stopped by after seeing a movie at Sunshine a few blocks away. It’s a small, merry place with two tiny tables by the front door. Lots of lobster-​shaped stuff is lying around.
We liked it. Lobster is firm and fresh, the shrimp are outstanding quality and come from the best shrimp purveyor, according to the owner, Susan, who will talk your ear off and hypnotize you into actually listening to what she has to say. She’s from Long Island… her father was a dentist… she’s so friendly, you kind of have to stay and eat if you stop in as opposed to ordering by phone.
Most of the sides are carb-​free or low-​carb, since the owner’s husband is diabetic, as is Peter. We tried a number of things, including soups, slaw and something else I can’t remember.
Prices were moderate for this kind of thing.
It’s a fun idea, having your lobster chauffeured to you in a pimped out SUV. Try it.

*nose wrinkle*
Eh…the super colorful brown-​and-​red-​striped crab and lobster ravioli was eh. The broccoli in garlic side dish was eh. The tiramisu was also eh. The delivery (delivering all the way up to my workplace at 40^th/​Park from their location in the hinterlands of East Houston) was pretty cool. However, the delivery methods that yielded a bag of leaky containers and icky garlic-​covered hands was super eh. They included a cute little pen, which was a nice try on their part in terms of marketing, but after the aforementioned leaky containers leaked a plethora of lobster ravioli juice and broccoli steam residue onto it, let’s just say that said pen is now at the bottom of my wastebasket. The tiramisu is served in a little glass dish, which is a classy touch; however, if only it actually tasted good, that would make the tiramisu so much better.
Overall, a less than average SeamlessWeb experience. Plus one star only because of the convenience of delivery and their super nice staff.
[Off topic] What is UP with my eh-​worthy food experiences lately?!? Muy disappointing. Eh. [/​Off topic]

I have never been inside the actual place, but from the website the whole point is that it is supposed to be for take out and delivery. I am currently eating the New England clam chowder (no I can’t stop eating for long enough to go on the computer) and it’s very good. I also ordered some other sides and they look delicious, especially the feta cheese & tomato salad, ie: the tomatoes are actually red. Delivery was extremely prompt (seamless web said 60 minutes and they were here in about 20.) I kind of just like the idea of this place too.

They’re really nice there, and the lobster roll is pretty good, but I would only use this for delivery. There are other places with better lobster and I think it’s worth a few extra bucks to get something basically divine in a more ambient atmosphere.
However, if you really need a lobster roll on Sunday when Pearl’s and MFC are closed, it works in a pinch.

I have no idea what the First Reviewer’s review was about, do you? I tried Urban Lobster when I walked by it the first month they were opened. My friend had the lobster roll sandwich and a side of cole slaw, and I ordered the New England Clam Chowder. The lobster roll was heaped with very fresh lobster meat and the sauce did not overwhelm the original flavor of the lobster. The cole slaw was properly chilled, not overloaded with mayo, and crispy and full of texture. My clam chowder was also quite delicious and creamy with loads of ingredients. I would love to order the whole steamed lobster, except this place isnt’ really set up as a dining spot unless you want to stare at the reflection of your sallow face in the mirrored walls and. Having said that, they DO deliver. One of these nights, I will have a red lobster night at home!

[Free food alert]
Urban Lobster is opening Oct. 7^th and they’re having bisque and chowder tastings from 2p.m.
The 12 seat, mainly take-​out and delivery place –via a pimped out Scion (someone posted a picture on Flickr) specializes in surf-​n-​turf as well as other familiar clam bar-​esque foods. Crab cakes, lobster bakes, and peel and eat shrimps, all made with seafood from Maine and Canada.
*default one star is for their super ghetto website and not the food.
Looking at it makes me not want to go but I’m weak to the words FREE with FOOD.
edit: o hell this was a week ago!
what a complete dipshit i am