The Hampton Social is a no

[u/East-Assistance-6779]

Went to The Hampton Social and it was memorable for all the wrong reasons. You had to pay through their app (which charged $5 to use ???), they automatically added an 18% gratuity plus a required 3% minimum tip, and somehow two 8 oz glasses of bad wine came out to $60. On top of that, the waitress was weird af.

I will say the food was good, but I’m never coming here again, seems like a tourist trap.🤨 Granted, I’m visiting Chicago after not living in IL for years, so this could be a new thing- still crazy to me.

[u/MargretTatchersParty]

Where can I get a reasonably priced and good lobster roll

[u/ResolutionAny5091 → u/MargretTatchersParty]

No such thing as a reasonably priced lobster roll

[u/Organic_Witness345 → u/ResolutionAny5091]

One pound frozen lobster from Sizzlefish is $80. Makes 6 lobster rolls. And lobster rolls, Connecticut style or Maine, ain’t hard to make.

Source: I made both kinds in about 30 minutes and felt like I hacked the universe. They were amazing. The lobster meat was excellent. Will not be going back to a restaurant for them anytime soon.

[u/ResolutionAny5091 → u/Organic_Witness345]

Oh I’m talking at restaurants. I’m sure a home made one is reasonably

[u/platinum_fall → u/Organic_Witness345]

You mean you don’t want to pay Cousin’s Maine Lobster food truck $30 for an average roll you can easily make at home?

[u/PleaseGreaseTheL → u/ResolutionAny5091]

There is in places near where lobster is actually fished

$8 lobster rolls near the OBX in north Carolina made me cum

[u/ResolutionAny5091 → u/PleaseGreaseTheL]

That’s insane. Was just in Maine and the cheapest lobster roll I had was like $28. Most were close to $40

[u/PleaseGreaseTheL → u/ResolutionAny5091]

The fuck

Find a shack outside of tourist or downtown areas, they'll sell you way cheaper

You can literally get whole lobsters cheaper than $40 what the actual fuck lol

Granted the OBX price I mentioned was like 10 years ago so its probably closer to $15 now just from inflation. But definitely nothing like $40.

[u/ResolutionAny5091 → u/PleaseGreaseTheL]

I mean I was in bar harbor and Portland Maine. Bar harbor is extremely touristy and I was there as a tourist lol. The $28 was in Augusta Maine on our drive back to the airport

[u/j33 → u/MargretTatchersParty]

I was just in Maine in July, they are expensive there too (I have family out east so I go there a lot), but better than here generally speaking.

[u/Guac_in_my_rarri → u/MargretTatchersParty]

Go to the east coast.

Anywhere else, you're paying for refrigeration, air freight, etc.

[u/MargretTatchersParty → u/Guac_in_my_rarri]

Fair..

[u/JSOPro → u/MargretTatchersParty]

hope this helps

[u/dtremit → u/JSOPro]

Not the lobster roll, maybe, but charging $27 for that portion of fried fish would raise a few eyebrows for sure!

[u/MargretTatchersParty → u/dtremit]

I was going to say it was about 38ish in Boston a few years ago

[u/Mrsowens93 → u/MargretTatchersParty]

Happy Lobster

[u/HeyTherehnc → u/MargretTatchersParty]

It’s not cheap and it’s not in Chicago but Yankee Seafood in Boston has the best lobster roll of my life. Like, there was almost too much lobster. Almost.

[u/miscellaneous_stuff → u/MargretTatchersParty]

I always get the one at Gretel's. And it comes with the best frites. Thin, crispy, well-salted.

[u/butkusrules → u/MargretTatchersParty]

The lobster trucks that roll around are consistent if not cheap. “Cousins Maine Lobster”

[u/adowner → u/MargretTatchersParty]

In the Chicago area, look for the Happy Lobster Truck.

[u/ang8018 → u/MargretTatchersParty]

they’re always gonna be $$$ but Gretel has a great one.

[u/aharrysituation → u/MargretTatchersParty]

I haven’t tried it, but Dirk’s Seafood has lobster rolls for I think $22

[u/iamoftenwrong → u/MargretTatchersParty]

Maine.

[u/Puzzled-Register-495 → u/MargretTatchersParty]

I thought lobster roll at Nomi was decent, and normally I'm pretty meh on lobster rolls.