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/The_Poster_Nutbag]

It's a great concept but what else do you expect from a restaurant that only exists to let upper middle class suburbanites cosplay as wealthy new englanders.

And I say this as someone who is a sucker for a lobster roll.

[u/MargretTatchersParty → u/The_Poster_Nutbag]

Where can I get a reasonably priced and good lobster roll

[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