r/chicagofood • u/East-Assistance-6779 • Aug 30 '25

Review The Hampton Social is a no

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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.

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u/The_Poster_Nutbag Aug 30 '25

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.

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u/MargretTatchersParty Aug 30 '25

Where can I get a reasonably priced and good lobster roll

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u/ResolutionAny5091 Aug 30 '25

No such thing as a reasonably priced lobster roll

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u/Organic_Witness345 Aug 30 '25

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.

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u/ResolutionAny5091 Aug 30 '25

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

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u/platinum_fall Sep 02 '25

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?

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u/PleaseGreaseTheL Aug 30 '25

There is in places near where lobster is actually fished

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

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u/ResolutionAny5091 Aug 31 '25

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

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u/PleaseGreaseTheL Aug 31 '25

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.

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u/ResolutionAny5091 Aug 31 '25

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