Ching W.
Yelp
I've had lobster rolls in Boston and in SF, and I never would've guessed that my favorite place to get this would be in... Arizona!? But there you go, awesome lobster rolls in the Southwest, who knew? I love this place!
First, the price is unbeatable. For under $15, you can get a whole meal with fries and a drink. Second, while I didn't care for the fries at all, the drink is fantastic. I think they make their energy drink in-house, and it's delicious! Same with the lemonades, everything paired really well with the rolls.
Third, and the most important part - the rolls! We tried five different ones over several visits: fried lobster, fried shrimp, chilled lobster, warm lobster, and fried cod. Yeah, we didn't eat anywhere else, and we're fine with that!
If I can only pick one seafood roll to order forever, I'll probably stick to chilled lobster. Simple and straightforward. Out of the fried dishes, I feel like only the cod was worth re-ordering, it was perfectly battered on the outside, and juicy, tender, and flaky on the inside. As for the fried shrimp and lobster, I feel like they were worth trying once, but the fried-ness really overwhelmed the more delicate seafood meat. All I tasted was the batter, I couldn't taste the shrimp or lobster at all. In the end, the chilled lobster was my favorite - simple and you just need a dash of butter.
Side note: I've hated the bread in every previous lobster rolls I've tried. Somehow, it never felt like the restaurants cared about the bread and would just half-ass it, so it would end up being too hard and tasteless. Not Angie's. I love their attention to detail. Their bread is just slightly crispy - enough to add a crunchy texture, but doesn't cut my mouth to eat or make my jaws hurt from trying to chew. I really can't emphasize how much I appreciate this; as someone who used to just eat the lobster then throw the bread away after a bite, here I insist on eating both together since they complement well.
This turned into an essay, but that's how much I liked Angie's. Don't expect anything fancy, it's just a minimalist lobster roll fast food place. But for what it set out to do, it does it really well.
I do think the quality can be a bit inconsistent, both in how fried things are and how much meat they give. This was just something we noticed across three visits. There's a bit of your-mileage-may-vary in how good your food is.