Stephanie T.
Yelp
Legal Sea Foods Chowda Day came back on Monday, January 15, 2024. For Chowda Day, a cup of New England Clam Chowder is $1 and a bowl is $2. I figured it might be busy since it is Chowda Day, Restaurant Week, and MLK day, so I made a reservation in advance through OpenTable for 2 on Monday, January 15, 2024 at 1:00 pm. When we arrived, the lobby was full of people waiting to be seated and picking up their order. Others also made a reservation in advance and we were all waiting to tell the hostess our names on the reservation. The hostess was managing everything - answering the phones, bussing tables, seating people, and handling the takeout orders.
After waiting about 20 minutes, we were seated and Rose was our server. She apologized for the wait and asked if we wanted to order any drinks. We ordered the tiki and espresso martini. I saw her making the drinks herself and then took our food order. We ordered a few starters - the New England Clam Chowder cup and bowl, stuffies, white clam flatbread, and Legal's signature crab cake. The tiki and espresso martini tasted good. The server also brought bread and butter. The bread was very warm and the butter melted. It was very tasty.
The New England Clam Chowder is always great from Legal Sea Foods. It is creamy and has a good amount of clam and potatoes. The stuffies were 2 Cape Cod quahogs stuffed with chouriço, butter, ritz crumbs. White clam flatbread had clams, garlic and shallot confit, pancetta, arugula, parmesan. Legal's signature crab cake had lump crab, mustard sauce, greens, apples, dried cranberry, and apple Dijon vinaigrette. All the food was delicious and we were surprised that even though the staff were so busy, our food came out pretty quickly.
Despite the little wait in the beginning, everything else went very smoothly. Service was top notch from the beginning to the end. I have been to this Legal Sea Foods - Cranston location a few times and the service and food is always superb. Legal Sea Foods is a great chain restaurant and I always look forward to visiting any of their locations in MA or RI.