Lobster Trap

The food was great! Service was great! Drinks were great! What more can you ask for. The place is older and homey. But better that than the other way around being fancy without good food. Oh and the prices are better than other seafood restaurants as well! Especially for lobster stew!

Heading out from Echo Lake just off the Kangamagus Highway, is this little gem of a restaurant serving delicious seafood and steaks... We tried just the Lobster items alone, Lobster Double pie baked with lemon butter and Breadcrumbs and a Fresh Maine Lobster Roll, with warm butte and steak fries... Incredible, melt in your mouth stuff!

The food was amazing, we ordered their famous Italian platter and fried seafood platter among other things and were not disappointed, Their cocktail sauce is super fresh and delicious, unlike anything I had. Great chill music from the 80s and jazzy American songbook ones. This place is super popular so a bit of wait is expected

It was our second time in, both times the food was amazing! Fresh, high quality and cooked well with great flavor. Both times I had the oysters and they were sweet and cleanly prepared! Last time my husband had the fried lobster and it was out of this world! Tonight I had the seafood scampi over ziti, toe curling good! Last time we had a phenomenal server who added to the great experience. Tonight we had a different server who was not very good. We’ll still go again and ask to be seeded in the other servers section!

As a solo traveler, my dining experience at The Lobster Trap was exceptional from start to finish! The warm and welcoming atmosphere made me feel right at home. The staff were incredibly kind and attentive, offering spot-on recommendations that made my meal truly memorable. The food was nothing short of phenomenal. I started with the clam chowder (with a little hot sauce thanks to my server), which was rich, creamy, and packed with flavor. For the main course, I chose the warm lobster roll based on the staff's suggestion, and it did not disappoint. The lobster was fresh, tender, and perfectly seasoned, served in a buttery roll that was simply to die for. Ugh, I’m sad I live so far away from this place. The service was impeccable, with the staff going out of their way to ensure I had everything I needed. Their friendliness and genuine care added a special touch to my dining experience. The Lobster Trap is a gem for any seafood lover, whether you're traveling solo or with a group. The combination of outstanding food and top-notch service makes it a must-visit. I highly recommend it and will definitely be back the next time I'm in town!

The Lobster Trap is something of an institution in the White Mountain area. The location is off the beaten path yet it is always packed. It's one of those hidden gems that you need to know about. Although we have eaten here many times of the years this year offered something new: oysters on the half shell. These were the best oysters we had over an extended weekend of travels in New England.

The Lobster Trap has plenty of seating and a variety of menu choices. The Fried Shrimp were prepared with a different seasoning than most restaurants and was delicious. The portion of the Broiled Sea Scallops was generous. They were soft and delicious. The tarter sauce also had a different flavor which very tasty and fresh. Their French Fries were lightly crispy and very good. Our steak was perfectly cooked and seasoned. The Lobster Stew was not warm enough and underwhelming. I am not a fan of carpet in restaurants, but would definitely overlook that and eat there again. The Lobster Trap is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Take out only review: lobster roll (hot, buttered) and baked potato were really good. Friday at 5 and I didn’t order ahead. The entire order was ready in under 12 minutes. The hostess at the front was wonderful- friendly, knowledgeable, fast. The environment was welcoming and felt old school (in the best way.) Simple and delicious is how I’d describe the food. Will definitely go back for dine in.

What a tremendous difference since our last visit. The manager is attentive and supports the staff by visiting tables and assisting with food delivery. He checked in with us several times and knew his regulars by name. The food was great! The lobster bisque is a little thin and could use some seasoning but it was warm and full of lobster so not a deal breaker. The prices were reasonable, great wines selection. We'll definitely go back.

We ate here once last year and had a decent meal with okay service, so we decided to give it another shot despite the recent bad reviews. Big mistake. We walked in on a Sunday night around 8:15 asking for a table for two. The posted hours say they're open until 9, and there were still people sitting at tables looking at menus. No one was at the hostess stand, so I wandered around until an older woman (Ellen, we later learned) popped out from the back and asked if we were looking for dinner. When I said yes, she told us, "Ohhh, I think they closed the kitchen already -- sometimes we do that on Sunday." You think? Either you're open or you're not. Just say you closed early or update your hours. I said exactly that on my way out while she was happily chatting with what seemed like regulars by name. The place was dark, smelled bad, and the whole vibe felt like they'd given up. If you close at 9, you serve until 9. We won't bother again.

Huge portions! Food was fresh and oysters, scallops were my fave. Friendly service with lots of seating. Spaghetti was not as good.

This place is interesting. Reviews are iffy. The place has a cafeteria feel. Staff were nice. I really wanted lobster stew. We got a bowl to split and it was the most disgusting, flavorless thing I've ever had! It was a bowl of whole milk cut with some 2% and a lobster tail thrown in. Like they ran out and made it on the fly and forgot the butter. The lobster tail was also two giant pieces that we had to cut up. There was more than half left when the waitress picked it up- didn't even ask how it was. Shame. The boiled seafood platter was delicious! The Italian one was ok. Not sure why they don't crack the lobster?! Who puts a giant hot scoop of red sauce on top of a lobster. The seafood on this platter was also overdone. Disappointing! Wouldn't return!

Lobster roll is very tasty but small portion for such a big roll. Fries are so good! First time trying, would like to try other menu items in the future.

Service is really slowww and bad, we checked in 7:10pm we got seated 8:05pm, appetizer came fast but they forgot utensils, we asked but nothing, so we ate appetizer (calamari)with our bare hands. I guess we're so hungry when they finally served our main course at 8:47pm, maybe the reason why I didn't notice if the food tasted good or not. One more thing about their service, they sold out with the soup we ordered but the server didn't bother asking us if we wanted anything for substitute. Instead she gave us extra soup spoons to share the cup of soup (5 of us) .

Fried sea food is really good!!! The home made onion rings are incredible Lobster rolls and the Italian seafood platter are okay.

The food and drinks were absolutely amazing! Highly recommend the bacon wrapped scallops!! The season drinks were very tasty and fresh ingredients. The service was the best we have experienced in the area!!! I absolutely recommend this place.

Not sure why the bad reviews! This place was exactly what you look for in a lobster shack! It says "rustic" in their description. Great lobster Roll!

Best fish tacos along with the rest of the dishes ! Exceptional bar staff and drinks . Service five stars . Friendly floor staff and receptionists . Great view and lovely busy atmosphere. I go to the restaurant whenever I am at the cape . I have a house there so it's at least twice a month . Love this place ! Grab a T Shirt too !

The Lobster Trap has been around for a very long time, which speaks for itself. We've visited at least five times in the past 20 years, and have found it quite consistently good. Though the name implies lobster as the main fare, the menu offers a number of Italian dishes and other offerings as well. It's uniquely located on the relatively untraveled West Side Road that's far apart from the hectic main stretch of Route 16. If you desire a more relaxed drive along the back stretch of the Conways, stop in for an equally relaxed time at the Lobster Trap on your way through!

Great food at this mom And pop! Which we accidentally stumbled across. Thinking it was part of the Lobster Trap. Nope. This one is family owned and so adorable! Service is outstanding! Food is amazing and all made with love. We had craft cocktails and lobster rolls and fried clams! All was perfect!! The best meal of our 10 day vacation!

The seafood was so fresh and delicious. Not disappointed at all. The waiter was really friendly and diligent working. 25% tipped.

My husband and I are from Rhode Island and had dinner here for the first time tonight. He had baked stuffed scallops and an 8 oz filet, and I had fried haddock with their homemade onions rings along with a filet. OMG every bite we took was amazing! I usually eat small amounts of food but I ate my entire meal. Our server was Viktor. He was sweet and kind and kept checking to make sure we were happy with everything. We even asked if they would move the restaurant to RI. We are close to great Italian and Seafood restaurants, but this was the best yet!

We stopped off at the Lobster trap for lunch and had to try a bowl of their lobster stew. With a name like Lobster Trap, you know it will be good! Loaded with lobster, and had a delicious broth as well. Just what we needed! We also tried the crabmeat stuffed mushrooms, and these were amazing as well! I could keep popping these in my mouth all day long! So good! We will definitely be back the next time we are in the area!

I have been visiting North Conway for decades. Today I ask myself why did I miss this family owned restaurant. The lobster scampi over linguine totally blew me away! I travel the world and food is my passion. I asked to meet the Mom who is the owner of the restaurant. She is a lovely lady and I was happy to let her know how impressed I was with the perfectly cooked lobster scampi. Her son is the head chief who cooked it. This place is off the normal path of North Conway but this should not stop you from enjoying the food. My wife had fried clam strips and they were perfect too. Add this to your list or head there after you read this you will not be disappointed.

Lovely spot odd the beaten path. We came in and were sat down right away. Everyone was very warm. The bar area was a cozy place to sit. TVs on, relaxed locals. Nice place. I got a stuffed lobster and some calamari. All was awesome. The stuffing was made with ritz crackers and was buttery! We enjoyed It and would come again!

Wow! How this place gets good ratings is beyond me. The wait was out the door and packed inside waiting for a table. There were 15 empty -uncleared tables -as I observed the restaurant. Looking at the food on tables nothing looked nearly as good as others have photographed in years past. By the looks and the fact that they -according to the staff member I came upon- were short staffed. This leads me -and the look of the food - is that they are skimping on the good stuff. Maybe, they have long time oldies(I saw a few) that still love this place. But, for me I left without even trying. Deco and exterior are old: no improvements lean to cheap ingredients coming from the inside. No photos. As it's creepy to take photos of a 90 year old woman eating her pie.

The service was wonderful! Everyone was very nice! Our server was great and funny! The food was delicious! We ate everything - no left overs! Then they brought the kiddos and ice cream brownie that was also out of hand! Very impressed! 100% recommend!

We have seafood everywhere we go so when our friend invited us to Conway we figured why not. We were a party of 6 most of us got sick. I think it was the lobster stew it was like having rotten claim chowder and being a Bostonian at Heart I will never have any seafood stew again they've ruined my home town fav meal WTH. I have been calling to talk to the manager about how a day later we are all still sick and can't even get a voicemail.

This place went downhill. The food used to be amazing. The lobster stew was more like milk with lobster pieces. They changed the batter recipe to a bland, tasteless monstrosity. Flavorless and overpriced. Don't waste your money. So sad. This was one of my favorite places to eat. Fire this chef and bring back whoever was cooking the food last year. So disappointed.

Visited the lobster trap with my family and we all really enjoyed the food and the ambiance. The calamari was tender and fried to perfection. We also ordered the shrimp cocktail which was simply delicious. Then we ordered the baked stuffed haddock. The portion was large and filling. Also our waiter was kind and helpful!Will definitely return.

Food is great. I really enjoyed the food. The restaurant is a bit dark and old but it doesn't detract from the food.

So glad we found this place for lunch!!! Their Lobster Stew was absolutely delicious!! Sooo flavorful! Also got to enjoy their Crabmeat Stuffed Mushrooms! Yummm! Will definitely be back next year!!!

Happy to try this local restaurant; clam stuffed mushrooms had a clam flavor, but I did not detect any clams. My friend's bowl of lobster stew was 95% broth, and my warm lobster roll was on the disappointing side in terms of the amount of lobster for the price. Now that I've been there, I don't have to go back.

On a vacation to North Conway, my friend and I discovered that this is the only reasonably priced seafood restaurant in the area! So we went three times in three nights! Overall we were quite satisfied. The first night, we both had lobster rolls. The second night, we got twin lobsters to share. The lobster was great both nights. Very fresh and tasty. The onion rings I got with the lobster roll were very good as well. The final night we got linguine with clam sauce, which was only OK. The clams were excellent but the sauce in the pasta was very thin and not flavorful. We added butter and cheese to make it better. The restaurant also gives you pretty tasty free rolls with dinner. I definitely recommend this place to people who want seafood while visiting North Conway.

My husband and I had the most special memorable experience here. From the moment we walked in the customer service was INCREDIBLE. Our waitress was wonderful and helped us choose what to order and even gave us local tips on hiking that we would have never known about had we not come here. We will be back if we ever go back to the area! This place will always hold a special memory in my heart

We stopped for lunch after finding this place online. The menu pricing is higher than the online menu. It's quite rustic. The food was satisfactory. I got the fried haddock which was tasty. The waitress was pleasant and accommodating. Would I go back? Probably not.

We stopped by here on our way back from Diana's Bath. The decor inside was charming. The place wasn't crowded and we were well attended to. We ordered lobster roll and baked stuff halibut. Both came with a side that we can chose. We chose onion rings to go with it. The baked halibut was really good and rich. Onion rings were thinly sliced which I always enjoy. The highlight of the meal was lobster stew, it was absolutely delish. I would highly recommend trying that here.

Great seafood: fried clams (whole belly sweetness) and lobster stew (a claw and chunks of tail meat)....great staff too!

My wife and I dined here this evening while vacationing in the area (from NJ). While the White Mountains is our favorite vacation spot, the Lobster Trap is our favorite dining spot and has been for nearly 40 years. The food is so well prepared and the service is excellent. I get a kick out of the few bad reviews on this site because they are so off. As I said, I've got 40 years experience to back me up. For us, it is the number one restaurant in the area.

Hubby and I went there for supper yesterday. He was in the mood for some good lobster. The service, atmosphere and food were great.

We have driven by this place numerous time and today we found it open during our travels. Do NOT let the outside sway you away, because this is definitely a gem of a restaurant. It's clean and has a nice atmosphere. We ordered "Early Bird Special" of broiled haddock with fries and baked stuffed haddock with onion rings. The portions were full dinner portions and they were huge. Both meals the haddock was cooked to perfection and moist and tender. The fries and onion rings were crispy and delicious. Glad we stopped in. We will definitely be going back again in the near future.

Went there tonight the lobster tails were small,overcooked and rubbery. The scallops and shrimp were supposed to be stuffed but were in a dish covered with a breadcrumb stuffing. Complained to the waitress but no remedy options were offered. The menu is very pricy and the food was lacking taste. Do not waste your money or time

Good service and decent pricing. Out of steamers. (Bummer.) Skip the baked stuffed lobster. The steamed ones were fine.

The calamari with banana peppers was delicious, though the marinara could use a bit more spice. The 1.5 lb lobster was perfectly cooked, and the shrimp parm was tasty. The pasta was well-cooked. We ordered drinks--blueberry lemonade and whiskey on the rocks--but they seemed watered down.

Called nine times to make a takeout order. Had to drive there and luckily it was open. They just ignore the phone ringing. Ordered $110 and lobster salad had three pieces of lobster. Not worth the $25. Mussels were good and steamers weren't bad. Came back another night to order take out since it was such a rainy day and didn't feel like making reservations elsewhere. Husband went to order and the older lady remembered him ordering earlier in the week. She said, " You are the one that had the $110 take out order last time, and you didn't tip me." She then said, "We don't have time to serve you." Turned around and walked away. No food is that good. People may not remember what you do or say, but they always remember how you make them feel.

Off the overly beaten track of Conway so no crowds great service staff often breaking out to sing with Christmas tunes. Excellent seafood dishes shhh don't tell anyone

It's a no for me. We had lunch here today. The wait staff was inattentive. Probably because they're understaffed--who isn't. The place was FREEZING. Everyone had winter boots and jackets on inside. We ordered clam chowder to start our meals and try to warm up... it took 30 minutes. Clam chowder was good. The lobster came and was okay. The bill came and the lobster was crazy expensive. We then headed to south NH for dinner in hopes to find a better lobster joint and boy were we blown away at how awful the lobster at the Lobster Trap was compared to our dinner destination. AND the Lobster Trap was 2 x more expensive. Overall a bad experience. Bathrooms were gross. There was a dead spider on our table. The coolest part was the lobster tanks at the makeshift hostess stand.

Oh it's so great to be back in New England! I forgot how wonderful fresh Lobster & Oysters are. Perfectly boiled and nice cold local beer, great service from Megan & overall a terrific dining experience.

The lobster is fresh and I ordered the lobster with pasta. Oh boy, the portion is huge and as a 6 ft 2, 200lbs with a big appetite, I can barely finish it. The linguine was perfectly cooked and the sauce amplified the taste. Plus the the freshness of the lobster, the combination works harmonically.

Our favorite Wolfeboro restaurant! Beautiful scenery sets the atmosphere here, followed by the freshest seafood and darn good burgers! A perfect place to celebrate with family & friends eating outside or in. The staff is friendly and the drinks are refreshing. We also love their seafood shop. Best cocktail sauce you'll find anywhere! Decent prices for the freshest seafood and several made to go & heat at home meals available. We'll return again & again.

Amazing experience. One of the best seafood we had since a while. The seafood platter was exceptional. So delicious and we look-forward to go back again.

Interesting place featuring seafood, and Italian food. There lobster is, of course expensive. Steamed clams were so so Some of them seemed a little old. Lobster roll was pretty good. Can get it with no filler! Yay! Roll was homemade but still the traditional hotdog roll. Good. Service was a bit indifferent, with silver and napkins thrown in the pile on the table. Decor was kind of blah. Very popular not a bad seafood restaurant.

Even though they were extremely short staffed tonight we were seated in 20 minutes... food was served in a reasonable amount of time. Fried Calamari was crisp and delicious, Haddock was piping hot and full of flavor, Eggplant parmigiana was very good and our daughter enjoyed her Linguini with meatballs. Couldn't stay for dessert as we had reservations for a Moose Tour at 8pm. Kudos to the staff for a fantastic meal under challenging circumstances... Worth the trip if you happen be in the area

They service was good arriving being seated after that horrible there food was very blend i ordered stuff lobster in which there was no lobster meat in the tail at all nothing but bread crumbs which was not good i took one bite and let the waiter know she called manager they told me i ate the meat out the lobster tail and she then dug threw my food and left talked to the waiter and another waiter then my waiter came back to table and said she'll give me a discount i said on food i didn't touch they then brought the cook out to ask what i didn't like about the food i told him the it was just bread crumbs no lobster not mention my friends ordered fish platter and the waiter stuck her hands all in there food she had to bring a whole new plate but they did enjoy they food was it was really made. They got poor service, food disappointing and I would recommend this restaurant!

I have eaten here several times over the last year. Each time better than the last. This has become one of my go to places in the north country. The food is amazing. The service is above par and the ambience is somewhere in the middle. I really like this place.

My friend said they refused to pick up the phone, so they couldn't place a take out order. So, she sent her husband to go make the order in person and pick up the take out. Her husband told her that the old lady who works there expected him to tip on a prior take out order, and the old lady said because of that, she didn't have time to serve him. Then, she walked away. There are tons of bad reviews on here for this place, how it smells dirty, looks dirty, hair found in the food, rude service, skimpy portions of food, and much more you'll want to avoid. Stay away from this place, they don't deserve your business. That old lady should retire, it's time to hang it up.

The seafood was outstanding! The atmosphere was very friendly and inviting and the service was excellent! I highly recommend this restaurant!!!