Red Hook Lobster Pound

Obviously, great place to eat Lobster based dishes. We had the Maine lobster rolls and it was amazingly good ! I strongly recommend the place.

Wow! This place was some of the best seafood I've ever eaten. I had a Blackboard Eats deal for a four-course prix fixe dinner for $40 and decided to trek to the Red Hook location to try it out. We got a cup a clam chowder, peel-and-eat shrimp, a while lobster with potatoes, corn and cole slaw and a funnel cake for dessert topped with ice cream and blueberry compote.

The location is a little out-of-the-way, but it was worth it. The atmosphere was laid back and I loved the 80's music they had playing. The food itself was amazing. Easily the best clam chowder I've ever had. The shrimp and lobster were cooked to perfection and the funnel cake was so delicious.

I was happy to hear that they have a location in Washington, DC. I'd love to get up there soon to have some more of RHLP's yummy seafood!

Lobster roll. Go get it. It's really tasty. There's not much for ambiance or service or anything else. The street it's on is a bit vacant. But this is Red Hook at it's finest - simple and excellent.

Come with a party of 6, and there was no problem with seating.

Of note is the $25 lobster dinner on Wednesdays. A well cooked, sizable lobster, potatoes, what amounted to a whole corn cob (it was cut in two), and coleslaw.

There's a good selection of beers (draught and bottle), as well as some interesting looking mixed drinks.

Our waitress was very friendly, and helpful.

They've got quite an interesting bathroom. I won't reveal much, it's something to be experienced.

Came here around noon over the weekend with a group of 3. Had no issues getting a seat. Hostess was friendly and we sat at one of the picnic tables setup. We shared the table with another party of 3. One of the waiters was kind enough to bring my friend a chair so he didn't have to sit at the edge of the bench.

I decided to come here because NY Eater highly recommended their burger in addition to their lobster roll. I am a big fan of Luke's lobster so I felt obligated to try one of their competitors.

For starters, we ordered the lobster mac and cheese.
Nothing to write home about the mac and cheese. Nothing special with the cheese used. The top layer of the cheese wasn't a little crispy. The dish was basically just lobster thrown into the bottom and mac and cheese on top. I thought it would have been something different. Some parts of the dish still felt a little "grainy" (not from the lobster, but from the cheese). There bits and pieces of lobster in it but a dish as a whole, it wasn't impressive and I would not recommend it.

For main course, we ordered the Hook Burger, Connecticut Lobster Roll, and Maine Lobster Roll. I actually liked the hook burger. It was seasoned well and used nice small pieces of pepper. You can actually taste a difference. Parts of the burger did come medium rare but about a 1/3 of the burger was medium. I may be wrong about this, the burger was juicy but it seemed there was some water content in it. It didn't taste like fat, but maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention. The buns were toasted but the side that was in contact with the tomato and lettuce, it was soggy. I would recommend them just putting it on the side and the customers can add it in. The fries were good. The pickle seemed a little strange to me. It was a little "soggy". It didn't have that nice crunch to it. Not sure if it's the style of this particular manufacturing company but it wasn't as appetizing.

Both lobsters roll were excellent. I will just discuss the connecticut one because it is similar to Luke's lobster roll. In terms of freshness of the lobster meat, I would have to give it to Red Hook. In terms of correct ratio of amount of butter on it, I would give it to Luke's lobster. In my opinion, the Red Hook roll had too much butter on it and it detracted your taste buds from the meat itself. Both places gave similar amount of meat. Both places make great rolls, I just prefer Luke's. Actually, I prefer Red Eats in Maine, but that's too far away =D

For drinks, we ordered the maine root beer.
I did not get a chance to ask which company root beer they use but I liked it a lot. It isn't as sweet as Bargs. I'm not sure what ingredients to use but I'm assuming they used some wintergreen and anise, amongst other ingredients. Nice balance to it and had a nice strong "root" taste.

Overall, I would rate this place a solid 3.5 stars. Giving it 4 because you can't do 0.5 on yelp. Service was excellent. Our waiter was friendly and helpful. There was a mistake with how much each credit card was supposed to get charged but the issue was quickly resolved and our waiter was extremely polite and professional about it. I would recommend coming here.

The motivation to come to this place was because I read an article about their burger on a reputable food website. I think their burger was good, but not excellent. When I come here again, I will stick with the lobster rolls.