Top 10 Lobster Shacks in Maine in 2027

Red’s Eats sits at the foot of Wiscasset’s Main Street at 41 Water Street, on Route 1. Its lobster roll stacks the meat of two claws and a whole split tail on a buttered, grilled roll, with butter or mayo on the side, and Down East Magazine readers voted it Best of Maine in 2026. It opens late April/May and closes in mid-October.

The Clam Shack hangs over the Kennebunk River at 2 Western Ave and has served locally-caught lobster since 1968. Its Lobster Roll, $33.95, was named one of America’s Best Lobster Rolls by Food & Wine, and a small boiled lobster dinner is $24.95. Everything is take-away to benches and picnic tables, and it reopens in May 2027.

Eventide Oyster Co. at 86 Middle Street in Portland is known for its Brown Butter Lobster Roll and a James Beard Award-winning take on New England food. It is open 7 days a week, 11am - 11pm, and also serves a New England Clam Bake with lobster tail.

Five Islands Lobster Co. sits on the working wharf at 1447 Five Islands Rd. in Georgetown, where lobsters come straight from the surrounding waters. Downeast Magazine says it has the Best Fried Clams in Maine. All seating is at picnic tables on the wharf, and it is BYOB, so bring a cooler.

Bob’s Clam Hut has served fried clams and lobster rolls at 315 US Route 1 in Kittery since 1956. The lobster roll comes with hot butter or mayo at market price, a Clam Strips basket is $22.95, and it is open 11am to 7pm. It has been on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

McLoons Lobster Shack is a family-owned shack at 315 Island Road on Spruce Head Island in South Thomaston, across from the area’s oldest working lobster wharf. Order the Lobster Rolls Royce, with half a pound of lobster on an 8-inch split top roll, or a 1 ¼ lb steamed lobster. Boaters are welcome.

The Highroller Lobster Co. started as a food cart in 2015 and opened at 104 Exchange St in Portland in December of 2017. Its lobster roll puts 4 oz of claw and knuckle meat on brioche with your choice of sauce, and it is open 7 days a week, 11AM - 10PM, with no reservations.

Thurston’s Lobster Pound overlooks Bass Harbor in Bernard on Mount Desert Island. The restaurant opened in 1993 on a wharf the F.W. Thurston Company has run since 1946, and you can pick your lobster from the tank. Regulars order the lobster BLT and the crab cakes, and no reservations are taken.

The Lobster Shack at Two Lights, at 225 Two Lights Rd in Cape Elizabeth, has been a local landmark since the 1920s. Its picnic tables sit above the surf, below the lighthouse and next to the fog horn. The lobster dinner and roll are market price, Lobster Stew is $18.99 a cup, and it is open daily through October 25 2026.

Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier at 16 Chauncey Creek Road in Kittery Point was established in 1948 and is still run by the Spinney family. Lobsters from 1 to 4 lbs are boiled at market price, it is BYOB, and you can arrive by boat and dock at the pier.