Bet's Famous Fish Fry

It's summer time again and Boothbay Harbor, ME is only 3 hours from Boston. You could make a trip this July 4th and gorge yourself on lobster. Anyway here's another restaurant from my recent visit.

Bet's Fish Fry is a little shack located off rt 27 in Boothbay Harbor and is only open for lunch. They have awesome generous portions of fish & chips or fish sandwiches (you really only need a half portion ($7)). Both the fish and chips and fish sandwiches feature the same battered fish so for those of you who HAVE to try everything (like me), you don't have to get both :)

Bet's Fish Fry is also very popular with the locals which is always a PLUS in my books! I'm not a fan of the overpriced mediocre restaurants in tourist spots. But who is huh?

Just so you don't drive right past it. This is what it looks like:


The fish sandwich. You can see that the batter is very light and the slivers of fish melt in your mouth. Simple but so delicious MMMMM


Bet's Famous Fish Fry
Off Route 27 (near the town center)
Boothbay Harbor, Maine


Chomp Meter:
This is a great place to go for lunch. There are picnic benches near by where you can sit in the sun during the summers and savor the yumminess of fried fish! It's a great alternative for those who are lobstered out or those that are allergic to shellfish (gasp!).

Lobster Dock - Crabcake Throwdown

The parents were in town this weekend so we took a road trip out to Boothbay Harbor and headed to The Lobster Dock. The Lobster Dock's the venue of a Bobby Flay throw down though I didn't realize till after the trip that Lobster Dock lost! Darn should have done my research more carefully ... :P

Anyway that didn't come as a surprise since the crab cakes were mediocre at best. Nicely breaded and generous with the crab but still mediocre. I also found that the salsa beneath the crabcakes had avocados that weren't even ripe!



I ordered a scallop dinner. The scallops were really fresh and again the breading was yummy but it was very SANDY. Seriously people, show some pride in your cooking, how hard is it to get sand out of scallops?? It's not even clams or mussels....

Thankfully, the lobster was the saving grace for our meal. We picked out a nice 2.5lb beauty and it was delicious. Chock full of roe and more meat than you could imagine. I've come to the conclusion that 2.5-3 pounds is the optimal lobster size. Anything more than 3 lbs and you get meat that is tough. The 1 pounders don't have as much roe.




The Lobster Dock
49 Atlantic Avenue
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
207 633 7120

Chomp Meter:
Nay, over-rated. I wouldn't eat there again. The lobster was yummy, but the prices were on the high side and I'm sure you can find boiled lobster that's equally good and cheaper elsewhere (like the Net Result!).

See my other lobster shack reviews.