Affordable Lobster Roll
 

With friends visiting next week, we are looking to treat them to our local delicacy. But the restaurants we have seen are all ridiculously expensive. Pops in Alton is over $40 and everyone else is over $30. Is there any reasonably priced lobster roll left in the Lakes Region?

$30+ seems to be the going rate. What about making them yourself? Not exactly a complex recipe and you could season them to your liking.

Are you sure about Pop's price? My recollection is a lobster roll with fries is $29.95.

What’s taking FLL so long to weigh in?

$36 at poor peoples pub and the top rated by wmur

I'm sure Market Basket or McDonalds is the only place he shops for food!

Visa Foods
 

In Laconia is where the locals go! They prepare them to your order. Naked, mayo, butter, with lettuce etc. 29.95, huge and so worth it!

Nah - he flips over some rocks, grabs some crayfish, and makes his own Free Lake Lobster roll :laugh:

Red Hill Dari in Center Harbor charges $29.95 for a full 1/4 lb lobster roll….cold only with mayo. Delicious. Micki makes the best onion rings on the planet….get a roll and an order of rings. You wont be disappointed

We went by boat to Center Harbor last week for lobster rolls at Red Hill Dari. Great as usual.

My cousin told me that. Could be fake news.

Pops Clam Shack
 

The price on the menu board for the lobster roll is $29.95 today. Their menu can be viewed online. There is a combo plate for $44.95 which includes fried clams, lobster roll & fries.

Looks like $29.95 is the price this summer. Not too high.
I remember when Vista sold them for $14.99 about 8 years ago.

I'm sorry, but thirty bucks for a sandwich is high.

Yeah, lobster is expensive but the price is still high for what is only a sandwich.

I had the Red Hill lobster roll a few days ago--very good.

Also, OP--as you note--lobster roll is a "delicacy", you do not want a cheap one. It will just cause your guests to shake their heads and wonder why you made a big deal about them.

One other place not too far from Belmont--Johnson's in New Durham. Excellent lobster rolls and also a great whole lobster dinner. I do not remember their prices, but they are generally low compared to places on the lake

No such thing anymore . Just the lowest of the over inflated prices!

Market Basket
 

My dad swears by the lobster roll finger sandwiches prepared by Market Basket. Affordable and very good!

Diy
 

To me, lobster salad is labor intensive, so expensive. The "real lobster experience" is taking the lobster apart yourself. I see lobster dinners same price or cheaper than the lobster roll. Even less $$ if you buy lobster and cook it yourself. Add corn, steamers and "Lady of the Lake" beer from Abel Ebenezer Brewery in Merrimack, but widely distributed in NH (It's a crisp New England Lager).

Visa Foods
 

Until supplies run out. Lobster Rolls available for $22.95

Agree. They are overpriced and honestly not that great anyway. Much better seafood options at better prices.

Are you going to share the location or is this your secret?

VISA FOODS S Main St, Laconia


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Visa Foods is what it says in the subject line, but not everybody can see that (I can't—had to use web view).

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"Lobster is a shellfish crustacean that scavenges and feeds on the ocean floor, including dead animals, fish, and organic matter. They are bottom-dwellers with hard outer shells and jointed legs.

Food: Mostly eats fresh or decaying fish, clams, crabs, sea urchins, and worms on the seabed."

From Google AI overview

I think it's actually called Vista Foods. South Main Street, Laconia.

Is that 4 oz or 5 oz?

They don't say but looks pretty big to me! They make them to order, hot, cold, buttered, mayo, or plain. Any fixing you want! I like mine on a bed of lettuce.

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Hannaford
 

Just looked at the Hannaford flyer for next week starting sunday 6 oz $9.99 :liplick:

Yeah, we got sucked in by the price too. I don't think it's really lobster. Either way it sucked.

Made in store with North Atlantic Lobster on a brioche roll.

Very likely (frozen) Canadian. Typical for “big box” locations.

Well I guess I learned something new today Hannafords lies in their sale flyers. Thanks for the tip! :confused:

I don't see how you learned that, especially with the frozen Canadian explanation. I also don't see how anyone could believe that $6.99 will yield a good lobster roll

Just had one for lunch it was quite good. $9.99

From where?

I think I found the cheapest lobster rolls around.
Market Basket has lobster on sale for $7.99 this week.
We bought three small ones, cooked and packaged, brought them home, took the meat out and made lobster salad. Total cost for four lobster rolls was about $18.00. $4.50 apiece and they were absolutely delicious.

Visa Foods
 

Just brought home two lobster rolls from this market! $16.99 each!