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Lobster Trap
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
12 reviews for Lobster Trap
12 reviews in English
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Review from Jane C.
Toronto, ON
2/29/2012
My parents came here on a date in the 70s and I bet those are the same fishing nets and conches that made their night as it did mine.
I've been here numerous times. Once I even came for a week day lunch but noticed they were closed. There were boxes and boxes of fresh flown in lobsters from the East Coast just sitting there by the door. I guess I am the only cold hearted customer who would even think to pick up a box and run to the closest boiling salted pot.
I usually come with my boyfriend he gets the broiled 2 lb lobster dinner and I the garlic prawns. Add to that 2 Lobster Bisques, coconut shrimp, and sometimes another Lobster Bisque. I capitalize the 'Lobster Bisque' because it deserves to be addressed as so.
Very delicious and the perfect amount of saltiness in the bisque. And actual chunks of lobster. Comes served hot with a smile no matter how busy they get.
Note: this is known to be a saltier soup so if you are opposed to salt.... I suggest you order something else
The coconut shrimp are medium sized and delicious but obviously they ordered it frozen and already prepped.
Did I mention the garlic bread? It's tough to control yourself when you first get there on an empty stomach. If you can't fight the extra butter and garlic then just go ahead and cram it in there. You can always doggy bag. If you order a second order of bread and not eat it, you can include that in your bag as well!
I am not a fiend of lobster like some but I do eat it. I've tried my bf's meal and the lobster is done to perfection. Still full of juice with that lobster brine flavour still intact. Great portion as well. Some times he has to take it home. I think that's why he orders the larger lobsters on the occasion. So smart is he.
We contemplated ordering the 5 pounder but really... that is just a show piece right? Wouldn't that make the lobster almost 30 years old? He should be honoured instead as a pet at the Lobster Trap. Have him in a large aquarium at the front complete with a plastic diving bell and soothing bubbles. Afterall, he lived for so long and never got caught!
The giant garlic prawns have never sold me short. They are juicy and broiled and just enough of them. It's almost like eating 10 little lobsters! Don't quote me on the 10... that was just a guess from the last time I was there.
Service is always friendly and they are rammed on Saturdays. Worth the visit for sitting in a theme restaurant that never really mean to be a themed restaurant = authenticity. -
Review from Ken M.
Mississauga, ON
5/14/2012
I've been a good 5 times over the last 3-4 years, and everytime they manage to make a mistake on the bill. First few times, I may have suspected it was just a mistake, but after that I can't help but to imagine they hope I didn't notice.
My last time visiting this place, they harassed me to give them more tip when I already gave 15%.
It's a shame they need to pull these lowly tactics as I do enjoy the food. -
Review from Peeter L.
Toronto, ON
1/22/2012
I have real nostalgia for this place. Foods just fine. But c'mon what can you do with a lobster? I'll keep goin to this place forever as long as they keep this seventies shuck shack decor! Been going every five years since I was a kid! Can anyone actually eat a four pound sea-bug? Now really.
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Review from Isabella L.
Toronto, ON
3/23/2011 7 photos
My parents took me and my sister here for a Christmas dinner without claiming it was going to be a Christmas dinner... and I'm glad they did!
The decor is not classy, I'd say it's very family-like. Nothing special. Reminds me of 'The Fishouse'.
I don't even know why, but I wasn't craving lobster at the LOBSTER trap so I searched the menu for something I was craving - MUSSELS. Oh lord. I fuckin' love mussels. (Recommend me a place if you know good ones please). So, my parents ordered 2 2lb lobsters and I ordered a mussel appetizer and my sister got the butterfly shrimp.
Each lobster came with a soup, salad and free garlic bread. Who the hell doesn't like garlic bread? Their bread was good but too much butter and tad too salty. The lobster bisque soup was great. It actually had chunks of lobster meat! Very creamy and thick. (I took my moms soup since I only ordered an appetizer) BUT to my suprise, the mussel appetizer was HUGE. I could not even finish it myself. Oh my god. It was honestly the best mussels I've tasted. It was the most common broth used for mussels, YES you guessed it! White wine! Simple yet oh so good. And asbolutely no need for the side of butter. They were PLUMP, JUICY, and most importantly, F-R-E-S-H. Like, you'd think they have an ocean in their parking lot or something...
Oh, I also took a few bites of my parents lobster. One had it broiled and one had it steamed. I definately liked the steamed more simply because I think by steaming your seafood it just allows the natural flavours to shine more, which it did. And as for my sisters shrimp, it wasn't anything special really. Then again, it might be because I'm not a huge shrimp fan.
I should mention that they gave took 10-15% of our bill and gave us Lobster Trap money with that. I have $15 dollars I can still use. Pretty awesome! MORE MUSSELS MORE MORE MORE!!!!
Overall: Seafood is fresh, but it's $$$! !^_^! Two thumbs up. -
Review from BeBe K.
Markham, ON
My boyfriend took me there for my birthday. Absolutely fell in love with the place. I had the steam 1lb lobster + lobster soup + dessert & my boyfriend had the broiled 2lb lobster + lobster soup + dessert. Love it. :D price is fair and food is delicious. Awesome service.
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Review from Patty H.
North York, ON
I came here with few friends because of I bought two coupons of $40 for $80 of expenses.
We actually came here twice because first time we came here around 7:30pm and the place was so packed that we were told to wait for 1hr. We left for another restaurant instead.
I called the restaurant to book a table, the owner refused to take any reservation less than 6 people, and if you want to come here at 6pm, he said you just walk in because people don't really show up till 6:30pm.
We actually went there EARLY for the 2nd time, we went there just before 6pm. It was empty, only few table were occupied, which was great!
We were greeted by a friendly waitress and she patiently wait for our order and answered all our questions.
We have a party of 5, so we ordered a 2 1/2 lobster for 2 ppl and 4lb lobster for 4ppl. We also ordered lobster bisque on the side.
The meal came with garlic bread (Delicious but very buttery!), potato or fries or salad. We ordered baked potato and fries.
Both lobster is huge! I would say go for the boiled lobster for most bang for your buck. The boiled version they mix the breadcrumb with herbs and butter and baked it wit the lobster. Certainly not the healthy version but it is delicious! The lobster is certainly fresh and not over cooked.
The downside is the side of potato or fries, the portion does not match what you ordered. They would give more garlic bread because of the amount of people but they wouldn't give more fries. It is odd!
Total for each of us came to be around 30 dollar including the use of the coupon, taxes and tips. Not bad, but I would not do this everyday. It is certainly good for special occasion, but I wouldn't do this without a coupon either. It is expensive without the discount coupon! -
Review from Anni L.
11/1/2010
This is my favorite restaurant in the city. The best place for steamed lobster. If you expect high end, modern, fancy, trendy ambiance, this place isnt for you. The restaurant is a mom and pop style type place that tries to give the feel of being at a wharf. They display the lobsters in this big gigantic aquarium at the entrance of the restaurant.
If you want good food and down to earth wait straff and low key restaurant, this is the place to go.
I always order the 1lb and a quarter lobster. It comes with a side and they bring you garlic bread. The lobster is very fresh and price is reasonable (around $35-$40 if you don't order drinks or anything else). The waitstaff doesn't try to upsell you on apetizers, wine, or dessert.
I have had lobster at Red Lobster and it isn't comparable. I have also had lobster in Maine and cooked the Lobster fresh from T&T supermarket and by comparison, this place is very good. You won't be disappointed.
Service is ok but they are not most attentive when it gets busy. The place gets full very quickly every time I have been there. Restaurants that are not good do not usually get full and have low food turnover so you never know if what you are getting is fresh. This is a place that is always full and that people keep going back to.
I highly recommend it!! -
Review from Frank L.
Toronto, ON
3/24/2011
I have my Groupon and come to this restaurant. We still remember how tasty it was before. I heard that there are more than 6000+ such coupons being sold.
The first thing we notice from is that the menu has been changed and of course the price has been increased. We order a 1 lb and another 1.25 lbs steamed lobster together with a soup and a salad. There are 2 choices, either Lobster bisque or a clam chowder. We are in a lobster restaurant and we order the Lobster bisque. It comes with garlic bread as well. It is half burn and hard, don't know whether they have been re-heated.
When the Lobster bisque arrived, it surprises us that the soup is creamy in color. I still remember last time here in this restaurant and any other restaurants that I order the Lobster bisque is orange reddish in color. It tastes like lobster meat in a cream soup. I wonder whether the soup base for both clam chowder and lobster bisque are the same in the kitchen. It is not real lobster bisque. The salad is green salad, not much special.
Then the lobster comes, it tastes very good. Not anything can beat a fresh lobster.
We are too full to order any dessert. We order coffee and tea. We seat at the very end of the restaurant almost next to the washroom entrance door. It is a bit hard to see the waitress. When she comes and we let her know what we want, she sometime forgot us and we have to repeat our requests again.
The bottom line is the lobster is still very good but the lobster bisque is out and the price has been increased. The bill is $100 for 2. -
Review from willi p.
Markham, ON
12/20/2009
Went once and never again. It was supposed to be a special occasion and both the food and service were not great. Maybe I was spoiled after spending 5 years in an ocean town... or maybe I did not have the required nostalgic thoughts towards the resto... or maybe it was just a bad night.
Lobster YUM! Lobster Trab yuk.
10 years ago this place was run down, and from the outside it has not been touched. Like their website this place is dated.
http://www.thelobstert...
There must be something great about the Trap though. It has been in business for decades. -
Review from Jenny T.
4/26/2010
My boyfriend is a bit of a seafood connoisseur, so after eating crab and lobster a dozen of times at Chinese restaurants, Red Lobster and at home, we decided to go for something different.
Now, if you're interested in getting a real seafood experience, i.e. digging into the seafood and not just eating the claw/tail of the lobster, then go here! If you're not open minded enough to try eating the body of the lobster or would like to stick to seafood that doesn't really look like seafood, then go to Red Lobster.
We started off with the lobster bisque (soup) that was so creamy and delicious that we had to eventually go home and try to replicate it. At $5 a bowl, it was a great value with real chunks of lobster right in there.
Then we both shared a huge lobster, I believe it was 6-7lbs that we hand picked from their aquarium. We chose the steamed method of cooking (there was steamed or deep-fried) because we felt that it would bring out the taste of the lobster best, while keeping it nice and juicy (which it was). They steamed the lobster and split it right down the middle!
It was a lot easier to eat than I thought. All the meat was sitting right there in the body part and it was so sweet and the brains were delish! The way they cut it made it so easy, we barely needed the cracker. The waitress even puts on a bib for you so you don't make a mess on your clothes.
I think this place is great to explore lobster eating. As for decor, it kind of feels like you're inside a really old wooden boat I guess, but then again that's not what I'm really there for. The only thing that I feel could use some improvements are their side dishes. Their rice is just plain white rice, which they ask if you want soy sauce on and their garlic bread is just really mediocre. -
Review from Jon B.
Mississauga, ON
5/7/2010
it'll be the first time and most likely the last time i'll go there. i had high expectations of a place that has lobster in their name coupled with the fact that they are in one of the more higher end areas of the city. maybe that's the downfall. from the outside, it looks like a place that you'd find in a old strip mall, and the interior's more of the same.
when i saw that the food and wine menu were both laminated, i started to get an idea as to what i was getting myself into both pricewise and food quality. our server was not the most attentive to our needs even though we were a group of 12, and was noticibly pushing certain items on the menu. there were also a couple of kids with us and she wasn't the most friendliest person with them, seemingly just focused on doin what she needed to do to make her coin and turning the table over. not that i find it wrong but it's not something i'd expect from a place that you're paying up to $94 for a four pound lobster.
me and my friend ordered garlic shrimps to start. they were of a decent size and flavour but were lacked presentation and quantity for what we paid. i'm not really concerned with presentation that much on the regular but the plate they served it on made it look like we weren't getting a lot or we were missing something.
we both ordered a 1lb lobster with baked potato and soup. we were informed that the french fries were not available which again i wouldn't expect from a place where you are paying so much for your meal. my soup was a new england clam chowder that was nothing special at all. the soup nutsy or even the marche had better. the baked potato was plain with just a small dollop of sour cream to consume it with. the final item to arrive was the lobster. i ordered for it to be broiled which it did but the 'stuff' (cause i don't really know what the heck they decided to put on it) just made it a very messy proposition to eat. it didn't really do much to enhance the enjoyment of the lobster, and it made me wonder was it really worth the coin i just dropped for this. the whole meal just tasted only just average.
the whole experience was topped off when our bill came and our waitress almost made it a point to point out that the gratuity was not included in our bill.
if you really want lobster, i would just say to go to red lobster and do it there. you'd probably pay just the same but the service would definitely be better and so would the flavours!! -
Review from Read M.
Toronto, ON
11/25/2010
Ate here with my fiance about a year ago for a special occasion and their lobster bisque was so delicious! Their baked lobster was OK. Decor is really ugly and service was slow. But would go back just for the lobster bisque!
