The Lobster

1602 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, California

4.5

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Phone:

+1 310 458 9294

Website:

www.thelobster.com

Email:

thelobster@earthlink.net

With a name like The Lobster, you know exactly what the menu would be - Grilled Pacific Spiny Lobster with vegetable couscous and garlic ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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147 reviews

4.5

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147 reviews

95% of guests recommend this place.

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Top Reviews from Around the Web:

The Lobster has great sea food along with an even better view of the ocean and the Santa Monica pier. more on insiderpages.com

Wine wa great. more on Restaurantica

This place really does have great seafood. more on CitySearch

great view, service and best scallops I have ever had, easy to find and to get to, great view of the pier. more on Yahoo! Travel

The Lobster is one of my best restaurant because when ate some steamed lobster it was soft and warm and the taste was just great. more on Yahoo! Travel

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25 reviews

Top Reviews From Yahoo! Travel

What wonderful service, and a view to die for! Not a cheap date place, but worth it. more on Yahoo! Travel

great view, service and best scallops I have ever had, easy to find and to get to, great view of the pier. bar ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The Lobster serves up some great seafood and the view is great. The only real complaint I have is ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I enjoyed the seafood, which is always fresh and delicious. The area where my party ate was a bit cramped, but the dining experience ... more on Yahoo! Travel

As a general Manager of several restaurants, I decided to take some time off and be a visitor of Santa Monica. Everything was great until I decided on dinner at The Lobster. I decided to go early as I was by myself and servers hate ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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20 reviews

Top Reviews From TripAdvisor

This was our first visit - having sampled many sea food restauarants in LA. The location and overall setting is great - very welcoming and top service. I had the Oyster Sampler which was superb - take ... more on TripAdvisor

I keep going back, although not always 100% satisfied. The atmosphere created mostly by the location - view of the Santa Monica Pier which at night is magical. Service is generally very good, even ... more on TripAdvisor

This time I did not order the lobster, I guss it was a mistake. I ordered sea scallops but they were too salty. Service was slow. The best thing about ... more on TripAdvisor

That was our third time at this place and I can tell that this is one of our favorite restaurants around the word. At this time I had a 2 pounds lobster extremely well prepared and my wife had a lobst ... more on TripAdvisor

My friend suggested this restaurant and when we arrived I thought - what a tourist trap. Crap name and touristy location. Totally wrong. We were greeted warmly and given a choice of tables. Our waiter ... more on TripAdvisor