Lobster Roll

Picked lobster meat on a toasted, buttered roll, either cold and dressed with a little mayo or warm and drenched in melted butter. Plenty of Boston places will make it either way, so you don't have to pick a side.

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A James Hook lobster roll with a cup of melted butter

James Hook & Co. – Waterfront

Grab a Sandwich Lobster Roll Open Now Closed

A lobster dealer in business since 1925 that runs a no-frills lunch counter at its Atlantic Avenue shop. You order past the live lobsters and get a hot-dog bun packed with meat, dressed with a little mayo. Boston Magazine named it 2025's best casual lobster roll.

440 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA

Lobster roll on a hot-dog bun

Row 34 – Fort Point

Grab a Sandwich Lobster Roll Open Now Closed

The original Row 34, in a 1908 Boston Wharf Company warehouse on Congress Street, open since 2013. The menu leans on oysters and fish, and the lobster roll comes either way: cold and classic, or warm and buttered.

383 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210

Lobster roll, cold or warm with butter

Neptune Oyster – North End

Grab a Sandwich Lobster Roll

An oyster bar on Salem Street in the North End with one of the city's best-known lobster rolls: a big pile of Maine lobster on a toasted brioche roll. You choose hot with butter or cold with mayo.

63 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113

Lobster roll, hot with butter or cold with mayo

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