The Lobster Pot - Beeston

I had the oppor-tuna-ty (okay I’ll stop with the fish puns) here recently and I’m sorry to say I was expecting better. I had heard so many rave reviews from friends/online so wanted to try it myself. We ordered the Ultimate Shellfish Platter (which is £10 more than advertised online); whilst it was good, there was no real wow-factor. Moreover, they ran out of scallops so gave us extra prawns (call me shellfish (sorry, I had to) but I found that a letdown). The sides were subpar; the rices and fries were bland and did nothing for the meal. The service was a little slow; for a quiet Wednesday, we were sat waiting a while for our order to be taken/the bill. Ultimately, for all the rave reviews, I was disappointed by the food and the atmosphere, and the expectations didn’t match reality.

Delicious seafood in Nottingham, and they also serve Thai foods, highly recommended.

Easily the best food I’ve had in my life, I wish I could restart that meal again. I got the garlic butter lobster with fries, it was amazing. They also have a range of lovely Thai dishes that can be made vegan/veg upon request. Thanks for the lovely experience!

Need to give a shout out having visited last night for the first time! Having booked for a group of 7, we were given an ideal table by the window. Drinks order was taken promptly followed by food order. The food we recieved was absolutely delicious, well cooked and fresh and everybody cleared their plates! Chef did a brilliant job. Also need to praise the young waiter and waitress with their attentive service, the waitress in particular as she had remembered who had order what foods well enough to split the group order into individual bills correctly for us! Will definately be going back! Thank you!

We had been wanting to visit the lobster pot for months and finally able to go out for the evening for dinner and we were unfortunately very underwhelmed with the quality of the food. After reading all the rave reviews we were expecting to be blown away but out of all the food we ordered, the best thing we had were the grilled oysters. The special of mixed seafood pad Thai was soggy and not a lot of flavour, the whole lobster was supposed to be spicy (chilli & basil) but tasted of sweet chilli dipping sauce, calamari was chewy…we so wanted to love this place but the only saving grace was our absolutely lovely waitress, Mia, who was delightful and extremely polite and attentive. We were persuaded to try oysters for the first time which was a fun experience with the help of Mia! Overall, we were disappointed by the food and the atmosphere in the restaurant. The decor is in desperate need of an update and some changes to the layout would be a welcome change. We are more than happy to pay premium if we are going to get good food but for what the lobster pot is charging we would expect better. As I said before, we so wanted to love this restaurant and I feel sad having to write a rather negative review but I think you can get much better Thai/seafood for less money and in a nicer establishment.