Smack Shack

If you want quality seafood with chill vibes, this is the place. The staff is great and the food is phenomenal. There's a bar area so you can hang with friends or you can sit and relax in the restaurant section. They let the food be the star of the show. We had the crab cakes and the Rhode Island lobster roll. The key lime pie was also savory.

My wife and I went to Smack Shack before a concert on Sunday evening. We were seated in a corner table right next to the bus station and Bar food was extremely overpriced and was not as expected. We ordered the lobster boil, and it basically came out as a single lobster a sausage, link, ear of corn, and some potatoes definitely was not a boil of any kind over priced and mediocre in quality. The atmosphere was very nice except for us, having to watch the busing of tables and cleaning up dishes next to us, all in all not a good experience

Upon arrival, there was a cook at the steamer drinking beer from a pint glass. Awesome first impression. Especially with glass in a kitchen. It took more than 5 minutes for the server to come over and we placed our orders. 25 min. later, our apps (lobster bisque and mussels arrived, very cold. Then 45 seconds later our entrees arrived. My wife had the scallops and they were cold also. We had to ask a dofferent server to help us out and when our server brough back the bisque and scallops they had clearly been microwaved as the bowl the bisque was in was scorching hot and the scallops were not of the same consistency. I had the CT lobster roll, which was less than favorable, it lacked flavor and the split-top bun wasn't properly split. While we were leaving there was an extremely intoxicated girl in the vestibule who had her eyes closed and was barely able to hold herself up on her drunk boyfriend. I get being drunk, but when you're paying $25-$100 for an entree, maybe you can be more conscious of overserving and present an environment that reflects the cost. I have been in the industry for over 20 years and everything that I have ever learned was clearly not present. Additionally, I'm a New England native and I was very disappointed with this entire visit.

If you want seafood, especially a lobster roll, this place is it. Super-fresh and just really good food. The patio was great and service did not disappoint.

We had great service on the patio. The server was very friendly and knowledgeable about many things in the area and was able to explain the differences in the food options very clearly. The food came out very fast considering how busy they were at the time. Everything was quite excellent. We will definitely be back.