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Chowder Pot Family Restaurant: Traveler Reviews

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#2 of 87 restaurants in Branford
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  • Cuisines: American, Seafood
  • Address: 560 East Main St, Branford, CT 06405-2907
  • Tel:  (203) 481-2356

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“rather ordinary”

Chowder Pot Family Restaurant

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3 of 5 stars
West Grove, Pennsylvania
Nov 6, 2007
0/1 found this review helpful

My wife and I had a late lunch in this restaurant and although the clam chowder was delicious the entrees were nothing special. The crab cake was distinctly un-crab tasting nor did the lobster pot pie taste of lobster. I think there was crab and lobster in them, but a distinct seafood taste was missing. It seems to me the mark of a great seafood restaurant is not the fried scallops and shrimp but the baked food. The service was fine and the place seemed clean but (for the price and in light of other reviews) we expected more. I suppose a Coca cola lover like me should not mind if some restaurants (like this one) only carry Pepsi products. I suppose the honey-basted round bread loaf which was served uncut should have seemed homemade rather than be a source of complaint for having to cut our own bread. But, all in all, there was just nothing special about the meal to recommend. We will try the place another time. Maybe we just picked the wrong items. The menu was huge.

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“The best ”

Chowder Pot Family Restaurant

Jul 5, 2007
0/2 found this review helpful

Best bar of all time!!
Want to go every day!

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“Not Recommended”

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1 of 5 stars
Milford CT
Feb 4, 2007
1/2 found this review helpful

Took the family for dinner February 3rd. We called ahead and were told it was a 45 minute wait, so we put our name on the list. When we got there it took the hostesses a while to find our name on the call ahead list. Then we waited about 90 minutes to be seated.

Service was a bit slow. Very slow clearing dirty dishes as they had the waitresses clearing tables instead of bus staff.

As for the food, I would compare it to some sort of frozen dinner. I was amazed after all the raves I had heard about this place how plain and uninteresting the food was. I had the seafood imperial, I was not impressed, a few very small shrimp, a few scallops, and some odd tasting spam like supposedly lobster substance. The baked Salmon was okay, nothing special. The steak was okay. The soft shelled crab was lousy.

I just don't see the point in going here when there are so many finer restaurants in the area.

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“Best Seafood around!”

Chowder Pot Family Restaurant

Mar 11, 2006

The Chowder Pot is the best place for seadfood! If your a seafood lover you'll love the Chowder Pot! Their steaks aren't bad either!! The staff is very efficent and very nice! They have a very nice bar area also. It's a great atmosphere! Go and enjoy!

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“Nice dining”

Chowder Pot Family Restaurant

Jul 6, 2005
1/1 found this review helpful

We had dinner at the USS chowder pot III at the end of May 2005. Service was quick and efficient and the setting was nice, decorated as the inside of a ship/submarine.

We had clam chowder and lobster bisque, which were all right, although I wouldn't call it superior. Main courses were seafood, which were accompanied by salad and a very nice hot baked bread with honey. The bread was fantastic!

The baked seafood was fine and plenty. However, we thought the fried seafood was not very generous, as most of it was on the top, hiding a huge pile of fries under it! It wasn't very tasty, either. We've had exquisite fried seafood in Outer banks in North Carolina for half the price!

Overall, nice but could do better!

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Chowder Pot Family Restaurant Address

560 East Main St, Branford, CT 06405-2907
Tel: (203) 481-2356
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