Lobster Dining 101: Where to find lobster rolls, steamed lobster, and more in downtown Halifax

Whether you’re visiting for the day aboard a cruise ship or staying with us a bit longer and looking to sample some lobster rolls or perhaps anticipating enjoying a traditional steamed Nova Scotia lobster meal, we’ve compiled a list of restaurants serving lobster dishes in downtown Halifax this summer to help you plan your lobster dining adventure.

Restaurants serving traditional steamed lobster dinners in Downtown Halifax

• 5 Fishermen
• The Barrington Steakhouse & Oyster Bar
• Bluenose II Restaurant
• The Cable Wharf
• CUT Steakhouse
• McKelvies
• The Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar
• Sea Smoke Restaurant & Bar in Bishops Landing
• Shuck Seafood + Raw Bar
• Waterfront Warehouse

Restaurants serving Nova Scotia Lobster Rolls, Lobster pastas, and more in Downtown Halifax

• 5 Fisherman
  • The Five Fish Experience entrée plus you can add lobster risotto, lobster ziti, and lobster meat as sides to any entrée.
• The Arms, The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites
  • Lunch and dinner: lobster roll
• The Barrington Steakhouse & Oyster Bar
  • Lobster bisque, lobster mac & cheese, and poached lobster tail
• Bicycle Thief, Bishop’s Landing
  • Lunch: Lobster & corn chowder, lobster roll, and linguine all’aragosta with local lobster
  • Dinner: Lobster & corn chowder, lobster roll, linguine all’aragosta with local lobster, Cioppino “Italian Seafood Stew”, and lobster thermidor
• Black Sheep, Alexander Keith’s Brewery
  • Lobster roll, lobster ravioli, seafood board
• Bluenose II Restaurant
  • Lobster roll, steak & lobster
• The Cable Wharf
  • As part of the Parks Canada Perfect Picnic program, lobster rolls can be pre-ordered to take to Georges Island National Historic Site in the middle of the Halifax Harbour for you to eat there while overlooking Halifax and Dartmouth.
• Café Lunette, Queen’s Marque
  • July is Ool la Lobster – your choice of appetizer, main & dessert for a set price where you get to choose from lobster bisque or lobster & spinach dip and lobster sausage, truffled lobster & mushroom roll, or lobster spaghetti
• CUT Steakhouse
  • Lobster bisque, surf & turf with poached lobster tail and steamed lobster dinner
• Dharma Sushi
  • Lobster sushi roll
• Drift, Queen’s Marque
  • Lunch: Lobster & shrimp cake appetizer, steak & lobster tartine
  • Dinner: add a half lobster to your steak frites or indulge in the seafood tower
  • Weekend brunch: Lobster & shrimp toast
• The Harbourstone Pour House, Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel
  • Lobster roll
• Le Bistro by Liz
  • Homard (Lobster) vol-au-vent, risotto aux fruits de mer (seafood risotto), and lobster fried rice as a side
• Lot Six Bar & Restaurant
  • Lobster roll and you can add lobster to their mac & cheese
• McKelvies
  • Lunch: Lobster roll, crispy crab & lobster burger, lobster pasta, signature lobster dinner
  • Dinner: Crispy crab & lobster cake, lobster dinner, lobster roll, surf & turf
• The Mercantile Social
  • Lobster roll
• The Pint Public House
  • Lobster grilled cheese
• The Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar
  • Seafood risotto and the popular sharing dish, Henry’s Feast, which includes a 1.5lb cracked lobster
• Ristorante a Mano, Bishop’s Landing
  • Gnocchi all’aragosta with fresh Atlantic lobster
• Salt + Ash Beach House, Queens Marque
  • Thursdays’ special is their lobster roll but you can also try a hearty lobster corn chowder too.
• The Salt Yard Food Court on the Halifax Waterfront
  • The BG: lobster roll & fries, lobster mac & cheese, lobster poutine
  • Dave’s Lobster: Lobster rolls… FIVE to choose from!
• Seaport Social, Westin Nova Scotian Hotel
  • Brunch: Lobster eggs benedict
  • Lunch & Dinner: Lobster roll, lobster sub, lobster risotto
• Sea Smoke Restaurant & Bar, Bishops Landing
  • Seafood tower, surf & turf, grilled lobster entrée
• Shuck Seafood + Raw Bar
  • Chilled lobster, lobster boil or lobster within a seafood boil main dish
• Sketti & Ball Co
  • Lobster spaghetti
• The Stubborn Goat Gastropub
  • The Lobster BLT, lobster mac & cheese, and weekend brunch includes a lobster & avocado eggs benny
• Waterfront Warehouse
  • Lunch & Dinner: Chilled ½ Atlantic lobster, loaded lobster poutine, lobster roll, steamed lobster or, if sharing, have lobster in one of their seafood towers
• Water Polo
  • Lunch & dinner: Lobster roll (lunch only), lobster & shrimp cocktail, lobster bisque, lobster crown
  • Dinner: Seafood tower, lobster dinner

BONUS

Hop aboard the harbour ferry on the Halifax Waterfront and sail across Halifax Harbour to Alderney Landing in Dartmouth where you can find two more popular spots for enjoying lobster dishes a short walk from the ferry terminal.

• Evan’s Fresh Seafood, Alderney Landing
  • lobster roll, lobster poutine and there is lobster in their seafood chowder
• The Canteen
  • ​​​​​​​The Crobster roll – the popular lobster & crab roll – available at lunch, dinner and for Saturday brunch!