Cardigan Lobster Suppers - Georgetown

The five mark is likely excessive, but this place is to me the most authentic and serves the best and most joyful lobster dinner on the CB-PEI culinary trail! The 5 course lobster dinner is a must. All you can eat Chowder! 1 lbs fresh mussel! good lobster and a dessert! (forget the salad, just there for the fun). Nothing very original or top notch in creativity or execution, but so authentic and good! Service is very nice, place has a really local spirit...I would go back tomorrow!

We enjoyed a very good lobster supper at Cardigan Lobster Suppers, which is located in Eastern PEI in a quiet location near the banks of the Cardigan River. Cardigan Lobster Suppers is open seasonally during the warmer months and tourist season from 5PM to 9PM daily serving up their 5-Course Lobster Suppers, as well as other dishes 3 courses). Senior and youth portions half size) are available for some entrees including the 5-Course Lobster Supper. We stopped by Cardigan Lobster Suppers on the way back from visiting East Point. Initially, we checked out and stopped by other lobster suppers earlier in the day including Fisherman's Wharf in North Rustico, but mutually decided to stop here since it was conveniently located along our route back west and we driving through Cardigan by 6:15 PM. The place was not that busy since it was towards the end of the season. They have a good sized indoor dining room old style building atmosphere) and also an outside wooden patio in the back overlooking the Cardigan Harbour. We decided to take a seat outside since it was nice outside and no one was eating in the dining room. I already knew what I was going to order, which was the 5-Course Lobster Supper $38.95 plus taxes), but my friend wanted to try the Scallops for dinner. However, they had no more scallops, so my friend decided to order the Half Size Lobster Supper $25.95 plus taxes), which also comes with 5-Courses, but only 3/4 lb Lobster instead of the 1-1/4 lb Lobster. Coffee or tea is included in the price pf the supper. Course 1: Seafood Chowder all you can eat): This chowder was creamy and not too rich and had celery, fish, baby shrimp, and mussels, sprinkled with paprika. We were also given a basket pf hot rolls with butter. I really enjoyed this seafood chowder and I asked for two more bowls through the course of supper. Course 2: Garden Side Salads: These fresh salads came with choice of homemade dressings and we enjoyed Mango Jalapeño and Raspberry Vinaigrette dressings on the salads. Course 3: Mussels: I was given a big bowl of PEI mussels counted 32 mussels) and my friend was given half the amount of mussels. The mussels were cooked just right, little broth in the bowl. Course 4: Lobster: I was given a full lobster, which was strategically cut in certain locations for easy breaking I still needed a lobster cracker). My friend was given a half lobster, cut up the middle, tamales already removed. The lobsters were served with melted butter and side plates with a boiled PEI potato, 1/3 corn on the cob, and long sliced carrots. Course 5: Desserts: Two dessert choices were offered including a Fudge Nut Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream and a Blueberry Shortcake, so we decided to get one of each to share. The brownie was really good which was not to rich and had crunchy walnuts baked in and the vanilla ice cream was cold and light topped with chocolate syrup. The blueberry shortcake consisted of a soft piece of pound cake topped with fresh blueberries/sauce and cool whip. Overall, the food we had was very good and tasty all courses). The dining atmosphere outside was very quiet and serene overlooking the Cardigan Harbour, but there was a tree blocking much of the view. There were also a few older older couples also having supper outside and the best part was, there were no screaming kids here during our supper. However, since we were dining outside, the flies became attracted to the food on the table, which we had to shoo-away/swat this could also happen in my backyard too). The service was very good, as our waitress served our courses in a staged and timely order including refills on the seafood chowder and coffees. We left here very full and very content with the PEI lobster supper.

2.5 on very slow service, food came too slowly over a course of 2 hours for 4 meals. We were sat in the pub area with no air conditioning and poor ventilation. Dripping sweat the entire time. The chairs could use some cleaning. Very greasy on touch. In terms of food, 4 stars. The clam chowder was amazing. The lobsters were good size. The muscles was okay. The salad with their special house made dressing was a refreshing touch. I'd say overall the food was decent but the ventilation needs improvement.

In a word, marginal. The seafood chowder was good although we were only served one bowl, and the lobster was cooked well, not hard and over cooked. The mussels were small and tasted like the only spice used was salt, the salad was wilted, and the ice cream used for dessert was almost ice milk. If this were all then I would give 3 stars, but the service was terrible. Dinner took over 2 and a half hours, and we arrived early shortly after 5 so it's not like it was the height of the rush. One of our party had trouble opening their lobster claw; the waitress promised to come back and take care of it but never did, another person (the owner? made a joke of pretending to take it into his mouth to crack it, then left without fixing the issue. There were 20 minute lulls between courses, and the dessert was brought without spoons, after 3 minutes with toddlers getting upset one of us had to go ask for spoons. At $50 a person this really was not worth the price, I would go elsewhere for lobster.

Lobster and mussels were excellent. Sole was a huge serving and great. We loved it here. Pressers was great. Janice looked after us and she was wonderful. Mosquitoes can get pesty if you eat too late. We loved it all.