The Lobster Pot in Weymouth and Portland

Met with old friends for lunch, Delicious crab sandwich, and refreshing cuppa

Had food here before on an earlier visit. Can't fault it. This time was a stop for a brew only.

Couldn’t wish for a better location. The staff are amazing, taking orders without writing anything down. Top quality food, good presentation, great service and well worth the wait. Not rushed to vacate the table. Advisable to book a table. Window seat cannot be guaranteed. The shop and cafe was buzzing with customers chatting and eating their food. Bring it on.

Good variety on the menu. Lovely views from the seating area too. Staff were pleasant. Cute little gift shop attached. Cream tea was very nice too.

Very nice. Lovely views. Scones we're delicious and the tea pot was plentiful.

Lovely restaurant. Now dog friendly.

Surprisingly better than I had recalled from previous visits. Nice pleasant attentive service and goes without saying how amazing the views are. Locals tell me it's insane in the summer but in winter it's very decent. A couple of vegan options, that could improve as there is little actually marked as such apart from a vgn lasagne. Still would return

Lush fresh made scones! Great tea and coffee. Clean, friendly. Love it here.

Consistently nice food at reasonable prices at a beautiful location

Yummy lunch. Great to tie in with a visit to the lighthouse. There was a great range of choice to keep all 3 generations happy!

Went inside to get a bite to eat...lady was a bit rude and said we should order from the outside window. I dont know ehy since the place was empty...this was 9.30 on a weekday morning. We ordered two hot chocolates and two sausage sandwiches to take away from their 'hatch' ...but they were served to us on ceramic so we had to sit outside and consume them rather than returning to our car as planned. Food and drink was OK but nothing special..just have no competition because of the location.

Excellent food and very friendly staff.

I had low expectations when I first saw The Lobster Pot...but I was completely wrong. The ordering/collection window system outside was very efficient, with friendly, fast staff. The food came quickly and of a high quality and good portions. Thanks to all the staff there - keep on doing what you're doing!!!

Great prawn mayo sandwich and Dorset Apple Cake, with a great view. Highly recommend the prawn mayo sandwich.

We had cream tea each time, once we had hot chocolate instead of tea.

The Lobster Pot is one of my favourite places to eat and has I have never left disappointed. The view is incredible and worth the trip by itself, the food is delicious, but the staff are what makes the Lobster Pot special. The vegetarian and vegan menus are really thoughtful. Highly recommend anything with chips, crab salad, ham salad, Dorset apple cake and the cream tea. I’ve never been offered such a generous portion of clotted cream and the warmed scones are perfection. If I could give ten stars out of five, I would.

We were Greeted with a warm friendly smile and seated quickly.Our server was charming being super attentive for my elderly mother’s off menu request. A delight to be treated as special and not just a passing customer! Thank you so much in being a little gem making us feel so welcome in Portland & Dorset

Great location with great views of Portland Lighthouse & Fishing Village & the Sea. We had Full English Breakfast, which was a tad greasy but otherwise nice. Staff were really friendly & a great service. We can highly recommend this restaurant.

Very good crab sandwich, well filled and tasty. Available on white bread on request. Very small portion of chips for £2.50 but will return in the future

We have a lovely late lunch of the cheese medley sandwich and fries after walking the cliffs for a couple of hours. The staff are really friendly and the food was delicious. I had a tea which was leaf tea…. Not had leaf tea in years. Lovely!

Beautiful setting and friendly staff but the food isn’t what it used to be and prices are ridiculous for some things. Fish goujons (3) over cooked, chips were basic skinny fries end of bag as they were shards - v small portion and a salad- £14.50! Crab sandwich nice but bread just bog standard seeded sliced with a couple of salad leaves. Crab salad bowl was £25 so left that! Shame.

Many overly good reviews, we were not convinced. Fresh crab sandwich is good but, like almost everything, overpriced. Fish gajouns tasted more like old frying fat than fish. Burger was mediocre. Side salads were without dressing, not even available in self service. Sitting outside in the sunshine = 5 stars for the view... Better to bring a picnic.

I been to this place a few times and it a nice place with excellent views to look out

Visited the LP lunchtime on 16 Sep. Placed order for 2 x baguettes, dine in, at 1255. By 1335, still no food served. Admittedly, it was quite busy, but to have to wait more than 40 minutes for 2 glorified sandwiches, is frankly ridiculous. Result? Won't be using LP again.

Solid 5 stars. Excellent quality food, we had Haddock and Chips which were amazing and a full English the next morning. The fish and chips are great the fish just flakes and the chips tastes amazing, as did the full English, nice thick bacon, good sausages and nicely cooked beans, mushrooms and hash browns. Solid 5 stars and nice pleasant service by all who served us. Well deserved tip at the end.

Stopped for a light bite, husband had the crab sandwich and I had the Leek & Potato soup. Both were amazing and tge best we had tasted. 💯 recommend

Awesome breakfast! Definitely 1 of the best to eat at...Great views 👌 😋

Good choice of menu and service excellent

We visited on Friday 6th September for afternoon, fantastic value for money, everything was fresh and tasted amazing and the service was great.

Lovely little find, the cream tea is divine, scones absolutely delicious, highly recommended.

Disappointed this time, they seem to have changed the quality of the sandwiches. We have been coming here for years and it seems that they have made the sandwiches not quite as special as previously. The bread was not the same, the fillings not as good. The biggest difference is that they have stopped putting crisps as a garnish, sounds daft but it was their signature and we weren’t the only ones to comment. Standards are slipping which is a shame.

Great place. Staff very friendly, served very quickly and the food was lovely. GThe weather was terrible but it didn't matter. Top place, great view.

Rubbish food . Cheap frozen lasagne for 13.95 ! Awful . Only have a drink or ice cream please everyone !!

Lovely restaurant with nice view. Good service. We have ordered fish and chips. Good size of portion and delicious food.

We were there for breakfast. It tasted great and special requests were easily accommodated by the very nice waitress. The prices were cheap and the view is magnificent.

Good service and even better food. We stopped halfway along our walk around Portland, for lunch, and very much enjoyed our meal. We had a dog with us which was accommodated well - we were told they always wait for a table on the outside for dogs, which we felt was reasonable and we would have preferred that anyway, thinking that our dog wouldn't have settled if she'd been in the centre of the restaurant. We ordered the chicken burger, the haddock and chips, the salmon fillet, and the halloumi burger. We chose sides of either chips and salad. The chips were cooked to perfection, portion sizes were generous. The battered haddock particularly so - it came with 2 pieces of fish, and the chicken burger with 2 pieces of fried chicken. All the food was excellent. For dessert, we had chocolate fudge cake, ice cream sundae, sticky toffee pudding, toffee and honeycomb cheesecake (a special), and Dorset apple cake, all of which were delicious. Overall highly recommended, with excellent food and service, with 3/5 given for atmosphere due to the slightly chilly air conditioning and the loud environment due to lots of hard surfaces. The floor was also quite dirty with food.

ncredible place the Lobster 🦞 Pot. Fresh food ,love the fresh crab, prawn sandwiches. Roast dinners best I've ever had, daily specials, amazing deserts 🏜. Service is excellent and if you can get window view even better. Live on the island always take my family there. Prices are at the high end, but you get what you pay for, 10/10. Added gift shop and pletty of setting outside. Cream teas are amazing, plus there whippy ice cream. The only real shame parking is £3 a hr, £4.50 for 2hrs. This right next to Portland Bill lighthouse

THE LOBSTER POT @ PORTLAND BILL great walk today with refreshments at The Lobster Pot, which is a brilliant family run sit down restaurant / or takeaway stop right at the end of Portland Bill just next to the Lighthouse. PARKING is super easy with public toilets as well at what3words states.edit.skylights (about £2/hr). From here you can walk the South West Coast Path for as long as you want to - dogs best on leads due to proximity to cliff edge. THE VIEWS from the cliff top are stunning even on windy days, returning back to the Lobster Pot for either a grateful drink or bite to eat is always a pleasure. Great attentive service, bright and clean with great pawn and crab salads and a 'specials board' to sample. Plenty of out door benches if you fancy eating outside too.

Wow crab 🦀 sandwiches where amazing to be honest expected it to be a tourist trap but it was amazing staff so lovely food was amazing.

I was recommended to try their crab sandwich and it was absolutely excellent !

Food was great service excellent and atmosphere vibrant only trouble is with so many great things said about it more and more people will be going there bugger in a nice way 👍🫶😜🫶👍

Excellent food at The Lobster Pot also excellent friendly service. Also good value. Highly recommend.

Had a cracking cream tea here featuring home made scones and a generous helping of clotted cream. We then went exploring for a couple of hours before returning to the Lobster Pot for a crab sandwich. Good prices and very clean, too. Awesome! Worth the journey to Portland Bill just for the Lobster Pot.

Lovely little place right by Portland Bill Lighthouse. The staff are friendly and provide excellent service. Food was delicious, the crab sandwiches and cream tea really lived up to their reputation! Kids loved their food too and there was an excellent choice from the menu and the specials board. Fantastic views across the rocks out to sea and we were lucky enough to spot seals too! Definitely recommend.

Had a cracking cream tea here this morning before going off to explore Portland Bill. Food was top notch, excellent service, clean tables and toilets plus reasonable prices. It was so good, we stopped off again for a crab sandwich before we left! A long journey to get there but well worth the trip.

Had a wonderful dinner here. Really friend staff with outstanding food. The crab sandwiches and cream tea really lived up to their reputation! Beautiful views and a chance to do some seal spotting too, highly recommended.

Always consistently great food and service! Best cream tea ever! Wonderful fresh crab sandwiches!😋

Friendly staff. Good food. Great location on a sunny day

Great place, dog friendly. Views are amazing out over the sea. Good range of meals and prices. Really recommend the Crab Salad....so fresh and tasty!

Fancied going to Weymouth/Portland Bill. Once a year I try and source a Crab sandwich - so I researched a little and it suggested The Lobster Pot was the best. I was none the wiser with an inside or outside seat, so we want inside at 12:30 and I waited about 2 mins and got a lovely table for two by the window. I noticed a Special of a Dressed Crab for approx £16. Service/ordering was amazing quick, enthusiastic, and good. I ordered a Dressed Crab and my daughter a Tuna Sandwich & Chips. Food arrived promptly and was delicious, probably best crab ever. If I have am to make an observation my daughter would have preferred a choice of bread, rather than only seaded. However she ate it enjoyed it! Afterwards I noticed the self-service outside was the same price - so we were happy we were inside. The price was not too bad at £16 for a dressed crab, as last week we went to Hengistbury Head and it is £26 there!! We had a walk and then an Ice Cream from the self-service hatch. We were amazed at the prices - a nice proper dense Mr Whippy/99 with one flake for £2.95 or two flakes for £3.15!!!! We had a nice couple of hours at Portland Bill! (We even managed to climb the lighthouse)

Lovely time visiting the lobster pot by portland bill lighthouse. Very busy but managed to get a table. Food was very hot and enjoy our meals. Will definitely visit again

Lovely staff, lovely food, quick service. What more could you ask for. There is also a lovely little shop that has many beautiful items.

Over priced food. Chips were oil soaked and tasted awful. Great views and nice staff

Delicious seafood as always just love the Oysters everything cooked to perfection ☺️

Great food, got some good family memories from times here hence why always visit when in the area. They only negative was I'm not keen on dogs and these now seem allowed in the cafe area other than that all was good.

What a disappointment.Such a beautiful place but the restaurant and food was horrible .Fish and chips price £15 but taste was complete rubish.Really owners of returants dont have taste of modern menu?Most pl go to Spain and getting excited of they sea food restaurants but here in England have same chance to do so but they dont now how to present 😵‍💫

There is a huge car park - room for plenty of coaches behind the lighthouse and cafe . The cafe is large with all facilities including gift shop . Also an outside cafe "window shop" with plenty of picnic tables . A couple of coach loads of grannies just arrived when we were there that swarmed the cafe but we got our coffee from the window and sat outside . It was good , facilities good and everything you want from a cafe , reasonable prices too (not cheap but reasonable for a tourist attraction) . Nothing else there apart from the lighthouse, fab sea views and good coastal path .

40 min wait for 2 cheeseburger and 1 chips. A £6 burger was like something a kid could throw together at a BBQ. Cheap and nasty. Chips were no no better. All small scraps from the dregs of the fryer. I promise to never eat here again on visiting Portland.

Great coffee.... Stunning views.

Good food and friendly service in a great location overlooking the sea

Lovely cliff top cafe, cheap and cheerful stunning views of the sea and lighthouse

Really nice food in an idilic location with views of the sea. Unfortunately this was spoiled by the fact I was overcharged for my food and drink. What should have been under £30 easily cost me £38! I only had a tuna sandwich and the apple cake with ice cream. Drinks were latte, water and Pepsi. No way should that have cost so much. Disappointed because the food was lovely.

Sun was shining and an excellent view out to sea, by the side of Portland Bill. Excellent gluten free cream tea

Had an afternoon tea at the Lobster Pot recently. Beautiful sunny day, nowhere better to be. Amazing views. Staff are so pleasant and attentive. The tea was lovely, plenty of food and as much tea to drink as you wanted. Had to take some of the food home for later! Excellent value. Food is always great there.

The view is good, but my fish (Haddock) was so greasy when I took the fish from the battered skin there was little pools of the oil that it was fried in , and such a tiny little pot with peas (2 spoonfuls) for just under £16 and it literally made me feel sick, and eating outside the flies are a real pest, £3 for 1 hours parking.

Been there many times. Always good.

A magical scenery with a nice clean full English. Staff were pleasant and service was quick.

Lovely setting, good service, good food

Watching gannets whilst eating Dorset Apple Cake and ice cream - p erfect

Polite and courteous staff. Good choice of food.

Very hot inside. Always have a coffee when I visit . Service and food always very good . Always busy but they do their very best to get you seated as soon as possible. If I was going to give one tip it would be to ask that your drinks came out the same time as your food. Cream tea for us today and we had finished our drinks before the food came out

The home made scone and Dorset apple cake were a very pleasant surprise with a perfect view

I might be biased as Portland is my home and I have spent years walking around the Bill but the cheesy chips at the lobster pot are the absolute best!

Very enjoyable experience (as always). Never fails to impress. Good menu, fair price, clean and what a location.

Absolutely lovely place with good food. Really friendly staff too. The halloumi fries were delicious, really worth a visit if you are at Portland Bill

Good fry up and surrounded by stunning scenery

A charming café by the lighthouse with commanding views along the coast. The menu is fairly short, but stacked with great local fare such as the dressed crab with fresh bread and a decent salad. Service was quick, polite, and very pleasant.

It's OK, the food is nice, the staff are quick to take orders and bring meals...

Stunning place food really good amazing views all round

Called in for lunch whilst visiting Portland Bill. It is a light, bright and clean cafe with attentive, friendly staff. We had 3 x soup of the day with baguette and 1 x crab sandwich. Three coffees and a pot of tea. The food was good but very pricey as the bill was around £40+. The cafe is attached to the gift shop (where you pay your bill) so you can browse the shop after eating.

Cream tea , beautiful scones that were a good size with plenty of cream and jam and a mug of tea, excellent , would highly recommend

You’re paying for the view here which is delightful. However, food is average and over priced. Staff very pleasant and attentive mind. Although separate to this restaurant it is worth noting the parking is also expensive (£4.50 for two hours).

We just came here for a hot chocolate and cake We had a table with a lovely view over the sea. There was only an option of 2 cakes. We had the Dorset apple cake, which was delicious and with a great portion size. Service was really quick and friendly.

This place is very popular so booking in advance is advised. Food is quite pricey, nearly £10 for a sandwich. We had a bowl of very expensive chips which were like french fries with lots of little crumbly bits. Scones are quite crumbly. Staff are attentive and food was served quickly. Beautiful views. Tables closely packed together so often tucking chairs in when people want to pass. Nice little gift shop.

Best chips and crab sandwiches on the Isle of Portland. Tea is loose-leaf and served in pots with a strainer... decently strong! Service is excellent, and the waiting staff remember everything without having to write it down... the location is perfect.

The low reviews are just trolls with nothing better to do. I came here on a coach trip from Wiltshire and the staff were attentive and friendly from the moment you stepped in. The fish and chips was the best I have ever had and that’s saying something.

Only had coffee and ice cream from the take away hatch, but good tasting coffee and fast service.

We had seen a report on this restaurant on French television So we took advantage of a cruise stopover in Portland to take a look around. And we did well A place that doesn’t look like it’s completely out of time on the edge of the cliff Impeccable welcome and service Pleasant and very helpful staff (not speaking English very well, we ordered a taxi to reach the port) We had the famous crab sandwich and a cream tea, they both lived up to their reputation Thank you very much for this wonderful experience

Superb food and excellent service. Not the cheapest, but worth it for the location.

Excellent food, top quality. Although the place was busy we did not have to wait long for our order.👍👍👍👍

Very impressed with this place. Was packed solid but still fast and excellent service

A blustery day at Portland Bill and the perfect place to have lunch. Ample parking, quick and plesent service and great food. A must if you are visiting.

Amazing little place highly recommended

Fabulous view. Clean and friendly cafe. Visited during the day. Massive scone with lashings of jam and clotted cream, huge slices of Dorset apple cake with clotted cream.

A touch prices but worth it. Delicious food and great service with a sea view.

After a long windy road you are met with an idyllic cafe with the most fantastic view. We were so lucky as it was bright clear blue skies which enabled to have a lovely walk around the surrounding area. The waitress that served us was bright bubbly and a credit to the team. The food was served promptly as well as the drinks. The crab sandwiches were so tasty and would certainly visit again just for these. There was lots to choose on the menu and was well priced.

£13.65 for a cheeseburger and chips and small bottle water . Chips average , burger possibly the worst I've ever had , how they justify the prices I just don't know . If it wasn't for the view you'd pay no more than £6 for what I had really wasn't good..

Not to bad just slow and quite expensive

Very nice food and very helpful staff

Absolutely lovely place to eat, my husband had the haddock and chips which he said was cooked to perfection. I had the bacon and brie baguette, bacon was perfect and thick slices too. Definitely worth a visit. Gift shop is right next to it and I have to add the gifts are extremely well priced and some quite unique pieces, I came away with a gorgeous chopping board, so many pretty things.