Best Seafood Spots In Lunenburg, MA

The next time you have a craving for a buttery lobster roll, fresh-baked haddock, or steamed mussels, you don't have to venture too far to find a quality seafood restaurant in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. The region is well known for having some of the best seafood cuisine in the state. Since you have no shortage of options, you may feel overwhelmed when trying to pick a place to eat. To help you out, we've put together this guide to some of the best seafood spots in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area.

Conrad's Seafood

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For some of the best seafood in New England, look no further than Conrad's Seafood. This Lunenburg institution serves fresh seafood, grilled items, and ice cream. Next to the current menu, you'll find a sign listing the prices of clams, scallops, and fish from 1951. While you may pay more than 80 cents for a scallop or clam plate today, you'll still find them on the menu.

Conrad's seafood chef, Captain David, uses fresh ingredients to prepare each dish on the menu. The clams and scallops come from the Massachusetts coast, while Dick's Market Garden in Lunenburg supplies potatoes, cabbage, and carrots when in season. Come hungry and try the Captain's Platter with fried haddock, scallops, clams, french fries, onion rings, and coleslaw. Other favorites on the menu include the lobster roll, steamed mussels, and clam chowder. Make sure you leave room for a scoop of ice cream from Gibson's Dairy Farms, supplied fresh each week.

• Location: 835 Massachusetts Ave., Lunenburg
• Hours: Open seasonally; check website for current hours

Il Forno

An Italian restaurant may not be your first thought when you're craving some fresh-cooked seafood, but don't sleep on Il Forno. This family-owned restaurant has some delicious seafood options on the menu. Il Forno serves lunch and dinner, and it has a curated cocktail menu and an extensive wine list if you want to pair a drink with your meal.

For lunch, try the fried shrimp, scallop, or haddock, served with tartar sauce, coleslaw, and french fries. The homemade lobster ravioli comes topped with a creamy lobster-meat sauce and served with fresh asparagus. If you dine for dinner, the pan-seared wild salmon or swordfish is a must-try, served on mixed baby greens with Parmesan cheese and a pomegranate orange balsamic vinaigrette. There's also a seafood lover's pizza on the menu, topped with mussels, clams, haddock, shrimp, calamari, and scallops.

• Location: 494 Electric Ave., Lunenburg.
• Hours:  
  • 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday
  • 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
  • 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday
  • Closed Monday

Slattery's Restaurant and Bar

Originally founded as a bar in the 1930s, Slattery's Restaurant and Bar has become one of the best-known spots for seafood in the Lunenburg area. Located on the east side of nearby Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Slattery's uses locally sourced, fresh ingredients to create delectable dishes. The relaxed dining area has a full bar and cocktail area, or you can dine outside on the charming terrace during the warmer months.

Slattery's has no shortage of seafood options on its menu. Start with an order of fried calamari or an iced shrimp cocktail with five jumbo shrimp. Fresh seafood entrees, delivered daily, include Atlantic haddock, which you can order baked or fried. The fish tacos combine Mexican and Asian flavors, featuring deep-fried haddock with sesame sauce in a fire-roasted flour tortilla, served with coleslaw and wasabi dressing. There are also several salmon options, including grilled salmon topped with honey mustard and homemade cranberry chutney, which comes with risotto and steamed broccoli.

• Location: 106 Lunenburg St., Fitchburg
• Hours:  
  • 11:30 a.m. to close Tuesday through Sunday
  • Closed Monday

Crazy Crab

It doesn't get much better than the seafood at Crazy Crab. This Fitchburg-based seafood spot uses fresh, quality ingredients to create traditional seafood dishes with a modern spin. In addition to its delicious cuisine, Crazy Crab provides friendly, attentive service, making it a regular stop for many Lunenburg-area locals.

Crazy Crab serves a variety of appetizers, soups and salads, poke bowls, and combo plates. Signature poke items come in either a bowl or burrito. Try the Iris, featuring salmon and tuna with spicy mayonnaise, cucumber, mango, avocado, soybean, and sesame seeds. The restaurant is also well-known for its seafood boils, such as the king crab legs or crawfish, each served with corn, potatoes, and sausage. When you have a full house to feed, order the 8-pound super seafood combo, which comes with crawfish, shrimp, mussels, snow crab legs, and lobster tail. Crazy Crab also serves daily seafood specials.

• Location: 336 Summer St., Fitchburg.
• Hours:  
  • 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
  • 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
  • 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday

S.S. Lobster

Enjoy fresh seafood year-round at S.S. Lobster in Fitchburg. S.S. Lobster sources fresh lobster, calamari, salmon, and other fish for its dishes. You can eat inside the casual restaurant or dine outdoors on a nice day to enjoy your meal with a view. If you prefer to eat at home, you can even purchase fresh fish directly from the S.S. Lobster market and prepare it yourself, exactly the way you like it.

S.S. Lobster has an extensive menu, and you can't go wrong with any of its seafood options. The restaurant serves swordfish, salmon, rainbow trout, and shrimp from the grill with your choice of seasonings. You can get a 4-ounce or 8-ounce lobster roll, served with fries. House specialties include the seafood platter with haddock chunks, whole belly clams, popcorn shrimp, and sea scallops. Seafood plates come with coleslaw and your choice of fries, rice pilaf, baked potato, or three-bean salad. There's also some non-seafood options on the menu, including a foot-long hot dog and fried chicken sandwich.

• Location: 691 River St., Fitchburg
• Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily

Now you know more about five of the best seafood spots in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area. Which of these spots sounds like the best place for your next seafood meal? If you're a Lunenburg-area local, did we miss one of your favorites on our list? Contact us at North End Subaru and let us know so we can update the list with your recommendation. We're a local Subaru dealership based in Central Massachusetts, and we want to highlight the other businesses that make this community so special.