Original Lobster Festival — Local services in Fountain Valley

THOUSANDS of pounds of Live Fresh MAINE LOBSTER were flown in daily for this festival 🦞

TODAY was the last day of the 28th Original Lobster Festival. Luckily we were in the area. FREE PARKING, but it may be a walk to the entrance. It was an extremely hot day!

LONG lines for the lobster of course. It’s the most popular. Some had 1 or 2 lobster meals!It was fun watching them cook pounds of lobsters right in front of you! They had stations where they would break down the lobster to make it easier to eat. So there were times there was a wait. But, so Mouthwatering delicious!!

Some of my favorite vendors were: Tatay Ry's - amazingly juicy, tender and delicious chicken and pork bbq skewers and lumpia Got Squeezed - lavender and watermelon lemonade was so refreshing with this heat! Taste of soul on wheels - mouthwatering turkey legs

Live music, Kids performances,...

Yikes. This festival is horrendous. It costs $15 to enter on a Sat/Sun, but you can get a $2 coupon online. We came on a Sunday. It was very small. Only about 3 stalls that actually had lobster. We got the lobster mac and cheese ($20) from Rich Cajun Catering and the lobster beignets ($20) from Cafe du Quondeyz Express. Both of these were quite horrible. The lobster pieces on the Mac and cheese were good, but there were only like 5 small pieces. The Mac and cheese wasn’t creamy. It was grainy. The lobster beignets were disgusting. It was a huge glob of fried dough with sour mayo inside. I would not recommend...

The Original Lobster Festival features Fresh Live Maine Lobster, variety of popular artists throughout the day with a big dance floor, they have lots of food vendors with many lobster options, they also have non seafood related items BBQ, Mexican, American, Chinese, Thai, desserts and other international foods, carnival rides games and activities for all ages. You can buy admission tickets online or at...