Westville Seafood — Restaurant in New Haven

5 of us visited this place Sunday afternoon 5/5/19, and 5 of us left very satisfied with the quality of the food and the service from the young lady at the counter. She was holding it down by taking orders, delivering the orders to customers in the dining room, rushing back to the counter to greet customers who arrived while she was in the dining room, and she kept the areas neat, wiped and swept. It was our 1st time there so as I normally do I checked out the cleanliness of the restroom before ordering. It was very clean and tidy. Now onto the food. We dined in, and between the 5 of us we ordered the ribs(5-6 ribs) and shrimp(6 pcs) combo, flounder platters (reg), shrimp platters(9 pcs), and lobster roll. Seafood is our thing and all were satisfied. Lightly battered fresh and fried items, good sized flounder portions, and the sweet and nice sized shrimp looked like large size, but could have been jumbo. Ribs were tender and well flavored aside from the sauce. Lobster roll had a fair balance of claw and tail meat, and was flavorful and tender. The fries are good quality also. Nice crispy crust that held up for several minutes under the seafood on top of them. They are larger than shoestring but not as large as steak fries. Could have used more though. On that note, if you get an order to go that includes "fried", vent the to-go container and move the fries from underneath the seafood/ribs, or fried items will not retain their crispness after 30 mins or so. Yes, it was that good after we dined in that I placed a to-go order! One suggestion to the cooks behind the counter is be able to answer portion questions. I asked the portion of whole belly clams in an order-1/4 pound, half pound? He told the waitress a handful. So, being unable to see the hands of both cooks and slightly annoyed, I ordered shrimp instead of my favorite. Last note, DO NOT be deterred if there are only 3 cars in the parking lot. We almost left but DON'T LEAVE! We are so happy we went in and you...

8/1/23 I wanted to like this place... I REALLY did, but in all good conscience I can only give it two stars. And that's being generous. I'd driven past this place dozens of times over the years and always vowed to try it. That time came today. It's an order at the counter sort of place. The young woman that took my order wasn't what I'd call sullen, but certainly not terribly friendly either. I perused the overhead menu board and decided on a bowl of New England clam chowder and the combo seafood platter that included fried shrimp, clam strips, scallops and two smallish whitefish fillets. I asked to substitute onion rings for the standard French fries. After a short wait while my order was prepared, I struck up a nice conversation with another patron. Soon, my order was ready and I took it outside to eat at one of the tables with an umbrella. First: the clam chowder was not even in the top ten of all those I've had over these many years. Probably not even in the top twenty. Very little flavor, almost no clams I that I could find. Second: the entire order of fried food was so dark and oily that about 2/3 of the way through, I just had to give up. I never even sampled the fillets. Clearly the cooking oil needed to be filtered or changed. It's unfortunate that I left so disappointed with my dinner, especially considering the (exactly) $43.00 I paid for it. By now it should be obvious that I won't...

People of New Haven please stop supporting this business. I ordered seafood platter basket at $30.00 listed a scallops ,shrimps fries coleslaw and pieces of fish. This was the most rip off dissappointment I've have had in ages. They gave me a Styrofoam container that would hold one person's meal with a few fries ,4 shrimp ,3 of two of the absolutely smallest pieces of whiting and a small amount of the tiniest scallops. This is the worst . This was not enough to even feed one person. This was by far a rip off. Please do not support this business please go to Dematteos or Kevin's seafood where they serve their community seafood with respect. It wasn't seasoned properly there was like a lot of powdered seasoning thrown on it ....no love in the mix none at all. Please allow someone else to take over. It can't be no worse than this experience. This was blatant disrespect in your face. I had to spend extra money that I didn't want to give them just to get one Xtra styrofoam to feed 3 people for the night. I've brought Dematteos platters and not only does it feed four people comfortably you have fish left over for the next day. They serve you your platter in a big box that's heavy to carry out. Please do not go here. The 2nd Styrofoam dish that I had to order tho I didn't want to give these people anymore of my money...well I ordered a simple whitting sandwich and fries. The bread had more flavor...