Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. — Restaurant in New York

I've been here so much with friends who visit and there's no doubt it's a good restaurant - the cooking is great, with an eye on sustainability, and everything is very fresh. It is less fancy than it seems by the 'oyster' label - feels more like a cafe than a restaurant, in a good way.

But... I've been pleasantly AND unpleasantly surprised by some of the food, especially specials, a number of times. They are sporadically expensive for the portions, and often not what you expect when they arrive. The staff are always gushing about every meal... so before you order look at what everyone else has and make sure it's what you think it is!

It's fancy-fish-101, but just because something is $30 and something else is $15, it doesn't mean the $30 item is going be a good main course. Come here and pretend you didn't see the prices and just order what you like the look of and you'll have a way better time.

As a fishmonger it is not cheap, but what can you compare it to apart from Whole Foods? Good fresh fish is a rare thing in Greenpoint. You get what you pay for... really high quality, tasty, sustainable, fresh fish, in the middle of Greenpoint, and open late - I think it's worth it if it matters to you.

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I've been here about a dozen times. Easily my favorite restaurant in greenpoint. Just be prepared for the fresh fish market smell when you walk in. It's a small place so unfortunately it doesn't accommodate many people. I'm pretty sure all the seating are two tops and then they have bar seating.

They have really a stellar oyster selection. It's a very detailed oyster list which includes location, size, taste, and type of finish. You pay per oyster and they are expensive but well worth it. Make sure you start out with an oyster or two!

Huge fan of the way they set up their menu. They have about 8 or so apps and 10 entrees. Some of the entrees are always consistent (lobster rolls, tuna burger, etc.) The other dishes like (fish tacos, rice dish, etc.) are always the same but they change out the fish with what they get fresh. So one day the fish tacos might be sword fish the next they could be cod. They usually change it daily too. Really cool concept love that idea. I've had almost all the dishes none have disappointed. The tuna burger is my favorite.

Pro tip: Get the fish taco entree as an app. Best fish tacos. There's two so...

Over the weekend, my husband and i went to this restaurant for the first time as I saw it on Google with a high rating of 4.5. I like to share my experience here. The food was generally good but the portion of the dishes did not match the price. I had a lemon caper broil for $26, but the portion was really small from the fish to the brown rice. I am not a big eater but this dish did not fill me up despite we had a cup of soup, half dozen of raw calms, and small size of Caesar salad ($10 in a small rice bowl size). At the end we still felt that we needed one more dish so we order shishito peppers to meet our satisfaction. Finally the waitress who served us was not very warm and friendly, she did come by to ask how we were doing but we felt that she sounded programmed, her tone was emotionless and her greeting was a bit cold and, she was in rush to tell us the special of the night then was hurry to push us to order... in the end i did not think the waitress deserved our 25% tip and we didn't do it. Sorry we will not go back again. It is not worthy for us to pay over $190 for all the...