I love seafood and I love this place. The price for the fresh and quality seafood you can get here is awesome!! We got two huge lobsters, half a dozen of oyster, and salmon crab cake. The lobster was so fresh and sweet and big! There was no need for any other sauce with the lobster. In fact, I would suggest to not dip it in sauce or butter so that you could taste the freshness. The meat was tender and came off so easily from the shell. I think both lobsters were probably 2.5 pounds. The oysters were also big and fresh. I would recommend getting them with the cocktail sauce with a few drops of lemon juice. The salmon crab cake was also pretty good but I would say it's not a must from this place. We ate our food at the back of the car because there weren't enough seat at the place. But I still gave Larsen a five star anyways because the food is just that good. We chatted with the owner of Larsen and learned that this is a family business and the skills of catching lobsters get passed down from the family! read more

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Shame on you....happy to pay $29 for a lobster roll but please put some lobster in it. Additionally, don't have it premade in a fridge section of the store, that I have to serve myself. Ordered quahog and stuffed scallop and they both tasted identical, I would not know what I was eating if I didn't check the shell it came in. For takeout, this is a disgrace, completely overpriced. Don't mind paying the price if the food is actually good. read more

When you come to Menemsha, it is important to engage with the ritual. You start with a steamed lobster at Larsen's. Then, walk to the beach to watch the sunset. The sun puts on an amazing show. Then, applaud it when it goes beyond the horizon. Not to be missed. Larsen's has been a part of the ritual for decades. The lobsters taste better when they are not rushed in the kitchen. But always good. read more

Fresh seafood, no frills, close enough to the water to smell the salt air. That's Larsen's. We spent a resplendent summer evening there. A few big families. A long wait in line. A big order. A long wait for it to be ready. I wish they were a little more efficient. Good for them that they're clearly popular. But a few dozen oysters should take less than an hour. On the other hand they're amazing. Worth the price. Worth the wait. The few tables were full. So we headed to the beach. The adults ate oysters in the sea breeze. The kids made new friends as they hunted seashells. read more

So disappointed. My $29 hot roll had 3 knuckles of somewhat dry lobster on top of about a 1/4 cup of chopped odds and ends. The roll wasn't toasted, so it was a warm, soggy mess. Too pitiful to even take a picture of it. My husband's lobster Mac and cheese both looked and tasted better. Best item was the coleslaw. Friends had the cold lobster roll, which looked unappealing, as they're pre-made and stacked in the cooler, but were much better than the hot one. read more

I stopped by here this past Sunday morning with my wife for lunch. We had been to Menemsha the day before and decided that we wanted to head to Larsen's the next day. Since it was about 10:45 in the morning whenever we arrived, there was no line. The inside of Larsen's looks about what you would expect from a fish market with a small window to order your hot food with a kitchen behind it, a display case with all sorts of seafood and then some coolers with beverages to buy. Of course they also had the lobster pens filled with lobsters and labeled 1.25, 1.5, 2s and culls. For lunch on this day I decided to order a cup of the lobster bisque and then an untraditional hot buttered lobster roll while my wife went with a 1 1/4 lb lobster. And a cup of clam chowder. While we were waiting for her lobster to be cooked, we were given our soups. Since it was a windy and somewhat cold day outside I really enjoyed the soup. It was and rich and creamy and tasted delicious. After we had finished with our soup we waited around a bit before we got our meals. As I always think whenever I get a lobster roll, I thought "where is the rest of it?" That's not a knock on Larsen's lobster roll as it was good sized and had a bunch of large chunks of lobster meat inside of it. It's more due to the fact that a lobster roll itself can never be a meal for me. In any case I did really enjoy the lobster roll that I had here as the lobster had that nice sweet flavor to it and the butter complimented it perfectly. The larger pieces were easily identified as coming from the claws and there was a good amount on the whole roll. Overall I was satisfied with my lobster heavy lunch and I know my wife enjoyed her steamed lobster as well. The bottom line for me is that I would head back here again in the future. My wife and I both really enjoyed our meals and I would be interested in trying their sole special if we stopped in on another day that they have it. read more

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Almost as good as Menemsha Fish. We love both places. Great folks at both. You will not be disappointed.

Larsons is a cool little seafood shop right off the beach. We have had lobster many times in the past, and Larsons lobster is amazing. Whether it was the lobster, the sunset, or the ambiance; all were fabulous!! However, the clam chowder was clearly sub par. In past years it was delicious. This time, the temperature and taste were fine, but it was watery with only a few chunks of clam. read more

We went early for a Friday night sunset and treated ourselves to a dozen mixed cherrystone and little neck clams and a dozen oysters. It was an incredible treat eating dockside with a view of the boats. Every bite was delicious and fresh. So good that the next morning we came back to pick up the Vineyard sole and sea scallops to make at home for dinner. Highly recommend the experience of eating dockside or taking it to go for the beach! read more

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Sorry to say after driving in traffic for two hours and flying across the country and hoping on a ferry we were Soo looking forward to indulging on a couple of lobster rolls. We arrived to find lobster rolls pre made in the refrigerator as well as the warmed up version in the microwave. Hate to say it but it was the worst lobster roll ever. The bun was soggy from getting nuked. It looked and tasted like it was dunked in a glass of water. Great environment but I would never go back. Never write a negative review but felt compelled to do so on this one. Time to reevaluated where you are, what you serve amd what you charge. The price did not meet the quality. Two words; Hot Pocket. That was the level of quality..... read more

I saw the long line here, so I wondered over out of curiosity. I ended up getting clam chowder and oysters. The oysters were very very fresh, I bet they came from the ocean a few hours ago. The clam chowder was also super creamy, with delicious pieces of clam inside. There isn't any seating here, but you can sit by the water and watch the fishing boats while eating. read more

This review is a compromise between a very fishy business practice and excellent quality fish they sell. No doubt the sword fish steaks, tuna steaks, flounder, cod, and Scallops were top notch, fresh, and delicious as you would expect from such a place. However, twice we noticed our order had been hacked up by more than 20% with no acknowledgement or consent asked from us. On terms of weight our order was blown from a total of 52 Oz to 72 Oz, or financially expressed from $84 to$100. How do we know? We weighted the fish we received and calculated the cost of our order based on the prices quoted to us. Granted when you ask for a specific slice of fish you may get a slightly bigger or slightly smaller piece as they occur in nature, however as we demonstrated above the slant is one sided and grossly exaggerated. This can be a deliberate policy or lack of care: either are very disappointing, especially considering the already very high prices of fish they offer. Another very disturbing practice is the avoidance of a detailed receipt, leaving you with no way to dispute the delivery with a somewhat cocky employer not at all concerned with your pocket. After experiencing this two times within a week we will opt to look elsewhere to finding fish to grill, in a place that practices a fairer and more honest business. Buyers beware is absolutely essential if you decide to buy at Larsen's! read more

Lobster roll was small and overpriced - don't recommend. Plus the outside is swarmed with bugs.

Best and freshest lobster roll in New England! Best and freshest clams in New England! Grab some bring the food to the beach and savor gorgeous Martha's Vineyard. read more

Larsen's Fish Market - Lobster Roll - Seafood Markets Near Me - Chilmark, Massachusetts

It's fresh, fast and not-at-all fishy. These words could be used to positively characterize many things in your life, but they are made to characterize Larsen's near Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard. Never heard of this place before heading down to Menemsha Beach to watch the sunset, as many people do. While on the beach, families were putting back trays full of fresh lobster dinners, clams, oysters, you name it. I got a little jelly, and started asking around were everyone was getting the food from. This food stand/market is small, and there will be a long line during peak times (i.e. sunset), but the line moves fast. There is a frozen food section to the right, a fresh food section to the left and a window straight ahead inside the market that serves shucked oysters, clams, lobster rolls, etc. The frozen food you could likely get anywhere, but the fresh food section, well you could only get that selection of fish in two places: Larsen's Fish Market and the sea. I recommend you grab yourself a lobster dinner if you stop by the beach at sunset (which is probably the only reason to stop by this Menemsha Beach, because the beach itself isn't all that great). Then, let irony set it for your lobster as the two of you enjoy his last meal.... which will be him. read more

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No frills fish market/seafood counter serving lobster rolls, oysters, clams, chowder and the like. Oysters were fresh and tasty! TIP: Grab some snacks and then sit on the dock out back and watch the boats in the harbor. It makes for a nice afternoon activity. read more

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We had some very good oysters and an excellent lobster roll on this trip. Once again Larsen's does not disappoint. They make a very good cold lobster roll and for CT and NY types you can get a hot roll with butter. Some of the Yankee fans in our group had the warm roll and enjoyed it. I try not to judge. They just don't know any better. But back to Larsen's, I'm torn between my favorite market for seafood in Menemsha right now. both Larsen's and Menemsha Fish Market next door do a good job in serving fresh, delicious seafood with reasonable waits and Martha's Vineyard Prices. you can't go wrong with either and if you haven't tried Larsen's, I think you should! read more

Always fabulous!!!! The lobster is amazing the streamers are super, tonight we are having swordfish! The chowder is also delicious

I have been going to Larsen's for fish to bring home and cook and for the raw bar/takeout food for 30 some years, but never had the chance to review it. All the food that I have tasted is delicious. If you are buying fish to take home and cook, the quality is high and prices okay by MV standards. The staff will give advice on cooking. One recent issue I encountered this summer was that I purchased mussels and a high proportion of them did not open when cooked. This is unusual and the first time I ever had a problem with quality control. I'm not even sure that this is something within Larsen's control. The raw bar here is absolutely delicious. My favorite are the littlenecks on the half shell. My major complaint about Larsens is that the staff isn't very good at making the lobster easy to eat. You really have to bring your own lobster cracking utensils. The wife and I love coming here for the fresh lobsters, but it would be so much easier to eat if the staff would properly cut he tail and crack open the claws. read more

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There are two popular fish markets in the fishing village of Menemsha: Menemsha Fish Market and Larsen's Fish Market. Both are located next to each other and both offer a pretty good selection of fresh seafood. By seafood I'm talking about the raw kind where you purchase it and then cook it at home. But both places do have some carry out items that can be eaten instantaneously on-site. Larsen's specializes in shellfish: clams, oysters, mussels, lobsters, etc. Most everything can be eaten raw but they will boil or steam certain items like lobsters or clams. Also, they do sell clam chowder and lobster chowder by the bowl. For cold items in the refridgerator, they sell cold lobster rolls, cold lobster pasta salad, and cold lobster Mac n cheese. That's all you can really eat on-site. If you want something more than that, like fried seafood, then you'll have to go to either The Bite or Menemsha Galley, which both are a couple blocks away. By the way, Larsen's has a slightly cleaner interior than Menemsha Fish Market. But both places have a somewhat gritty tables/benches setup outdoors. read more

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Even if you don't eat seafood this is a must stop while on the Vineyard. The attached pic shows the "seating area" which is some crates that are not covered from the elements. There is also the option of finding a spot at the beach about 800yards away or some picnic tables near the parking area. The lobster is melt in your mouth fantastic and the sides are pretty tasty as well. Come prepared with a cooler -washing it down with some beer or white wine is a perfect summer day. read more

Larsen's Fish Market - Seafood Markets Near Me - Chilmark, Massachusetts

This place gives The Net Result some serious competition. Larsen's is fantastic! It is basically a fish market that sells cooked food that you can eat on picnic tables/lobster traps outside. We had: - Steamed lobster - delicious and it was a female. True lobster connoisseurs know what I mean. - New England clam chowder - delicious - Katama Bay Oysters - buttery, briny goodness - Lobster Roll - old school perfection - Lobster Mac n Cheese - very good The service is fast and friendly. FYI - parts of Jaws was filmed in this beach town! read more

This is my favorite places to come when visiting the Island. It's a must stop to have fresh seafood with a view! Fish is always fresh, people working there are nice snd helpful. This year we had the 3lbs lobster, there was so much meat we had to take the claws home. I made lobster salad for the next day. If your looking for the Martha's Vinyard experience that's not fluffed up come here and enjoy the food and atmosphere. You won't be sorry! read more

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You won't get your food close to the time you ordered even if you order ahead of time. Horrible service and very disorganized. I understand being short, but they were not kind about it. It was so bad, a longtime customer jumped in to help. Kudos to her. Waited for 2 hours for food that was pre ordered. I end up canceling my order so I wouldn't the sunset. read more

Got culls for like 30 lobster rolls for friends and family. Boy we're they good. All dozen of us enjoyed multiple home made top loading butter grilled buns stuffed with tarragon, chervil herbed lobby salad rolls read more

Amazing service. Call early if you want the Lobster. Head to the beach and watch the sunset while eating their hood food! Lobster Bisque was great! So was the whole Lobster. read more

Larsen's Fish Market - Seafood Markets Near Me - Chilmark, Massachusetts

Went here today while on a day trip. I ordered 1 lobster roll, small but good...definitely should have been bigger for $14.75 and on a hotdog bun. Chowder, very watery and lacked flavor. I thought chowder was thick. Crab cake, wrong as HECK....it was flattened and breaded no crab at all!!! Stuffed scallop ..breaded & no scallops ...just wrong!!! Food on Martha's Vineyard is definitely a hit or miss. This was a big misa!! On a positive note. All the fresh caught food looked really good. read more

Delicious food fresh seafood to buy gorgeous setting new chic building and best of all the friendliest and good natured staff on the island Betsy Larsen never loses her smile and warm greeting for locals and tourists What a gem!!!!!!! read more

Crab cakes were good. The others were okay. Great sunset views............ .................,,,,,,,,,

This place is amazing. Like some of the best seafood, you'll have in your life amazing. We stopped by here at the end of May 2017 because we were actually looking to go to The Bite, but it wasn't open yet. It was rainy, we were hungry and Yelp said this place was open. I'm so glad we stopped in because the food was incredible. I had the lobster mac and cheese, and the lobster bisque, and it was fantastic. But the highlight was that my husband got some oysters. We ate them with just a little squeeze of lemon, and they were legit the best oysters I've had in my entire life. Search this place out, because the food is absolutely amazing. read more

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Wanna know where I popped my lobster roll cherry? It was here at Larsen's located in Mnemsha. As we drove up to the quintessential New England town located on the island of Martha's Vineyard, I kept psyching myself out to prepare for this so called lobster roll. I didn't google lobster roll beforehand so that it would be my first time ever seeing or eating one-like a virgin! Larsen's is one of a few markets here located right off the waters of Vineyard Sound. Behind the markets you'll see fishing/lobster boats docked and that's how you know your seafood couldn't get any fresher than that! Inside Larsen's is what I call lobster heaven. Larsen's have lobsters in all sizes and they will also ship them to wherever you want them to. We weren't there to buy whole lobster though. We wanted the lobster roll and fresh oysters. Larsen's serves lobster rolls both Maine style (lobster in drawn butter on toasted hotdog bun) and New England style (lobster mixed with mayo, celery etc on toasted hotdog bun). We decided to try it both ways along with a dozen oysters. Once our order was ready, we set out to find a place to sit outside since Larsen's doesn't have any tables inside. We found some barrels and wooden containers then sat ourselves down. It was a perfect day with the smell of the water and the cool breeze. That first bite of the lobster roll I could hear a symphony playing in my head. Lobster roll, where have you been all my life I kept asking myself. Oh and Larsen's doesn't skimp on the amount of lobster they pile on either. I can easily say now that I haven't had a better lobster roll anywhere than the one I had here. The bun was perfectly toasted and the mayo lobster mix wasn't overly done with mayo. It was just enough to change my world and thinking of how lobster should be prepared. Finally these "townies" (what I call New Englanders) got something right! read more

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Larsen's may very well be my favorite place on earth. Were people to follow Yelpers like they follow food bloggers and I happened to be one of the Yelpers followed in this way, you'd notice that I mention certain things a lot. But because Yelp doesn't work that way, I'll give you the Spark Notes version here (because all of my reviews warrant Spark Notes given the length). Whenever I eat seafood--more specifically, whenever I eat shellfish--I make note of my high standards which were set a very early age. I talk about a magical, faraway place that serves the best seafood in all the land. A place brimming with nostalgia. A place that puts all New York shellfish dishes to shame. That place is Larsen's. I was the most adventurous toddler out there when it came to eating. My two favorite foods at the ripe old age of three were mussels and artichokes. Mussels remain one of my favorite foods to this day, and it was Larsen's that made this so. My family has a shared vacation home in Martha's Vineyard and we used to go every summer when I was growing up. It was there that Larsen's showed me that sometimes, you just can't beat simple and you never can beat fresh. And after a long MV hiatus due to, well, life, I finally made it back to Larsen's. It hadn't changed a bit, and thank god for that. Part of the charm of Larsen's is that it's seafood made simple. No frills, no pretense, no BS. The way that I've always explained Larsen's to people is that they quite literally just take seafood out of the ocean and put it on your plate. Of course, depending on what you've ordered, they make it first, but the fact remains that you can watch them catch your soon-to-be meal while you wait for your soon-to-be-meal. Fresh. Off. The. Boat. The sequence at Larsen's is as follows: 1. Walk into unassuming seafood shack otherwise known as Larsen's 2. Decide whether you're buying seafood to cook later or seafood to indulge in now. Or stagger these two things and do both. 3. Step 3 assumes that you have chosen to order seafood for this moment right now. You will walk up to the window to see a number of folks hard at working prepping seafood to be served ASAP. A seafood aficionado will greet you (everyone who works here is incredibly nice) and take your order. If you're ordering raw food (oysters, littleneck or cherrystone clams), they'll shuck it right there for you while you watch with wide-eyed glee. Cooked food (steamers, mussels, lobster, etc.) will be ready soon. 4. Once you've received all of your oysters/clams, you can make use of the cocktail sauce, horseradish and lemon wedges at the counter. I recommend asking for little plastic containers and filling them up with all possible options 5. Sit out back. Larsen's has a number of large picnic tables that face the ocean where you can watch soon-to-be food be hoisted out of the ocean. 6. Buy some seafood at the other counter for later. Warning: you may see live lobsters being weighed. If this freaks you out...well Larsen's might not be the best place for you because you can't help but be very aware that the food you are eating was alive not to long ago. Sorry, Nemo. Note: there are often long lines here--for good reason. The wait could not be more worth it. My last trip here, we tried oysters and cherrystone clams for our raw starters and steamers/mussels for our cooked "entrees". I had no doubt that the mussels would be fantastic--they were just as yummy as I remembered--but it was the clams that really stole the show. For all four of us, actually. We all remarked that these were by far the best raw clams we had ever tried. My parents and bf have liked raw clams in the past--I, on the other hand, have found them pretty inedible (granted, this aversion only developed after one negative experience). But for once, I actually liked the clams *better* than the oysters. These were seriously special. I'm telling you, Larsen's will make you reconsider your seafood preferences. It's the older friend who takes your hand and says "don't worry, I know what I'm doing" and you just feel in your heart that you can trust them. Allow your mind to be blown and your horizons to be expanded. And make use of the toppings. You can order raw items individually or in dozens here, so you can pick which little guys get additions and which don't. Very DIY here. For cooked items, the lack of "allure" is consistent. At Larsen's, you're not getting Mussels in garlic and white wine sauce with grilled focaccia bread garnished with yada yada. You get a bag of mussels and a big ole cup of buttah. So eat 'em plain or dunk 'em in butter. Pretty much your only options other than perhaps fetching a few lemon wedges from the counter. Let the seafood speak for itself--maybe in a different way than Nemo, though. Because that would be kind of sad. I can also speak to the shrimp here, which is as fantastic as the rest. We threw some on the grill for dinner that night and it was the star of the meal. Boom. read more

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Every time I'm on the island, I always find myself here several times, either picking up fish or lobsters to cook at home for dinner. This business has been here my entire life and seeing Betsy and the other long-time employees hustling behind the counter to assist customers always feels a bit like home. The fish is fresh, fresh, FRESH, and the prices are market, not ridiculously inflated the way they are at other businesses on the island. You can get a lobster steamed while you wait and have it with drawn butter right there outside on the docks. They also have delicious cherry stones on the half-shell, which to me are much tastier than oysters! Maybe I'm just a sentimental fool, but to me, Larsen's is part of what makes Martha's Vineyard the wonderful island it is: salty sea air, fresh fish, and lots of lobstah!!! read more

Simply the best way to spend an evening on the beach - with lobsters and clams From Larsen's.

One should be prepared that Larsen's is rather SMALL and gets packed very quickly! There are two lines, one for fresh seafood (to your left) and the other to order cooked seafood or a variety of clams. I ordered 1 1/2 pound lobster, lobster bisque, (2) buttered lobster roll and lobster mac & cheese. Because of the other wonderful Yelpers, I told them not to microwave the lobster rolls, instead we would take them back to the house in order to toast the bread. Unfortunately, I must say that they skimp on the lobster. However, the lobster roll it self was very tasty. The lobster bisque was very delicious but a tad bit too much salt. The steamed lobster was GREAT and made to perfection! The wait time was extremely long (45 minutes). As a word of precaution, call your order in at least 1 hour prior to your arrival. The lobster mac & cheese is on hold until tomorrow (no more seafood room). I came down here because of the food reviews but stayed longer because of the beautiful views! This is a refreshing and more under the radar section of the Vineyard. read more

Best fish and best staff on the island! Everything is very fresh!!!! Great selection. WonderfulC, friendly , knowledgeable staff ! read more

The butter is running down my chin and dripping off my toes, as I sit on a plastic packing crate behind Larsens and devour a lobster that minutes ago was crawling around in a tank. I'm using my fingers to pry out the delicate white meat and soak each morsel in a bath of butter before consuming it. And I'm thinking, this is the only way to eat lobster. The sea breeze in my face, sun twinkling in my eyes, and lobster satisfying my hunger. The crab cakes are great, the smoked fish is good for take out or take home, and the soups make a meal. Go at sunset, get a lobster, pull up a crate, and enter gourmet paradise. read more

Disclaimer: I do not eat seafood so this is from many friends that have come back here repeatedly for one thing only: Lobster Roll!!! Chock full of Lobster, this roll hits the spot every time. Fresh, great portion, and delicious. A must have on the Vineyard!! read more

Stopped by Larsen's and picked up a traditional lobster roll and half dozen oysters and headed to watch the sunset at Menemsha. Unfortunately it was too overcast to see much but the food was good and the atmosphere at the beach was fun. The oysters were delicious! I thought the lobster roll was fine- nothing that spectacular so I was a bit surprised by all the high scoring reviews for it. We also got scallops and lobster bisque to go and had that the next day- overall good food and fresh! read more

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Lobster roll had no flavor and the stuffed clam and lobster bisque were nothing special. Extremely overrated.