My kids love the fish and shrimp here. I've brought a few people and they love it too. It's a quick place if you want fried fish and the staff are generally friendly. Parking on site and prices are decent for the amount of food you get. Their fries are addictive. read more

Fried seafood. Counter service. Paper plates. Picnic tables on a front porch across the street from the Long Island Sound. The food was delicious, and the service was remarkably quick and friendly. read more

Great service, quick, friendly, food was great, food was fresh, and hot. Rhode Island clam chowder was perfect, shrimp platter was plenty and tasted amazing, substituted the fries for onion rings which were made fresh Just an amazing service read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Shrimp platter with onion rings and Rhode Island clam chowder and New England clam chowder - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

I do like full belly clams. Skippers are GOOD..we enjoyed our meal. Generous portions. Realistic pricing. Went to the other location probably a decade ago. Still as good as I remember. read more

Fantastic all around! Very clean, helpful, service. Nautical ambience, and wonderfully fresh food! I am a hot lobster roll (otherwise known as the Connecticut style lobster roll) connoisseur. And this one is second on my list (second only to Flanders Fish Market)! Everything was very fresh, flavorful and prepared quickly. I have returned many times, and will certainly be back again! read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Hot buttered, lobster roll, and a garden salad - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Skippers is to be skipped. Just mediocre. Nothing I ate made me want to come back here for more. Great for the experience to sit by the water and pet friendly, but food was average and felt I can taste this anywhere. read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - MAINE LOBSTER ROLL - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Food and pricing was ok - if you can snag a table outside that's the move! Staff super friendly and good for groups, worked well for our large mixed age family group. Hospitality on point! read more

Service excellent. Atmosphere can't be beat sitting outside overlooking the ocean. Fries are spectacular. Fried haddock...mediocre at best. read more

Niantic deck is great to enjoy clam strips and the best onion rings around Fish and chips was also great with enough to treat the dog to some leftover read more

The food is always good and hot! Made to order which makes it nice and fresh. All the employees have always been very friendly anytime I've stopped in for a bite to eat. read more

The restaurant was nice and clean and the food came out in a timely matter and it was all freshly made to order. The cashier was patient and friendly as it was our first experience. read more

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Ahoy there! So, I stopped by Skippers Seafood in Old Saybrook and let me tell you, it was like stepping into a fast food joint, but with a fancy price tag. I ordered the lobster roll, and well, it was just okay. Nothing to write home about, unless your home is a boring place where nothing exciting ever happens. Then I went for the fried seafood platter, and boy oh boy, did it remind me of Long John Silver's, only if he became a pirate and looted your wallet! Yarr! It was just okay. All in all, Skippers is fine for a quick fix of fried seafood, but don't expect to be blown away. It's just like that old saying goes: "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with, unless the one you're with is Skippers Seafood in Old Saybrook. read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Lobster Roll & Fried Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Always fresh, fast, delicious, with 100% Real Lobster and a gorgeous view! Fish and Chips for kids! And yummy New England Clam Chowder.

Ordered fish sandwich. Received a cute little container of butter covered with a scant amount of tarter sauce!

We made a special trip from NH because of reviews. Long line at first though they burned right through it. Great food and views. Worth the trip. read more

Utterly over priced for a "order at the counter, sit down and paper plates and plastic utensils" kind of restaurant. My husband and I were hungry for a good seafood restaurant while we were in the area. I ordered a $30 lobster roll and my husband had a fisherman's platter $36. Just 2 orders came to $71. The fisherman's platter was a joke for the price, you can count how many whole belly clams, fish, shrimps and scallops. I couldn't even ask to try any of my husband's food. I wished I took some pictures. Needless to say we were very disappointed, for the cost of the meal and amount of the food we received. Not some happy customers, read more

After eating a disappointing seafood meal at a nearby town's recommended wharf-side restaurant, my vacationing spouse and I decided to explore the eastern coastline along Highway 1 hoping to catch some beautiful snapshots of the sea and stop at a quaint oceanside restaurant on the waterfront. Unlike Pacific Coast Hwy 1 that closely follows the water, the east coast road more often curves inland with no view of the ocean. Seeing more trees and greenery than waves, we headed back south along the interstate and exited at Old Saybrook. Checking with YELP, he found Skippers, and although it was "another" seafood place, I reluctantly agreed to try it. Skippers didn't seem fancy on the outside, yet it sure was clean on the inside. Patrons ordered their food at a bar and picked it up when ready. Most all of the seafood selections came fried. I nixed that immediately because my supposedly fantastic fried cod sandwich the day before was anything but crispy (although the cod seemed tasty). Instead I ordered a gyro. It came on hot, fresh pita bread with lamb and beef Greek-style meat, tomatoes, onions, lettuce and tzatziki sauce -- yum, yum, yum. I spent 2 summers in Greece and this tasted as delicious as a genuine Greek gyro. An order of hot and especially salty curly fries accompanied my meal, as well as a soda, extra charges of course. Gyro $8.99, curly fries $4.99, soda $2.59. I sat outside on one of the metal picnic benches with umbrellas and chose my condiments and plastic serverware from a basket on a table near the door. A trash can, a place to stack trays on top and hand sanitizer as I left made my exit a satisfying one. read more

Great food, staff and very clean. A favorite place for lunch for my daughter and I. Burgers are better than expected! Great for kids - my daughter says, "I love Skipper's because it has good arcade games and burgers"! read more

We were passing through and I hadn't had my Lobster roll and RI chowder . So I found this on Yelp They both we're great!! Service was nice.

Place looks clean. Employees were pleasant but the food was not good. The clear broth chowder had no flavor. The clam fritters were pretty good. I ordered a seafood salad roll which was terrible! There wasn't more than a 1/4 c of "salad" and the fries were cold. Wasted money. read more

I have to say really delicious lobster roll. Friendly & speedy. Photo op outside for the kids.

I ate lunch in their Old Saybrook restaurant. Very clean and friendly service. I had the chicken souvlaki and onion rings. Very very good. Onion ring batter was very light. My wife had the fried clam strips. My only criticism that I hope the chef might read is to consider draining or absorbing the grease off the food before serving. The clams were definitely too oily and it was pooling on the paper bowl. Here is my picture of the clams trying to show the amount of oil. read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Totally disgusted! Paid 6.95 for Mac and cheese..... plus 15.95 for lobster..... got "Kraft Mac n cheese " with this added to it! read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Yummy fish sandwiches and chicken gyro. The clam strips, which I've had twice, are chewy and seemingly unseasoned read more

Headed here after a day at the beach. Clam platter was decent with some chewy clams and decent fries. Fish sandwich was one of the thinnest pieces of fish I've ever encountered. More bread lettuce and tomato than anything else. A basic fail IMO. Friendly service and clean dining area. read more

Been here multiple times to eat in, food is always hot, fresh & tasty. Fish & chips are excellent, so are the clam cakes. We got take out this past week and the shrimp cocktail was a joke, couldn't believe they tried passing that off for $16. Fried calamari was tough, rubbery & the breading was a mess. Maybe I just ordered the wrong things? Maybe they had an off night. Who knows ‍ read more

Came back for a second time and brought family members with me. I had the hot lobster roll which was great, and you can put as little or as much butter you want on your lobster roll as you want as the butter is served on the side. The coleslaw was also perfectly made with just the right amount of spices and mayonnaise. My other half doesn't eat seafood so he had the friend chicken dinner. He said it was okay, the chicken was cooked throughly through and was moist but the coating was lacking spices, it was like a plain "flour like" batter with no taste. Had there been some spices in the batter it would have been perfect. read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Hot Lobster roll, with fries and coleslaw. - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

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Good spot for some fresh seafood. More of a fast food restaurant than a fine dining but service and food were good.

It was nice to be outside with a young child but the favorite lobster roll was horrible..more bread on each side of the minimal amount of lobster that had zero flavor read more

Would rather go to a local long term business just down the street like Johnny Ads or Liv's next to Saybrook Point Inn. Food is fresher and the Lobster Rolls at Liv's is the best around. They should fix the issues at the restaurant in Niantic before expanding. Poor Service and Overpriced. read more

Whole belly clams are too small and way overpriced at $33 a platter. Can't recommend them at that price.

First time here and we will definitely be back. I had the Clam strip roll with sweet potato fries, the clam strips were fried prefect. My husband had a cheeseburger and chili and he was impressed by how good they were. Staff was very nice and the place is spotless!!! And you can bring your dog and sit outside. read more

Great food portions. Clean. Delicious fried seafood options. The crab cakes were good!! Nice customer service.

Love Skippers! Was originally surprised to find it was coming in right down the street from Johnny Ads but I'm so glad it did!! Their clam strips are now my favorite & I can always count on a good quality lobster roll. I come here frequently during the summer! read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Lobster roll with sweet potato fries - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Looked delicious but it was unfortunately very greasy. You can taste the soggy dough of the large fried shrimps. Wasn't worth the money at all. read more

Skipper's Seafood Restaurant - Fisherman's Platter - Seafood Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Food was ok. My sandwich was not toasted very much and the description didn't have that it came with fries. So I ordered a side of curly fries. My husband said his clam strips were good. Just wish there was a little bit more for the price. read more

Great fresh seafood good prices. Friendly staff. Will return next time I'm in the area. read more

I was Jonesing for some fried whole bellies and happened to be in Old Saybrook. Unfortunately, the clams weren't running very big and they were on the greasy side. But the people were very nice and the restaurant was sparkling clean. As for whole bellies, March isn't the best time to get them, I reckon. We'll try again in the summer. read more

Got take out tonight from skippers in old saybrook. My daughter ordered lobster mac n cheese. For the ridiculous price we paid for it we were appalled. Kraft mac n cheese with 4 little pieces of lobster? Absolutely not going back there again. I can't believe they serve such trash. read more

Stopped here traveling from Boston. Was SO impressed with how delicious the food was!! My wife and I shared the fish and chips--my only regret is we shared and didn't each get one. Can't wait to go back and try the other menu items! read more