My wife and I went there for supper. We had to wait just about one hour. The hostess didn't have a clue. She told us it will be ten minutes ha ha. So we asked if we could grab a drink and sit outside. I thought they forgot us. When we walked in there had to have at least 6 or 7 tables empty. We finally got sat. Took another ten to fifteen minutes for a waitress to come over. We ordered our drinks and or meal together so our salad comes out but no rolls. So we ask the hostess because we didn't see our waitress she asks us do we want two or a half a dozen. What a group of boobs! My wife has been in that line of work for thirty years. She was ready to get up and leave. Once the food came out it was very good. But the people working there is something else. Scott & Sue from mass. read more

Went to Spinney's after a good day at Popham beach. Parking was crazy, as the lot is super small (like 10 spaces) but luckily someone left and we were able to get in after some circling around the nearby Fort Popham. We were seated quickly in a room that reminded me of a sun room, or a 4-seasons porch; an addition room surrounded by windows. Great views... Until I noticed the 6 or so giant spiders the size of my palm making webs on said windows. The windows were open and the spiders were on the outside, but too close for my comfort. I'm a serious arachnophobe, so I wasn't real comfortable being there, but I managed. We had our 2 year old with us, who, by the way, is super mellow for a toddler. As soon as we sat down, he became unhappy with being in the highchair and was whining. Again, super mellow kid whining in a mellow way because he didn't like the high chair, not screaming or throwing a tantrum. Not a minute into sitting down, we hear the hostess come up to our waitress and point at the table next to us and say VERY loudly and full of attitude, "THIS table wants to move because the baby (points at us) is screaming." First of all, he wasn't screaming. Second of all, I couldn't believe she said that as loud and rude as she did not a foot away from our table. Thirdly, that tells you a lot about the type of people that come to this place, that they can't handle LITERALLY 30 SECONDS of mild whining from a toddler. He calmed down as soon as they left. Hmm... Maybe it was them. I gave two stars because I felt so insulted by the way the hostess rudely, and so obviously, denounced us. I've never been treated like that in my 12 years of parenthood. I will say the food was wonderful. The salter platter was wonderful, and the grilled scallops made the meal. But perhaps get take out instead of dining in-house. read more

Spinneys Restaurant & Lodging - One of many spiders at Spinney's. - Seafood Near Me - Phippsburg, Maine

Came down here with my dad from New Mexico and the experience wasn't the best. We didn't get menus when we came in it took them about 10 minutes to get them to us. All the servers were confused on who's table was who's, I went to get a water after my iced tea and I was finished with my food by the time I got it. read more

We ended up at the beach near Spinney's because Popham Beach was at capacity. For lunch we went to Spinney's. At Spinney's, the major issue was service. It was I, my wife, a four-year-old and a one-year-old. Took a while to get seated, maybe ten minutes. After several minutes, no menus came. Had to ask for them. No server came. After maybe 45 minutes, had to ask for a server. When the server came, it was the same woman who had given us our menus. She said that because we had menus, everyone thought our order had been taken. (Don't quite get the logic.) Food took quite a while. Maybe 40 minutes. A different server brought the food. There was not, and had not been, any silverware on the table. The server began to walk away without acknowledging the lack of silverware. Had to ask for silverware. Server never came back. Had to ask a waitress for the table next to us (the one person who seemed to know what she was doing). Got silverware. I got fried clams. Overpriced. Food not bad, but could have gotten something similar at Denny's. Lobster roll came on a hot dog roll. Shall be going to back to Popham Beach and Popham Fort, but not Spinney's. Maybe we shall try Percy's next time. Good ice cream there. read more

Went here this morning for the first time after walking the beach. Stood at the door for 3 min before anyone acknowledged us, then he said "go sit in there". Then we sit at a corner table because the other smaller ones are not cleaned, and he says "do we need the big table?" and we walked out. Screw you and your attitude. No wonder why it's for sale with that awful service. Never going back and never recommending. Zero stars if possible. #ihopeyoufail read more

Came here on a Tuesday night about 7:30 and despite there being plenty of empty tables, we had to wait 30 minutes for a table! PATHETIC service! I would not recommend coming here because of the service! read more

This appeared to be a family owned local seafood joint that serves fresh seafood. The service was pretty average (leaning towards the bad side) and the whole place was dirty, busy and smelly. Besides the seafood the restaurant is terrible. Anything that they have to actually make from scratch (potato salad, chowder, onion rings, etc.) was bad. It was poorly made and tasted cheap. The places food really excelled when it came to their seafood selection. You won't find this type of fresh seafood elsewhere, which is why I didn't give them a 1-2 star rating. Their only kitchen talent is literally being able to boil a lobster or put clams in a steamer, but the ingredients they use is where the place shines. Think of it as a fish market that offers to cook your purchase, rather than an actual restaurant. read more

Did carryout & took at least 20 minutes to place in preset for 3 couples. And, another 20 minutes to get our orders. Mixed up the orders. Food just okay--chowder good. Nice location. read more

Have to say the food was awesome - however, our waitress left much to be desired - in fact she ruined the entire meal for us. Cindy could not get our food or drink orders straight and totally forget trying to figure out the tickets. We waited 45 minutes after finishing our meal to get the one last ticket and never did get it. She even tried to give us an L. L. Bean credit card that apparently belonged to someone at another table - it didn't belong to anyone in our group. If you do go, just PLEASE be sure to not get Cindy to wait your table. It will definitely ruin an awesome experience with the food. read more

The owners are trying to sell the restaurant. I'd love to see someone take it over and shape it up because the views/location are fantastic. The service is veeeery slooooow (servers are nice though) and the food is mediocre at best. We stick with the burgers when we drop in because it's not worth investing in a nicer meal (we're tried it all!). I'd love to see a big, horseshoe bar go into the inner area because no one ever sits there (just people waiting to use the restrooms, or the servers when they're on a break). It would also be nice to see it be renovated with heat, so they could stay open all year. There's a large, full time population in Phippsburg now, and they really need a year-round place to grab a beer/burger (or nicer meal). read more

Stopped in on our way back from the beach for drinks, ice cream, chicken tenders and fries. Couldn't find parking at first as it's clear people use the Spinney's lot to access the beach or Fort Popham (figured this out as soon as we got inside and saw the place nearly empty, despite a full parking lot). I let my husband, and 3 kids out to head in and I drove around trying to find a place to park. By the time I got inside, they had already ordered at the to-go counter and paid for it (thinking they would have to bring it home since I was outside unable to park). We asked the young server there (who was working her tail off, as no one else was working at the to-go counter-- very understaffed) if we could sit in the EMPTY dining room since we had finally found parking . And when I say empty, I mean NO ONE WAS IN THE DINING ROOM. There were some people sitting outside on the patio--maybe three tables-- but every single table inside was empty. She said yes and we headed over to have a seat. I wouldn't have asked if it was busy in there. Soon, a very nervous hostess came over looking scared out of her eyes and said we couldn't sit there, that only dine-in folks could sit down. I said, fine, we'll order drinks from her. She again looked super uncomfortable . In the meantime, the first server brought our food out. We had two chicken tender baskets and fries, and 5 ice creams (we tipped her 15% for her trouble). Then the hostess returned with 5 drinks-- we paid for those at the table. All in all we paid well over $50 but as soon as the hostess saw our take out, she really got freaked out and said the owner has a rule and we couldn't eat there. Keep in mind, there is still NOT ONE PERSON IN THE RESTAURANT. I asked her to send the owner over, thinking she was probably over-reacting-- surely the owner would be happy for a family fo 5 to sit down when the restaurant was empty anyway-- but when he arrived, he was rude beyond measure and just kept saying "It's the rule!" I tried to say we would be happy to tip the hostess and that the restaurant was empty anyway-- did he really expect us to stand on the sidewalk and eat when there were so many tables available? Basically, he did want us to do that. He was coarse, rude and argumentative. I've NEVER had an owner of a restaurant be so uninterested in the comfort of his patrons, or even have an interest in our ever returning. When I told him we wouldn't, he said that was fine with him. He is one of those people on a power trip who likes to make other people feel small-- he is definitely in the wrong business. Now I know why his hostess looked so uncomfortable-- she was scared out of her mind that she was going to be fired any minute. And she probably will be. Restaurant owners are supposed to be about hospitality and should be eager to make their patrons feel welcomed and comfortable. He did exactly the opposite. A really horrible experience and an awful example for my children to witness. They had not seen an adult behave as he did or speak to a customer that way. I guess he feels like he doesn't have to be polite or accommodating. He just depends on the tourists but lots of people return to the Popham area every summer for a week (as we do) and he would do well to appeal to these possible return customers. I will NEVER return to Spinney's. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't last -- it really shouldn't. Save yourself the aggravation and go somewhere else. read more

The best lobster stew ever! This is what you always hope for and never find, in a bowl there must be half a lobster, and the taste is the best. read more

At the restaurant on a cloudy cold day. The staff are so friendly and accommodating that it feels unreal. Limited vegetarian options for me but husband is having a hard time deciding between the lots and lots of great seafood options. He view is amazing- we are literally on the beach. Lovely place. Good food. Wonderful staff. read more

We travel from Montana each year to Popham and can not wait for our meals at Spinneys! Service is always stellar, and the food is great!! Breakfast, lunch and dinner, this is a fun, great restaurant to bring the family! spinney platter is THE BEST, and the half order is still so much food! counting down the days until next summer! read more

Terrible. .. waited 1 hour and 20 minutes for a take out order... terrible customer service... terrible management. .. waiting for a phone call from the owners. ... read more

This is a seafood restaurant. In Maine. How can they not know how to steam clams? We wanted to treat our hosts to a meal to end our vacation. There were 15 of us, and we were probably a handful, so we did not expect great service. Our waitress, while not overly friendly, handled the task well, but the food was inedible. The only people that enjoyed it were the kids who ordered chicken fingers and grilled cheese. The fried seafood might have been passable at some inland chain restaurant, but this is Maine folks, I expect better. Two kids ordered the sauteed calamari and it might as well have been the rubberbands from their braces. I ordered a combo of steamers, mussels and a lobster claw. The claw was the only edible part of the meal. The steamers were so overcooked, that they were hard little nubs. I love seafood and can usually even enjoy something that's slightly overdone, but there was literally nothing left of these things after the kitchen got through with them. I think it's the first time I"ve ever left 4/5 of a seafood dinner untouched. So disappointing dropping over $400 on a dinner that no one enjoyed and some didn't even eat. We ended up having to get ice cream after to hold everyone over on the ride home. (I did notice a flyer with this place for sale. Could it be that they've just given up on the kitchen? Really, ANY cook could have done a better job than what we had that night.) read more

Great staff but the food isn't that great and is over priced. Got a seafood combo plate and the grilled calamari and lobster was way over done. I asked before ordering the combo plate if it was enough to share with my five year old and was told it was. Not really. Fortunately we ordered a side of fried clams. The fried clams were good and definitely the highlight of the meal. read more

Horrible attitude, horrible experience. Can't really tell you about the food because we left after the bland salad and an unreasonable wait. Had to be the worst experience I can remember and I eat out an average of 20-30 times a month. Some of the items we ordered were not available but they didn't tell us until we waited and waited and then they seem perturbed that we didn't like their substitutes. We were looking for something a little healthier then traditional fried food so when they didn't have the rice they could not seem to understand why we didn't want French Fries or Onion rings. The long wait and feedback from the wait-staff was so poor we had to leave before the delivered what we order ( at least what they said they had) . After the other patrons had been seated and received and finished their meals we were still waiting. At one point they said five more minutes. We left 15 minutes later. I think we were very accommodating and reasonable. If we ordered something exotic I might have understood but we ordered Haddock. An the vegetable of the day was Italian Corn but the waitress didn't really know what that meant. I wonder if the chef knows that corn is not a vegetable? Definitely a skipper..... The Baked Haddock, Vegetables and Rice at Appleberrys was great. read more

Friendly waitstaff, excellent food, reasonable prices, and a great view of Fort Popham. Spinney's has an atmosphere that makes you feel right at home read more

Good enough food, but not great. Service is sub par. Have been going there since I was little but mostly for sentimental value.

My family visit Popham Beach every summer for a little over a week for our vacation. We always find it our mission to visit Spinney's at least once since it WAS one of our favorite places to eat while on vacation. This was a different story this summer. When we arrived to Spinney's we were delighted to see that it was not busy for being a Sunday night and for the fact that we were hungry for the fantastic food we were served in the past. We did not expect the experience we got that night. The service was slow from the start. To begin with, we had a baby with us that obviously needed a high chair, and one was not offered to us. The waitress did not complete drink requests accurately, when we specified that we wanted lemon with our water, we did not get that. The waitress continued to hound our table while we were still in the process of trying to figure out what we wanted for our dinner. She was unable to give us the specials or did not know what the side options were. She told us that the vegetables of the day was green beans, then when dinner was served gave us corn from a can. We ordered fried calamari, scallops wrapped in bacon and seafood chowder to start. For dinner we ordered, baked sea scallops, popham platter, boiled 1 1/4 lobster and 1 lobster tail from a 1 1/2 lb lobster. All these dinners advertised being served with a choice of two sides and dinner rolls. The waitress did not know who had gotten what appetizer when she came to serve them. For the price we paid for calamari there was not much in a serving. To add, we had to wait about 30 minutes for our appetizers before they were served. After finishing our apps, we had to ask for our rolls because the waitress never served them to us. After waiting an extremely long time, our dinners were finally here. The waitress again did not know who had what meal. We were not served our two sides that came with our dinner, we again had to ask for those as well. When the waitress brought the sides we had order from the start, she was incorrect of the vegetable of the day which was really corn from a can and we were told it was green beans. When we told the waitress we did not want to corn because the green beans we had ordered were for a 8month old baby and she could not eat corn, the waitress then asked "would you like a salad for the baby instead?" really, you think the baby can eat a salad if she cant eat corn? The lobster tail from a 1 1/2 lb lobster which was priced at 19.95 looked like it came from a 1lb lobster, this was not a 20 dollar meal. The boiled lobster was served with RUSTY nutcrackers. Its a good thing that I recently had my tetanus shot. The popham platter and baked scallops had scallops that were sliced in half creating the illusion that you really had a full scallop in which you didn't. Our water glasses remained empty the entire night because the waitress did not come and fill them when we asked. We inquired to speak to the manager about the lobster tail and that the amount of meat that was served was not worth $20. The manager came to the table and said he would take care of it. When we were finished with our meal, the waitress never asked if we wanted dessert. Presented us our bill and said the manager took off 5 dollars. We were unimpressed with the service and food this time at Spinney's and we will not be returning. The wait staff needs to be properly trained and to wear appropriate clothing in a restaurant. Have been working as a waitress for over 5 years in a successful restaurant with being top 10 on trip advisor I was less than impressed with the experience at Spinney's. We will not be visiting again on our yearly vacations. read more

Came here with my 4 sisters and boyfriend after celebrating a birthday on the beach. I ordered the "blackened" haddock on a side salad. The salad consisted of generic iceberg lettuce, pale tomatoes & thick, gluey dressing. The fish was so salty that I couldn't eat it. Even with the enormous appetite I had worked up being out on the beach, i ended up sending it back. It was not edible. No mention of any replacement food, just said "ohh kay..." And removed the plate. After the waitress refused to give us our money back, I asked to speak with the manager (who ended up being the owner) He came out about 7-10 minutes later conspicuously irritated before even reaching our table. He was carrying the "blackening" seasoning in his hand as a prop to prove his point. I thought he was joking when he opened his mouth because of how unnecessarily abrasive he was acting! My boyfriend politely asked him if he would take the haddock off our bill. He interrupted, acting personally insulted, to loudly and emphatically insist, "you need to understand something! We do not over season our food!" I was embarrassed for all of us. The food was awful, the customer service even worse. read more

I am a Maine native so I know if seafood served is 1) Worth the $$ 2) Proportions large enough to fill an average person 3) Prepared properly. My wife's cup of chowder was maybe as large as a 5oz coffee cup. It had no seafood and for $7.95 a complete rip off. We go to Bayley's seafood at OOB quite often and my wife cannot even finish a cup of their seafood chowder for the same price. My salad was good but arrived with no dressing. I know I am being picky. My wife ordered a crab roll which was chock block full of fresh crabmeat. Cost was $15 and she brought 90% of it home for supper the next day. I know I should know better but I ordered the stuffed lobster for $28.95. Even though it is hard shell season I got a soft shell. Hard shells have more meat in them. It was cooked correctly but the stuffing was not great and not much of it. Lobsters were $4.39 at the market along the road so I could have had 7 lobsters for what I paid for one. The view was great but even that did not make me want to come back and spend another $70 for lunch. Wife said next time we will opt for the hot dogs. read more