Food & Wine

"America's Best Lobster Rolls: Oyster House - A third-generation restaurateur, owner Sam Mink serves meat only from Maine lobsters that have come out of the water fewer than 24 hours before. The Oyster House makes two kinds: one chilled, one warmed with a citrus butter. Both come on a soft split-top bun."

Dan Myers

"America’s 20 Best Lobster Rolls Outside Maine: At Oyster House, freshness and authenticity are key. This means that the lobster in your roll was in Maine waters less than 24 hours ago, and these rolls, which contain about a third of a pound of meat, are treated with as much reverence as they deserve: warm rolls are topped with a citrus-kicked butter, cold ones are tossed with a little bit of mayo, diced celery, and a pinch of salt."

Jeff Michaud

"Being from New England, it's hard to find a perfect lobster roll in Philly. But Oyster House does the traditional sandwich right, with just the right amount of mayo and a top-split white bun."

Ian Bush

"Finally–a “true” Maine lobster roll in Philadelphia. Plucking about a third of a pound of meat from crustaceans less than a day out of the Maine sea, the Oyster House doesn’t add much — nor should they — to make the most authentic, succulent roll this side of Kennebunkport."

Danya Henninger

"16 Best Lobster Rolls in Philly: Oyster House - After the namesake mollusk, the lobster roll is the best-selling menu item at Sam Mink’s third-generation seafood house on Sansom Street in Center City."

Kathryn O'Shea-Evans

"10 Lobster Rolls Worth the Trip: Oyster House - Locals obsess over Oyster House’s lobster rolls, which come stuffed with fresh-caught wild Maine lobster."

Hopper

"America's Five Best Lobster Rolls: Oyster House - The lobster roll is one of the more authentic offerings in Philly: the Main-imported split-top bun is warmed and loaded with ⅓ of a pound of fresh lobster before being drizzled with citrus-spiked butter for Connecticut-style rolls or served cold with the chunks tossed in mayo, diced celery and a pinch of salt."

Aubrey Nagle

"Philly spots satisfying the city’s summer craving for lobster rolls: For the classic lobster roll with celery and a bit of mayo (and fries of course) try Oyster House."

Leah Bourne

"Lobster only makes it to the table at this restaurant if it came out of the water fewer than 24 hours before (in other words, freshness should not be a concern). Order either the chilled lobster roll or the warmed lobster roll with a citrus butter. Both are standouts."

Sydney te Wildt

"The chefs at Oyster House have incredibly high standards: all lobsters are served within 24 hours of being in the ocean. So basically, this fish is fresh af."