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Lamberts

Cuisine: Seafood Neighborhood: Bowie
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Based on 1 review.
Address
10825 Lanham-Severn, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
Hours 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon-Thu; 6:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Fri; 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sat
Phone (301) 262-2206
Website http://www.lambertsinc.com/

City Paper Review

Thanks in part to rampant overfishing over the past two decades, crabs have become so prohibitively expensivenearly 40 bucks for a dozen mediums at last tallythat only the flush can afford to indulge in this sweet regional delicacy more than once or twice a summer. If youre limited to just a single visit, this Maryland restaurant is as good a destination as any in the area for rolling up your sleeves and getting down to some serious prying and picking. And actually, if you factor in the all-you-can-eat crab feast every week, it might deserve a bump to the head of the class. The meal begins at the unaccountably awkward hour of 3 p.m., and, predictably, the place fills up, so your devotion to this summer treat is put to a rigorous test. Any real crab lover, and especially one on a tight budget, should have devised the appropriate plan of action by now: Put in for a half-day at work. The kitchen doesnt overdo the Old Bay, and youre unlikely to find a clunker in the batch. There are also crab balls and crab cakes, both blessedly free of too much breading, as well as better-than-average fried soft-shells. The onion rings are greasy, but their light beer batter makes for addictive eating. Wash it all down with a cheap pitcher or two.
—Todd Kliman, August 3, 2004

Rater Comments

These comments express the opinions of individual Restaurant Raters, not those of Washington City Paper.
5 spork

Review by j3n1lynn80 on July 19, 2009

I'm a person who prefers her restaurants more "off the map." The divier, the better. Especially where it involves my seafood. I've found that usually, those local joints that sit on the side of the road are always the places with the best, freshest seafood. The places the jack up the prices to make up for all the decor, those places can't even compete taste wise, or even have what I'm looking for.
Personally, I'm a seafood purist. I like my crabs. I like my shrimp. And I like them in very simple ways. You can stuff them. You can stuff them into shrimp. Deep fry them in beer batter, even better. And if you want to charge an arm and a leg for that, I will not be in your establishment.
If you enjoy the simplicity of seafood, and the ability to eat it year round...Lamberts is the place to go. They are a dependable, family friendly restaurant. Family owned and operated, they've been around for years. And I can't imagine not spending a night having 5.99 all you can eat steamed shrimp or $15 snow crab legs all you can eat.
Their crab dip appetizer can be eaten as a full dinner, especially when paired with Old Bay Fries and the salad bar. Feel free to get a pitcher of beer with whatever you order. It goes down well with that frosty mug they send over.

It doesn't have the sparkle and luster of Legal Seafood, or Capitol...but it's a neighborhood treasure, and definitely worth stopping in for.
Don't forget the Hush Puppies!