Painted Turtle Café

I went here for the first time in mid-​summer with a party of 4 for their triple lobster special. The lobsters were terrific! Last night however, I went back with the same 3 people. My boyfriend and his 84 year old parents. My treat! The lobsters came out in about 4 minutes. Omg they were so disgusting!!! I think they were cooked, frozen and thawed in hot water. They were a strange consistency and had zero taste! The butter was not even real butter, but rather butter flavored oil like the kind they use on movie theater popcorn. We had muscles instead of the normal steamers which were even more horrific and tasteless. The corn was tough like cow corn! The bill was over $ 100 and I feel like I was seriously ripped off! I didn’t want to complain in front of the people I was with so I didn’t say a word. Once we got in the car we couldn’t stop talking at once about how bad it was! NEVER GOING BACK THERE! Save your money people!!! This is Maine, the lobster state!!! What the heck???

Highly recommend for breakfast. I loved the breakfast skillet and could not finish it in one sitting. The place is a bar and appears to have lots of specials but I never had drinks there yet. I liked the no-​nonsense approach the waitstaff use and would definitely come back.

Amazing sea food for a great price!!! It’s not an upscale fancy place, however after going here we were all saying we could eat here every night while on vacation!!!

Lobster rolls were great but our waitress Karen was AMAZEBALLS! She was so sweet and welcoming! She anticipated our every need and treated us like family. She’s a gem! Also she has the most dazzling smile I’ve ever seen! Her talents are being wasted IMO. We will definitely be back. When Karen is working wink wink

Poor service, dirty and stunk and flys everywhere. Food was so-​so. We will never step foot in the place.

Restaurant smelled like a dumpster, literally. They take «no substitutions» to an extreme (i.e. my meal came with «grilled potatoes» and I couldn’t get homefries). Boyfriends poached eggs were cooked until hard. Ham and cheese omelet was edible. Service was wretched — when she asked how it was and we told her she said «I didn’t cook it.» Didn’t offer to adjust bill accordingly. Won’t ever go back!

Went with my wife and son, we all enjoyed the lobster tremendously. My wife had the lobster bisque and my son and I had lobster rolls. BTW, they have 3 sizes of lobster rolls… we went with the traditional, it was flavorful, fresh and fantastic.

I don’t understand why this review is hidden. I am in no way affiliated with this restaurant and live in another state! I just want to let others know about this hidden gem, which I thought was purpose of Unilocal

OK, rule with this place: it’s poor for groups. They cannot accomidate. Very sad.