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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Salty's upstairs at least was quite good the last few times I've been there. It is owned by McKelvie's up the street.
The worst traps are Murphy's, long considered by me as the worst restaurant in town, and the Waterfront Warehouse, a place that seems to have never figured out how to serve people or prepare food properly.
Our visitor is probably not going to find much in the way of a lobster dinner downtown. I think Salty's downstairs or McKelvies is probably the most likely for that. The issue is that most fine dining places will do a lobster dish, but not just plop a lobster down in front of you because it is a messy proposition. It is more of a casual affair.
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Keith is right - in town, you're more likely to find dishes prepared with lobster than a boiled lobster - which, incidentally, should be eaten outside at a lobster pound.
Sometimes "2 Doors Down," on Barrington, a few blocks up from the Harbour, has lobster menu items (not at the moment, thought):
http://www.go2doorsdown.com/
You may want to consider oysters as an alternate to lobster - I think there are more and more places that now serve oysters from a variety of sources.
Lot 6, on Argyle, a block further from the Harbour than Barrington, has an oyster happy hour
http://lotsix.ca/
The Press Gang, on Prince St. between Argyle and Barrington, has an oyster and champagne bar that my grandmother loves (LOL):
http://thepressgang.ca/
The Grill at Five Fishermen (the downstairs, less expensive sister of the Five Fishermen Restaurant) has an oyster happy hour and a boiled lobster dinner:
http://www.fivefishermen.com/grill/grill-main-menu/. Five Fishermen Grill and Restaurant are on Argyle St, a block up hill from Barrington, close to a route you might take between waterfront and citadel and overlooking Halifax's version of a Town Square - Parade Square.