Reviews for Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern in Freeport, ME

I was not overly impressed with the food here. First off when I order a haddock meal I expect to get a good size piece of fish,... not skinny, overcooked little nuggets. I wish I had sent it back but it was late & my family would?ve been waiting on me. Thefries were awful, flavorless, stale, not crisp & no salt. Probably the worst fries I?ve ever had. For $22 this was a very subparmeal! My husband said his lobster ravioli was good. My son had chicken tenders & those were good, but he said the fries wereawful, which I agreed. I wish we?d gone for pizza rather than spend almost 100 on a meal here that we were not at all satisfiedwith. In the future whenever I order fish I?m going to always ask if it?s a piece of fish or small nuggets! I?ve had this atother places & it angers me to pay that much & get skinny little (overcooked) fish nuggets. I wanted a nice big piece ofhaddock. Rip off. Our server did not ever ask us how our food was so I didn?t really have the opportunity to say I didn?t likeit. I would?ve had to flag her down & ask to send it back. I am very uncomfortable doing that so I just ate the fish. A lot topay for just a few fish nuggets. I stopped eating the fries cuz yuck! You?ll see in the pics how skinny the fish nuggets were.I?d advise against the fish & fries! I left here still hungry, which NEVER happens when we go out normally. Read more

Loved the brie, apple, and cranberry grilled cheese with house made chips. The contrast between the sweet apple & cheese was... delicious and the bread was well toasted. The chips were crispy with just the right amount of salt. My friend had the lobsterchhese & macaroni. There was no shortage of lobster! Server was friendly & location is convenient to Freeport Village shopping Read more

Great service (Carol), good food. We had the crispy chicken strips with blueberry BBQ sauce which was excellent. We also... ordered the bacon & parmesan scallops, not much bacon present but a lot of flavor and they were okay. Read more

Had a great experience. My husband ordered a burger well done and it was cooked perfectly. Most places don't cook them... correctly. I ordered the pasta plate which was also very good. Freah pasta with parmesan sauce and I added lobster which wasplentiful. Wait staff was attentive and quick. Read more

It?s out first time at Linda?s Beans and everything was delicious. We decided to go with the lobster dinner since we came to... visit Maine. It came with a whole lobster, fried steamers, clam chowder, and a side of corn bread and cole slaw, and dessert.The order was so big, it can feed two people. The rest of us ordered fish tacos and lobster pasta. Everything was really good.Service was also good, even though there was only one server available on a Monday night. Read more

My friends and I went to Linda Bean?s Tavern to order lunch. The service was quick and excellent! Our hostess was very precise... and very attentive to our needs, bringing new drinks without even being asked. The food was great as well, large portion sizesfor reasonable costs. The Fried Clams were by far our favorite, and the Iced Tea was also really great. I?d very much recommendthis restaurant to anyone looking forward to good, affordable food after a day trip of Freeport shopping! Read more

Had some bloody Mary?s and lunch. The bloody Mary?s were ok they use a bottle mix and its a high tomato taste. The lobster... club was amazing. So much lobster and worth every penny. Had the avocado salmon toast fresh heavy on the capers worthgetting again. Simmonsville burger meat was good. Was a little more bun then meat ratio. And if you get the double it means twoseparate burgers not two patties on one bun. Overall very good food Read more

I started out with the seafood stew very good. Had the bacon scallops and lobster pockets. Tasted amazing. My boyfriend got the... mixed seafood plate very generous portions and the waitstaff was very pleasant. Read more