[sa meredith]

This review is really not all negative, and truth be told, I would not even think of posting it, if not for what has become a very recurring theme. But when there is an elephant in the room, it is sort of hard to ignore it. My story:
Last night (Tuesday, 8/4/09), after boating all day on what was quite possibly the finest boat day of the year (sand bar over by West Alton, tubing in Winter Harbor with wife and a bunch of her friends) we decided to head out for a quick bite and drinks after the company had left.
I didn't want to spend a ton, and said, "let's head over to Lobster Pound for drinks and a couple apps at the third floor outdoor bar". I had been 3 times (without her)and always loved it, so figured the two of us would have a great time. It was 6:30, sun was very warm, and being there, at the bar, seemed to be the perfect idea.
Well, upon entering, we learned the outdoor bar is Friday/Saturday only(really????In the middle of summer?). Too bad. The bar was the only reason I wanted to go. Oh well...as we were already there, we figured we might as well get a table, and have dinner. So we asked for a table outside and were seated rght away.
Long story short, from here....food great. Very expensive, but great. Not a bad thing to say. We both loved every bite. The service...quite another story (remember the part about the recurring theme?).
We ordered: Baked stuffed scallops, salad with vinaigrette...Baked stuffed haddock, salad blue cheese. wait wait wait....wait wait wait...here come two salads, both with vinaigrette. Wife asks, "is this blue cheese?" Problem is fixed very quickly. Great.
And now the food....out comes baked stuffed scallops, and FRIED haddock. UUmmmmmmm...."this is wrong". So the server says OK, and grabs her plate to leave and says he will have them make a baked stuff. So I stop him, to ask if we should eat in "shifts". Me first (as he left my plate in front of me). Then her. Clearly I'm not going to do that.
So he removes both....and 15 minutes later, both meals come out, and are perfect.
But why, oh why, does LP have so many stories of bad service.
It was not at all busy. So I just don't get it. Until last night, I had loved it there, but never sat down for a full dinner.
There is certainly some communication problem here.
Food is great, however.