Popei’s Clam Bar

My husband and I were so excited. If you want wings and beer /​soda this is the place to go. We ordered that plus a «Seafood Works» dinner and my husband got all you can eat shrimp. Everything came out bland and over cooked. It all had the same flavor and after adding additional salt it still tasted the same. There was a ton of chopped garlic on everything and amazingly it still had no flavor. So unfortunate that we paid $ 90 for no taste and over cooked dried out rubbery food. Very sad.

First I stand and several minutes by the main entrance (next to a sign that says «Please wait to be seated») and no one comes to seat me. So I finally go into the next room where I grab a waiter to get seated. Then I order one of the specials «surf and turf». They were already out of the filet mignon at 6:00 at night so they substituted a shell steak and they over cooked my lobster tail. I don’t think I’ll be going back there anytime soon.

AWESOME FOOD! I love their garlicky garlic bread, their soups are good and their mozzarella sticks are amazing. We all had specials and each one was better than the next. The steak brushetta was more like a salad but still good. The app tuna was missing some kind of spicy sauce but the tuna was cooked perfectly and the «salsa» with it was DELICIOUS. Pink Lemonade was perfect and refreshing. Our absolute favorite thing that we can’t wait to go back for was the MUSSELS!!! We had the Mediterranean with feta and Kalamata olives and it was the best thing we ate in a very long time! Never expected it to be good but the mussels were AMAZING!!!

So I have to say I heard so much hype about how great this place is but I was sadly disappointed. My boyfriend and I decided to go check it out but the food was less than average. The waitress was great and the atmosphere was nice but that’s about it. Except for the crab legs which unless overlooked can’t be really ruined the rest was really bad. The stuffing has no taste at all, just no flavor. Why this place gets so much reviews is beyond me. Now I’m from Rhode Island which has the best seafood anywhere but I’ve had much better seafood here on the island. It was worth a try but we will never go back. Maybe people just don’t know what really good seafood taste like.

Visited this location yesterday with the friends who recommended it for their all you can eat seafood. I must say I didn’t have high expectations for a local business not near the water but to my surprise the seafood was delicious.
My husband and I ordered the crab legs and shrimp. Each refill was better than the last. The corn was steamed perfectly and was so sweet. The garlic bread is to die for. Wish I could have eaten more of that also.
I know we will return within the next three months or so. Right now we are just crabbed out. I will surely continue to spread the word.

Garlic bread was delicious. Services was good. That’s all I have good to say.

This place use to be amazing, but has gone downhill… They’ve cheaped out on ingredients and shrank the portions. It’s pretty average at this point. I use to go here for raw shellfish, clam bakes, oysters, but not anymore. Still good if you want a lobster, seafood pasta, anything fried.

Questionable ambiance but what can one expect from a highway seafood restaurant. Steamers were excellent, chowder good and clam strips were ordinarily perfect.

Cute place for lunch or dinner.
LOCATION: off sunrise highway next to Sayville Lanes bowling alley.
DECOR: 2 different rooms. The room to the left is the bar section and the main room is the regular dining area. Pretty casual décor, booths and tables. Not too big of a place.
FOOD: menu is pretty big. I thought that theyre entrees seemed a bit pricey but then I realized later it’s because the portion sizes are huge. Ordered the clam chowder which was good. Also ordered the baked clams, 3 came on a plate and they were good sized and tasty. Had the Chipotle BBQ ribs which were very good and fell right off the bone. Burger was pretty average, very big and came with fries.
SERVICE: the waitress was friendly and pretty quick with everything.

Neighborhood feel, friendly and tight crew, been open for ages.
Great wing sauce. check it out for sure.
I love the buffalo shrimp (a weird tangy Spicy mix that I adore) get the garlic bread too!
They also mix the New England and Manhattan clam chowder (both are just ok) to make what they call Long Island chowder (somehow awesome) which you’ve gotta check out.
Good apps n specials grab your gal oliveoil and head over! Don’t be a hamburglar its a seafood spot, so try some out.

My go to place for seafood! Been my family’s favorite forever at all locations. White Cloud dish is soo delicious! Snow crab legs are my favorite, all you can eat on Tuesday. Call ahead for other great specials. Support our local businesses also means support our local fishermen! I posted some pics.

I love this place and miss it so much! When I was on Long Island we literally went here at least 1 – 2 times a month. My staple was shrimp parmesan and I cannot find it anywhere in Connecticut. They look at you like you have 10 heads no place will even attempt to do it I have one please try it with shrimp that was not brought it it was a nightmare. Popeyes is awesome I love their garlic bread even their side salad is pretty decent. We’ve gone here for other occasions besides dinner. We’ve gone in large groups with family when they come and visit as well as birthday celebrations, mothers and fathers day we’ve even gone after funerals. They don’t have much of a dessert menu which is find because the food portions are humongous.
So every time we come down and visit we definitely hit up this spot to eat where there is lunch or dinner. My father is a pain in the butt shop for the Christmas every year with a gift card to this restaurant. I still try to get one when I can and we use it when we come down. We’ve never had a bad meal there weather with a party of 3 or party of 20. We’ve been going there since they were half the size and the tiny little restaurant with the side entrance now expanded to more than double the size and have some of the same wait staff 4 15 + years. If you haven’t been there definitely try it awesome whole belly clams. Their stuffed flounder & stuffed shrimp are also very good. Great baked clams & other appetizers. I I am NOT a person to normally order chicken or something at a seafood restaurant but a few years back I had to eat chicken or something that was not seafood and I did have their chicken francese and it was very juicy moist. So if you had a bad experience definitely go back and give it another chance especially if you haven’t been there in quite some time.

Excellent customer service, the food is decent and the atmosphere is cozy. Prices are reasonable and they offer daily/​late night specials as well. Been there with my boyfriend plenty of times and will continue to visit.

Wasn’t pleased with this visit at all. Came on a Tuesday night to celebrate my daughter’s bday. It was unlimited snow crab legs night. We arrived around 7:45 & there were a decent amount of people in the restaurant… Perhaps that’s the reason for the very poor service. Everyone working seemed almost confused ! Walking back & forth with, what seemed like the same food, looking for a table to deliver it to. It was just harried. We split steamers. They were ok… Just larger than we’d like but ok. I ordered the crab legs, my daughter the fish tacos. Mine were fine… Sweet & tasty. Her tacos were served with a few chunks of mahi, mahi & certainly nothing special at all. My side dish was a baked potatoe which arrived about 20 minutes after the entrees were served. (??). We didn’t get out of there for almost 3 hrs which just seemed ridiculous.
Pro’s… Food was ok. They honor bdays with $ 6 something off apps & throw in a free ice cream. That was a nice surprise. The cons… The less than adequate service… Took soo long because the staff were running around with their heads cut off. For $ 70 bucks … I’d rather go somewhere else. Also… I didn’t finish my crab legs & they wouldn’t let me take a doggy bag. Instead the crab had to go in the garbage .
I’m not a complainer. I’m pretty easy going but this was not the type of evening I’d want to repeat

Party of 3. 1 had a steak. It was horse meat and over cooked. 2^nd had a burger. That was fine. 3^rd ordered crab legs w Cajun seasoning. No Cajun seasoning to be found. Salads both came out with blue cheese dressing when oils and vinegar was ordered. Service 1 star. 2 stars because the burger was ok.

Update: came back to have lunch
And The food was great the garlic bread wasn’t as good as the bethpage location but the waitress Sue
Was fun and upbeat and very attentive!

Decent food for the price. All you can eat crab legs are def the best part for me. Not a fancy or pretty place for sure, and the service is mediocre. I’ve stood at the hostess stand for 5 minutes before someone realized there was a customer. Then another 10 waiting for a waitress in an empty restaurant.
Drinks are okay. Coram location seems to be a lot nicer and better food than Sayville.

I love this place… my husband does not. It’s so hard to get him to go with me but when he does, he always enjoys the food so much, he just can’t handle the atmosphere. I do admit that I preferred Popei’s when they went with the basic plastic red and white checkered table cloths but i do appreciate that they are trying to step it up. The place always seems disjointed though so I think they should focus more on smooth service than aesthetics at this point so they don’t drive customers like my husband away.
As far as the food goes, it’s really good, well priced sea food so what more can you ask for. They have a great drink menu as well which I appreciate because I don’t drink too often and never know what to ask for when I’m in the mood, so a good drink menu makes it more fun for me. It always seems like they don’t have enough staff working but I have always had great servers who appear to be working like crazy and are very sweet and helpful with the menu.

This place is great when you are in that seafood mood and your man/​women wants American. Although I will say if you go here and do not get the seafood your crazy. I always start out with their sea food bisque; it’s the perfect pink base and filled with lots of goodies. The White cloud is heaven. It has shrimp, scallops, lobster meat, broccoli and ricotta cheese tossed with penne pasta in a white cream sauce. I mean how can you say no. In the summer they have an open patio. It is a little close to sunrise highway but you really cannot hear the cars.

I have been here numerous times. Everything is always great. The specials are real good. We went on a Sunday. They had all you could eat ribs. Everyone got seafood though this time. Went with a party of 7. The food came out quick and it tasted awesome. You can’t get enough of the garlic bread that they serve.
One issue was that the bathrooms were dirty. Not sure if it was because it was a Sunday and football was on.