I feel like such a spoilsport writing this, but Lady Hans & I stopped at Lobster Shack after delivering a couch to her son in Branford this morning. My third visit in 4 years.
Nice setting, upgraded covered area w/good picnic tables, sufficient parking, well-appointed porta-potty, attractive signage, really pleasant folks.
The lobster meat and/or the bun needed more butter. The bun was not the kind with griddle-able sides. I generally put minimal-to-no butter on my corn or baked potatoes, less on green vegetables, so there's a reference point for you. The end product simply did not have enough flavor.
The experience reaffirmed a theme that has emerged in this thread: a lobster roll can be a disappointment by not being transcendent. It's that high a bar.
In some ways, it was like eating Pepe's pizza locally when I lived in Fairfield County. Next time, I'll go the extra miles to Lobster Landing to see if, by analogy, it's like traveling further up the road to Wooster Street.
