# What's better - the hot or the cold lobster roll? (need answer kinda fast) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 28, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541 "2021-07-28T19:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/1 "2021-07-28T19:02:29Z")
Going to an outdoor concert tonight. Found out they will have a lobster roll food truck (voted #1 food truck in Detroit, apparently). I’ve had plenty of lobster, but never a classic lobster shack-style lobster roll. They have both hot and cold rolls on their menu. Which is the ‘better’ roll? I think I’ve heard the cold roll is preferred. Leaving in about 2 hours… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/2 "2021-07-28T19:04:46Z")
Hot roll, butter, no mayo is my preference. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/3 "2021-07-28T19:43:06Z")
Hot lobster with melted butter on a toasted roll. Best kind. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/4 "2021-07-28T19:44:34Z")
Why not both? But hot, butter, no mayo is my pref. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/5 "2021-07-28T20:02:35Z")
Cold. Especially if you’re at an outdoor concert in Detroit. Who wants a hot sandwich in this heat??? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/6 "2021-07-28T20:50:38Z")
Hmmm…votes for 3 hots and a cold. @The_wind_of_my_soul, you have a point, but a hot lobstah roll with buttah does sounds good. I may make a last-minute change-up. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/7 "2021-07-28T20:52:38Z")
I agree with this 100%. Although, I like the cold lobster rolls too. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/8 "2021-07-28T20:55:04Z")
I only had one lobster roll in my life. I was expecting hot, I didn’t know cold was a thing, and I was disappointed by it[s coldness. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/9 "2021-07-28T21:20:09Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Why not both? This is the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/10 "2021-07-28T22:39:35Z")
I have never in my life had a lobster roll but dammit, this thread has made me look up what it entails and now I want like six of the damned things. No mayo though but evertything else sounds amazing. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/11 "2021-07-28T22:41:57Z")
Lobster (and crab legs) are just a reason to consume melted butter. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/12 "2021-07-28T23:46:24Z")
Hot is best ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/13 "2021-07-29T01:24:30Z")
So I went with the hot lobster roll with garlic, herbs and butter. And it was good! Not cheap at $35 though. And not a whole lot of food. I know, it’s lobster, and it’s a food truck. My wife was like “$35? Yeah, no.” And got a burrito at another truck there, doing Mexican that we had gotten burritos at before at another concert in the park. For a little over a third of the price she got what I know to be a delicious burrito that probably had twice the calories. But I regret nothing. I love lobster. I wanted to try a real lobster roll, But now that I have, I must confess I don’t find it to be the best lobster delivery system there is- stuff a hot dog roll with as much lobster as it can hold, and serve. Ok. Not as good as say, boiling a live lobster, cracking it open and savoring every morsel, and rolling the tips of asparagus spears in the tomalley… but still very good! Kinda hungry now though… usually avoid the late-night snacks but… ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/14 "2021-07-29T01:50:55Z")
$35 seems pretty steep. I can get them in Chicago for [$20 from a food truck](https://www.happylobstertruck.com/menu/). Although [one restaurant in Chicago has them for $45](https://www.gtoyster.com/menu) which is a massive ripoff. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/15 "2021-07-29T01:58:13Z")
You’re in Detroit, not a hotbed of lobster rolls. $35 is pretty steep for a lobster roll, even on the coast of Maine. My favorite, at Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, is $30 this year. [![](https://newengland.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/reds-lobster-roll-2-bfd-675x455.jpg) ](https://newengland.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/reds-lobster-roll-2-bfd-675x455.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/16 "2021-07-29T02:20:26Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I can get them in Chicago for [$20 from a food truck](https://www.happylobstertruck.com/menu/). One our favorite food trucks. So good! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/17 "2021-07-29T02:44:17Z")
Mine too. Before Covid I’d try to visit them once a month at least (I wish I could do more but even though a $20 lobster roll is a good deal $20 regularly for lunch is too much). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/18 "2021-07-29T10:29:03Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > $35 seems pretty steep. > > I can get them in Chicago for [$20 from a food truck](https://www.happylobstertruck.com/menu/) How is it that I knew the food truck the second I read that? They came to my apartment building last week as a special treat for the residents for resident appreciation month. So good. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/19 "2021-07-29T12:32:34Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > $35 is pretty steep for a lobster roll, **even on the coast of Maine.** I would think lobster rolls would be at their cheapest on the coast of Maine. Talk about locally sourced ingredients… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541/20 "2021-07-29T12:52:24Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I would think lobster rolls would be at their cheapest on the coast of Maine. Talk about locally sourced ingredients… But the demand is incredibly high, and flatlanders will pay anything. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541.md?page=2)