Joey’s By the Shore

Reviews

• Nikki C.

  star star star star star_border 22 June 2026

  Stopped by for the first time with the kid I was babysitting. Standard beach food, but a little bit of a more extensive menu than just hamburgers and hot dogs. We got the fish sandwiches...surprised to find that it was fresh fish, not the standard frozen fish filet. The fries were pretty amazing!
  
  As far as beach food goes, you can't go wrong at Joeys!

• Monica F.

  star star star star_border star_border 11 June 2026

  They can be real a*holes here (not the kids that work there, but the real guys...maybe even Joey? Does he exist?). However, unfortunately because it's the only place to get food on all of Compo, there isn't much of a choice.
  
  The good news is, although overpriced, the food is really good most of the time. Everything fried is freshly fried and portions are relatively good the veggie burger is great and the lobster roll, despite being small, comes with fries for the same cost of a lobster roll elsewhere, so in that sense it's a good deal. The chicken tenders and things like that also come with fries (burgers do not, which is annoying).
  
  Have had some bad experiences with the food, like for example one time I ordered a grilled cheese with ham and tomato after they told me I could add anything, and instead got grilled bread with cheese ham and tomato in it like a regular sandwich (all cold and just stacked, nothing inside was grilled or pressed). That wasn't what I wanted and in no way qualified as a grilled cheese.

• Ilana J.

  star star star star star 11 June 2026

  Amazing food, just way too expensive. You can't go wrong with any seafood here and the french toast looked good too.

• Rich V.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 7 June 2026

  Better to have it that not at all. This place has everything and more than you'd expect in a beach snack bar and the food is pretty good for this type of fare. That said, it is extremely expensive. I guess ya gotta make hay while the sun shines as they say and it is a short season. In summary, bring your own cooler and save your hard earned money but peek in to get that beachy feel!

• Nicole M.

  star star star star star_border 3 June 2026

  Joey's is your typical beach-day food.  Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches.... but they also have a variety of heartier and upscale sandwiches.  However, the reason I go, and by far the best thing there... the lobster roll.  It has been consistently voted the best lobster roll in Fairfield County and it is delicious.  Unlike others that are mostly mayo and filler, this lobster roll is purely chunks of lobster.  And of course it comes with a side of Joey's AMAZING french fries.  It is a little pricey at $14, BUT, for the amount of lobster you get... I still think it cannot be beat.
  
  Be prepared to wait for it in a long line in an incredibly hot building... but trust me... its worth it.