Billy's Seafood Company

We had a short list of things we wanted to do in Saint John. One was to eat poutine - done. Another was to go to a seafood restaurant in Saint John for lunch. We had a few places that had come up in our research and after checking the menus, decided on Billy's Seafood Company.


Billy's Seafood is located at the upper end of the City Market in Uptown Saint John, so we came across it pretty early in our walk (right after we went for poutine) and went back near the end of our stay to get lunch. It's both a restaurant and a seafood market.

We started out with some drinks. A got the Pumphouse Fire Chief red ale, which was on tap, and I got the Pumphouse blueberry ale:


Pumphouse is a New Brunswick brewery, so we were really glad to have the opportunity to try it. The beer was lighter than A was expecting, since it was a red, and he thought it was more like an amber. He was expecting a little bit more of a robust flavor, but he thought it was good. My blueberry ale didn't have a strong blueberry flavor but you could definitely smell blueberries when we poured it.

We decided to split their famous lobster roll (described on the menu as "chunks of lobster mixed with green onion in a light mayonnaise dressing"), which came with a side salad:


We both thought this was pretty tasty. The lobster was nice and sweet and you could taste and feel the consistency of the lobster without too much mayo or other stuff. A thought the bread was the weakest part, but I didn't think it was too bad. We thought it would be nice to get some Atlantic seafood while up in Saint John and the lobster roll was perfect for what we wanted.

For the side salad, we picked the Greek salad, which was a great option instead of just lettuce:


The salad came with plenty of feta cheese, tomatoes and olives, and a good vinaigrette dressing. It definitely wasn't as good as salads in Greece (nothing seems to measure up), but it was a nice accompaniment for the lobster roll and tasty.

In addition to the lobster roll plate, we decided to split the seafood chowder:


The seafood chowder had salmon, scallops, shrimp, white fish and lots of vegetables. It was very creamy and rich, but not too heavy. We liked how there was so much seafood in the soup.

Our delicious seafood lunch at Billy's Seafood was one of our last stops in Saint John and it was delicious!