Where to Order The Highest Quality Lobster Online

With temperatures rising and summer on the horizon, it's time to start thinking about your lobster order again. Do you prefer your lobsters steamed, boiled, or grilled? When you order a lobster roll, do you go Connecticut style (with hot and buttered lobster meat) or Maine style (served cold, and the lobster meat tossed with mayonnaise and celery)? While you can dine out at any number of chef-approved restaurants specializing in the delicacy (Le Bernardin's Eric Ripert recommends Duryea's in Montauk, for example), it's now just as easy to order in and have lobster shipped directly to you.

In some ways, we have the pandemic to thank for easier access to top-quality lobster at home. Luke's Lobster, which opened its first location in New York's East Village and now has 18 locations around the world, shut down all but its Portland, Maine restaurant in March 2021 and launched a direct-to-consumer e-commerce operation. "We buy directly from fishermen, so it was really the only way to continue doing that," says Marketing Director Meaghan Dillon. Like other Maine-based lobster delivery services, Luke's ships overnight, so customers as far away as California can get fresh lobster within 24 hours. Dillon says the company offers both live lobsters and frozen lobster meat. For the frozen products, it uses nitrogen freezing, a process that freezes lobster quickly without affecting texture or flavor.

So why not give it a try and taste-test some fresh lobster at home, no matter where you are? Take your pick from the best options below.