Costello’s Clam Shack

A couple of years ago I gave Abbots, the lobster cooking brother of Costellos one of the few five star reviews that I’ve given out. At long last we gave Costellos a try and hoped the family tradition would carry on. Unfortunately, it doesn’t.
Costellos bills itself as a clam shack. It does succeed at being that. I had a whole belly clam roll and some stuffed clams. All tasted good, good stuffies, in fact some of the best I’ve had recently (no chorizo though), good fries and coleslaw. What was missing were the clams in the whole belly clam roll. The serving was pretty skimpy for the price. While they were good there weren’t many of them.
Moving on to more bivalves, my companion had mussels. Not many, not big, not great. Compared to other seafood joints on the shore, the

Costello’s is awesome. We definitely liked the feel and the menu better than Abbott’s. It’s BYOB, and the seafood is great. I’ve had the clam strips and the coconut shrimp — both were awesome, but you definitely get a better quantity with the clam strips. My husband was completely enamored with Marty’s Mussels, so we came back two days in a row on our anniversary trip there.
The atmosphere is gorgeous, the service was pretty good, and the food was great. We’ll definitely be back once or twice when we’re in town again!