Randazzo's Clam Bar
Seafood Restaurant and Italian Restaurant$$$$
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Has a stamp of approval from Eater and Serious Eats
"I loved the Lobster Bisque and the fried calamari is slamming."(7 Tips)
"It'd all about the raw clams and Lobster Fra Dialovo!! 😋😋"(36 Tips)
"Get the raw clams and fried calamari!"(9 Tips)
"New England Clam Chowder is my favorite...have a bowl"(12 Tips)
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Tony XerriMarch 12, 2013The crab cakes are humungous and cant be missed. No need for tarter sauce either, just two buns and your taste buds. Guzzle down some Littleneck Clams while youre at it and enjoy the BK banter!
Serious EatsJanuary 14, 2014Legendary clam bar with an equally legendary tomato sauce. Get it ladled over mussels, fried calamari, or any other seafood you like. Skip the pasta in favor of the raw bar.
Great old fashioned fish place. Baked clams nice and lightly. Reader, steamed calamari with medium sauce and ordered a side of linguine. Good fish filet sandwich, run still by the Randazzo family!!!!
Dane BOctober 20, 2017Excellent fried calamari. Even better sauce (get it hot) . But it's a virtual crime that they don't have even halfway decent bread to sop it up. What the heck are those bricks they serve on the side?
Rory ParnessJune 29, 2013Old skool Italian that doesn't disappoint. No frills on everything (seriously- water is served in bathroom cups) but the food is legit. Baked clams, of course and the fra diavlo was perfectly spiced.
Public House WineAugust 19, 2014A lowbrow seafood joint that's been ravely reviewed Fresh clams , lobster fra diavolo and last-meal-status $6 lobster bisque are well worth the trip to Sheepshead bay.
amNewYorkJuly 21, 2013Randazzo’s has been in operation for almost 100 years. The clam bar offers Blue Point clams, stuffed lobster, broiled tilapia and a sautéed softshell crab sandwich, among others.
Mike O'DeaJune 16, 2013get a half dozen cherry stone and a half dozen little necks (raw of course) and try something off the top of the menu to experience their two super tasty red sauces.
Spaghetti with shrimp sauce & spaghetti with lobster sauce are great, with generous portions. Lobster tail-quite tender; take-out service is very good.
ferdinand reinkeJune 2, 2017Lobster Randazzo is my go to dish. (Now if they just made it in a red sauce, I'd be even happier.) It's not much to look at but great food.
Alison ZackJune 3, 2013Worth the wait, but don't go hungry. Expect at least a 30min wait to be seated. We enjoyed the food, but we enjoyed the staff even more. Some of them have been working there for 30 years.
It's all about the steamers, the New England clam chowder, the Lobster Randazzo, and the ice cold water.
The Corcoran GroupMay 1, 2011A landmark restaurant serving fresh seafood! Get the Lobster Bisque & Spicy Crab, then the Combo with Hot Sauce or the Cold Seafood Platter and a side of biscuits.
Great food amazing service. Always a pleasure. The hot sauce is out of this world good and the shrimp francese is the best I've had anywhere.- Pedro GuedesSeptember 13, 2014The combo will give you all the experience you're waiting for when dining here. The service is very good and food is prepared really quickly!
Village VoiceApril 9, 2015It's the kitchen's famed sauce, made with tomatoes stewed for hours, that keeps folks coming back for more. Ladled over steamed, fried, or raw seafood, the sauce's chile heat creeps to a low rumble.
Brandvirtuoso Aka MarieLSeptember 29, 2013Amazing. Get the lobster difravalo and side of pasta and share between 4! It's that big!!! Soft shell crab sandwich is great too.....
Start off with Loster Bisque, the fresh oysters anytime of the year, steamed female lobster, yumm fried zucchini on the side mussel di zuppas great as well and so is the stuffed lobster, just everythi
Tim VetterFebruary 17, 2012The original name for Manhattan Clam Chowder was apparently Coney Island Clam Chowder, and it appears to be an Italian-American invention, its rich red broth giving it a Sicilian soul. Read more
MindySeptember 14, 2016Expect a long wait especially if you have a larger group. Clam chowder is great! Oysters are awesome too.- Village VoiceAugust 11, 2010Enjoy the Seafood Combo, which comes with fried calamari, steamed scungilli (conch), shrimp, and mussels, all of it doused in that brick-red sauce. The calamari somehow maintains its crunch; the shrim Read more
Pete LevinApril 29, 2013The Fra Divalo is delicious and a must get but beware its unlisted price is around $50.
Henry YuanJanuary 20, 2014Steamers weren't as good as they were but still decent...the New England Clam Chowder is still great and it's still "all about the sauce."- Best Softshell crab sandwich. Plump and tasty done just right!
The Zuppa Di Mussels with some bread is a must try. Portions are bigger than usual.
Johnny TitoNovember 1, 2014The last of the many great seafood places that were here in front of sheepshead bay. I have enjoyed their dishes many times over the years.
henry bakerOctober 13, 2017Fun neighborhoody spot, delicious food, and dang that spicy red sauce is amazing.
Mark TurokMarch 18, 2015Clams, mussels, great calamari--- I like the fried with the hot sauce. Pasta sides. It's all good here.
Justin KalifowitzJuly 21, 2013Fried calamari, shrimp cocktail, any pasta. A 12 on the 10 scale as far as NYC red sauce plates go.
#ultrafactsAugust 21, 2012The seafood here is locally sourced from a secret cove off the Verrazzano. Only "Old Starple," the Randazzo family fisherman, knows the coordinates.
Forget about waiting for a table, best seats & Service are at the counter!
- It'd all about the raw clams and Lobster Fra Dialovo!! 😋😋
Luke ConstantinoSeptember 5, 2012The plates aren't as big as they were years ago, but the one thing that remained: THE SAUCE... IT'S DELICIOUS!
Sit at the bar and eat raw oysters until your intestines start to rupture. If that doesn't tickle your salami, order the finest calamari you'll ever find anywhere... It's serious.
Little BellyAugust 1, 2010get fresh clam in the counter bar ! baked clam, chowder, pasta, karamari,,,,etc in the dining room ;D I wish i could stretch my stomach ... i missed crab cake and oyster !!!
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"Great atmoshere on the outside deck in the evening. Love all their crab and lobster dishes."
Kathy LaSorsa - 7.1
"fffarrr, but it's the only lobster shack-like place in new york, and feels good to be on the water. combine it with a russian banya visit in sheepshead bay."
Christen Duong - 8.6
"Super fun place with mini golf, corn hole, beer and seafood"
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