Cousins Maine Lobster Menu Prices 2026: Lobster Rolls & Bisque

Cousins Maine Lobster is a food-truck and franchise brand, so roll prices are not fixed nationally — they vary by city, event, festival and market. A lobster roll at a truck or festival commonly runs in the mid-to-high teens to low twenties per roll depending on lobster cost and location, but the company does not publish a single national price. The most reliable documented figure is the nationwide-shipping At-Home Lobster Roll Kit, which starts at $155.00 on the official shop and makes several rolls. For exact truck pricing, check the brand's truck-tracker or the menu posted at your local event.

It's the same Maine lobster prepared two classic ways. The Connecticut roll is served warm with butter — no mayo — letting the sweetness of the lobster come through. The Maine roll is served chilled, lightly dressed in mayo with a touch of lemon, the cold-and-creamy New England deli style. Both come on the same toasted, buttered split-top roll. Cousins Maine Lobster is one of the few brands that offers both side by side, so it's the easiest place to taste the warm-butter vs. chilled-mayo debate in one visit.

Because the core business is food trucks and franchises, not a fixed-menu chain. Each truck is independently franchised and operates at different events, festivals and street locations, where lobster wholesale cost, local market and event fees all move the price. That's why you won't find a single national price list the way you would for a fast-food chain. The one place the brand does publish hard prices is its nationwide-shipping online shop (cousinsmainelobster.com), where items like the At-Home Lobster Roll Kit ($155+), live lobsters ($72.50+) and lobster mac & cheese ($70) carry documented prices.

The At-Home Lobster Roll Kit starts at $155.00 on the official Cousins Maine Lobster online shop and ships nationwide. It includes Maine lobster meat, toasted-ready split-top New England rolls and seasoning so you can build either the warm-buttered Connecticut style or the chilled-mayo Maine style at home. It's the brand's most-gifted product and the most reliable documented price point, since truck pricing varies by market.

Yes. The brand runs a nationwide-shipping online shop with documented prices: live Maine lobsters from $72.50 (two-lobster minimum), Maine lobster meat at $130.00, Maine lobster ravioli (1.5 lb) at $70.00, lobster mac & cheese (26 oz) at $70.00, lobster pot pie at $70.00, a mini lobster grilled cheese + bisque set at $75.00, Maine dayboat scallops at $85.00 and a 2-pack of crab cakes at $35.00. Shipping is in addition to item price. These are the only fixed, publicly documented Cousins Maine Lobster prices.

The lobster roll is the flagship — and the Connecticut warm-buttered version is the brand's signature build. After the rolls, the lobster bisque, lobster tots and lobster grilled cheese are the most-ordered truck items, and the Maine whoopie pie is the signature dessert. On the shipping side, the At-Home Lobster Roll Kit and the lobster mac & cheese are the best-selling products. Exact truck pricing varies by market and event.

Yes. Cousins — and actual cousins — Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac, both from Maine, launched the first lobster food truck in Los Angeles in 2012. That same year they appeared on ABC's Shark Tank and accepted a $55,000 investment from Barbara Corcoran. The brand grew from a single LA truck into a national fleet of franchised lobster trucks, several brick-and-mortar restaurants and a nationwide-shipping shop — one of the most successful Shark Tank food businesses to date.

The brand operates a national fleet of franchised lobster food trucks across many U.S. cities and states, plus a growing number of brick-and-mortar restaurants and the nationwide-shipping shop. The first truck launched in Los Angeles in 2012; by the mid-2020s the company reported on the order of several dozen trucks and locations across the country, with continued expansion. Because trucks move between events and cities, the best way to find one near you is the brand's official truck-tracker.

They're hard to compare directly because Cousins is a food-truck brand with variable, event-based pricing while Red Lobster is a fixed-menu casual-dining chain. Per-roll, a Cousins lobster roll at a truck is often in a similar range to a single Red Lobster lobster-tail entrée ($25.99), but you're buying a handheld roll rather than a sit-down plate with sides and unlimited Cheddar Bay Biscuits. For at-home value, the Cousins shipping shop (live lobsters from $72.50, lobster meat $130) competes with buying lobster at a fish market rather than with a restaurant ticket. Confirm current truck pricing at your local event before comparing.