Gilbert’s Chowder House: Portland Menu & Ordering Guide

At Gilbert’s Chowder House in Portland, Maine, the menu decision is not simply which chowder to order. The restaurant’s online menu also separates out stews and seafood chili, plus sandwiches and other choices. Start with the kind of meal you want, then use the current ordering page to check the details.

This is a researched menu guide, not a tasting review. Our Gilbert’s Chowder House profile keeps the restaurant’s official links together.

Chowder, stew or chili?

The restaurant-linked ordering menu makes three useful distinctions:

• Chowders: clam and haddock have separate listings. Seafood chowder combines clams, shrimp, haddock and lobster; the Super Seafood version is described as having twice the seafood.
• Stews: lobster and haddock stews are described as thinner, with sherry, heavy cream and butter.
• Seafood chili: this is a tomato-and-bean option with seafood, rather than another cream-based chowder.

Those are the restaurant’s menu descriptions, not our observations of a bowl. If you are choosing for someone else, ask which style they mean before ordering “seafood soup.” The names point to different preparations, not interchangeable versions of one dish.

What if someone does not want seafood?

The same menu lists corn-with-chicken chowder, grilled cheese and burgers. That gives a mixed-preference group more to consider than the restaurant’s name alone suggests.

Do not treat those listings as an allergy or dietary guarantee. If ingredients or preparation matter, ask the restaurant directly before ordering. A short menu description does not answer every question about substitutions or shared equipment.

Use the official ordering path

Gilbert’s official homepage links to Toast for takeout and delivery. Start there rather than assuming every search result has the same menu or fulfillment options.

For a pickup order, check the selected location, offered collection time and final order details before paying. For delivery, enter the destination and review the options shown for that address. A visible menu item is not a promise that it can be ordered at every time or through every service.

Planning to eat at the restaurant instead? Confirm current dine-in hours directly; an online ordering window is not a verified dining-room schedule. We have not placed an order, tested delivery coverage or contacted staff for this guide.

Location and next steps

The official contact page lists 92 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine 04101, and 207-871-5636.

Still comparing plans? Browse our Greater Portland seafood directory, or use our Portland takeout and pickup guide to compare other ordering routes.

Sources and how this guide was made

Researched October 12, 2026 from the official website, contact page and restaurant-linked ordering menu above. AI assisted the research and writing. This is not a personal visit or tasting. Menus and service options can change; confirm current details with the restaurant.