Came in for a late Saturday afternoon lunch. Tasha took care of the 5 of us quite well and professionally. Soups are delicious, as are the sandwiches and burgers. Excellent bread. The French fries as baked with a little garlic, adding to the flavor. Prices are reasonable. It was $65 before tax and tip. read more

This place always has good food. It is just a tad to expense in my opinion. Not a place I could go weekly because of that but on rare occasions, it is pretty good! Service is really good too! read more

My wife and I had a great dinner. We sat at the counter and was amazed at how efficient the staff operated in such a small kitchen. Our food was great and will return when back in Anacortes. read more

We were in town waiting for the Anacortes Ferry. Decided to stop here based on other Yelp reviews. I ordered the Troller Tuna sandwich, the Adrift salad with house made red wine vinaigrette and my boyfriend ordered the Skagit burger. Everything was FRESH and DELICIOUS. Highly recommend. Our waitress was very friendly too. Will definitely come here again if we are in town. read more

Adrift - Seafood Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

My husband & I came after spending the day at Deception State Park. We were very impressed with our lunch. We got the oysters which were incredibly fresh & delicious, the crab cakes which were also delicious. For our meals, we got the Clementine burger & the piano salad. Both we're incredible. We will definitely be coming back. I highly recommend Adrift! read more

Adrift - Seafood Near Me - Anacortes, Washington

Went here just last night with a friend. Both the food and the service/staff were on point! It was a fairly busy crowd (especially for a rainy Wednesday night), and still the staff was attentive, helpful and friendly. We both kept our orders simple. The food came out at reasonable time compared to how busy it was. We each had a crab cake (which was spitaculer) and a I had the garlic burger and my friend had the Cuban sandwich on special. Needles to say, we both left satisfied with pur meals. read more

Visiting from LA and had the best dinner here. Perfect ending to a trip. I don't often eat seafood but I decided this would be a great place to order it. The crab cakes....to die for! The Baked Salmon was amazing too. Really made me love seafood when it's done right. I also love the local products they use and how gluten free friendly this place is. Very hard to find this when traveling and I make many dining decisions on having GF options, so thank you! read more

The Adrift use to be my favorite place to go. A little on the pricey side - I only went once or twice a year - but it was always delicious food. Something happened since I last went. They have a new menu, higher prices, and the food is no longer so tasty. My partner had a burger that was overcooked, and just so-so. I had blackened, cat-fish tacos (with roasted tomatillo salsa, mango pico de gallo, *and* chipotle sour cream) - all well prepared and very fresh - but the flavors clashed. Plus - we were seated at the same table as another group (there's a little sail between the tables, but still - I'm shoulder to shoulder with the other person). I hate to say it, but in my opinion, The Adrift is no longer worth the extra dollars. read more

Always delicious. Great staff. We are locals, and this is one our favorite places to treat ourselves. Sincerely, Kelly Ann read more

So good. I was impressed with the selection of local ingredients and the menu. We had fried oysters for appetizer (big portion!), crab cakes entree, Gouda burger, and key lime tart. Bloody orange cider on the tap was delish. read more

Best restaurant in ANACORTES hands down! Quality of food and owners are amazing! I admit I get it to go more often than I should It'sjust that great. read more

Stopped in for late lunch on our way through town. Shared crab gratin as an appetizer, with a salad this would have been a great lunch on its own! Brutus kale salad with halibut filet and a clementine burger with oven fries for mains. Food quality, beer and wine selection, waitstaff, decor & menu choices are thoughtful, unpretentious and well executed. Happy to recommend, we'll be back for sure. read more

I LOVE THIS RESTAURANT! My daughter introduced me to Adrift a few years ago and now it's one of my favorite off-island (I live on San Juan Island) experiences. There isn't a bad seat in the house, so if you find yourself seated at the copper counter, relax and enjoy the show! The kitchen crew is great! I've eaten breakfast (they have wonderful bacon supplied by a Bellingham source,) lunch (local greens used in salads,) and dinner (Lopez beef!) and have never been disappointed. Service is perfect. Prompt, friendly, and capable! read more

I loved Adrift so so much. Probably my favorite restaurant in Anacortes. The restaurant is so cute and comfortable and the food is so good. Everyone was satisfied by the meal. It was really good!!! read more

Food was amazing, friendly and helpful staff. They said burgers are good, and they are amazing, the best I've ever had, wine selection is ok. I also tried pen fired scallops, one of the best I've had. Overall a great eating experience. read more

Great stop on the way out from/into Seattle. Service could be slow sometimes so your best bet is the bar seating at the entrance.

I ended up here with my parents and brothers after an excursion on Orcas Island. My dad wanted seafood, some nice lady told us Adrift was "really excellent," so we ended up here. The first sign of trouble was the lack of air conditioning in this place. There was a thermostat conveniently located next to the podium where you wait for the hostess, so I am not exaggerating when I say it was unbearably hot in the restaurant. This was at 8pm or so, and the thermostat read 90 degrees. It was a good 10 degrees colder outside than inside the restaurant. If my parents weren't with me, I would have marched off, driven to the closest drive-through, and eaten in my car with the air blasting, but that wasn't an option. Finally, after what seemed like forever, we were seated. Our table got geoduck ceviche with a side of risotto, crab cakes, a burger, and blackened halibut. I will give them the benefit of the doubt that the burger must have been excellent, because my brother who is usually very picky scarfed it down before I could ask for any. The crab cakes were not great. I suppose it's my fault for ordering Maryland crab cakes in Washington, but I'm probably never going to go to Maryland and crab cakes seemed like a relatively safe thing to order. The problem with these crab cakes is that they are way too sweet. Once, out of curiosity, I excitedly bought spicy Korean Cheetos from the supermarket only to be terribly disappointed that they were seriously lacking spice and also tasted really sweet. The ingredient list revealed that they had been powdered with aspartame, which is 200 times sweeter than sugar and what they use to sweeten Coke Zero. I mention this because these crab cakes were as sweet as those Cheetos. What happened to good old-fashioned Old Bay and some salt? Seafood shouldn't ever be sweet enough to be confused for dessert. My parents seemed to enjoy the halibut, but I thought it was a waste of fish. Blackening it really hides the delicate halibut flavor - halibut should be gently poached in butter or lightly steamed in parchment paper. The worst dish of the night, however, was the geoduck ceviche. Call me a traditionalist, but I'm pretty sure ceviche is supposed to be raw fish (or squid/octopus/geoduck, etc) that is "cooked" by marinating it in acidic juices, usually lemon or lime. Taking geoduck, chopping it up into slivers and serving it with diced tomatoes and onions, does not make a ceviche. Those tomatoes and onions do not have enough acid to "cook" the geoduck. What I received was not geoduck ceviche, but rather salsa with tiny pieces of geoduck. To add insult to injury, they served the "ceviche" with a slice of lime on the side. Ceviche needs to MARINATE in lime juice OVER TIME. Sprinkling it on top right before you eat it does nothing. Between the five of us, no one wanted to finish the geoduck. My brother and I fought over the risotto out of hunger, because that might have been the best thing we had (and it was far from the best risotto I've had). In all fairness, the staff at the restaurant were very nice and accommodating and the decor is quite adorable. I just wish the food wasn't so terrible and that they made use of air conditioning. read more

Adrift, oh what a fitting name for this establishment. What they forget to mention is that the ship capsized long ago and any value it once had has been carried away by the current. On our last visit to Anacortes, we were less than impressed by Rockfish down the street. Little did we know that this rather derelict town could go lower in its culinary standards. Upon entering, we were told by the hostess (after a good session of hemming and hawing and checking her iphone) that the wait was 45 min for a table. We obliged because such a busy place must be good right? Wrong. So horribly wrong. After over an hour of waiting with no update on the situation from the hostess, we had to walk up and ask what the problem was, as a few parties of a similar size that arrived after us were already seated. She stared down at her seating chart, back to the reservation page, back at her phone a few times, before telling us it could be up to 30 min longer before we had a seat. At this point, she offered us the deal of a lifetime. We could wait, or we could leave (we should have left, as hunger would have been a far better condition than what was to come.) 25 min later we finally have a seat. We place our entire order immediately, since we had enough time to see the entire menu go to tables while we waited. Our first server (who left after taking our orders with no notice whatsoever) told us the kitchen was slammed (no shit huh?) But only offered to expedite or order more quickly if we were trying to catch the last ferry out, and gave zero shits that we could have easily caught said ferry if the front of house wasn't so damned inadequate. Our drinks arrive, and much to my parched dismay, I would have no refill on my coke without paying for another bottle (which I should have broken and ended my life with then and there) My "CHA CHA Diablo burger, which by the menu looked to have some serious heat in it, barely tickled my tastebuds. Someone else's Ceasar Salad was multitudes spicier, making the Diablo surrender it's golden fiddle to "The Brutus", and making said salad practically inedible for the person that ordered it. Continuing with awful burgers, the Roasted Garlic Brie Burger was a disaster in disguise as well. Garlic called in sick today, and took all competent staff with it. Brie tried it's best to make up for it, but not until it was too late. The massive pile of brie was akin to a cheap bag of quick cement, and shut down a digestive system worse than a multi car pileup on I5. Note to the kitchen: shoving some cloves of garlic into mayo haphazardly does NOT make it an Aioli, and would have better given its life on the brie burger. I'd pay my respects to the garlic, but its fate was sealed when it passed the threshold into Adrift. On our way out, we noticed a sign in the window "Help wanted: Line Cook + Host/ess" save yourself the trouble Adrift, what you need is a demolition crew. read more

We (husband, Aunt & Uncle) stopped in at 8:45 (they close at 10pm) but that didn't matter. Our waitress was very attentive and knowledgeable. We had drinks and appetizers. The edamames were delicious the artichoke sadly not so much. Then on to entrees my husband had the steak which was cooked to perfection and delicious! Our Uncle had the Cod also cooked well and delicious, Aunt had the Dungeness crab au gratin which was rich and yummy and I had the fish tacos with halibut, fish cooked perfectly and equally delicious !!! We of course rounded out our meal with dessert as we were all a little full we shared a Creme Brûlée which was oh my again, delicious ! We will definitely be back to try other items on the menu and nice to know at the end we were not rushed to leave as we didn't get out until 10:30. Thank you for an incredible experience !!! read more

Amazing!! Everything we had was great...clams, soup, crab cakes and salmon. Definitely a must stop when in town!!!

Always great food here, in a street front atmosphere. In good weather, you can eat outside.

I've heard of Adrift for years but never thought of going due to the fact that I'm a strict vegetarian and they're labeled as a seafood restaurant. A few weeks ago my roommate persuaded me to go with her because she had never been and insisted that there had to be more to the menu than fish; so we went. I must say that I so happy I did! Besides the amazing food and tofu alternatives, the warm atmosphere and friendly service will have me coming back as often as possible! :) read more

We came to Adrift after reading some good reviews on Yelp...and after a LONG day of whale watching with two young kids. The decor was just as described - quaint and cozy. They sat us fairly quickly but after that the service slowed considerably. I think the kitchen was backed up? Our server did give us some bread to much on so that helped. Try this: We got there at 7 pm, seated at 7:05 or so...dinner didn't come until 7:50 pm. I ordered the Magic Skagit Burger special - it was extremely yummy though I thought their home fries were a bit soggy? It was also very dark so not sure if the potato skin made them dark (and soggy?) or burnt? Can't tell. The kids got the pirate special with salmon. I thought the zucchini was well-flavored but were sopped in oil. Not something I want to feed my child. My other son ordered the kids burger. Again, fries were soggy (albeit excellently flavored) - even for a boy who could eat fries of all shapes and sizes, he didn't really touch those until the end. Meat was tasty though so here is a star for that. So you must be wondering why I only gave them two stars? Two words - juicy caterpillar. My husband ordered a tuna salad. Everything tasted yummy until he was about 80% through and found a big fat caterpillar (was he the hungry caterpillar fattening up and getting ready to make his cocoon?) Thankfully, my husband flipped him out before the special ingredient became dinner. Another server came to take it from him (evidently, our server was never told) discreetly with an apology. Even though I was eating a cooked burger (which is why I tend not to order salad in a restaurant I am not familiar with), I lost my appetite. He did as well. It was already late so we didn't eat dessert but I am sure that would've been fabulous. Continue reading... The bill came - nothing was comped. I would've thought that we would've gotten the salad comped or at least a free offer of dessert (which um...I would've refused??? hee hee). I would not have made a big scene but it would've been nice to have someone (owner? our own server?) acknowledge this faux pas and comp us. We'll whale watch again but will not be going to Adrift in the future. read more

On a long weekend to Anacortes we made a Saturday 8pm reservation days in advance and were excited to try out this place...the highest rated restaurant on Yelp in the city. We were promptly seated and the service was pretty solid all night. The issue, however, was the food. As we walked in I spotted what turned out to be a pork chop special on another patron's plate...that was what I wanted the moment I spotted it. Sadly, within seconds of our server greeting us, she was informed, as were we, that the pork chop was 86'd. Strike 1. We shared a romaine Caesar salad. My wife was a fan but the level of raw garlic punch was a bit much for me...particularly as a starter. Strike 2. I had the curry poached fish as my entree. With catfish. Menu claims it comes with sweet potato mash, baby bok choy, pineapple chutney and black beans. Not being a fan of black beans, I asked for none of those. The curry and fish weren't bad. Not amazing, but solid. The serving of fish was awfully small, but that happens sometimes. The chutney was pretty good and the bok choy was about as good as it can be. The real issue was the "sweet potato". It said on the menu it was with coconut milk, which I was excited about as someone that avoids dairy. What ended up on my plate tasted like warm Libby's canned pumpkin purée. Seriously. I've had and made mashed sweet potatoes hundreds of times. The orange mush on my plate was pumpkin. I'm certain of it. The server naively tried to tell me that coconut milk + sweet potatoes = pumpkin. She finally offered an alternate side: potato croquet. Sure...bring it on. It came, looked like it had just been in a microwave it was sooo steamy (you know what I mean). It was fine after I added some salt. Not. Impressed. Strike 3. My wife had the special of the night which was halibut filet with a huckleberry beurre blanc with risotto. This plate of food looked promising when it arrived, but whenever a salt and pepper shaker is involved in a $30+ plate of seafood, it's not good. With some self seasoning it was fine. We're from Portland and maybe there is some vague chance that we are just spoiled and the food we paid $80 + tip for (included 2 glasses of wine) was actually top shelf. But I'm quite certain that it wasn't. And that our wings and sweet potato fries the night before from the Brown Lantern bar down the block were far superior...and WAY cheaper. Hard pass on this place for us. Hard. Pass. read more

Don't listen to my wife Christine P below. Notice how she mentioned the wine and wine list multiple times. She had like four glasses of wine....a complete liability. That being said, crab cakes and halibut were amazing. We will be back. read more

We ordered the crab au gratin as an appetizer for the table and it was so good, we wanted to lick the dish. We also enjoyed the Skagit burgers with the potato buns. Boy, were they delectable. The mashed sweet potatoes with coconut milk fell a little short, as you couldn't taste the coconut but there was some sort of spice (possibly nutmeg) that was very overpowering. The soft molasses spice cookies were the perfect end to the meal. read more

Ate here for a b-day dinner with my parents, and we were blown away by the food, drinks and service. The wine selection was great, the crab au gratin appetizer was out of this world (no skimping on crab, here!), the burgers and crab tacos were delish, and the crisp of the day was amazing. To top all this amazing food off, our waitress, Tasha, was just adorable and really made the meal into a wonderful evening. Thank you, Adrift! read more

Terrible service! 4 of us walked in at 2pm and waited over 10 minutes and weren't acknowledged, and finally I asked "hey is there anyone who can help us?". Then a server said they were getting a table ready and could get us in, then some other guy comes over and says there's a 45 minute wait?! It 2pm. Ridiculous! We left. read more

We had a dinner at Adrift last week- MAJOR disappointment !!!! We both ordered pasta with scallops- the plates came with VERY small amounts of pasta and a lot of inedible shells. We left hungry and on the way out the waitress tried to short change us for ten dollars. in summary- high prices, poor quality and quantity and dishonest staff- NEVER again ! read more

Very interesting dishes and home made soups. Regional style cooking. The fish tacos for lunch are awesome, beet salad good too. A little more expensive than other lunch places but the food is awesome. A must stop. read more

Awesome place. Great seafood, and breakfast, lunch and dinner service. Best egg Benedict I ever had. Great sausage and even the biscuit are good for breakfast. we went for dinner one night and had to go back for breakfast the next morning. easily the best place to eat in the whole town. Laid back and low key place but good for romantic dinner for two as well. we got dessert for free for celebrating bday. What a group of attentive staff please give them big tip! Really , can't go wrong with adrift. read more

To much hype, killer atmosphere and great service but the prices are steep for what you get. The burgers where dry even though we asked for medium (came out well done). The soup was decent but I won't be heading back to this place anytime soon. read more

Amazing fresh seafood and unique pairings. There is a bar area, indoor seating, and outdoor sidewalk seating. It was a lil pricey but every bit worth it for quality food. The crab cakes were dreamy! There was a kids menu with good options. We will definitely be back again. read more

The food here is delicious and the space is so cute, so why the three star review?? It is sooo expensive for what it is. You think you're walking into a cute cafe before you hop on the ferry but beware pocketbook, you're about to get raped. read more

I don't care if you've never heard of Anacortes, WA, come on over RIGHT NOW and have yourself a tasty, locally produced meal. This is one of the finest restaurants in the state, if not the entire West Coast. Browse the peculiar selection of used books (for sale) while you wait for your fresh Mahi Mahi poached in coconut milk or baked salmon with creamy polenta. Delectable vegetarian selections as well. And, gosh golly, everyone here sure is nice. Sit at the counter to chat with the wise guys on the other side, celebrate with the whole gang at a big ol' table or cozy up with your sweetie in a li'l nook. read more

This place was perfect. I had no idea that Anacortes was holding such a gem! I love that the walls are lined with old maps and books for sale. The food was local and fresh. If it's a cold night, definitely try the Crab Au Gratin - so delicious and rich! As for the service, some of the friendliest people I have encountered in a restaurant. You should make your way here if you're in town, or make the drive - it's worth it! read more

Excellent food. Had the fish tacos the Salish. Fresh and tasty. Good ambience. Friendly staff.

I REALLY REALLY REALLLYYYY wanted to give this place 4 stars for a bacon burger priced at $17, like I REALLY wanted to. I wanted to give this place 4 stars more than I want to smash a beer on my face... That's how bad. But I couldn't do it. That must have been one of/if not best bacon burgers I've ever had. read more

This place is popular! A bit of a wait even though we had reservations but it was worth it. Portions were generous and the crab melt sirloin was amazing. The kids options were great as well. Definitely a local favorite and the setting in old downtown Anacortes added to the experience. read more

The food here is super good. Totally worth the money. They have a great ambience and the service is always really good. The food is as local as possible. It's not always affordable to go here, personally, but if you're going out for a special occasion, Adrift is perfect. My husband and I went here as part of our honeymoon and we went all out. We enjoyed entrees, fine beer and wine, and stayed at the San Juan Motel two blocks away. read more