This is a great place to enjoy a relaxing post-beach meal - right on the water, very chill. Agree that it's a little on the pricy side, but really - what do you expect for a place like this? Location, location, location! Husband got fish & chips and enjoyed very much - breading wasn't too heavy like you find in some places; fries were awesome. I got the grilled chicken sandwich which, for a seafood place, was actually pretty decent. I'll also second the awesome fries. The three stars is for my sister's mussels. She said the taste and flavor were great, but that there was sand in every one. Was very sad as she was visiting from out of state and was in search of a great mussel dish - this wasn't it. We're not picky eaters at all, but the thought of eating gritty sand still gives me the willies. read more

Have been to Jims Dock many times in the past and always enjoyed the food. However, visited for the first time since the Hurricane Sandy reconstruction on a beautiful Sunday at prime time and walked right in. This aroused my suspicions immediately as we always had to wait. We ordered a appetizer of steamers that we were going to share. The price was $12 we received 6 steamers. I ordered a cup of the RI Clear Chowder always my favorite type of chowder. $5 for a small paper cup of mostly potatoes, not a clam in sight. My wife ordered a pesto pasta special with scallops and shrimp not the best at $36, for a pasta dish? My usual order of whole belly clams came with very small belly's and some strips, much smaller of an order then the past. Since the renovation,prices are out of sight and the place is a tourist trap. It has its pluses BYOB and location, but you can get a better meal, and service from a more extensive menu and a better atmosphere just down the road at Matunick Oyster Bar. In fact even Captain Jacks,across from the Matunick Oyster Bar,renovated menu and raw bar is a better deal then Jims Dock Joe North Kingstown read more

Great food, great service!!! Young wait staff was very attentive! Awesome chowder and clam cakes. I'll be returning often. Oh yeah, the views from the outdoor seating area are very relaxing. read more

I have been here many times and the food is always great. the last time I visited I had some bad steamers and they were very apologetic and removed them from the bill and gave us desert. It's awesome because it is BYOB and has a great view read more

What a great restaurant! The service was awesome, staff were friendly and very attentive. The gods was even better than the service. The seafood was a fresh as you would expect from a place with "dock" in their name. We had swordfish, calamari, and shrimp. All were great. Prices were reasonable for the area. (Overlooking Galilee). We loved it and will be back again, and again!! read more

Love this place! Right on the water, wait is typically pretty long on the wknds so just prepare for that. But it's byob so you can drink while you wait! Parking is also another issue, it's. very hectic with cars being parked back to back so sometimes you have to move your car during your meal. But I love it here and it's faults don't bother me. I like the clam chowder and fish sandwich but didn't care for the cod covered in cheese, but could be bc I don't think fish and cheese go well together. Very laid back and fun spot! read more

Sometimes its terribly hard to find parking but the food is excellent and you can't beat the beach right next door and then going over for some chowder or clam cakes! read more

So our food was awesome, but one of our party of 11 was forgotten about. He ordered a regular meal and they brought it out after we were all done with our food. This is why I can't give them 5 stars. read more

Ok.....fish was fresh but if you are expecting hand-cut fries which is what the menu says, forget it......plain ole run of the mill fries

I visited Jim's dock and had one of the most awful dining experience of my life. My server a red haired girl on the patio on a Monday afternoon July 16, 2018. I've been coming to Jim's dock my whole entire life visit my family who lives locally. My server didn't have an idea what was going on or what was on the menu. I asked her what the raw bar selection was where she answered ya I dont know. Then proceed to laugh in my face. I asked her where the oysters are from where her response also was I dont know. I ordered my food and asked to sub out a salad for fries where the server didnt feel the need to tell me of any other charges. She was impossible to find and made zero effort to help our table. After receiving our bill and being charged I asked for charge to be removed. She then had to manager come who was not very helpful and decided to barter what she would remove and not. I feel that the whole situation was very stereotyped. After having the salads removed and cashing out on exit the waitress then proceeded to flip my the middle finger. I am very disturbed that this is how I would be treated after coming to Jim's for 28 years with my cousins who all of us are in the service industry for many years. When we approached the manager about what had happen she couldn't be bothered to even put her cellphone down and speak with us. I am extremely disappointed and will not be returning to a very nostalgic place in my heart. I hope you can fix these situations and put your customers need into perspective. read more

Great place to eat outside on a sunny afternoon...BUT. Two people had fish sandwiches, cup of chowder and two sodas adding up to $35 for lunch. Overpriced? You bet. Fish was tasty, but very small amount on a giant roll with too much tarter sauce.. Same for chowder- good but small amount for $5.00. We could have gotten better food and way more of it at Matunuck Oyster Bar down the road. If you want to pay a premium for sitting outside this is your spot. Otherwise pass on Jim's until the get prices more reasonable.. read more

Jim's Dock is a favorite of mine for breakfast. I love watching the Block Island Ferry arrive and leave and seeing all of the fishing boats. The breakfast food is basic good food - no surprises here. The wait staff is pleasant and food arrives pretty quickly. This is really a vintage Rhode Island place that should not be missed. read more

So we rented a house down in Matunuck last week for vacation. Our first trip out for lunch after unpacking the cars was to Jim's Dock. Thank God the rest of the week went well because this was a bummer of a way to start our vacation. There was a little bit of a wait so we had to put our name on a waiting list. As the hostess took my husbands name, I continued to walk towards the waiting area with our two kids, which seemed to be an issue for the hostess. She was totally confused and stopped me to ask where I was going. There were about 10 tables of other patrons, and 2 or 3 tables that were waiting to be cleared, so we had to wait about 15 minutes. Another hostess, an older woman who appeared to be a manager, called out our name for a "party of 2." We said, "No, we have 2 children, it was supposed to be 2 + 2." Her frustrated reply was "well it says 2 here" and she stormed off. About 10 minutes later she came back over to us and said "I have a table in the sun, without an umbrella, if you want that." Now, I'm pale....And I practically get a sunburn when I walk past a window....And we have a 1 year old and a 3 year old...so I said "No thanks, with the kids and all, we'll just wait for a table with an umbrella." She stormed off again.... As we continued to wait, my husband made the Godly mistake of leaning against a railing that was adjacent to a table that the same hostess was about to sit someone at. She came over to him and said, in an incredibly snotty tone "um, I'm about to sit someone at that table.....so....." And that was that! Three strikes and you're out, people. We walked out after that. If you are a waterfront restaurant, in Rhode Island, in August, on a weekend, at lunch time...you're GOING to be busy...get a grip and try having a decent attitude. I've eaten here before and the food was pretty decent, and the view is great, which is why I gave it 2 stars...but the rude and snotty management really needs to get it together. There are too many other good places to eat in South County, which is why we left. read more

Always liked Jim's Dock...until this past Monday! We asked the hostess to be seated outside in the shade as it was 99degrees outside. She brought us to a table that was mostly in the sun...duh...we asked to move to the table in the shade and she said sure. So we moved. I don't even think there was more than 5 people having lunch at the time ( 1:00) . While looking over the menue a waitress came over and asked us if we could move because they had a party of 10 that just came in. We said "no" we were sitting here. About 10 minutes later another waitress comes over and tells us that they are going to have to move us because the party of 10 has to sit here, so we got up and said we were leaving and wanted to speak to the manager. Well the manager never came and after a few words with the waitresses that had gathered around we left!....too bad, very shabby treatment!!! read more

My parents go here at least once a week the entire time its open. We go as a family on the day it opens and my parents go the day it closes for the season. Its a great spot to sit, have a drink (BYOB!!!!) and watch the boats. We're kind of spoiled since we never have to wait for a table (the blessing of being a regualar I suppose). I've tried items from all over the menu: the lobster roll, clam cakes, chowder, fish and chips, raw oysters, fisherman's platter, fried scallop or fried clam roll, steamers, conch fritters, calamari and their mussles. I gotta say though, you're missing out if you dont get the lobster bisque!! Also, if you ever see the lobster or seafood? penne...GET IT!!! its usually a special. Absolutely ridiculous. I hate seafood pasta dishes but my parents psuhed me into it (mostly because they wanted to see it and taste it themselves). It was phenomenal!! There had to be a full lobster worth of meat and 6 grilled sea scallops in there. definitely enough for two people. read more

At the end of our wonderful vacation, my family decided to go to Jim's Dock (a favorite of ours). I was so disappointed! The communicated one hour wait turned into two hours, a meal sent back twice, asking for coffee ordered early in the meal and mediocre food. I would have said that the company, a longer wait and only fair food was enough but not one person apologized for the service or the food. I'm sure I would go back again. read more

I have been going to Jim's Dock for a few years. The staff is very helpful and the seafood has been good. All I ever order is fried whole belly clams because that is what I crave after moving inland many years ago. I took my cousin here last week expecting a hefty order of whole belly clams. We should have walked when the meager $20 plate was put on our table. I thought it was half the order! Good bye Jim's Dock, never again. You may get the tourists but you can't fool a Westerly native twice. Oh and the sign at the bar outside stating "This is the only Woodstock we remember" with the picture of a rifle shows what the management thinks of love vs. guns. We went to Port Side in Galilee and for less $$$ got a hell of a lot more and better whole belly clams. read more

My wife and I ordered a doz clam cakes, 1 white chowder, 1 clear chowder, 1 fried clam dinner and 2 coffees. The chowder was great, although too salty for our tastes. (It's too bad restaurants can't figure out that the customer knows how to use a salt shaker). The fried foods were fried to perfection - rich golden brown and not at all greasy. The clam cakes though, well I think the whole dozen all shared the same clam. Found a few specks of clam in them, but you can't call them "Clam Cakes" but just "Clam FLAVORED Cakes". That was disappointing. The $53.00 for the above was as well! read more

Fish and chips aren't made with traditional batter, they are thinly crusted and not flavorful. Actually my biggest issue is that nothing had much flavor at all. And when I asked if they had a grilled cheese for my daughter I was told that it was on the lunch menu, not at dinner. So in other words "we have it but we won't make it for you". That and the lack of basic personality of the wait staff will make me not come back. read more

Good food. Great view. OK service. Beware it's BYOB and they run out of stuff so don't go with your heart set on a particular dish

8/20/17 I was treated to dinner at Jim's to celebrate my birthday. It was Sunday and it was busy as you would expect for a location like this in he middle of Summer. I have to say all the food was not just good but spectacular; my husband ordered the Fisherman's platter and it was so large, it could have fed two or more people The scallops were cooked exactly right;the sear was perfect; it's easy to overcook scallops but these were exceptional. The whole belly clams, the shrimp and the fish were also fantastic. The Risotto with Shrimp was terrific; shrimp were tender, rice was cooked right. There were four of us and there was not a bad meal in the bunch. And, from some of the reviews I saw on this site, I expected less than stellar service. Boy was I wrong, the waitress could not have been more pleasant or efficient. Knowledgeable about the menu and when my husband asked for extra tartar sauce, she brought it right away and came back again with more because she noticed as she passed our table that he had used it all up. She was watchful and attentive; fine service. We did get boxed in in the parking lot but the car behind us had his cell phone number on his windshield and he came and moved it quickly. If you are going to be anywhere near the vicinity of Jim's Dock, stop in and enjoy the dining experience. It's really, really good! read more

We tripped over this place looking for a place to eat while dropping our daughter off at school. What a find! We were bummed that it was BYOB only because we were not prepared. The food was excellent and good value. Deck seating a major plus. We will return on our next trip to URI, but will bring a bottle of wine next time. Linguine with clams and blackened swordfish were both well done. read more

We're on vacation from South Carolina, always wanted to try fresh calamari. Jim's Dock has the best calamari ever, all their food is amazing! We tried the "sweet chili calamari" and it was unbelievable!! Next time we're on vacation we will definitely come again! I highly recommend it to everybody! read more

Ill give it it a 5Star based purely on hospitality. (I havent eaten here yet) After getting blasted by Hurricane Sandy last winter, Jims is upgrading and uplifting (raising the restaurant up on pillars!). My sweetie and I were in the Matunuck area and stopped by Jims. It was closed due to offseason and renovations, but we grabbed the two adirondack chairs, sat on the deck, popped our bottle of our (byob) wine and had a great afternoon enjoying the sunshine and Jim's regulars who wandered by. Dave, the owner, stopped by and chatted with us for half an hour. He's excited about the reopening Memorial Day weekend. read more

We were looking for a place to sit and wait for family to arrive in the bay. We wanted to have a cocktail, but discovered this place was BYOB after talking to the hostess. Seems like a nice place, but not what we were looking for. read more

You can't beat the atmosphere, but the fish I ordered just didn't taste fresh and the clam cakes weren't good at all. Next time I'll just drink and watch the fishing boats. read more

In 2 dozen clamcakes ordered not one clam was found by any of us. God forbid you need to use the bathroom..........2 coeds to be had and always a line. Service was fair at best. Overpriced more of a tourist trap if you ask me. read more

Seriously, the fries are awful. It's an embarrassment that they call them freedom fries on their menu. They are basically frozen fries with a peculiar coating on them. What says freedom fries about that? Some nice house cut fries would be really nice. No complaints about the fish part of the fish and chips. read more

We tried Jim's on a friends recommendation..and were very disappointed. The view is pretty but the food is less than mediocre. Although the clam cakes were good with lots of clams my fluke sandwich was dry and the fries were a joke. My husband ordered the crab sandwich which was ok..nothing great..topped with store bought tarter sauce. The prices are a bit too high for what they are serving you. I don't mind spending money on quality but frozen fries are just not going to cut it for me. I prefer the oyster bar down the street..gorgeous view with fresh and local food. read more

I have gone to Jims Dock many times over the past 10 years. It has definitely changed In the past year or two. I ate there Friday night and was very disappointed with the fried clams. They use to serve a large portion but it is much smaller now. Also, they were not large belly clams, they were very small. The price has also gone up a lot. We were also able to get right in, which means many people have stopped going there. I don't think I will be going back ant time soon. read more

It took almost an hour to get our breakfast. It was not crowed Apparently the waitress forgot we existed.

Just back from a RI overnight. looking forward to a tasty dinner at Jim's dock had been there many times before. Very disappointed!!!! thinly slice sliced over seasoned swordfish was dried out over cooked. "Watch Hill steamers" were fresh but they where served with butter OIL, like what they put on at the movie theater popcorn , not real butter so it blew the whole "fresh" thing. Crabby Jack sandwich was so small that the crab cake was lost in the size of the average soft roll. Too bad it used to be my favorite RI stop. Tourist beware!!!! read more

This is my favorite summer restaurant, but you have to know a few things going in. First, bring cash. Lots of it. It is pricey and they don't accept plastic. Second, they do a lot of business and the parking lot is small. You can double park, but be prepared to be called away from your meal to let someone out. Third, It's BYOB, if you are inclined, BYOB because nothing is especially fast. If you're used to Friday's/Chili's/Olive Garden and are expecting that level of experience, I pity y... I mean... you aren't going to get that. When you go to Jim's, that's what you are doing for the afternoon/evening. And the setting is perfect for that. Sit out at the picnic tables on the dock, watch the boats and enjoy the freshest seafood money can buy. read more

We decided to take a road trip to Pt. Judith for the day and quickly looked up "best lobster roll in RI". Unfortunately this was the first thing we saw...big mistake. This is a small dockside restaurant at a marina, nothing fancy nor did we need or expect it to be. But the lobster roll was filled with soggy, wet lobster, 90% of which looked to be ground up, with two small claw pieces that were dry...a sure sign of overcoking. The single lettuce piece was wilted and brown at the edge and the roll was an untoasted hot dog roll. I've never seen an untoasted roll for lobster. The "freedom" fries were not piping hot, but were dry and overly salted with not one longer than 3 inches. Everything was clean, and the waitress was prompt to take the order. But we could have saved ourselves the 75 miles trip from the Boston area and gone 20 minutes into downtown Boston and had the freshest lobster available from J Hook! read more

went for lunch yesterday-will never go back-didn't even get served-waited more then 15 minutes at my table outside and wasn't even offered a glass of water and it was only me having lunch-how difficult can it be to at least introduce yourself and ask if I wanted something to drink-told the manager-informed that someone called in sick-hire more people-staff needs better training read more

For the last several years we've gone to jims at least once a summer. Love sitting outside and watching the water and the boats, and our kids love searching for crabs at the shallow beach while we wait. We like that it's BYOB too. Tonight was just miserable though. The service was slow and inattentive. Two people ordered lobster-- both were delivered without butter. Three ordered crispy flounder-- no tartar or cocktail sauce. After waiting quite a bit for the waitress to ask if we needed anything, my husband finally squeezed himself out of our table and approached the waitress at a different table to ask for some butter and tartar sauce. She finally brought it -- after we were all finished our meals. Same thing happened to the people beside us-- their table had literally been cleared when someone showed up and offered them tartar sauce. By that time the sun had gone down and the mosquitos were out in full force. We sat a torturously long time getting eaten alive while waiting for them to bring us takeout boxes (that task took 3 visits and 2 different waitresses) and then to get the check. Really, a miserable night for mediocre fried food. I doubt we'll go back. read more

We called a few nights before going to make sure of hours and whether they would be open and was told they are open every day until October 12th. My elderly and disabled parents, my wife and myself showed up @ 4:30 - 5:00 on a Wednesday evening to an empty parking lot. The entrance was hard to find because of the many doors and no signs and there were many stairs or a ramp and deck that goes all the way around the building. After getting to the door, some person drinking and relaxing on the deck yelled saying that they are closed and to come back tomorrow. Well we will NOT be going back because they might feel like taking tomorrow off too. We made a point to call and make sure they were going to be open and they lied, or did not know they were going to take a day off. They have no working website (we do NOT do facebook, as any real business would have their own site) and from our point, as potential customers, the place lacked any business smarts. This is a seasonable business and you would think they would want to be there for us locals, guess not. read more