The best food in Seward! The service is great. No seating, but if it is cold they give you a pager…read moreto take to your car and page you when your food is ready. Highly recommended!

Grabbed a breakfast sandwich here before a boat trip and it was okay. Pricey and okay.read more

This cafe is an absolute GEM in Seward. A super cute, well acquainted, cozy little cafe that…read moreoverlooks the water and offers a simple and well executed menu. The coffee & chai was amazing. The duffins (doughnut muffins) kept bringing me back and the service was kind, attentive and hospitable. The food came out in a timely manner, the simplest menu items had little twists that made them extra delicious yet approachable and the view was perfect to start your day in the right mindset. Our family loved it and even though we went to other coffee shops we kept coming back here daily to actually scratch that coffee itch! Also attached to a cute store that serves wine & has cute trinkets. Thinking it could be the perfect marrying point for friends that need an up and a down but still want to get together. The patio area is accessible to both and the hallway connects them on the interior. Very well done.

Excellent spot for lunch in Seward with views of the water from the patio! After kayaking in the…read morerain, my friends and I really wanted some soup and our guide recommended this spot for lunch. The staff here were very friendly and told us they had the best chowder. I got a bowl and I would agree. It was salmon chowder with clams, potatoes, and veggies and bread on the side. It was hearty, creamy, and exactly what I wanted. It was packed when we got here but soon after ordering a table opened up.

Get the chili. If it's raining, you will not regret it. Decent customer service, but the pastries…read morewere a little disappointing. Great taste, but super dry. Avoid the cinnamon rolls. But yeah, the chili. Amazing.

Decent breakfast with a side of loud pro Israeli politics. The owner and/or front desk guy…read morediscusses Israel/Hezbolloah, and NY Chuck Schumer and Mamdani with every customer. Mention the 7% Seward tax and get a lecture on Socialism.

Open early and serve a very hearty breakfast burrito - I tried their brisket one and it was full of…read moreeggs, cheese, potatoes, and brisket. Also got one for my wife with no meat, extra potatoes. Paired with their hot sauce it was delicious. Nice outdoor space for hanging out and looking at the mountains and staff are helpful and friendly.

we came here everyday we were in seward…read more either this place is incredible, or the food in this little town is not much to write home about. probably a litte of both here, but the food is tasty. got the breakfast burritos and tacos once. don't really recommend the tacos since the shell was grilled crispy cheese. awesome if you love cheese, but its a little too rich for me. i wish they had soft tortillas for these tacos. awesome service from the guys working and it's outsoor seating. the burritos were solid. got the brisket onw day and pork belly the next.

First time trying Tidewater Taphouse in Seward and honestly, I'd go back. We were seated right away…read more(always a win), and the service was quick, friendly, and just really easy from start to finish. We started with the crab dip and it came out bubbling hot, like actually hot, with plenty of bread for dipping, which I feel like is rare and deserves recognition. Super solid appetizer choice. For mains, we ordered the Bacon Blue Burger and the Alpine Berry Burger. The Alpine Berry was supposed to have a spicy berry jam, and I'll be honest... there wasn't really any spice to it. BUT it was still really good, so no complaints there, just don't go in expecting heat. The space itself is great too, two levels, a bar upstairs, and a back patio that would be such a good spot in the summer. Overall, really good experience for a first visit and definitely somewhere I'd recommend checking out if you're in Seward.

Great service, Stephanie was awesome we came back for the second time. Both time we were glad…read moreStephanie was our server. Her customer service was the best! Love the location, great ambiance! Fantastic food and I really liked the pineapple cider. Thank you Tidewater Taphouse, and Stephanie!

This place is like a mini-Whole Foods mixed with some touristy stuff mixed in. Mind you, this is…read moretouristy stuff that is actually thoughtful and that locals would want to buy! The 5-stars is mainly for being open year-round. Seward is a ghost town in the winter. It feels like 80% of business are closed, making it challenging and frustrating for Alaska residents to visit in the off-season. The main/only negative is that the prices are high, really high. Also, the anti-science rhetoric around GMO foods is a huge turnoff. We need more science in our food supply chain, not less. Fear mongering and food shaming (see also: "clean eating") by people of great privilege is not helpful to improving the outcomes of those that are less fortunate. GMO fresh veggies are about 1000X as healthy as non-GMO, organic, GF cookies. Not everyone can afford massively expensive organic/non-GMO/GF/etc products. And eating those is not necessary for good health for the vast majority of people.

Great natural grocery and wellness shop…read more Everything is pretty much full sized here - so it's more for local grocery shopping. So much healthy goodness! A mini Whole Foods: pantry, frozen, beauty and even a cafe/smoothie shop in the back! We stopped in to do some browsing, ended up with some healing hand lotion, sulfate free dried organic cranberries and some cute Darn Tough socks for gifts.

employees working on the sandwich line both heavy scraggly beards and dirty T-shirts and No beard…read morenet. When the owner was confronted over why his employees weren't wearing beard nets. His response was we're trying. Two exit doors, one to the front and one to the side. Owner locks the door to the side of the building That is clearly labeled Exit. violating the fire code. The list goes on with this business..

This is just your typical subway! Decent sandwich, but they put very few veggies so you have to…read morekeep asking them to put more. This was my first time coming to subway since before COVID and it was just as I remembered. The inside could definitely use some renovations to make it look new and more modern, but it looks like how most subway interiors are. Came at about 1pm and there was no line. The sandwich gets the job done for a quick lunch!

My wife and I took the Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic to Seward on May 31, 2026. Got off the train…read moreand walked from the Seward Depot toward town. We were hungry and we could choose all the well-known tourist eateries and pay big bucks, or we could go into Alaska Seafood Grill for a more quiet, family-friendly experience. Walking in at 12:40 PM, we saw that we needed to order at the counter and they would bring the food to our table. There were some open tables, so we did not have to wait to be seated. We reviewed the items on the chalkboard menu above the ordering counter. I don't eat seafood, but luckily they offered a BBQ Bacon Burger with fries. My wife ordered seafood chowder. We also ordered a side of onion rings and bought a brownie for later. I found the burger and fries to be very filling and tasty. My wife enjoyed her chowder. We both liked the onion rings, which were NOT greasy at all. The brownie was soft, chocolatey, and VERY good, just the way we like it. The inside of the restaurant is definitely not what you would call a high-end environment. But, it was clean, quiet, functional, bright, and, most importantly, had clean tables and chairs on which to sit. The staff were all very friendly and answered all our questions. There was a man, perhaps he was the manager?, who walked, dressed, and spoke like he would be more at home in Boston instead of Seward. This is NOT a complaint about him, just an observation. We spoke with him and he answered all our questions in a friendly manner. I don't know that we will ever visit Seward again, but if we do we would definitely return to Alaska Seafood Grill for lunch.

We stopped by here after an 8.5-hour cruise--it's super convenient since it's right across from the…read moreharbor where the cruises dock. Prices lean toward the higher side for a casual establishment though that seems to be the norm in Seward. For comparison, I paid about the same for fish and chips at another nice restaurant nearby the night before. A heads-up: the fish here is fried with panko breading, so if you're (like me) expecting New Zealand-style or classic English beer-battered this might not hit the mark. The fries were excellent tho and the seafood chowder was the real star--rich, flavorful, and loaded with salmon chunks. Would I order the fish and chips again? Probably not. But I'd definitely come back just for seafood chowder!!