Ate here twice during our visit - lunch then breakfast. Great atmosphere and better food. Staff is…read moreincredibly kind and welcoming. Sandwiches are filling and very good. Breakfast the same.

Great little find in Seward! Owners were great, friendly and passionate about what they do. Food…read morewas top quality and the coffee is great. If you are in the area this is a must eat place.

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.

Fascinating place. Basically exists because there are so few breakfast places around the marina…read morewhere boat tours go out in the AM. Owner talks a lot and the signage, while a lot to digest, isn't necessarily bad but a scene. My issue was more the food. It's greasy spoon diner food, at best. I got the eggs and sausage. Sausage was decent. Maybe one egg. Potatoes are actually cooked well but the oil definitely tasted like fish. And not in a good way. My guess is they don't change their oil very often. Service was to be expected at a place like this. It certainly wasn't cheap but nothing in Alaska is. Overall we had really no choice for breakfast before our tour. So I guess it served its purpose.

Dude...for a county boy from Tennessee I had very high BBQ expectations, ya'll knocked it out of…read morethe park !! Royce and Benji did the tag team waiter thing and we could not be more pleased. Great food, great staff , light and easy place to hang !! Rock on !!

Outside seating only Own BBQ sauces…read more Couple smokers attached latest menu. Guy selling crab n shrimp in front of restaurant

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!

The staff was very friendly and efficient. We listened to great live music on Wednesday night. They…read morewere very accommodating for a tricky food allergy in the group. The black cod dish is AMAZING!!

A great place to get some souvenirs, a yummy coffee, snacks, etc. Had a super tasty gluten free…read moremuffin from here! Got useable, locally made gifts for friend's & family back home. Comfortable and clean inside. Friendly staff.

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.

My family and I drove up to Seward for the day, and after visiting the aquarium we started looking…read morefor a place to grab lunch. My daughter spotted a small seafood restaurant tucked into a corner, so we decided to give it a try. I completely forgot to take photos of the food, but I ordered the halibut--and honestly, it was probably the best halibut I've ever had. Everything we tried was delicious. I noticed a lot of people coming in specifically for the seafood chowder, so I'm guessing that must be amazing too. The employees were friendly, the restaurant was clean, and they even had outdoor seating.

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 drove down to Seward for sightseeing and stopped in at 12:30 for lunch. The dining area is large…read moreand there is an adjacent patio deck gor outside dining. We chose inside. We were seated promptly and brought water and menus. The food is very high quality. My son had the Fire starter burger and I had the Alaskan Sami ( reindeer on Ciabatta roll). Topped off with their jalapeño coleslaw and side of fries. We split the crumble cake dessert ( this was so good it would be worth the drive down simply for it) My son uses a walker and requires ADA accommodations seven though this would normally receive a five star score from me, I score it a four because they have a chain and lock across the entry ramp requiring him to struggle with ducking under it.

Ups and downs... Service is beyond slow. Several tables got up to leave. It's not even that they…read moreare wildly understaffed... there were younger members of staff who wouldn't bring silverware or fill waters while the others were tending tables. There were 3 waitresses, no bartender, and the 3 younger ones that walked around who were supposed to be pouring waters, busing tables, etc. When the waitresses seemingly got tired of tables, they walked back and forth behind the bar without doing anything. It took us nearly an hour to receive our first round of drinks (only one was a mixed cocktail that required effort). Water came about 15 minutes after seating. At the peak, there were about 9 tables in action and three of them left. We had empty drinks nearly the entire time while the waitresses stood in the hall. For the food, the halibut fish and chips were really good and crispy. The halibut bites were awesome with a perfect touch of lemon and herbs. The cod fish and chips were really greasy. The reindeer meatloaf was dry but had a great flavor, so just add ketchup...

We stopped in for lunch. There was a line but the wait was short, maybe 10 minutes. We were seated…read moreoverlooking the harbor and ordered oysters and crab & artichoke dip. The oysters were good, the dip could be improved. It seemed to be greasy. Our waitress was very good and attentive. Main course I ordered the seafood linguine and my wife ordered the sockeye salmon special. Both entrees were very good, I eat seafood frequently and it wasn't the absolute best, but I believe it deserves 4 stars as it is certainly better than many restaurants. All in all a good experience.

Booked Ray's Waterfront for 5 pm and was surprised to still see people waiting 30 to 40 minutes…read more Yesterday the wait at 6 pm was 1 hour 15 minutes, so we skipped it and went to Tidewater Taphouse instead. That food was mediocre, but at least we did not wait forever. Today it was pouring in Seward, and the one genuinely lovely part of the experience was the window seat. The rainy harbor view was beautiful, and we even saw baby otters while waiting for the food. Service was inconsistent from the start. We were never given table bread, even though every table around us got some, so not sure what happened there. We started with oysters, and they were just okay. Definitely not memorable, and nowhere close to Taylor Shellfish oysters on Chuckanut Drive. For mains, we ordered the halibut fish and chips and the halibut Andaman. Both were disappointing. The halibut was dry and chewy, which was surprising given how expensive it was. I love fish and usually enjoy sea bass and cod, but this did not work for me at all. The Andaman description mentioned fish with rice and vegetables, but it literally came with rice and basically two pieces of broccoli. For the price, that felt almost insulting. Two mains alone were close to $100. Dessert completely finished off whatever goodwill I still had. We ordered ice cream with hot fudge, but it looked like it had been sitting out too long before being served. The fudge was not even warm, and the ice cream was already half melted. Overall, Ray's Waterfront gets points for the harbor view and atmosphere, especially on a cold rainy July Sunday in Seward. But the food was underwhelming, the service felt uneven, and the pricing did not match the quality. Beautiful setting, disappointing meal.