Seabeats in Weymouth and Portland

Had a nice experience.. The food was lovely and well-priced, great value for money. The staff were incredibly friendly and attentive, which made the visit even more enjoyable. Highly recommend!

We went on 23.11.24 to celebrate my brother-in-laws birthday. The staff are super friendly and very helpful. Great choice’s on the fixed menu and the food was superb, we couldn’t manage the dessert but we made our selection and it was boxed for us to take out. The drinks options were fantastic, including Estrella on draught, and a great selection of wines. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend Sea Beats.

Fantasitic food and place. love to go again.

I'm not going to tell you how fabulous it was as we want a regular table... Update - excellent staff, lovely food, what more do you need?

The food was good. Interior bit claustrophobic. Service average. Prices are a bit too high for the experience ...

Food was ok. I had the boil. Shame it doesn't have any garlic inside the bag or old bay seasoning. This is what gives a seafood boil flavour. It was bland sadly. I think the value was good and inside the scallops were amazing. Muscles as other viewers have said sadly were not cleaned so gritty. Service good.

My partner booked us in for my birthday dinner last night. Our wines and food was fantastic. Great service from the young waiters. We had a lovely evening. Thankyou.

Such a shame we didn't have such a great time here tonight, booked for an anniversary meal, as before it was so good but unfortunately not this time !! Being sat next to the kitchen having to hear all the clatter from the kitchen wasn't ideal, the chefs radio was so loud they all seemed to be shouting above it, and having different music played in the actual restaurant did nothing for a relaxing atmosphere, added in was the toilet door being left open !!! The food really wasn't so good either, monkfish was not edible it was like having a mouthful of chewing gum that was just tasteless, the tomato sauce tepanade was so acidic it literally striped the skin off my tongue !!! Then we were insulted to be offered a reduction for the price of rhe inedible dish, no offer of putting it right, was just told kitchen will sort it and that was.!Don't think we will be rushing back that is for sure !!

A fantastic dining experience! They catered for my young son really well, bringing out his food early, and all the meals we ate were incredible. My mother in law said it was one of the best meals she'd ever eaten! I would recommend that anyone who enjoys fish visit this place (but book in advance!).

Just enjoyed a family meal for my 70th birthday at Sea Beats. I must congratulate them on the quality of the fish dishes and the brilliant service, thank you for a lovely night. Mike Bounds.

Great food and service. A great choice for Sea food lovers. Very nice and friendly staff!!

Truthfully a real disappointment. Shack like appearance from street ugly but inside quite nice seaman's colours. Toilet next to kitchen not spotless. Friendly undertrained staff with no head waiter and no knowledge of the different wines. Both monkfish rubbery and overcooked. Muscles tiny and half the shells empty and sauce very thin milky. Perhaps the main chef had a day off but our party all felt underwelmed.

Amazing restaurant 😍 food was made to order so everything was hot and beautifully seasoned, something for everyone on the menu and the restaurant service was perfect thank you for a lovely evening

Many rocks remain in the mussels, and the prawn tastes like frozen.

Good well presented seafood with a friendly service for a lunchtime

it stunk of fish, the only thing on the menu was fish and the service was terrible, they kept telling me they are a smefood restaurant. no sense! make the uk great again!

me and my friends visited here the other day and we had a lovely meal! i had the mussels to start and my friends had a crab pate, scallops and squid. good portion sizes especially the mussels for a starter. then me and my friend had the seafood boil to share which was cooked to perfection and a lot of food for ur money. other mains on the table were a bass fillet and cod with gnocchi. i tried some of my friends cod and it was cooked beautifully! service was brilliant and we was looked after really well. definitely worth the visit. lovely location and will be returning :)

Amazing food and excellent service in a perfect location. We will be returning to enjoy again!

Arrived at 6pm, were told they were booked up, but sitting available outside. There was sitting still available when we left inside. Squid starter over priced for quantity on plate, crab starter was okay. Ordered mussels as a main, portion size was very disappointing, I expected double to what was serviced & they were over cooked. Gnocchi was nothing special. Didn't bother saying anything, because we won't be returning.

Very good, dog friendly (at least outside in the covered forecourt)

Great seafood, we had the seafood boil to share and it was great.

Had lunch there 2days in a week, both time food was very good, had different dishes on both days, definitely going back again, shame they don’t open more days for lunch.

Superb discovery during our cruise stopover. Dish of incredible quality, the chef himself came to advise us to take a menu for fish because it would be cheaper, with an extra starter 😉 Adorable waitress. I highly recommend.

Super quick service, polite staff and delicious food.

A small good fish restaurant. We found a place at 1900 without a reservation. Probably not possible in high season. But definitely recommended.

Had lunch, food was just amazing, so well cooked, our waitress was lovely and attentive without being overpowering, just right. Only slight negative and it's not the restaurant's fault is that there were dog hairs on a big section of the long seat cushion I was sat on, obviously a customer thinks it's OK to sit their dog at a table where food is served, it's not. Thanks Adam and team, will definitely visit again.

Food was amazing… Service was fantastic Staff and customers were great. A proper seafood shack. On the seafront. We had lobster and Sea Bass… I was loving it. Adam and his team are amazing.

Wow! Best bit of fish I've tasted in a decade at least. Truly Excellent. Good value & really good service too. Only reason it's 4 star on atmos was it was very early we went in and only a few folks there. Picking up fast now at 7pm.

Small independent fish restaurant all the food was excellent 👍👍👍 well cooked and presented and for the quality a fair price Definitely give it a go.

Came last year, so decided to return..what a difference. Food pricey for what it was....£23 for small piece of cod and 4 potatoes, no veg

Was really looking forward to visit here after reading all the good review. The food was alright. I order the mussels and my bf order the sea brem. Mine was over cook and tastless,but my bf one is nice. I book this place to celebrate my bf birthdya but no acknowledgement was given at all. I do not mind to pay for dessert except no one offer us the dessert menu when we finish our food. The waitress just ignore us,not checking with us if the food was ok. Not bothering to ask if we would like to order dessert. Amd we have to wait for our bill and no one bring it to us. At the end we just walk up and pay at the counter. Don't bother coming here is a waste of your money,what is the point of they do not value your business. There are plenty other restaurant here. Just go to the one who value your business and treat their customer right. This is not the way What a huge disappointment. Will not come back here ever gain.

Fish and shellfish was cooked well in general which was a saving grace, but dishes all lacked something. Sadly chowder was watery and had no taste or texture, no trace of creaminess. Fish and rice dish was again watery tomatoes and no concentration of flavour. Cod dish was tasty and well cooked but was just a square of fish and a few small potatoes and no other vegetables at all. Seemed unconcerned when we raised these points and offered no refund, would not visit again.

Really good food, nice atmosphere by the seafront. Special was good and muscles to start!

Had high hopes for this one and it's great there are seafood restaurants like this in the town. Cool decor. However, the meal really was mediocre. Linguine like something from Wetherspoons; overcooked and surely hadn't been made to order, bland, dingy, no discernible garlic, not a drizzle of nice olive oil - basically not as good as we usually knock up on a lunch break (and mussels are cheap in the UK), yet somehow £20. My fish was a nice big piece of fish, but only that: cooked but no seasoning, chips on the side, ketchup and mayo, but nothing like a cohesive dish. For these prices I think people deserve garlic potatoes and caprese and dressings to make it a proper meal. It seemed like the prawns/squid came from a frozen medley pack, despite being mixed in with something from the specials menu. Perhaps we ordered the wrong things.

Great place for fish dishes Staff very polite and good service Well worth a visit

Excellent service, reasonable price for the quality of the food

This place is amazing, the mussels were the best I've ever had as was the sea bass! The mixed fish curry was really tasty although hotter than expected! The staff were lovely and I thought it was really nice that there was a jug of water waiting on the table, no need to ask for it.

Delicious Mussels and lovely staff, relaxed and enjoy the food. Fresh food beautiful and simple, good menu and drinks too, elegant.

Seafront seafood restaurant. Fairly modest surroundings, with the most excellent tasting fayre. The halibut was full of flavour, served with a delicious mushroom sauce which complimented it perfectly. We visited on an evening in November, so inside tables only. There aren't very many and they we're all taken, so advanced booking advised. If you found this review/photos helpful, please click the like or helpful button. Thanks.

We had a fantastic meal at Seabeats. Excellent service, Great food and good value. We will be going again.

Lovely evening, went as a group of 4 for the winter fixed price menu. My first time here, def not the last. Site team fabulous, lovely wine see picture. Loved my food prawn special to start skate wing for main and white choc and raspberry roulade for sweet. Loved it all and thus the reason I will return.

First experience at the restaurant. Good food. Great place to spend an evening.

Fabulous meal at Sea Beats and will definitely be back.

Great menu and very tasty food. Cozy, warm atmosphere on a cold wintery day.

Second visit and food as excellent as last time. Service superb. Great restaurant

If you enjoy seafood this is the place to go

Lovely starter and main meal. Love Seabeats and have always had a great experience

I had the squid starter, special main (hake I think) and the berry crumble dessert. All very nice, excellent service 😊

Tastey and generous portions cooked well

The food and service were superb, highly recommended for seafood.

Delicious fish, expertly cooked. Lovely friendly relaxed atmosphere. Ate there 2 nights in a row

Lovely little, tastefully decorated seafood restaurant across the road from the beautiful weymouth beach. Tables available inside and outside. Standard menu and a specials board to choose from. My scallop starter was so lovely I forgot to take a photo. Whoops. The triple flavour oysters were delicious. Our main courses were nicely presented. I ordered the plaice, samphire and prawns, my husband had cod and belly pork. He enjoyed his meal immensely. I didn't appreciate that plaice is a boney fish that requires some knowledge of what your doing to separate the bones from the fish. Not the restaurants fault. The restaurant manager did advise me on how to finish debonening my plaice before I admitted defeat lol.

Absolutely wonderful meal. The food was fantastic and so much choice we didn’t know how to choose, so we will be back again to try some more of this amazing menu!! High quality delicious food. Staff excellent and very polite and efficient. What’s not to like. Highly recommend if you love good food and especially seafood. A perfect birthday evening dinner for our family. Thank you.

Great food, well presented. Would recommend.

The chowder was watering, few pieces of fish and potatoes, the mussels were ok. The bread wasn't toasted. I had chowder many times in different restaurants and I haven't had ones like this 😕. Gnocchi with scallops also 3 pieces of gnocchi and 3 scallops. The quality and quantity should be much better. Very disappointed.

We had a delicious meal here for our Wedding Anniversary whilst in Weymouth last Wednesday,it was our 2nd visit here,we were served by Gemma who was very helpful & attentive,in fact all the staff were lovely,looking forward to coming back again next year.

We had one night in Weymouth and luckily chose this place. From the initial email exchange to payment everything was bang on. Great seating outside on one of the warmest days of the year, a shared crab pate to start followed by two perfect fish dishes, skate wing and a pan fried bass, followed by a superb crème brûlée. Great beer and wine and a great decor. Pretty much perfect. All at a very fair price. Oh and I nearly forgot the samphire, like all the vegetables cooked to perfection.

Great food and fantastic service

Great seafood and also delightful veggie options

We love this restaurant. Excellent food and service with a lovely intimate and friendly atmosphere. Staff are always welcoming. Not pretentious. Definitely recommend.

Beautiful food - so fresh & beautifully cooked. We had the outstanding bream and a baked cod dish with whitebait as starters. Brilliant service Thanks so much !

Great restaurant , delicious food , very popular book early , will go again.

I took my wife for her birthday and was far from disappointed..it was amazing and the staff are so attentive..thanks for a lovely birthday dinner 🍲 for

Wow, wow, wow!! Stumbled on this sightless incongruous looking seafood shack fronting a period building along the Esplanade today. What a find it was, the food was incredible! Mixed fish Chowder and salt & pepper squid starters were delicious. As was my seafood linguini of the day with masses of prawns and sweet tender clams. My husband opted for the hake with dauphinoise potatoes and truffle mushrooms which he said was outstanding. Not at all surprised by their glowing references now we’re gotten back to add ours. Highly recommend.

Disappointing. Went here because of the good reviews on Google and recommendations by our hotel, unfortunately we ended up very disappointed. Firstly it was quite a busy night and we were seated outside, which would've been fine except there was not enough space for the table and benches, so the table legs were touching the bench, meaning we had to climb into our seats. We tried to move the table out but were told we were not allowed to as there needed to be space on the other side (where there was an empty table which stayed empty for our entire meal). I wonder what they would've done if we had been old or otherwise unable to climb into the seats. Anyway, so for starters we ordered scallops and then garlic prawns from the specials menu. Scallops were tasty but quite a small portion. Prawns came in the shell (didn't say on the menu and staff didn't tell us) which is fine except they didn't get us anything to clean our hands (so I had to climb out of the table to go to the washroom). The prawn portion was generous although they were slightly overcooked and there was not enough sauce (only came with the garlic butter stuck to the shells) so I was left eating dry prawns and dry bread. For mains one dish was a curious combination of bass (I think) and pork, which was fine but the root vegetables tasted funny and the portion was small. The other main was a hake fillet with pesto and potatoes and also tasted fine but again a very small portion. Overall we felt very underwhelmed and although everything was okay, we were not blown away like we expected based on the reviews. Maybe we were unlucky with what we ordered and missed out on their specialties. I think we would've been okay with the meal in general except for the price. We paid almost £80 for two starters, two mains, and one beer... With the mediocre quality and small portions we felt completely scammed. At least the staff were friendly.

The lobster linguine was out of this world!;

What a delightful place! Came here to eat with my partner last week for lunch, we took a seat outside. The saltiness on the skin and the scent of the sea made us feel at home! Great starters (amazing mussels), delicious mains, a must try! A special mention for the young girl who served us, she was prepared regarding our allergic requests and she was really nice and kind, also the boy, very good. What can I say, we hope to return soon! Thanks!

Absolutely amazing food and great service. Me and my partner had 3 courses each and we love every one of them!

OMG the food here is outstanding. If you love fish then this is the place to go to. The staff are also very friendly and efficient. The chef certainly knows how to cook fish. We had to try dessert and that didn’t disappoint either. We’ll be back next time we are visiting Weymouth

Fantastic food and service, well presented, been twice now and will definitely recommend and we will return, the quality for a great reasonable price , 👍

Lovely little restaurant serving mainly very tasty seafood, the staff were excellent and tended to our every wish, definitely worth a visit

Excellent standard of seafood, staff polite and personable, nice place to go.

Very nice fish restaurant. Exceptional dishes that harmonized perfectly in terms of taste.

Awesome restaurant, service great with fantastic food!

"Seabeats is a family run Seafood Restaurant its owner and head chef is Adam Foster who was born in Weymouth and studied at Weymouth College." Some food tastes good here, right next to the sea/road.

Good quality food, but felt quite expensive for what you get. Was still hungry afterwards. The receipt is hand written. When we got home and totalled it up, we discovered that we were over charged by £7. Please check your bill before paying.

We went here for a dinner on our last day in beautiful Weymouth- what a good choice! You can tell a lot of care and thought went into the menu and specials and all seafood was cooked to perfection, which is arguably the most delicate and difficult protein to master, does show chefs' skills off. Service was seamless and easy going, perfect combination with amazing food. Just a little warning - eating here might ruin certain foods for you, for me it was mussels in chowder - i have never had a mussel that tasted almost like an oyster, maybe it was first time i had an actually fresh mussel, i don't know. All I know is I will never be able to enjoy mussels back home. Will have to go back now, for mussels 😅 thank you for an outstanding meal, guys, best of luck and hopefully we get to visit you next season!

Best lobster linguine ever, with the right amount of spice in a beautiful creamy sauce!

Great food and great service. Even the nibbles like olives and anchovies were really tasty.

The place is almost on the sea, the food is excellent and the staff is courteous

Service and food was excellent..location was ideal..had lobster 🦞 and was cooked beautiful..

Me and my bf came here lastnight, unfortunately I didn't book correctly through their website however got seated outside straight away. Bf ordered 4 starters to come as starter and mains with truffle chips. His only remark is that there wasn't more as everything was delicious! I couldn't choose my main so said to the waitress what meat I prefer and asked them to surprise me. Had the scallops to start and the paella for main, nothing to fault with them the colleagues were attentive and welcoming, food was amazing. Had the cheesecake and poffet for dessert and it was also delicious. Thankyou so much for our experience xx

Wow what a find!! Ate here twice in 3 days because the food a d service was so good. The menu is just simply a fish and seafood paradise. We could have gone another 2 x in the same week to try other dishes that we couldn't try in the time we had!!!! So top of the shops for us was the mussels, crevettes, meagre (lovely sole like fish), hake paella, chowder, hake with pesto and cod and pork belly. All so delicious we didn't want them to end even though we were full! We want to give a big shout out too on service. Am sorry we didn't get her name but the young woman who went to Bath University was a star. She was friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. What a great ambassador for the restaurant and also for hospitality in Weymouth. She remembered a requirement from previous time eating there which was very impressive given how many people must go through the doors. We will be back!!!!

An amazing seafood restaurant!! The baked Sole on their special menu is the must try!! Don’t miss it if u come to visit Weymouth 🤭😝

Nice place with good seafood. The steak was not good. Service seemed a bit rushed.

Our second visit in as many summers. The scallops were divine, the sea bass superb and the cod outstanding. The chowder soup was good too with the accompanying bread pieces. No wonder they were the Best Seafood Establishment of the year for South in 2019 and 2022! We are looking at a third visit when we are in the Dorset area in the future.

Had a fantastic meal today the service was amazing highly recommended

Highly recommended. A Google search bought us here, we hadn't intended to visit Weymouth whilst on holiday but wanted to go to a fish restaurant. Well this place was wonderful. Rocked up at lunch time and had a seat outside. The staff were wonderful, very polite and quick service (to the point I jumped they were so rapid!). The food portions were huge and incredibly delicious too. Great place. We'll certainly come back even if you are a 7 hour drive away for us

Excellent food and service on a very busy evening

The food was amazing, everything was made really fresh and well made. I booked this table a couple of days ago before coming I asked about taking wine out of the ingredients. Phobe remembered this and made sure that there was no alcohol in my food. The waiter who served us also came and checked that everything was okay. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone visiting Weymouth. Please book in advance as they do get busy.

Delicious food served by friendly staff in a chilled out space. They were booked out on a Saturday night, definitely worth planning ahead! Menu changes with the catch & season. The biggest sole I've ever eaten!

Delicious food and good service at a reasonable price. Would highly recommend the seafood linguine.

I left feeling hungry and ripped off. I'd heard good things about this restaurant, both from friends and Facebook groups, so I was looking forward to trying their food as a local. The 'specials' menu looked interesting, and I ordered the whole baked monkfish in a wild garlic, mushroom and chicken butter sauce, served with hasselback potatoes at £25.50. My friend went for the baked whole lemon sole, prawns, samphire, chips and salad at £23.95. I also ordered a bottle of Pinot Grigio at £22, and we chatted until the food arrived. When I saw the lemon sole arrive I was impressed, there was so much! But, when my food came I honestly thought they'd given me someone else's starter by mistake. My friend said "If I was served that, I'd be fuming" so I called the manager over. I said I was expecting more, especially as it was described as a "whole baked monkfish". I was given what looked like a quarter of a fillet, and the manager instantly apologised, saying it was his mistake stating it was a whole monkfish on the menu, and even said "people would expect much more meat". He mentioned it was described as "whole" because it may have bones in it, which was odd. He offered some salad or chips which I declined, to be honest I'd rather have the rest of the fillet, basically I wanted what I'd ordered. I was hoping he'd do something when the bill came, but I'll get to that later. So, I finished my "meal" in around ten minutes, the hasselback potatoes were very small and overcooked as you can see by the photo. The staff walked up and down, and could see I'd finished so soon, but luckily my friend's meal was plentiful and she gave me two of her prawns, some samphire, chunks of the lemon sole and loads of chips. We finished the wine and I asked for the bill which was promptly brought over. The manager apologised again, and I told him I was still hungry.. Looking at the bill, I noticed he'd taken a paltry 50p off my meal, and charged me £70 instead of £70.95. So, for a mistake made by the manager (which he admitted), the figure had been reduced by an incredibly insulting £1.45. The manager had plenty of time to come up with something realistic so I wouldn't feel so annoyed, but he didn't, and if anything made things worse with the £1.45 discount. If he'd sorted something out, I wouldn't have written this review, or told all the customers where I work about my experience, all of whom were shocked by what I was served, and the way it was handled. Before I posted this review, I messaged Sea Beats via Facebook messenger explaining the situation, I gave it over two hours but didn't get a response. Update: This review was originally posted on 28th April, but wasn't published by Google publicly due to photographs of the bill and menu which I've since removed. The owner has now decided to lie, as the monkfish was not a normal fillet, and wasn't on the bone as you can clearly see by the photo. Regarding Facebook, I received a huge amount of support in the two groups where it was posted. Here's some of the comments: "That is shocking !!! Certainly looks like a starter & not a main as advertised", "Is that a main? Wow thats awful", "Totally agree with you. Thats shocking", "To be fair i would be p...ed too" !!" "That is poor for a meal... looks like a kids portion!", "Will avoid, thank you for your feedback", "bribing with refund only if review is removed is very bad form", "Oh my goodness - this is definitely a place to avoid!" "Absolute rip off that would be going straight back for me for £25", "I'd of sent it back for that price absolute rip off" and "seabeats is at fault not the customer getting a p..s poor meal at that price". I was NOT offered a full refund, that's another lie, luckily I posted a screenshot on Facebook saying "Are you willing to remove your tripadvisor if you get £25 as it's on Google and Facebook which I think shows enough people you were not happy." - An incredibly shady way of doing things.

Another great meal, as always excellent food, reasonable prices and very friendly staff, highly recommended

Delicious food , fantastic staff , just what I’d expected from a seafood restaurant , Flavours were amazing and good wine which I got recommended by the waiter , he paired me up with a picpoul to go with my monk tail ,would eat there again

Brilliant restaurant, great food, great staff and inventive chefs. Our favourite place to eat in Dorset, been 25+ times and it never fails to be a fantastic experience.

Had the full lobster not mentioned on here was fantastic and well presented.

Excellent Specials of the Day selection and really tasty fish. As visitor best of fish restaurants so far.

Enjoyable dinner with good choice of fish and non-fish dishes.

Absolutely amazing food and service. I had the crab pate to start and special prawn and scallop linguine for main, both were delicious. Restaurant were very accommodating of our two boys (4 and 7) in bringing their mains out with our starters etc. Restaurant was lovely and cosy on a windy and wet Tuesday. Thoroughly recommend.