Budleigh Beach Seafood Restaurant

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Contact Details

Marine Parade, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6NS

01395 891023

budleigh@therockfish.co.uk

Opening times

Opening 11th May

Sunday - Tuesday 12pm - 2.30pm
Wednesday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm, 6pm - 8.45pm

Please note: takeaway opening hours differ from the restaurant. Breakfast rolls available 9am - 11am and food served from 12pm

  • Fresh Local Fish

    We celebrate the variety of fish and shellfish from our island’s waters, served simply, skillfully, and with respect.

  • Sustainable Seafood

    We only source from boats and fisheries we trust, the MSC, and support innovative projects like Disco Scallops™ for their non-invasive fishing methods.

  • Sea-sonal Produce

    Our menu evolves with the seasons and the tides, showcasing British fish and shellfish when they’re at their best.

  • Family Feasts

    Our children’s menu keeps little ones happy, and our tablecloths? Colour them in and have fun. Enjoy a seafood supper by the water.

Takeaway in Budleigh

For something more relaxed, our takeaway hatch will open at 9am for breakfast baps and hot drinks each morning, then fresh fried fish to go for lunch midday. Enjoy on the beach or at our outside tables.

Not available to book. First come, first served.

Our Menu

Starters

Crystal bread roll 
A delicious, light soft roll served with your choice of the following

Hot garlic butter 4.50

Anchovy mayonnaise 4.50

Salted butter 3.95

Sardine butter 4.50

Green olives from Seville    3.95

Sweet chilli peppers    3.00

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Leigh-on-sea cockles with bread & butter   9.95
The best cockles in England. Enjoy with white pepper & malt vinegar

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Roasted South Coast scallops with parmesan & garlic  14.95
Disco Scallops use light, not might, to lure scallops into pots. When the pots aren’t in the water, we use hand-dived so they’re always sustainably sourced.

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Half pint of Norwegian prawns    10.95
Caught by the “Arctic Swan” in the Fjords of Norway. These sweet prawns are served shell on with cocktail sauce

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Crisp-fried salt & pepper wild prawns & Brixham calamari     12.95
Two of the sea’s best tossed with kampot & timut spice, served with Singapore chilli sauce.

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Smoked mackerel fillet, pickled cucumber & horseradish   12.95
Prime Shetland Isle mackerel fillet smoked over oak chippings with the perfect accompaniments.

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Firecracker prawn cocktail   11.95
Succulent Norwegian prawns dressed in a spiced seafood sauce with little gem lettuce and spring onions.

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Crisp-fried tempura vegetables with ponzu sauce   8.95
Seasonal vegetables lightly fried & served with a citrusy Japanese-style dip.

Daily Landed Seasonal Seafood

Our team will also mark on the menu today's availability and prices of market fish from our list of seasonal, sustainably caught seafood and shellfish. This will be led by what has been landed by the fleet in Brixham that morning. Your choice of fresh fish will then be cooked to order and served with your choice of Cornish new potatoes, a green salad or unlimited chips.

Find out which species are in season here

Main Courses

All our main courses are served with your choice of, a house salad, new potatoes or unlimited chips

Prime Brixham hake fillet   24.95
Prepared by us on the quayside every day. Fried in Rockfish batter with tartare sauce.

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Chargrilled sea bream with Greek Island salad   24.95
Sea bream cooked over coals with a fresh salad of peppers, olives, tomatoes, cucumber & feta.

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Chargrilled Cumbrian chicken leg   19.95
Prime Cumbrian chicken cooked on the chargrill. Served with garlic & rosemary butter.

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Rockfish Baja style tacos
Three corn tortillas filled with green pea guacamole, tomato, coriander, chilli & lime salsa.

Your choice of...

Wild prawns   19.95

Halloumi   17.95

Seasonal Lunch Set Menu

Two courses £24.95

Starter

Firecracker prawn cocktail

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Mains

Prime Brixham hake fillet

Served with your choice of new potatoes, house salad or unlimited chips

Sides

Sides

Unlimited chips    5.50

Buttered Cornish new potatoes    4.95

House salad with vinaigrette    4.95

Sautéed spinach with garlic   4.50

Yorkshire garden peas in butter    3.95

Mushy peas    3.95

Curried mushy peas    4.25

Mr Sandhu’s curry sauce    3.25

Anchovy mayonnaise    2.95

Children's Menu

Suitable for children up to the age of 11. Includes chips, a choice of a side & artisan vanilla or chocolate gelato.

Crisp-fried Brixham fish bites 9.95
Changes daily, from the market

Grilled local fish fillet 9.95
Changes daily, from the market

Crisp-fried wild prawn tempura 9.95

British free range chicken breast in a light breadcrumb 9.95

Fried halloumi sticks 9.95

+ an ocean protector pack
10.95

Dessert

Artisan Italian gelato tub 6.00 
Madagascan vanilla ~ Double chocolate ~ Salted caramel ~ Lemon sorbet ~ Mint choc chip

Chocolate brownie 9.00
Served with clotted cream

Crème brûlée 8.50
Made each day in our kitchen, a rich custard with a caramelised sugar layer on top

Handmade Chocolate Bon Bons 4.00 
3 Bon bons. Three flavours of Baboo gelato covered with dark chocolate. Coconut, raspberry and salted caramel

Takeaway

Breakfast Rolls

served from 9am - 11am

Dry-cured bacon 6.96

Pork sausage 6.96

Food served from 12pm

Line-caught haddock and chips 12.00

Local pork sausages and chips 10.00

Halloumi, sriracha mayonnaise and chips 10.00

Children’s Menu

Brixham fish bites and chips 7.50

Sausages and chips 6.00

Halloumi and chips 6.00

Sides

Chips 3.95

Curry sauce 2.00

Mushy peas 2.00

Curried mushy peas 2.00

Tartare sauce 1.75

Join our crew in Budleigh

Work by the beach, serve or cook incredible seafood, and be part of a growing Rockfish team. We’re looking for brilliant people front of house and in the kitchen - come and be part of it.

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