Dartmouth Seafood Restaurant

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Contact Details

Rockfish Dartmouth
8 South Embankment
TQ6 9BH

01803 832800

dartmouth@therockfish.co.uk

Opening times

Every Day 12 - 9pm
  • Cooked Rockfish John Dory with garlic butter

    Fresh Local Fish

    Select from Rockfish classics, or from our daily changing list of fresh local seafood from Brixham harbour.

  • A grilled piece of Hake served simply with a wedge of lemon and parsley. Side salad an tomato in the background

    Sustainable Seafood

    We only buy from fisheries and boats we trust have caught your fish sustainably, and we also work closely with the MSC.

  • Seasonal Produce

    Our menu changes with the seasons to reflect the fish that are in abundance, and the produce that is at its best.

  • Children's Menu

    The whole family can enjoy fresh seafood, and stay entertained with our special children’s menu and ocean protector pack.

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Tapas

Green Olives From Seville 3.25

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Sweet Chilli Peppers 3.00

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Pickled Anchovy Fillets 3.95

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Spidercrab Croquettes Romesco 6.95

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Cantabrian Salted Anchovies  5.95

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Freshly Baked Bread Roll
Artisan bread roll finished to order
with Anchovy Mayonnaise 4.25
with Salted Butter 3.75
with Hot Garlic Butter 4.25

Starters

Leigh-on-sea Cockles with Bread & Butter   8.95
The best cockles in England. Enjoy with white pepper & malt vinegar

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Wild Prawn Tempura  12.95
Sustainably caught in the Gulf of Carpentaria Northeastern Australia, wonderfully sweet and firm, crisp fried and served with Singapore chilli sauce

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Crisp Fried Baltic Whitebait 8.95
Juicy whitebait fried crisp & served with garlic aioli

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Half Pint of Norwegian Prawns    9.95
Caught by the “Arctic Swan” in the Fjords of Norway. These sweet prawns are served shell on with cocktail sauce

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Salt & Pepper Brixham ‘Calamari’     12.95
Crisp fried cuttlefish sprinkled with Kampot spice blend, served with Singapore chilli sauce

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Firecracker Prawn Cocktail    11.95
Succulent Norwegian prawns dressed in a spiced seafood sauce with little gem & spring onions

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Crisp Fried Tempura Vegetables    8.95
Tenderstem broccoli, courgette, green beans, carrots & red onion fried in a light crisp batter, served with chilli dipping sauce

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Oak Smoked Shetland Isles Mackerel Fillet   11.95
A whole smoked fillet served with fresh coleslaw & horseradish

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Portland Pearl Oysters 
Grown in the clear waters of Chesil Fleet - served natural with mignonette & our own chilli sauce
3 oysters 10.95     6 oysters 19.95

Rockfish Tinned Seafood

We take the best local seasonal seafood & preserve it by hand. Served from the tin with crusty bread & pickles

Mount’s Bay Sardines   9.95
Natural, Chilli or Escabeche

Lyme Bay Mussels    11.95
Escabeche 

Bay Mackerel Fillet    10.95 
Natural or Escabeche

Brixham Cuttlefish    11.95
With Garlic

White Bonito Tuna   11.95

Three of our Tinned Fish for Two to Share
£13 per person

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.

Main Courses

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

Norwegian Rockfish Fillets   20.95 
Delicious, mild & sweet taste with a firm texture, crisp fried in Rockfish batter

Prime Brixham Hake Fillet   22.95
A sustainability success story. Fried skin on in Rockfish batter, served with homemade tartare sauce, pickle & unlimited chips

Large Line Caught Haddock   25.95 
Prime 12oz fillet of Icelandic dayboat haddock, fried skin on in Rockfish batter, served with homemade tartare sauce, pickle & unlimited chips

Chargrilled Sea Bream with Greek Island Salad   24.95
A chargrilled fillet served on a salad of tomatoes, Kalamata olives, peppers, cucumber & barrel-aged feta with a fresh oregano dressing

Fritto Misto   24.95
Mitch’s favourite fried seafood dish, crispy fried calamari, whiting, prawns & whitebait. Served with garlic aioli

Grilled Brixham Cuttlefish   22.95
Whole chargrilled cuttlefish, finished with lemon, garlic, parsley & olive oil 

Chicken Milanese   21.95
Pipers Farm chicken breast fried in a light breadcrumb with grated parmesan, coleslaw & rocket salad

Rockfish Tacos
Three corn tortillas filled with fresh slaw, lime, coriander & chilli, garlic yoghurt, mojo verde & tomato salsa - a flavour bomb!

Your choice of seafood or vegetarian...

Crisp Fried Wild Prawns   19.95

Crisp Fried Artichoke   17.95

Sides & Sauces

Sides

Unlimited Chips    5.25
Fried to order - enjoy as many as you like

Cornish New Potatoes    4.50
Served with butter & sea salt

House Salad    4.25
Mixed leaves, onions & cucumber with a classic vinaigrette

Fresh Coleslaw   4.00
Made to order, fresh cabbage, carrot & onion with a traditional dressing

Fine Green Beans    4.25
Sauté with shallots, rosemary & olive oil

Sautéed Spinach    4.25
Finished with garlic & a squeeze of lemon

Yorkshire Garden Peas    3.95
Early crop peas & butter

Mushy Peas    3.50
Our famous side with butter & white pepper

Curried Mushy Peas    3.50
Our famous side, mushy peas with Mr Sandhu’s curry sauce

Sauces

Mr Sandhu’s Curry Sauce    3.25
The original Mr Sandhu’s curry sauce, a must

Roasted Garlic Aioli    1.95
Creamy roasted garlic aioli, great with chips

Jalapeño Tartare    1.95
Our classic tartare with a bit of heat

Romesco Sauce    2.95
A Spanish classic, almonds, roasted red peppers & paprika, perfect with grilled seafood

Anchovy Mayonnaise    2.95
Salted anchovies, capers and red wine vinegar

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

Pipers Farm Chicken Breast in a Light Breadcrumb 9.95

Fried Halloumi Sticks 9.95

+ an ocean protector pack
10.95

Dessert

Artisan Italian Gelato 6.00 
A choice of 3 scoops - Madagascan Vanilla ~ Double Chocolate ~ Salted Caramel ~ Lemon Sorbet ~ Jaffa Cake

Sticky Toffee Pudding 8.50
The classic recipe made in our kitchen each day, served with toffee sauce & clotted cream

Affogato 6.50
Vanilla gelato with a hot espresso poured over

Warm Chocolate Brownie 8.50
Served with Madagascan vanilla gelato 

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

Knickerbocker Glory 8.50
English seaside favourite with berries, peaches & vanilla gelato
Add Premium Vodka 3.00

Fisherman’s Coffee 9.95 
Coffee with Armagnac, Disaronno Amaretto & double cream float 

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

Good Things to Know in Dartmouth

Eating Outside in Dartmouth

From mid April in Dartmouth we have casual seating outside in a prime spot on the South Embankment which can be enjoyed until autumn when the weather is fine, Overlooking the River Dart and covered by big umbrellas you can enjoy drinks and great Rockfish seafood from our Embankment Menu. Our outdoor tables are subject to availability and weather.

Please note: This area is usually only available during the spring & summer season when the weather is fine.

Parking in Dartmouth

If you are lucky you can grab a space on the road outside the restaurant on the Embankment. During the summer these spaces are 2 hour parking.

Dartmouth Park & Ride

The Park and Ride service is managed by South Hams District Council, and runs between Easter and the end of October, every 10 minutes, or 20 minutes on a Sunday. The service runs from the car park just outside Dartmouth on the A3122, where it joins with the A379 by Lidls supermarket, to Dartmouth town centre. Postcode reference TQ6 9LW.

Free Parking

The Old Market Car Park is run by Dartmouth Town Council and parking is free of charge, however there is no parking on market days, which are on a Tuesday and a Friday.

On street parking on the North Embankment is free from the 1st October to 30th April.

Between 1st May to 30th September most on-street parking is limited to one or two hours.

Car Parks Managed By South Hams District Council

Mayors Avenue, TQ6 9NF
Dartmouth Castle, TQ6 0JN

Parking in Dartmouth near to Rockfish