Exeter Seafood Restaurant
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Fresh Local Fish
Select from Rockfish classics, or from our daily changing list of fresh local seafood from Brixham harbour.
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Sustainable Seafood
We only buy from fisheries and boats we trust have caught your fish sustainably, and we also work closely with the MSC.
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Seasonal Produce
Our menu changes with the seasons to reflect the fish that are in abundance, and the produce that is at its best.
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Children's Menu
The whole family can enjoy fresh seafood, and stay entertained with our special children’s menu and ocean protector pack.
Eat Seafood in Exeter
Our seafood restaurant in Exeter is in a stunning location right next to the water on the Quayside, a great place to sit and watch all the buzz and activity and enjoy fresh, sustainable seafood. Our lovely outdoor terrace and terrace menu can also be enjoyed when the weather's favourable and subject to availability. When it's cooler we have a log burner inside to keep the restaurant nice and cosy while you enjoy a fisherman’s coffee and watch the world go by.
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Starters
Crystal bread roll
A delicious, light soft roll served with your choice of the following
Hot garlic butter 4.25
Anchovy mayonnaise 4.25
Salted butter 3.75
Sardine pâté 3.95
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Leigh-on-sea cockles with bread & butter 8.95
The best cockles in England. Enjoy with white pepper & malt vinegar
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Pot-caught “Disco” scallops with parmesan & garlic 17.95
This low impact method attracts scallops into pots using light, not might (hence the name!). Sweet, succulent & sustainable.
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Spider crab croquettes with lemon mayonnaise 8.95
Devon spider crab meat in a traditional Spanish croquette.
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Chargrilled Mount’s Bay sardines 10.95
Caught off the Cornish coast, these delicious sardines are simply grilled with oil & oregano.
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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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Crisp-fried salt & pepper wild prawns & Brixham calamari 13.50
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 11.95
Prime Shetland Isle mackerel fillet smoked over oak chippings with the perfect accompaniments.
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Smoked haddock & bacon chowder 13.95
Made fresh in our kitchen every day with prime fish including Alfred Enderby’s smoked haddock.
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Crisp-fried tempura vegetables with ponzu sauce 8.95
Seasonal vegetables lightly fried & served with a citrusy Japanese-style dip.
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Fine de Claire oysters
From the Marennes-Oleron region of France, served simplywith mignonette & our house chilli sauce.
3 oysters 10.95 6 oysters 19.95
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 22.95
Prepared by us on the quayside every day. Fried in Rockfish batter with tartare sauce.
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Large Line-caught haddock 25.95
A full 12oz fillet caught by the “Hrefna Is” in the ice cold waters of Iceland - this is by far the best haddock we’ve ever tasted. 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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Fritto misto 24.95
A “mixed fry” of seafood, including calamari, rockfish, prawns & Plymouth anchovies. Served with aioli.
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The Rockfish wild prawn burger 23.95
A pure prawn burger handmade from wild red prawns served with lettuce, spring onions & jalapeño tartare.
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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 fresh slaw, lime, coriander, chilli, lime yoghurt & pickled red onions.
Your choice of...
Rockfish 19.95
Halloumi 17.95
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Mixed grill of fish & shellfish for two 35.00
A feast of hake, monkfish, cuttlefish & Atlantic jumbo prawns, grilled & served with garlic butter. A show-stopper made for sharing.
Seasonal Set Menu
Two courses £23.95
Starters
Smoked haddock & bacon chowder
Firecracker prawn cocktail
Crisp-fried tempura vegetables with ponzu sauce
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Mains
Fried Torbay whiting
Lyme Bay mussels with wine, bay & garlic
Chargrilled Cumbrian chicken leg
Add your first glass of Rockfish house wine for £2.50
Add the dessert of the day for £5
Sides
Sides
Green olives from Seville 3.25
Sweet chilli peppers 3.00
Unlimited chips 5.25
Buttered Cornish new potatoes 4.50
House salad with vinaigrette 4.25
Fresh coleslaw 4.00
Fine green beans with rosemary 4.25
Sautéed spinach with garlic 4.25
Yorkshire garden peas in butter 3.95
Mushy peas 3.50
Curried mushy peas 3.50
Mr Sandhu’s curry sauce 3.25
Roasted garlic aioli 1.95
Jalapeño tartare 1.95
Romesco sauce 2.95
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 6.00
A choice of 3 scoops - Madagascan vanilla ~ Double chocolate ~ Salted caramel ~ Lemon sorbet ~ Mint choc chip
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 cinnamon chocolate brownie 9.00
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
Apple tarte tatin 8.50
Caramelised apples baked atop a buttery pastry, served with Madagascan vanilla gelato.
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. After eight, seasonal spice & passion fruit
Good Things to Know in Exeter
Eating Outside in Exeter
Enjoy casual holiday dining on the open-air decks and terraces at Rockfish, where you can eat fresh, local seafood with stunning waterfront views. From spring through to the cooler months, when the weather allows, our deck menu is perfect for outdoor dining by the coast.
In Exeter, our outdoor tables on the Quay let you soak up the vibrant atmosphere of the pedestrian square while watching boats and water activity, all while enjoying drinks and the best South West seafood.
Outdoor tables are subject to availability and weather, and we’re dog-friendly with a refill water tap and drinking bowl for your furry friends.
Click & Collect
You can now enjoy a simple menu of takeaway MSC haddock and chips, along with sides like our famous curry & mushy peas combo, at a location that suits you. Just order online and pick up shortly after -fresh, easy, and delicious.
Parking in Exeter
There are some pay and display spaces for up to a couple of hours on the road leading up to the square where Rockfish sits. We also have two car parks within easy walking distance.
Haven Banks Car Park - One
Up to all day parking
POSTCODE: EX2 8DP
Havens Bank Retail Park
Water Lane
Exeter
EX2 8BY