Rockfish Seasonal Seafood Guide

The seafood we serve and sell will always be fresh, seasonal and sustainable. This means that the market fish available in our restaurants, and the species we have for sale in our online seafood market, are updated daily based on what's been landed in Brixham that morning.

These species are at their best and most abundant at this time of year. You'll find them on the market fish list in our restaurants - we'll let you know which have been landed that day - and make sure to watch out for them in the online seafood market too.

  • Plate of Brill fillets cooked with butter, served in all Rockfish restaurants

  • Brill

    A flat fish with firmer flesh than lemon sole. Known for its sweet flavour, it is highly prized and really delicious.

  • Drawing of a Brill
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  • Smoked haddock fillet served with Kedgeree butter and mashed potatoes. Available in Rockfish restaurants

  • Smoked Haddock

    The best smoked haddock fillet served with Kedgeree butter and mashed potatoes.

  • Drawing of haddock
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  • Dover sole simply grilled with lemon and olive oil, available at all Rockfish restaurants

  • Dover Sole

    Wonderfully luxurious and highly sought after, Dover Sole has a mild, sweet flavour with very firm, small flaked flesh. One of the best eating fish in the sea, we serve it simply grilled with lemon and olive oil.

  • Drawing of a dover sole
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  • Grilled gurnard fillets dressed with a lemon oil and served with Romesco sauce and a wedge of lemon. Available in all Rockfish restaurants

  • Gurnard

    Gurnard is a local fish caught in deep water around the south west coast. It is nice and firm, slightly oily with a wonderful flavour.

  • Drawing of a gurnard
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  • A hake loin cooked a la plancha with garlic butter and served with a wedge of lemon. Served in all Rockfish restaurants

  • Hake

    Hake's flesh is soft, delicious and incredibly succulent. We cook a hake loin a la plancha and serve with romesco sauce.

  • Drawing of a hake
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  • Whole lemon sole grilled on the bone, served with lemon dill butter in all Rockfish restaurants

  • Lemon Sole

    Confusingly the Lemon Sole is neither a Sole nor does it taste of lemons. A delicate flatfish, we grill it on the bone and serve it with lemon dill butter.

  • Drawing of a lemon sole
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  • Cooked Lobster at Rockfish restaurants

  • Devon Lobster

    There is nothing more celebratory than a lobster. It has delicious, firm, sweet meat.

  • Drawing of a whole lobster
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  • Whole megrim cooked simply with some oil and salt. Served with a wedge of lemon at Rockfish restaurants

  • Megrim

    Also known as Torbay sole, it has white flesh with a flavour & texture similar to plaice.

  • Drawing of a whole megrim
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  • Two monkfish tails served with garlic butter and a wedge of lemon at Rockfish restaurants

  • Monkfish Tail

    Firm and meaty with a mild flavour, Lobster-like texture and no small bones to worry about.

  • Drawing of a monkfish
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  • Pollack served with garlic butter and a wedge of lemon at Rockfish restaurants

  • Pollack

    Large flake, firm & juicy. If you’re a cod lover this one's for you!

  • Drawing of a whole pollack
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  • A grilled ray wing served with a caper & parsley butter in Rockfish restaurants

  • Ray Wing

    A wing of ray, grilled to perfection, served with a caper & parsley butter

  • Drawing of a whole ray
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  • Two red mullet fillets with crispy skin, lightly oiled and served with a wedge of lemon in Rockfish restaurants

  • Red Mullet

    Small white flakes, tender & juicy, one of the best eating fish in the sea. The skin has a shellfish like flavour

  • Drawing of a whole red mullet
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  • Butterflied sardines, chargrilled with lemon oil. Served in Rockfish restaurants

  • Sardines

    A summer fish which is dense, rich & oily. It gains tremendous flavour from being chargrilled

  • Drawing of a a whole sardine
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  • Hand-dived scallops & roasted in the half shell with loads of garlic butter & breadcrumbs. Served in Rockfish restaurants

  • King Scallops

    Hand-dived & roasted in the half shell with loads of garlic butter & breadcrumbs

  • Drawing of a scallop
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  • Chargrilled sea bass fillet served with Romesco sauce at Rockfish restaurants

  • Sea Bass

    Luscious, slightly oily, creamy white flesh. Beautifully crispy skin when grilled

  • Drawing of a whole sea bass
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  • Chargrilled squid lightly drizzled in oil, chilli and parsley. Served in Rockfish restaurants

  • Squid

    A very mild delicate flavour with sweet notes & a firm bite.

  • Drawing of a squid
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  • Turbot with caper butter, served in Rockfish restaurants

  • Turbot

    The king of the sea, wonderful, firm & very juicy

  • Drawing of a whole turbot
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  • Fried whiting served with a wedge of lemon, a pickle and tartare sauce in Rockfish restaurants

  • Whiting

    Often overlooked, this member of the cod family has delicate, small, white flakes & a delicious creamy & savoury flavour

  • Drawing of a whole whiting
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SUSTAINABILITY & SEAFOOD

Sustainability is all about ensuring fish species can continue to reproduce so that healthy stock levels are maintained. We do not buy seafood from any fishery that is not well controlled or managed, we do not sell fish that is endangered, and we don’t buy from anywhere where we feel uncomfortable about the health of the fishery or fishing method.

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