Tides Wharf Restaurant Awards

Tides Wharf Restaurant Restaurant Review:

Part of a Bodega Bay enterprise that encompasses a hotel, seafood market and fishing fleet, Tides Wharf Restaurant is a Sonoma Coast institution. The casual dining room facing picturesque ocean views entices tourists, families with kids coloring fish-shaped menus, and couples romancing it at sunset. A must-visit during local Dungeness crab and wild salmon seasons, fresh catches from somewhere make it worth a stop anytime. Start off with herbaceous crab cakes in red pepper coulis, happily more crab than filler, or a quartet of barbecued oysters paired with one of the local draught beers or wine. Mains might include fish ‘n’ chips --- firm red snapper in a golden jacket served with steak frites and coleslaw, or plump prawns in a garlicky tomato, onion and mushroom stew over yellow rice and pattypan squash. Dishes come with a plastic packet of oyster crackers and chowder, either creamy New England clam or peppery Bodega Bay seafood with a tomato base, both just right for lunch on a foggy day. Appropriately, saltwater taffy accompanies the check. Join the restaurant for monthly winemaker dinners.