Cool place. There were 4 of us and our waitress said "it's family style" and advised us to get 6 servings because they were small. They average $30 each. The presentation was beautiful but 3 small fritters for 4 of us. The scallops looked like a small appetizer for one person and raw scallops are not good. The crab and cabbage tasted good and sauce was great but there was little too no crab, also very small. Fun experience, overpriced and over rated food. We left hungry.

Dinner at Seabird on Sept. 30, 2023, was superb, exquisite, and extraordinary! I dined solo and was so entertained by the food and the kind staff that I am proud to say I wasn’t even tempted to become a zombie phone scroller. I started with the cucumbers goma-ae and was delighted by the crunchy texture. Cucumbers are not usually a go-to vegetable for me but Chef Grant Rico somehow transformed them into the cooling sensation of biting into a dreamsicle on a hot summer day. For reasons that I will chalk up as mystical, they were creamy and cool. And don’t get worried by the word “sand” on the menu. Goma Ae is a common Japanese side dish that added umami pizzazz to what I usual eschew as a boring vegetable. Next, I had the steamed cabbage and crab dish. Once again, this dish made me rethink my relationships with a vegetable I feel “meh” about. Steaming the cabbage brought out the tenderness of this hearty vegetable and pairing it with crab felt like seeing someone wearing Manolos with REI hiking pants that zip off at the calf. In other words, this is a dish only the few, daring and talented could pull off and Seabird did it with grace. To me, this dish felt like an intentional mix of couture (the crab) with humble wilderness readiness (the cabbage). For my main, I had the roasted sablefish with delicata squash, roasted kohlrabi, cauliflower, brown butter. The sablefish was flaky without being mooshy and oh-so-tender. For me, there was just the right amount of fat with the fish to bring out its richness without overwhelming it. The bites of the main dish were like a multi-lingual conversation in my mouth including but not limited to Japanese and Quichua and Danish. No component was fluent in another’s language, but they all understood each other and worked together to create joy in my mouth. Dessert was seaweed ice cream. Yes, seaweed! And it was paired with a foam that made me feel I, too, am made of a cloud. In summary, I adored my meal, the service, the cozy and amber ambiance, and I even got to say hello to Brendan McGill. As I stared at the moon on my return ferry to Seattle that night, I felt very elemental and grateful to live in a beautiful region with talented creatives who aren’t afraid to take risks in food and make it taste mighty fine to boot. Thank you!

What beautiful, tastey and locally sourced food. Every bite just made my naturalist self warm and fuzzy. Loved our server too!

This restaurant is incredible. Excellent service, wonderful food, and inventive dishes! We were visiting from across the country and this was the best meal during our trip. Also, finding such upscale and beautiful food in an unpretentious, calm environment is so hard to find.

The night after dining at Seabird two of us dreamt about the meal. Perhaps dreams tell it better, as it is hard to talk about the food. It was so... unusual, like eating in a new language. Usually, I enjoy a dish as a thing with a name, but in these plates each thing retains its identity, and so it is like eating an ecosystem transformed by a scene change into something theatrical. Every ingredient seemed brightly awake - as if one was eating it for the first time. A stranglely compact dish of crab was an explosion of taste - both in the flavor and texture. My favorite dish (if one can have such a thing) was the Woodfired Kale Aspirations - which is the essence of spring. I was so taken by it that I failed to take a photograph and have only a cropped corner of photo of the dish half eaten - (It turns out, as my son said "that kale as dreams too" - in this case, to be presented in this dish). Every spring, Kale flowers but as it grows leggy before flowering it has these growing shoot-like things (I know, my garden kale is doing it too). These are the aspirations. The dish presented the kale in a light kale broth which I cannot put my finger on other than to say it was umami and made me want to retreat to a yurt and write poetry. Also in the broth were slices of pickled cherry, and floating on the top were the same cherry blossoms that we passed through like snow-flurries on our drive to the restaurant. This made the dish intensely present - bringing the essence of this moment, the growing kale, the snowing cherries and the briny kelp oil of the coast into an ecosystem which I could ... well, barely could (because of competition across the table) eat. I drank the last broth from the bowl. There were some actual plate lickings too. I could go on about many dishes, but this was my favorite. The restaurant is dark and interior looking, with a clear view to the oven and work area. The staff were highly professsional, helpful and attentive. When we emerged from the restaurant at 7pm it seemed wrong that it was still daylight - like you have come from a theatre that was more real than life, and are somewhat confused to find the world unchanged.

Perhaps the nicest restaurant we’ve ever been to. My husband and I were visiting from NYC. We’ve been to some really good and some really “fancy” restaurants over there. Here at Seabird, the food was incredible. Plating was stunning. The dishes are all local. Flavorful. So creative. Staff was wonderful. So friendly, knowledgeable about every single dish and its components, and knew which oyster types to suggest to my husband who loves Kumamoto oysters. Our water was refilled promptly. Our plates were taken away and replaced with fresh ones timely. Drinks were also good. What I loved about this place, besides the fantastic service, was the vibe. Moody inside, Douglas fir (I think) table tops, gorgeous decor, plates were ceramic and wood, and above all, the fact that you could dress up to come here and be fine, but you can also show up in jeans and a sweatshirt and not feel out of place. Definitely no frills and there’s just something so special about a fine dining experience that doesn’t feel stuffy or pretentious. It was just amazing and it wasn’t trying to be anything else. Pricey, but a wonderful experience. I truly had a genuinely lovely time and plan to come again on our next trip. Another thing. We had not been impressed with the Seattle culinary scene— there are very few, if any, vibey spots like Seabird, and surprisingly, every seafood place we have been to has not been it— the fish has been dry and nothing has been special. Seabird completely changed my mind about this. It is the only restaurant that has the ambience we were yearning for and the fish was most definitely not dry. PS we had the king salmon wrapped in seaweed with nettle sauce, kale rabe, crispy dulse. We had 12 oysters. The seaweed focaccia wirh wakame butter. The butter poached halibut with roasted carrots, leek vinaigrette, and squid ink chips. Also had the chocolate tart and the toffee pudding. My husband ordered a few drinks but I can’t remember which. The seaweed wrapped salmon definitely has a strong seaweed taste which is an acquired taste but it was still delicious. I suggest the halibut for something more “basic,” though it was far from it— so good. 10/10 would recommend. It’s one of the best.

We finally got a reservation and I see what all the noise is about. The food and service are amazing. We had the clam dish and seaweed bread which combined together perfectly. The flavors in the clam dish are 2-3 Michelin Star level IMO. The halibut main dish was artfully prepared and the mole was out of this world. My only recommendation is to provide a wine bottle list when seated and make the beer pours a full pint.

An incredible meal. The sturgeon was the single best piece of fish I have ever had. Absolutely perfect. The service was on par with the food, just excellent. From beginning to end, it surpassed all expectations.

Stunningly good food, one of the best I've had in Seattle, or anywhere. Extremely fresh seafood, creative but unpretentious preparations, friendly staff, and very affordable for the quality. My favorites were the razor clam brioche and raw fish appetizers. Only constructive feedback is the clam main could come with bread or grain to mop up the sauce, and seaweed ice cream flavor could be a bit more seaweed forwards. Get over there asap, before it's booked months out.

We had an exceptional dining experience from the second we walked into seabird until the very end. The precision and intention with the way all the staff treated the customers, the ambiance, and the actual food - plating and taste - was beyond amazing. We felt so special, and so well taken care of, and truly did not have one bite we didn’t drool and gush over. If I could give it 6 stars, I would. Venture over to Bainbridge for this absolute gem of a restaurant, so so worth it! We will be back!

Amazing food. I had the halibut and it was incredible. Unique wines and tasty bread too. I took off a point because we were celebrating a birthday and had brought in a dessert (and checked ahead of time) and they told us they charge $10 PER PERSON to serve it, which seems outrageous (I.e., a corkage fee is by bottle, not glass count). We closed out and ate it elsewhere.

Oysters were phenomenal! We got a dussin during their happy hour and paired it with some great wine. Can highly recommend this place for a date on a cosy evening in Bainbridge.