Welcome to Surf Portsmouth, a trusted Seafood restaurant in NH 03801, known for fresh flavors, warm service, and a welcoming atmosphere. With a 4.60-star rating from 1737 reviews, we’re a favorite choice for seafood lovers seeking quality and convenience.
Popular Items
Frequently ordered and highly recommended items at Surf Portsmouth
Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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A glimpse of our restaurant experience
Food & Drinks
Surf Clam Chowder - fresh clams, bacon, cream and butter.
Parmesan Fried Calamari tossed with parmesan cheese and cherry-pepper vinaigrette, served with marinara sauce and parmesan cheese.
A single crab cake made from jumbo lump crab, crispy fried, served with coleslaw and Louis sauce.
tossed with togarashi spice and served with wasabi ranch dipping sauce
Quick fried shrimp tossed in a sweet & spicy sambal sauce with toasted peanuts and chopped cilantro.
Steamed Edamame tossed in toasted sesame oil and black truffle salt.
Served with Sweet tamari, and a pineapple chili sauce
Homemade Dashi Dashi Broth, White Miso, Marin Glazed Shitake, Mushrooms, Tofu and Scallions.
Chourico Braised Mussels in a white wine broth with crushed red pepper, tomato, garlic, onion, herbs, and butter. Served with grilled ciabatta.
Sweet chili slaw, black garlic vinaigrette, crispy garlic
Four baked oysters topped with brie cheese, bacon and garlic bread crumbs
Sauteed Sea Scallops with a pancetta, roasted red pepper, and kalamata olive relish, white wine, cream and butter; served on grilled ceabatta.
Crispy Wings, Southern Gold Sauce.
Served with Crispy Potato Chips.
Fresh crab legs served with tangy cocktail sauce, creamy dipping sauce, and a wedge of lemon, garnished with shredded cabbage and herbs.
Shucked 1 1/4 lb lobster served with cocktail sauce and horseradish.
Typically includes pastrami spices, smoked in-house, often accompanied by capers, red onions, and crème fraîche.
Item is per ounce. 1 oz of smoked trout served with horseradish cream sauce, capers, red onions and crostinis.
Price per shrimp served with cocktail sauce and horseradish with a lemon wedge
Wakame Seaweed Salad - with daikon sprouts and carrot.
Yellowfin tuna tossed in our ginger-tamari poke dressing with scallion, and avocado topped with wasabi mayo and spicy mayo; served with shrimp chips.
Avocado, Mexican Cocktail Sauce, Cilantro, Red Pepper, Zucchini, Lime Yogurt and Crispy Tortilla Chips.
Crispy, light, and fluffy shrimp chips, typically seasoned with chili salt.
California Roll - snow crab, avocado and cucumber maki with sesame rice; plated with wasabi mayo, spicy mayo and yuzu tobiko.
Smow crab, cucumber, and scallion maki topped with tuna, salmon, yellowtail and avocado with wasabi mayo and chili garlic sauce.
Crispy Garlic & Tuna - tuna loin and avocado maki with garlic chips, Japanese mayo & wasabi; topped with salmon sashimi, spicy mayo, yuzu tobiko and micro cilantro.
Crispy bacon and eel sushi roll with a topping of creamy sauce, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds.
Spicy Crab, Garlic Crunch, Scallion, Cucumber, Avocado, Yuzu Aioli, Sweet Tamari and Sesame Seeds.
Dynamite Roll - tempura shrimp, avocado, and cucumber maki with sesame rice; topped with spicy snow crab, orange tobiko & sweet tamari.
Hula Dancer - tempura shrimp, avocado and cream cheese maki; topped with wakame, sweet tamari and spicy mayo.
Cream cheese, crab salad, scallions, cucumber maki with pineapple chili sauce, wonton crisps, sweet tamari and kosho mayo
Warm Buttered Lobster - asparagus and scallion maki; tempura fried then topped with warm buttered lobster, truffle mayo and yuzu tobiko.
Garlic Crunch, Jalapeno, Sweet Tamari, Spicy Mayo, Umami Mayo, Togarashi and Shiso Leaf.
Red Dragon - Spicy tuna tempura crunch and cucumber maki; topped with tuna sashimi, spicy mayo & sriracha.
Scallop, wakami, cream cheese, avocado roll topped with pastrami smoked salmon, umami mayo, and sweet tamari.
Spicy Salmon - salmon loin, sriracha and cucumber maki; topped with salmon sashimi, avocado, kosho mayo & orange tobiko.
Umami Veggie Maki - cucumber and sweet potato maki with sesame rice, garlic chips, scallion, and spicy mayo; topped with avocado, umami mayo, chives and micro cilantro.
Mango, jalapeno, garlic chips, umami crab, umami mayo, orange tobiko, sweet tamari
Wicked Awesome Tuna - tuna loin, avocado and cucumber maki; topped with spicy tuna, wasabi mayo, sweet tamari, and orange tobiko and micro cliantro.
3 oz of raw salmon, sliced & served on formed sushi rice with a small dot of wasabi
3 oz of raw tuna, sliced & served on formed sushi rice with a small dot of wasabi.
3 oz of raw yellowtail, sliced & served on formed sushi rice with a small dot of wasabi.
3 ounces of thin sliced raw salmon served with wasabi and pickled ginger
3 ounces of thin sliced raw tuna served with wasabi and pickled ginger
3 ounces of thin sliced raw yellowtail served with wasabi and pickled ginger
Grilled eel slices, typically served without rice.
Grilled eel on a bed of seasoned sushi rice.
Crispy Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad - fried brussels sprouts, arugula, toasted pistachios, and toasted ciabatta crumbs; tossed with creamy Caesar dressing.
Surf Salad - mixed greens with red bell pepper, red onion, tomato, cucumber, radish, and carrot; dressed with tamari-ginger vinaigrette.
Fried Tomato & Crispy Bacon Salad - mixed greens, and a creamy cracked pepper-parmesan dressing.
A smaller portion of the full salad - fried brussels sprouts, arugula, toasted pistachios, and toasted ciabatta crumbs; tossed with creamy Caesar dressing.
A smaller portion of the full, classic Surf salad - mixed greens with red bell pepper, onion, tomato, cucumber, radish, and carrot; dressed with tamari-ginger vinaigrette.
A smaller version of the full salad - fried tomatoes & crispy bacon with mixed greens, and a creamy cracked pepper-Parmesan dressing and shaved parmesan cheese.
Crispy smoked salmon, avocado, mesclun green, hard- boiled egg, cocktail tomato, cottage cheese, herbed buttermilk dressing, toasted sourdough
Cucumber, napa slaw & sweet tamari rolled & topped with blackened tuna, avocado, wasabi mayo & wontons, plated with mae ploy chili sauce
Served with seared bok choy, snow peas & purple potatoes with ginger-miso broth & scallion cilantro garnish
Buttermilk Chicken - pan-fried buttermilk chicken breasts served with chive mashed potatoes, buttered broccoli, and pan sauce.
Korean BBQ Scallops - pan seared scallops with wasabi mashed potatoes, stir-fried French green beans, sweet chili cream and Korean BBQ sauce.
Maine lobster, zucchini, white wine, tomato relish, garlic chips, lobster butter sauce
Steamed and shucked 1 1/4 lb native lobster, flambeed with cognac, lobster stock, chives, cream, and butter; served with jasmine rice and grilled asparagus.
Miso Marinated Salmon - grilled salmon served on a sesame-jasmine rice cake with seared asparagus and shiitake mushrooms and ponzu sauce.
Roast Atlantic Haddock with lobster mashed potatoes and Nantucket pan sauce (white wine butter sauce with cornichon, red onion, red peppers and crispy bacon.
Roasted cauliflower, English peas, dill hollandaise
Seared Broccoli, Wasabi Mashed Potato and Ginger Demi Glaze.
Zucchini noodles, pan roasted shiitake mushrooms, sweet onions, over roasted tomatoes, marsala butter sauce
Sushi rice, mirin glazed shiitake mushrooms, tofu, broccoli, togarashi, nori, scallion, white miso broth
Grilled vegetables, potatoes, champagne vinaigrette, kalamata olives, hard-boiled eggs, herbed buttermilk dressing, dill
Grilled 8 oz Filet - with chive mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus and demi-glace.
Grilled 8 oz Filet - with chive mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus and demi-glace. 1 1/4 pound warm buttered lobster.
Baked New England Seafood - haddock, baked with seasoned crumbs, lemon white wine and butter; served with chive mashed potatoes and buttered broccoli.
Baked New England Seafood - scallops baked with seasoned crumbs, lemon white wine and butter; served with chive mashed potatoes and buttered broccoli.
Baked New England Seafood - shrimp baked with seasoned crumbs, lemon white wine and butter; served with chive mashed potatoes and buttered broccoli.
Baked New England Seafood Trio - haddock, scallops, and shrimp baked with seasoned crumbs, lemon white wine and butter; served with chive mashed potatoes and buttered broccoli.
Fried Fisherman's Platter - haddock, shrimp, scallops, and sweet clams lightly fried in our house breading; served with coleslaw and fries.
Surf Style Fish and Chips - haddock fillet fried in our crispy tempura batter; served with coleslaw and fries.
Scallops lightly fried in our house breading; served with coleslaw and fries.
Shrimp lightly fried in our house breading; served with coleslaw and fries.
Surf Bacon and Cheeseburger - 1/2 lb. Buckley's signature blend burger topped with cheddar cheese and cherrywood smoked bacon, served on a griddled potato bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion and a side of garlic aioli.
The Lobster Roll - Traditional Cold; mayo, celery and lobster on a griddled brioche roll.
The Lobster Roll; Hot Buttered Lobster Roll - on a griddled brioche roll.
Blackened Shrimp with Guacamole, Creamy Slaw, Pickled Jalapeno, Queso Fresco, Salsa and Micro Cilantro.
Blackened Haddock with guacamole, creamy slaw, pickled jalapeno, Queso Fresco, salsa and micro cilantro.
Fried haddock with guacamole, creamy slaw, pickled jalapeno, Queso Fresco, Salsa and micro cilantro.
Tempura fried haddock with bay sauce & pickles, served on a brioche bun
With Miso Sriracha Aioli, Cucumber Citrus Slaw on a Brioche Bun.
Crispy fried tofu, guacamole, creamy slaw, pickled jalapeno, queso fresco, salsa & cilantro.
Topped with Cabot Cheddar Cheese, served on a brioche bun with lettuce & tomato. Served with French Fries.
Buttermilk Chicken Breast - pan fried with pan gravy, chive mashed potatoes and buttered broccoli.
Baked with house crumbs with french fries and house vegetable.
Tempura fried with french fries and buttered broccoli
served with garlic bread and parmesan cheese
served with garlic bread and parmesan cheese.
Tempura fried white meat chicken breast, french fries and coleslaw.
Melted cheese on toasted bread - a delicious classic
Hear from our valued guests
The food is on point. Like seriously I would spend all my money here. The sushi is perfection, I had lobster Kristina and it was amaze balls. The Pina colada creme brulee will make you cry. I can't wait to return here.
If you skip this place then you are missing out! Thank you Shalimar for making my 2 year anniversary even more amazing. The food here is absolutely delicious!
This food was delicious. Crab cake is a must get appetizer with a combination of flavors that will leave you wanting more. You also cannot go wrong with any combination of sushi options. The fish and chips are cooked to perfection, but the blackened shrimp tacos were an explosion to my taste buds in every bite. But that’s not all, do you like a nice cocktail? The spicy pineapple margarita will be sure to tickle your fancy. For dessert? The ice cream of special is perfect. This one pictured shows Oreos with chocolate chunks and a caramel martini with shavings of ice that only make the flavor pop. Would definitely recommend
Incredible! They seated us by the window (beautiful), attentive service, brought up extra bread for our pasta sauce. Lobster spaghetti is 100/10, shrimp burger 100/10. Big fans of everything! Prices very reasonable as well!
The staff were great. The appetizers were awesome. My lobster was really good, but for 40 some bucks I could have gotten a really good steak. My sides were so so, but I didn’t get to them until they were cold. My wife’s haddock, shrimp and scallops were really good. We made a reservation because we had 6 people in our party. I asked for a table by the windows overlooking the water and they obliged. Parking was right across the street, but it was pricey. Basically $10 an hour. Their drinks were decent.
Nice waterfront location, with Maine just across. The lobster rolls were delicious; I liked the traditional (cold) one better that the hotel one. Our waitress Abbie was amazing, super attentive and helpful. A great lunch break on our way north.
Pricey but beautiful location and excellent food and service! Definitely worth a stop. Parking is a pain but if you park further away with street parking or even find a free spot, everything is walkable in Portsmouth, and this is worth an endcap to the night. Food comes in good sizeable portions, presented well, and delicious. Yes, the entrees are kinda pricey, but so far they've all been really good. Staff are very friendly and welcoming. And the view if you get a window seat is great of the open bay. I think this is one of those rare places that I actually liked everything on the menu (so far)! Dragon shrimp, Lobster Kristina, lobster fries, salmon, sushi (dynamite, smoked Philly, Hula Dancer), Mexican shrimp and crab stack, Chourico braised mussels (comes in a delightful mildly-spicy tomato-based broth with chorizo). They use Pink Stripe oysters for their raw bar, which has a mild sweetness and salinity. Blood Mary oyster shooter is def cute and fun. Drinks are good strength but have a lot of ice that eventually waters down. Even both my parents - one who is picky and is a chicken-tender, plain plate kinda guy, and the other who is picky, opinionated, and will send plates back unapologetically - like Surf! No reservations about it! UPDATE: Still great, still delicious. Overheard that someone thought this was one of the best sushi places in NH... and that seems about right. Tammy was great!
Great restaurant on the water in downtown Portsmouth! It gets pretty busy but well worth the wait, not unreasonable. The service is friendly, efficient, and effective. John and Jake were spot on. As far as the food, Fried green tomato and bacon salad is a favorite that we split. The baked seafood triple came out pipping hot and tasty - shrimp, haddock, and scallops w/ mashed and brocoli. Another favorite is the Korean BBQ scallops, they ordered them on two occasions. The crab cake is very tasty also. I would recommend this restaurant to everyone!
We loved The Surf! Our server, Jake (from state farm) was charming, funny, and great at making menu recommendations. My lobster was to die for as well as my sushi roll. Everyone loved their food and our only regret is that we didn’t have time to go again while on our trip!
Tucked in the beautiful historic district, you can eat phenomenal sea food looking at the harbor. The seared tune was absolutely perfect, fresh delicious tuna, sashimi quality, on wasabi mashed potatoes and a tomari sauce and seared broccoli, really perfect ... The raw oysters were phenomenal, I would have gotten more of they were less expensive, $4 each, my husband said that the gluten free New England clam chowder was the best he's ever had, I took a taste and it was wonderful, and then he got the Portuguese fish stew which was "great" really delicious ... I can't wait to return here!! BTW our waitress is amazing, so knowledgeable, Tammy from Nashua, she was extremely helpful in our ordering, so friendly! The atmosphere is .. well, a bit silly, but I can forgive it because the water view and food is so amazing ..
Common questions about Surf Portsmouth
Surf Portsmouth is located at 99 Bow St Suite 200W, Portsmouth, NH 03801, NH 03801, United States.
You can reach Surf Portsmouth by calling +1 603-334-9855.
Surf Portsmouth has a rating of 4.6 out of 5 based on 1737 customer reviews.
Surf Portsmouth features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
Surf Portsmouth features the following service options: Outdoor seating, On-site services, Takeaway, Dine-in, Delivery.
Surf Portsmouth features the following highlights: Fast service, Great beer selection, Great cocktails, Great dessert, Great wine list, Serves local specialty.
Surf Portsmouth features the following popular for: Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining.
Surf Portsmouth features the following offerings: Alcohol, Beer, Cocktails, Coffee, Comfort food, Happy-hour food, Healthy options, Private dining room, Small plates, Spirits, Vegetarian options, Wine.
Surf Portsmouth features the following dining options: Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
Surf Portsmouth features the following amenities: Bar on site, Restroom.
Surf Portsmouth features the following atmosphere: Casual, Romantic, Trendy, Upmarket.
Surf Portsmouth features the following crowd: Family friendly, Groups, Tourists.
Surf Portsmouth features the following planning: Accepts reservations, Usually a wait.
Surf Portsmouth features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
Surf Portsmouth features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs, Kids' menu.
Surf Portsmouth features the following parking: Free street parking, Paid parking lot, Paid street parking, Somewhat difficult to find a space.
Business Features
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