Jacksonville Beach restaurant, Dockside Seafood, has been named one of the best seafood spots for 2024 by Yelp. The restaurant, located on the Intracoastal Waterway at 2510 2nd Ave. N., earned the 11th spot on the list, just missing the Top 10. The ranking was based on factors such as the total volume and ratings of reviews between Jan. 1, 2001, and Dec. 13, 2023.
Dockside Seafood, previously known as Safe Harbor Seafood Restaurant, is part of the Southern Table Hospitality group owned by Ben and Liza Groshell. The group also includes other popular seafood concepts such as Marker 32, fish camp restaurants at Julington Creek, North Beach, Palm Valley, and St. Augustine, as well as Valley Smoke, AB Kitchen, and the upcoming Billy Jack’s BBQ.
Yelp users have given Dockside Seafood Restaurant a high rating of 4.6 out of more than 1,450 reviews. The restaurant’s menu offers a wide selection of baskets and combos featuring shrimp, fried deviled crab, fried clam strips, fried oysters, and more, served with fries, slaw, and hush puppies. Additionally, the menu includes oysters, steamed peel-and-eat shrimp, clam chowder, seafood Po’ Boys sandwiches, and tacos.
Some of the highly recommended dishes by Yelp users at Dockside Seafood Restaurant include grilled Mahi Mahi, Tuna Poke, Crab Savannah Soup, Mayport shrimp, grilled Basa basket, baked scallops, blackened trigger fish, fried grouper, and more.
Other Florida restaurants that made it to Yelp’s Top 100 Seafood Spots for 2024 include Happy Snapper Seafood in Orlando (No. 6), J Crab House in Kissimmee (No. 7), FreshCo Fish Market & Grill in Miami (No. 13), Indialantic Seafood Company in Indialantic (No. 17), Scooter’s Fish House in Navarre (No. 18), Stewby’s Seafood Shanty in Fort Walton Beach (No. 21), Mad Crab Seafood in Orlando (No. 28), Macker Seafood in Daytona Beach (No. 31), and Dry Dock Waterfront Grill in Longbo.
