From this Sunday for a couple of days we will be making a few changes and improvements to our site, we'll have a new bigger dining room space, additonal comfortable banquet seating and a new entrance... watch this space.  Come along and enjoy top quality fish in our lovely new surroundings from mid next week!

Christmas and New Year 2011/12

We will be open serving some fantastic fish until 3pm on Christmas Eve and then we close for the holiday period re-opening on January 5th. We will all of our customers a happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you soon. 

On the last Sunday of each month we are open for Sunday lunch RockFish style with a choice of roast meats and fish cooked on our charcoal oven.  You can have a look at our latest menu here.  2 courses for £19.50, 3 courses for £23.50.  Open 12.30-3pm, booking advisable. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon eating good food and drinking good wines.  We look forward to welcoming you here. 

We will be on the markets buying the best and freshest fish for you for Christmas including wonderful local turbot and brill, oysters, lobsters and crab. Please let us have your orders by Saturday 17th December for any collections needed for Christmas. We will be open until 3pm on Christmas Eve for collections.  Wishing you all a wonderful festive season with friends and family. 

After working with Mitch for over 5 years our fishmonger Neil has decided to move on.  It is with great sadness that we see him go but wish him very well. 

Our fishmongers has always been staffed by chefs and will continue to be and we will continue to provide you with the best service and the best fish. We will be temporatily closed on Tues, Weds, Thurs in the fishmngers but should you require anything on those days please just call us and we will do our best to help out.  We're open on Friday and Saturday as usual in the fishmongers and Tues - Sat for lunch and dinner and Sunday lunch in the restaurant. 

You can order your fish by calling us 01179 737384or emailing enquiries@rockfishgrill.co.uk.  

Our sister restaurant, RockFish Seafood & Chips, offering fish and chips in uber cool surroundings by the waterfront in Dartmouth was shortlisted to the final 4 in the UK for best newcomer in the National Fish & Chip Awards this year.  If you're heading to South Devon this year, add RockFish to your list of 'must visits' for a really great experience of the British favourite of fish and chips.

Available from the App store from Nov 24th click here >

Special 40% off during the Good Food show: 24th - 28th Nov

The first ever i-phone app dedicated to seafood techniques and cooking. 

Written by Mitch Tonks, the “Eat Fish” app includes:

-        17 videos showing techniques such as preparing crab and filleting a fish

-        6 step by step guides to the most commonly asked questions in the fishmongers

-        27 recipes that range from simple suppers to impressive treats that anyone will be able to do

-        Seasonal information on the best fish to eat month by month

-        Over 40 species of fish covered

-        Tasting notes that really help you to think about different textures & flavours & trying something new

It would take weeks to find all the information & resources on this little app but you can just download it from the app store by searching mitch tonks or eat fish

Celebrate with us during the festive season.  We have created a wonderful menu for any party or group so that you devise your own menu for the night.  Or do get in touch, we'll have our normal a la carte menu available too and are happy to chat to you about your needs for any event you're planning.  We're not a big party venue; we're all about enjoying really top quality food cooked expertly and with care, wines for all prices and tastes and a warm welcome and relaxed atmosphere.  We hope to see you during the party season!  Have a look at our Christmas and regular menus here.

Mini Masterclass - Open to Everyone

Come along on any Wednesday at 11am to our fishmongers and get some inspiration on cooking and preparing shellfish from our experienced fishmonger, Neil.  From how to dress a crab to great recipes with squid or scallop and what to look for on the fishmongers these 15 minute sessions are packed with advice and tips on what to cook and how.  And it's all absolutely FREE.  Hope to see you on a Wednesday morning - no booking needed.

Coming up:

20^th Oct – Squid – the perfect calamari plus preparation tips

27^th Oct –Sea Bass – whole roasted with garlic, rosemary & chilli

3^rd Nov  – Cracking & dressing a crab, essential for all crab fans

10^th Nov - Round & Flat Fish & fabulously simple suppers

We've a fabulous new range of prawns in our fishmongers for you to try.  From tigers to the famed Carabineros prawns, we've got different types for all your culinary needs.  Our prawns are frozen within hours of being caught at sea and this is how prawns remain the best, the only way to eat them in better condition is by living near the sea where they are caught.  Please come in and see Neil and get some great recipe tips from barbeques to risottos to paellas to fruits de mer, this is a versatile and popular shellfish.

BBQ Season

Amazing fish and shellfish now in and perfect for the barbeque.  A couple of things to try:

- scallops in their half shells or lobster split down the middle, add a spoonful of garlic butter and bbq for a few minutes

- sardines, keep whole, drizzle with lemon juice, olive oil and cumin

- monkfish, skewered on rosemary twigs with chunks of lemon, drizzled with olive oil, sea salt

- chunks of salmon wrapped in foil, add a knob of butter, a splash of wine, some thyme and sea salt and cook for a few minutes, turning once

You can order anything you need by filling in the enquiry form online, calling us on 0117 9737384 or dropping in, we can prepare your fish and shellfish, bag it up and keep it on ice ready for you to collect.

Our new website has launched. We will keep you up to date with all that's going on at The Rockfish Grill and you can order fish and even book a table online. Be sure to keep checking back to see what's new.