Best Seafood in Naples
Naples, Florida — updated August 22, 2026
Gulf-side dining rooms on Gulf Shore Drive, raw bar counters off 8th Street and long-settled ratings across thousands of reviews: here is where Naples seafood holds up.
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Naples seafood splits into two geographies: the Gulf Shore Drive strip up in Vanderbilt Beach, where the dining rooms sit close to the water, and the downtown blocks around 5th Avenue South and 8th Street South, where the rooms are dressier and the raw bars busier. The places below are ranked on how settled their reputations are, weighing rating against the number of reviews behind it. Several here have cleared a thousand reviews without slipping below 4.5, which is the more meaningful signal in a town with this much seasonal turnover.
1. The Turtle Club
The most thoroughly tested seafood reputation in Naples: 4.6 across 2,104 reviews, roughly double the sample size of most of the field. It sits at 9225 Gulf Shore Dr in the Vanderbilt Beach stretch, north of downtown and away from the 5th Avenue crowds. A rating that holds at 4.6 over that many visits is proven rather than promising, which matters for a room that draws heavy winter-season traffic. Reservations are the sane approach here, particularly at sunset hour, and the drive up Gulf Shore Drive is slow in high season. Budget extra time rather than arriving flustered.
2. Sails Restaurant
The highest-rated seafood room on this list at 4.7, drawn from 969 reviews. That is a smaller sample than The Turtle Club's but still large enough to be credible rather than a fluke of a few enthusiastic parties. The address is 301 5th Ave S, right on the main downtown restaurant corridor, which makes it the pick when you want seafood without leaving the walkable blocks. Expect the room to fill early on weekend evenings in season, and expect 5th Avenue parking to be the hardest part of the night. Book ahead.
3. USS Nemo Restaurant
A 4.6 rating held across 1,294 reviews, which puts it among the most consistently reviewed seafood kitchens in the city. It is listed as fine dining and sits at 3745 Tamiami Trl N, on the highway rather than the water, so this is a destination meal rather than a walk-in after the beach. The trade-off is that it is easier to reach from north Naples than the Gulf Shore Drive restaurants. Small dining rooms on Tamiami tend to book out first in winter; call rather than assuming a table.
4. Mr.Big Fish
Also 4.6, with more than 1,300 reviews behind it, and the most casual entry in the top half of this list. The address is 754 Neapolitan Way, off the Tamiami corridor in central Naples, which keeps it out of the downtown dinner scrum. Its category is straightforward restaurant rather than fine dining, so it is the option when you want seafood without a jacket, a reservation window or a sunset premium. Ratings this steady at this volume usually mean the kitchen is consistent across a wide menu rather than carried by one signature plate.
5. The Bay House Restaurant
A 4.5 across 1,553 reviews, the second-largest review count in this guide, which makes the score a settled one rather than an early read. It is at 799 Walkerbilt Rd, tucked off the north end of town near the Cocohatchee River, so it is the furthest from downtown and the least likely to be a spontaneous stop. That remove is the point for a lot of diners. Plan the drive, and treat it as the evening rather than one stop in a night out on 5th Avenue.
6. BALEEN
Fine dining at 9891 Gulf Shore Dr, at the far north end of the Vanderbilt Beach strip, rated 4.5 from 1,201 reviews. It is the closest thing on this list to a beach-adjacent special-occasion room, and its rating has stayed stable over a large sample, which is harder in a resort setting where expectations run high. Sunset seatings go first in season. If you cannot get one, a later table costs less in waiting time and the room is calmer. Reservations are effectively mandatory from January through March.
7. Captain & Krewe Seafood Market & Raw Bar
The only market-and-raw-bar hybrid here, at 629 8th St S, just off the downtown grid. It holds a 4.5 from 952 reviews, the smallest count on this list, so the rating is well supported but not as heavily tested as The Turtle Club's or The Bay House's. The format is the reason to come: a counter operation where the seafood case and the dining side share the same address. Good for a quicker, less formal meal than the fine-dining rooms above, and for taking something home afterwards.
What we left off
Truluck's Ocean's Finest Seafood and Crab was in the previous version and has been cut here. It rates well, but it operates locations in multiple states, and this guide covers independent Naples restaurants only. Nothing else was removed for closure.