Best Seafood Restaurants in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida — updated August 21, 2026
Six West Palm Beach seafood spots, from a fish market with its own food truck to a marina tiki bar that opens at 7am, ranked by how settled their ratings are.
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Seafood in West Palm Beach splits into camps: sit-down rooms with sushi counters, fried fish counters that stay open past midnight, wholesale markets that put a truck in their own parking lot, and dockside bars where the tide chart is posted on the website. The list below sorts them by how well they answer the question and how much review evidence sits behind each rating. Two addresses are technically north of the city line but list West Palm Beach mailing addresses, and both earn their place.
1. The Catch Seafood & Sushi
The strongest combination of rating and volume on this list: 4.5 across more than 1,200 reviews, which is a settled number rather than a promising one. The kitchen runs both a seafood menu and a sushi program at 529 25th Street, with salads including a spinach and arugula on the regular menu. The restaurant itself calls out its happy hour, and it has promoted $3 tacos on social media, though specials come and go. Plan around the hours: the doors do not open until 4pm Monday through Friday, with noon openings Saturday and Sunday. Friday and Saturday run to 11pm. Reservations are available through the restaurant's own site.
2. Hook fish and chicken
The most-reviewed seafood counter in the city by a wide margin, with a 4.4 average built on more than 2,400 reviews at the Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard location. That volume matters more than a tenth of a point: this is fried seafood judged by thousands of people and still holding. The operation describes itself as fresh fried seafood done fast, and Yelp lists hours running from mid-morning until 12:30am most nights, with Friday stretching to 2am. That late window is the practical argument for it. If you want fried fish after a concert or a shift, few kitchens here are still cooking.
3. Independent Seafoods
The highest rating in the group at 4.6, drawn from 282 reviews, so somewhat less settled than The Catch but well past the point of being a fluke. What sets it apart is the format: a wholesale operation on Georgia Avenue with a retail fish market out front and a food truck on site, so you can buy fish to cook or eat it there. The market has been listed as open daily 10am to 6pm and the truck Tuesday through Saturday, though the business has posted revised hours more than once. Call before making a special trip.
4. Sailfish Marina Tiki Bar
The waterfront option, at 90 Lake Drive on the marina, rated 4.4 from 472 reviews. It opens at 7am and runs to 10pm most days, which makes it one of the few places here where seafood and a dock are available before breakfast is over. The menu leans toward shareable bar plates alongside the seafood, and the marina also runs fishing charters from the same property, with a live tide reading posted on its website. Expect a bar built for boat traffic rather than a quiet dining room. Timing your visit outside the sunset rush is the usual advice.
5. Palm beach lobsters & seafood
A perfect 5.0, but from 48 reviews, so treat it as promising rather than proven. It is a food truck at 2501 N Dixie Highway, and the operators say the menu changes through the year to follow what is freshest, which means the board you find may not match what someone described online last season. Posted hours run noon to 10pm Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 8pm Sunday and Monday, and the business has mentioned working on a regular menu plus a happy hour menu. Lobster is in the name, so start there.
6. Costa Azul Seafood Restaurant
The Mexican seafood entry, on South Military Trail, and the thinnest evidence on this list: 4.0 from 95 reviews. That is enough to show it is not a one-off, not enough to call it consistent. The menu covers ceviche among the cold platters, hot platters including fajitas, tacos by the piece and wings, so it works for a table where not everyone wants fish. Listings show an 11:30am opening most days and a late close, with Tuesday appearing to be the day off. Confirm the schedule before driving out.
What we left off
Red Crab - Juicy Seafood on North Military Trail is part of a multi-location seafood chain, so it falls outside a local guide despite its review numbers. We also list only one Hook fish and chicken. The Sansburys Way branch rates 4.5 from 637 reviews, but it is the same business as the Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard location already included, and two branches of one operation do not get two spots.