Nestled in a breezy, cabinlike setting, this two-level spot serves up fresh, eco-friendly seafood from around the globe, perfect for any seafood lover's evening out.
"Rockcreek is somewhere you should go if you’d like to be continuously reminded of the fact that you’re eating seafood. We’re not just saying that because the massive babbling brook artwork makes it difficult to forget the theme of your meal. It’s also because the menu is stacked with things like oyster shooters, Chilean seabass, and jerk-marinated swordfish. Thankfully, the shrimp and brown butter-slicked grits (our favorite dish) is a mainstay on the rotating menu. It has subtle heat tempered by creamy grits, and the prawns are always cooked perfectly." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"This seafood-focused Fremont restaurant is currently serving Glacier Point, Kusshi, Beach Glass, and Taylor Shellfish Virginica oysters on the half shell, as well as in a fried oyster po’boy, as oven-roasted Oysters Rockefeller variations, or as boozy shooters with vodka or mezcal. There’s also a bacon and oyster Benedict at brunch, a Hangtown fry-coded riff on the brunch staple. RockCreek may just take the crown for Widest Variety of Oyster Preparations in Seattle." - Mark DeJoy
"Capacity: 14 RockCreek is an excellent restaurant specializing in every type of seafood from oysters on the half-shell to blackened Hawaiian Ono. Their private room has one of the best tables in the city—it seats 14 and the whole space looks like the foyer of a sunny vacation cabin rental." - aimee rizzo
"Unless you’re camping in the wilderness harpooning your dinner with a whittled stick, it’s unlikely you’ll have fresh seafood next to a babbling brook. Rockcreek is as close as you get to that experience, and you don’t even have to deal with rafting on river rapids. The seafood is excellent (particularly the shrimp and grits and roasted seabass), and it feels like the kind of forest cabin your elitist in-laws would rent and consider “roughing it” just because there are exposed beams. This is a good place for a date, or a group dinner on the second floor balcony." - aimee rizzo
"Speaking of zesty desserts jammed into glass jars, this Fremont seafood spot’s key lime pie creation is a winner, with everything you love about a wedge of the stuff, only neatly layered like a trifle. If green custard is not your preferred pairing to graham cracker, their s’mores-inspired chocolate mousse is also satisfying after eating your weight in shrimp and grits. " - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
