Surfside Smokehouse

Stopped in at Surfside Smokehouse with a buddy for a quick bite and were pleasantly surprised. The coconut shrimp was cooked just right — crispy, flavorful, and not overly oily. We also tried the oysters, which were fresh and delicious. It’s definitely a busy spot, but that just speaks to how popular it is. Overall, a solid experience and worth a visit! 🦐🦪

The burnt ends and surf and turf burger were delicious! Service was great, quick and attentive. Hush puppies were delicious too. It was rainy but I can imagine how glorious it would be on a sunny day.

I'm a week late in writing my review, shame on me!! Stopped in while on our way back from Cape Cod. My wife and I both had clam chowder and a lobster roll. Clam chowder was the real deal, pieces of clams were in every bite! Lobster roll was awesome, all chunks of meat only! Simply incredible!!!! Thanks Kim for running a great establishment right on the marina, atmosphere and food was top notch. Thanks to Charlotte our waitress, she was knowledgeable about the menu and VERY courteous for our stay. We'll be back for sure!!!!

Mac n cheese was so good! Drinks were excellent and service was amazing with a great view!! One of my favorite places!

My Fiancé & I dined here for my Birthday lunch last week and it was absolutely amazing! Our food was tasty & left us satisfied. We started off with buck a shuck oysters. 👍🏻They were delicious, of course. 😋 For our "dinners," we shared the K.C. Beef Burnt Ends with Mac and cheese & the Carolina Pulled Pork with cornbread. The K.C. Beef burnt ends melted in your mouth. They were to die for! The atmosphere here was so relaxing & service was great! We will definitely be back again!

Food here is top notch with outstanding fish! Todays visit with five people lots of fun. fortunate to have Tyson as our server and overall navigator as he was professional, knowledgeable and attentive. Wouldn’t have been the same without him!

Crab cakes. That is all. . . . We made a stop in Plymouth as a halfway point from the airport to the Cape and happened to find this gem! Everything else was good too foodwise besides the crab cakes. 😉 Super chill vibes with awesome ambience. Hostesses and servers were awesome!!! Great views were a plus!

I made a reservation for 7:15 pm expecting a smooth and enjoyable dining experience. Unfortunately, when I arrived, the staff informed me that the people in our table had paid but were still chatting. We waited for 40 minutes while other guests were getting seated. The hostess did nothing to accommodate us and after 50 min we decided to leave. What’s the point of taking reservations if you're not going to honor them? Awful and disappointing experience. We will never be back.

Such a great spot!! Great views of the harbor on the outside deck in the evening. The service was quick and plates were cleared so quickly, they were on top of it! The food was excellent and the specials were great too!

We haven't been in a real long time & we decided to give it another go & we had a perfect time just the two of us. We had the brisket & burnt end with a few side & dessert. We did have the coleslaw which wasn't amazing, but the owner did take off our bill after trying it herself. The ambience was perfect cool night as well

Great views of the harbor, a nice outdoor seating area. Live music was way too loud for the area and they also had different music coming through the speakers until someone asked them to turn it off. The food was good, not great. The pulled pork quesadilla was probably the best thing we ordered, the mac n cheese was definitely the worst. Crab dip and Brisket were very average. Service was very good.

First time there and I was so impressed by the amount of yummy menu items. Everything we ordered was so fresh and tasty. Nice ambience being on the water and the staff were courteous and prompt. Would highly recommend and can't wait to go again myself.

MY Wife and I went to SURFSIDE SMOKEHOUSE for lunch, I had the Fisherman's Platter and my wife had the grilled chicken wrap with salad and the service was excellent the staff was great and the food was awesome and our Waitress Alex she was very friendly the atmosphere was very cozy and welcoming and the drinks was very good we rate the restaurant 10 out of 10 highly recommend going there for your own experience can't wait for us to return there again.

Visited here after we toured the Mayflower II. My husband had a BBQ bowl & I had a Chicken Wrap, Everything was very good & we were served very promptly. Our waitress was very attentive. Lovely views of the water. We would gladly go back again.

The deck at Surfside Smokehouse is tough to beat. Great views overlooking Plymouth harbor. Service was great and the menu was fantastic. We had painkillers to start (highlight of the meal), a must try. The crab dip was a delicious starter. We got the salmon and fish tacos for our entree and both were fantastic. Excited to come back!

Visited for my birthday. It is a lovely location. The shrimp cocktail is excellent and fresh. My daughter (who eats calamari at every restaurant) said it was the best she's ever had. The pulled pork quesadilla was excellent. Now....on to the BBQ. We got the "trough" 4 meats and 6 sides for $ 120.00. It was awful. Burnt ends, ribs and brisket were so dry and overdone. We did not eat much of it. Slathered it with their watery BBQ sauce and it didn't help. Mac n cheese was flavorless, beans were out of a can. Cornbread was good and the french fries were awesome. The 5 of us left hungry. This is a great place to have drinks and watch the boats and have a few apps. It's just another wanna be BBQ joint catering to the tourist. I will be back for a glass of wine and shrimp cocktail. Might want to consider changing your name. BBQ you are not.

Our server was nice and staff was friendly. The ambience was nice with a beautiful view on the water, with a gorgeous view of the boats. The drinks were good. Food was ok with very generous portions. There was a problem with one of the entrees, where the burger was rare and the manager offered something else and made good. The food was good but nothing stood out as spectacular. Clam chowder was good. Nice view and friendly staff!

What a view. Cocktails = fabulous. Food= tasty and very reasonably priced. Service is on point.

Hate to leave a bad review ever. But sometimes it can help the restaurant, not just the consumer. Service was actually very good. BBQ, not so much. Of the 4 "BBQ" items we ordered, no one could sense any smoke on any of the following: brisket, KC burnt ends, pulled pork and "Memphis" ribs. I'm gonna get specific about the BBQ in hopes that the restaurant reads this and makes some changes. We can start with the aforementioned lack of smoke. This food was not smoked, not even close. If you're going to bake it, don't call it BBQ. The brisket was cooked to sawdust. All other items were not fully cooked. So they were tough, and the fat was not rendered. Nothing like diving into ribs with giant chunks of un rendered fat. Honestly, the chef could spend about 60 minutes watching a few YouTube recipes and level the food WAY UP! Also, "Memphis" ribs are not babyback. They should be spare ribs aka st Lois style cut. Now for the good. Baked beans, not what I expect from a bbq place but were very good. Maybe consider adding some leftover pork bbq? And the corn bread was on point! Service as I said was good and attentive. Restaurant was clean and well kept. Views were pretty great too.

The music is unbearably loud. My seafood was good, my husband's burger was ok he said, but because of the extremely loud live music we will not be going back. I literally felt def after leaving this place.

The location on the dock was supreme, so by proxy the service and food were subpar. They know they have the advantage of the great view. Came here on a busy weekend and waited almost an hour for our order for six people. Their tacos constantly leaked sauce and although the striped bass was said to be a special, there was very little fish and mostly spinach in the taco. Fries were decent but the sauce bottles ran out and the waitress was too busy to come by with another bottle. Flatbread was doughy, not crispy, and there was maybe four pieces of scallop on it for a starter of 21 dollars. I would've just gotten a Margherita pizza for half the price if that were in option because there was very little actual seafood. Would probably just walk around town and get food to go from the little shops if you're in town.

Great waterfront location and seating. Good for smokehouse pork & burger type sandwiches. Do have limited seafood entrees and great seafood appetizers. Have delicious gluten free French Fries and can modify some dishes.

There can get very busy at peak times so expect slower service. Some staff friendlier than others , but for the most part the are!! Nautical decor , some great entertainment on the weekends. Menu has changed. Miss the old one, wish they'd bring back the good options but I guess it backs up the kitchen. Or a Different system to accommodate the more popular items. The apps are a great way in the afternoon to tantalize your tastebuds!! Great BBQ choices as well but not as a bbq choice of restaurant, very limited options and pricey & of course beautiful views of the harbor & marina.

This place has a great view to the ocean. They take reservations. I ended up parking a few blocks away for sight-seeing, so it's not a far walk from free parking and there also appeared to be decent street parking closer. We started with the smokehouse wings, which were good with a tasty dry rub and comes with celery/carrots. Great flavor and not too saucy. For the entree, I got a choice of 2 meats, 2 sides, and 1 roll for $22. It wasn't a lot of food for the price. I got the pork ribs and kielbasa. Both were fine, but they didn't seem to have a strong barbeque flavor. Their sides don't have a lot of vegetable sides. Asparagus was okay but forgettable. Mac n cheese had cheese crumbles on it but the noodles themselves weren't very cheesy. It was fine. I also think something like cornbread would have been a more enjoyable bread item. This place has a good ambience, but is expensive for the food given. The wings were good but the entrees were lacking. It seems unfair to compare it to other barbeque places since Massachusetts isn't known for it's barbeque, so this place for me was between a 3 and 4.

Great view, drinks, and service but the brisket was horrendous. Whoever put in the menu the brisket was Texas style has never had real TX brisket. No smoke ring, super dry, not sliced correctly, weird brown color, no bark. I got better brisket at gas stations when I lived in TX. Don't get me wrong - I'll go there again but I certainly won't order any of the BBQ. They'd be better off dropping the smokehouse thing and sticking with seafood.

The Food was good. I had the burned ends barbecue and my wife had the cauliflower tacos. The waiter who took our order and served us was fabulous, and the view overlooking Plymouth harbor was interesting and charming

Tourist trap. I got the pulled pork dinner, and it was bone dry. Not good at all. Also, way over priced

My first review was July 2020 and it was a very positive experience. I have eaten here several times in the past year and the entrees were disappointing. There are surprisingly few restaurants with bars with views of the water in Plymouth and the Smokehouse is one of them. Good for drinks and the kielbasa app is yummy. Meat entrees are meh. Often dry with little flavor. The Cobb salad is probably the best entree on the menu, although the onions were just regular onions, not pickled. Surfside, like so many other places in Plymouth, suffer from a lack of servers. Ours have always been friendly but I see them pulling double and triple duty to cover for the shortage. I don't know what changed in terms of recipes and/or chefs since last July, but it is disappointing to go to a BBQ place and find the best tasting item is a salad. View is always fantastic and they are right there on the dock so location is great for boaters wanting to grab some takeout or a meal.

Went with a party of 7 and thought the food was good. We had a bunch of appetizers and everything was great. Most of us ordered seafood for the main entree. The people who ordered meat were not pleased. They referred to the meat as bricks of meat The meat was very fatty and you had to dig through to get to the meat. The waitress was not the most friendly or helpful. Great ambience overlooking the water and Mayflower.

We had a party of 6 and ordered the following items. Chowder fries Smokehouse chicken wings The "trough" The fried shrimp platter The chowder fries- skip or get them separately Smokehouse wings- juicy and nicely grill and seasoned on the outside, inside was tasteless. Lucky they have a tray of sauces to dip. The "trough"- Generous portion for a 4 full size meat plus sides. Sliced brisket was the best. Smokey and not too fatty but not as tender. Flavor was good. Ribs wasn't dry, also smokey but lacked flavor. Burnt ends were okay, they seems to deep fried it to make it crispy. Pulled pork was also okay. Just dip golden bbq with hot bbq sauce and everything will taste pretty good. The sides to the "trough" oh man where do I start? The corn bread was burnt and tasteless. Not sweet or savory. Just look at my pic and you will know how burnt it is. How do you mess up on Mac and cheese from an American restaurant? Soggy over cooked broken pasta with no cheese flavor or sauce at all. Tasteless and bland. The most disappointing side. Corn, baked beans and grilled asparagus were fine. The fried platter- was pretty standard. Wish the slaw was cold and not room temperature. The breading on the shrimp was thin and the size was colossal. French fries was crispy. Tartar sauce taste like Ken brand. Standard dish.

This was our first time here. A hidden gem. The clam chowder was very good, the risotto and scallops was very good, the power bowl with salmon was delicious, the carrot cake was delicious but a bit on the small side. Britanni was wonderful. Only one complaint. Two items rang up more than the menu price. The power bowl was $4 higher and the carrot cake was $1 higher. I pointed it out to Britanni and she happily corrected the bill. We'll DEFINITELY go again.

My wife and I live in Plymouth and visited Surfside Smokehouse for the first time last night, what a great experience. Ashley was a professional and attentive server and the Menu is robust. So many great choices and they also have a wonderful drink Menu. I had a Shrimp Cocktail and the Texas Brisket, my wife had the Fried Haddock (perfection!). I might suggest using a larger Ramekin for the Cocktail Sauce and include a dollop of Horseradish on top (you can just scoop it off if you don't like it!). I saw a comment about "fatty meat", if you order the burnt tips, they might seem fatty because of where they are sliced from the meat. My Brisket was cooked perfectly cooked. Great, fun and festive atmosphere!! Try it!!

Great place for food drinks and appetizers a little pricey but Great atmosphere loved the chowder and coconut shrimp the wine was a wee bit in a large glass but all was a nice night out by the ocean

Oooh the chowder fries are so good!! The view is amazing, you can actually see the Plymouth rock from the balcony.

Great food!! Great atmosphere, the view was Amazing!!! Food is Delicious!! Can't wait to go back and try more of the menu!!

We had a great time at this place. The food was really good. We got the kielbasa and pineapple app which was delicious. My only regret was that our server took the bowl away because I wanted to use the sauce on my fries that came with the delicious scallop roll. The scallops were perfectly cooked. We were waited on by Paige who was attentive and friendly and always had a smile. I will go back.

we got there at 6:00 and found they were out of ribs?? At a smokehouse ?? How Does that happen? It's our second time finding them out of a main entree in their Smokehouse offering. Once maybe. Twice Cmon whats the real issue. Beautiful view Service is good. Get the food together.

Some food was good, ribs were dry, service is a zero. Is this really how you train your staff to pack left over food? A half rack of ribs tossed into a paper bag? This leaked oil all over the floor of a our car! We came here Sunday evening. We got a couple of items including the pull pork quesadilla, clam chowder, and cod sandwich which were all good, but then the ribs came out and they were bone dry. We couldn't finish our full rack of ribs so we took a half rack home. We did tell our waitress the ribs were dry, after some back and forth she took 50% off the ribs. We got home and noticed the takeout bag had leaked a bunch. Looked inside and our waitress had tossed our leftovers into the paper bag without any sort of a container. The whole thing just went into the trash, I really can't imagine coming back to the restaurant after this experience.

I am extremely disappointed in Surfside Smokehouse. I was researching places for my upcoming rehearsal dinner and reached out to their owner, Lori, about having the dinner at their restaurant. She responded with pricing and shared that she would tentatively hold the date as I discussed this with my fiance before finalizing. I reached out a week later letting her know that we were ready to book, just for her to tell me that they'd already given away the date without letting me know. Maybe i'm naive, but when you say you're holding a date for someone, you would think they'd at least give you a heads up if they plan on giving it to someone else. She then proceeded to offer me an alternative solution where I could hold my dinner outside on their public deck, for 2 hours before they close. It's clear to me from this correspondence that Surfside Smokehouse doesn't care about their customers or the importance of a big event like this. Planning is stressful enough as it is. Try thinking about the impression you're making on future customers next time.

Outdoors on the deck overlooking Plymouth harbor I had the best Fried Chicken Sandwich I have ever had. I ate the whole thing. Two excellent crispy chicken cutlets on a brioche bun with Boom Boom sauce that has a good kick. The chicken was fried perfectly - kudos to the chef. BF had the Fried Fish Sandwich - big piece of haddock also fried to perfection with a crispy crust. A cold beer added to the post pandemic gluttony...on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Will drive from NJ for that chicken sandwich again....

We sat on the patio last night and had a fabulous experience. We started with $1 oysters that were so fresh and delicious. Also had the highly recommended dry rub chicken wings literally SO good!! Steak and cheese tacos, also a 10/10! Cobb salad was another table favorite. Kids meals were great portions i actually could have had my two toddlers share one. Wish I remembered to take photos but everything was too good to stop and grab a photo of!

So much potential with a beautiful view. Not worth the time with so many incredible restaurants nearby.

The four of us ate here night. Great location. Most of the food was decent except the BBQ. I don't expect great BBQ in the NE but it was astonishingly bland. The BBQ should be taken off the menu.

As someone who's travelled numerous time to the south and experienced real BBQ. This places food is just not the real deal at all. However, they have a lot of other things going for them. 1. Location- absolutely best view downtown. You are right on the marina, so the view from the water cannot be compared to any other restaurant/bar in Plymouth. It's the ONLY one downtown that you can literally spit in the water ( tip: don't that'll be gross) 2. Drinks- great selection of beers, wines and cocktails. The bartenders absolutely know what they are doing, I've had a few mixed drinks (Painkiller, Mojitos and other specials of the day) and you can't go wrong! 3. Staff- friendly, attentive and on the ball, no matter how busy or slow it is it. 4. Atmosphere- well, like I said it's the best view in town, so rain or shine you can sit out and just gaze out into the water. It's perfect and serene. However, the BBQ? Hard pass. The homemade corn bread has no flavor, the various sauces are not super flavorful, and the smoke that should be tasted in a BBQ meal is almost none. I had the smoked chicken, which tasted more like burned coals from the grill. The ribs, which were almost rock solid- they were a struggle to get off the bone, and the pulled pork- which I'm pretty sure my own homemade version and store bought sauce came out better. The only food win from here? They have this appetizer of Scallops with a Bacon Jam. Now, THOSE are flavorful. I've gotten them both times so far and they are the real deal. Solid size scallops, delicious bacon in a flavorful sweet jelly. I would HIGHLY recommend that for the app! I even posted a pic of it. Overall, if you want the real deal BBQ, head to the south. If you've never been to real BBQ, than you might think this is okay. But I'd pass on the meal here and order the drinks and enjoy the view.

Stopped in there tonight for a cocktail with 4 friends. The bar was packed, most tables had a reserved sign on them. There were tables on the deck with no sign we wanted to sit, but we're told you have to order a full meal to sit at the tables. I asked how about if we order an appetizer for each person can we sit. No was the answer only full meals at the tables down around the bar. Well you can bet your ass I'll never go in there again. That location has been several places over the years and I'm sure it will be something else in the future. Bottom line don't bother.. if there was a - star that would be my review.

So much fun! Directly on the harbor in the marina. Lively bar, fresh oysters, and those burnt ends!

Came here for lunch and the service was great! The server was friendly, the tables were spaced, and they got us seated quickly. There was a lady walking around making sure everyone was satisfied-she didn't come to our table, but I was happy to see that she was going around and ensuring everyone was comfortable and had everything they needed. We ordered quite a bit of food to bring back home, at least $100 worth and the order was unfortunately not quite what we ordered. We called, and although we're too far-they did originally offer to bring us the missing items(until they realized we were too far) and when they realized they couldn't rectify, they gave us a gift certificate. The service was AWESOME-we will 100% be back. The food was pretty good too! You can't compare it to barbecue you're going to grab in the south, but for up here, I find it pretty good!

Just had Surfside for the first time this season. Very disappointed! Our usual favorites were all below par. The kielbasa and pineapple tasted like they are using a different brand of less quality meat. The pineapple was the tiny little triangles from a fruit cup, not the good chunks they typically use. The flavor was not intermingled and it was not caramelized. The corn bread was tasteless - and $7.00 Wow! Interesting that they didn't have any prices on the website, this is why! Lot of fat on the pulled pork. The side of mac and cheese was covered in dusty "crumbs" and soggy. We often get takeout or go here with guests; I'll think twice now. I don't want to be embarrassed by the suggestion. Summer is coming folks! Step it up!!!

Ate here last night for the first time. Really great. Super location with great views of Plymouth Harbor. Very good service. Excellent food with nicely varied menu of bbq offerings and fresh fish selections. We started with the Salmon Tartare and it was spectacular and a very generous portion. Our main course was the "Feedbag" which gave us a choice of three meats and four sides. All delicious. We had a rack of ribs, pulled pork, and burnt ends, plus mac 'n cheese, fries, Mexican Street corn and corn bread. House-made sauces completed the platter. Highly recommended.

Someone at the gate recommended the brisket. It was good. We also had fried chicken, pork ribs, brisket, Mac & cheese, asparagus, cole slaw. It also comes with some rolls. The pork ribs and brisket were very tender. The rolls were very buttery. I could make your own sliders. Oops, I forgot to take pictures before devouring all that food.

Bad service ruined a good place. Ordered 2 kids meals with milks. Server did not tell us there is a 50% up-charge on the entire meal for getting milk instead of soda with a kids meal. Very rude when I mentioned this hidden charge. 2 kids meals took almost 40 minutes even though it was not close to super busy. Food was stone cold when delivered so likely the server not the boh. I would have given this at least four stars if we had an honest and competent server as the food seemed pretty good if it was hot and the view is great; unfortunately you have to look past garbage service to see it.

I attended a rehearsal dinner and cocktail hour here. The scenery was beautiful but the food was not so great. I was surprised that both the chicken skewers and the brisket arrived cold. It felt like the food was prepared in advance and warmed up. Very disappointing.

We had the pleasure of having Kattey as our server. Right off the bat, it was clear that she was there to help us with ANYTHING we may need. And I mean anything! We'll come back to her later. As far as the food goes, we had the 5oz lobster roll and the chowder Fries. Lobster roll was actually great. Nice toasted bun filled with big juicy pieces of lobster. Felt more than 5oz. The fries... don't bother ordering them. Kattie couldn't help but rave (amongst other things) about the chowder fries. But we found them underwhelming, sad, and neglected. Small serving of chowder on top of a crispy helping of fries. For what the menu made it out to be, we were disappointed. Okay, back to Kaytee. Every time my eyes gazed towards the wonderful view of the port or even to the bar, Katae would be right behind me begging me to ask her for something. It was very overwhelming. Too bad the chowder fries weren't as overwhelming. Anyways.when I asked for the bbq sauces for our side of Mac n cheese (4/10), she knew exactly where to put them but had to interrupt our meal to do so. Overall, food was average and service was overbearing. Too many questions asked and too much pressure to need something with a mouthful of juicy lobster. Would we come back? Only to pay our respects to Katie. The end.

Thought this would be fun to grab lunch and drink while waiting for the storm. After asking the host/waiter for a table by the bar, he sat us sat at a table for 12 minutes today when there was more staff than customers. No one made eye contact and the waitresses just walked by or were standing around talking. Guess it was for the best as it started to rain.... possibly a sign from GOD! Lol. Disappointing as really liked this place and have had great service and food. The food smelled good but cannot verify that....sadly.

The food here is delicious! The burnt ends are absolutely delightful with the slaw and Mac and cheese. The service is great and the place is immaculate. Some great seats next to the water too Brett greeted us with an extremely friendly wave and hello, felt instantly welcomed and happy to be here. Abby was our server and she was prompt, informative and friendly! My boyfriend and I come here once a week because it's that good

Been here twice now in the past month. Both times the barbecue food was awful. I ordered something different the second time I went in. Which was brisket and a order of Ribs. If you ever had such a poor brisket before in my life. It was just a giant slab of fat that tasted like corn beef. There is no way that brisket went through a smoker. When I question it the server about their brisket she stated that's what they do. Let her know it just confirms that no one around here can make decent barbecue. For a place to call themselves a smokehouse and have horrible barbecue is sad. Most of the appetizers taste like they came out of a bag from a microwave. Prove me wrong. I highly don't recommend this place, I feel it's overrated and overpriced little Extremely poor quality food.

Service was delightful. My lobster quesadilla was better than expected. I would get it again. My mother enjoyed her fish and chips. The only downside was the clam chowder. It was kind of bland and needed seasoning of some sort.