Services & amenities
3001
Service options
- Outdoor seating
- Yes
- Curbside pickup
- Yes
- Takeout
- Yes
- Dine-in
- Yes
- Delivery
- No
02
Offerings
- Coffee
- Yes
- Quick bite
- Yes
- Small plates
- Yes
03
Dining options
- Brunch
- Yes
- Lunch
- Yes
- Dinner
- Yes
- Dessert
- Yes
- Seating
- Yes
- Table service
- Yes
04
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Yes
05
Payments
- Credit cards
- Yes
- Debit cards
- Yes
- NFC mobile payments
- Yes
06
Parking
- Free parking lot
- Yes
- Usually plenty of parking
- Yes
07
Crowd
- Family-friendly
- Yes
- Tourists
- Yes
08
Children
- Good for kids
- Yes
- High chairs
- Yes
09
Planning
- Accepts reservations
- Yes
10
Amenities
- Restroom
- Yes
11
Atmosphere
- Casual
- Yes
12
Popular for
- Lunch
- Yes
- Dinner
- Yes
- Solo dining
- Yes
Gallery
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Review topics
- platter 5
- take out 5
- nachos 4
- pooch 4
- mussels 3
- sardines 3
- sharing 3
- prawn 3
- times now 2
- oyster 2
Available reviews: 15
Love this restaurant! Food and service are excellent. Definitely will come again.
- Service
- Dine in
- Wait time
- No wait
- Noise level
- Very quiet
- Price per person
- £10–20
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 4
Visted a couple of times now in the last few weeks. Always try and purchase something different to try each time we are visiting the area. Everything we buy is always full of flavour and fresh. Staff are really friendly. Great value for money. Highly recommend if you're in the area. The next time I'm visiting I will be back for more.
- Service
- Take out
- Price per person
- £1–10
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Great place. Friendly staff, food excellent. Try the seafood share platter.
- Service
- Dine in
- Wait time
- No wait
- Seating type
- Indoor dining area, Outdoor patio / terrace
- Price per person
- £20–30
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
More reviews+12
An excellent stop on our way to the beach! We enjoyed the prawn salad, calamari and mussels. It was the best chowder we’ve had in England! We were provided wonderful service by three lovely ladies.
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Lunch
- Reservation
- Reservations not required
What can I say! We went to the seafood shack at its new location on Mersea island last week for lunch with friends, absolutely amazing food the seafood nachos are out of this world, the mussels are the best I have ever had. Staff so lovely and helpful as well.
- Group size
- Suitable for all group sizes
- Noise level
- Quiet, easy to talk
- Seating type
- Indoor dining area, Outdoor patio / terrace
- Price per person
- £10–20
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Myself, and a friend visited here a couple of weeks ago. It was truly an amazing experience. The food was delicious along with great portions. The staff was happy, and polite.
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Lunch
- Wait time
- No wait
- Price per person
- £10–20
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Second time visiting in as many weeks, and just as impressed as we were the first time. Food is simply fantastic (we had the Seafood nachos) the staff are very efficient and super friendly, even looked after my pooch by offering fresh water and a few treats. Highly recommend and will definitely be returning soon.
Been a few times now, always fresh and amazing tasting seafood. Relaxed atmosphere, will be going again.
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Lunch
- Price per person
- £10–20
- Recommended dishes
- Seafood Platter, Grilled Prawns, Clam Chowder
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Had sardines for lunch yesterday they were delicious, best I've had in a long time, my friend had the nachos, it was meant to be sharing however they made a smaller one for her, the staff were so helpful and friendly, would recommend this place 100%
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Thank you to Maureen and Sharon…. Sharon after seeing master chef made popcorn cockles…. Wow wow…. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ And the garlic prawns ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ then there are not enough stars when you mix the sauce with the popcorn cockles!!!! Amazeballs, mix all that cooking with Maureen’s Tea….. And you are in for a huge treat!! I sincerely hope you are here for many years to come xxx
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Had the prawn baguette, the food is sublime, seafood very fresh and tastes so, great location to boot. Absolute must if in West Mersea.
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Lunch
- Noise level
- Quiet, easy to talk
- Parking options
- Paid parking lot
- Price per person
- £1–10
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
I Keep coming back for more... Been a customer since way before Lockdown’s 1,2 & 3 then sat in (out) for their Seafood Nachos (enough for two) , crab, prawns,crayfish, Mayo, guacamole, salsa, warm cheese sauce, peppers(sweet and hot) chilli’s, the list goes on... all I can say as…More reviews
I Keep coming back for more...
Been a customer since way before Lockdown’s 1,2 & 3 then sat in (out) for their Seafood Nachos (enough for two) , crab, prawns,crayfish, Mayo, guacamole, salsa, warm cheese sauce, peppers(sweet and hot) chilli’s, the list goes on... all I can say as an infrequent visitor to Mersea, this is my ‘must do’ each visit...
Then I saw their 3 Tier Seafood platter pass by en route to another fish fan... decisions, decisions...!!!
Wonderful service, family and pet friendly too...👌The place was very nice and rustic. The food was awesome and the service was great... thank you for having us today...
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Lunch
- Parking options
- Free parking lot
- Price per person
- £10–20
- Recommended dishes
- Grilled Sardines
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Had probably best lunch of the year, fantastic service and outstanding quality of food. 100% recommend eating in or out. Will be returning before going home. 10/10.
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Lunch
- Price per person
- £20–30
Had a fabulous lunch , cozy with the blankets provided. The staff couldn’t be friendlier . Took take out home too !
Opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 16:00–20:00
- Thursday
- 12:00–18:00
- Friday
- 12:00–18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00–18:00
- Sunday
- 12:00–16:00
Updated by others 9 weeks ago
Find us
Colchester
4 Coast Rd, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8QE, United KingdomSeafood shackColchesterGet directions
Location details
- neighborhood
- West Mersea
- street
- 4 Coast Rd
- postalCode
- CO5 8QE
- plusCode
- QWG6+32 Colchester, United Kingdom