Sea Dog Brew Pub

We had a great meal! The food was excellent and the shrimp tacos were some of the best I’ve had. The view is spectacular and our waitress Alisa was a pleasure! We will be back for sure!

SeaDog is a great pub overlooking the bay. Some of the best sunsets can be viewed while sipping a beer on their outside deck. Clam chowder, buffalo dip, and burgers are great. They also make their own beer and carry craft beer. Love the atmosphere!

This is the second time that we have been to the Sea Dog, The first was not a good experience so we tried again to be fair. The service was worse the second time. I sat down on a beautiful late Saturday afternoon. I waited 20 minutes but no one waited on me. There were two waitresses and one waiter working the outside deck but no one even made eye contact. Only half the tables were full and the three servers were inside by the bar talking for the entire time I was there. Needless to say I will not be back.

Great views of the Boston skyline at sunset. Very good food. Had steamers tuna oysters swordfish lobster and fish tacos. All delicious. Service slow, manager is clueless. Good hangout just be prepared to wait.

Disappointing and overpriced! I ordered the fish & chips and the fish was so soggy! Also, the waitress neglected to inform me that it would be a $ 2 up charge for sweet potato fries (a little pricey if you ask me) so I ended up paying $ 17.99 for a small and mediocre order of fish and chips. We also had an appetizer of fried pickles priced at $ 7.99! What a rip-​off!
The service was OK, but the waitress wasn’t very knowledgeable about the menu items.
Would not recommend and will not return.

Very small portions and overpriced. Just not a good value. I don’t think we’ll be back.

Solid three-​star effort. It was a really busy, really HOT beach day and after a few hours of baking on the beach, a group of four of us went to find some grub. We were able to sit very quickly on arrival (around 1:00ish on a Sunday). The ambiance is fun and was enhanced with a live steel drum performer. It made the whole experience feel very tropical and Caribbean.
A waitress quickly took our drink orders. I was able to grab an Apricot Wheat (bottle, not tap… bummer) and we ordered nachos to start. The nachos were a bit disappointing for me. There were a lot of them, but past the top layer… the cheese wasn’t melted at all. It needed to be in the oven a little longer or they need to jack the temp up to melt the cheese through.
I ordered a southwest chicken salad as my main course. Portion size was incredibly generous and I barely made a dent in it. I wouldn’t mind ordering it again!
All in all, a fun pit stop for me but probably not a final destination for an evening out.

Great food. Beers are amazing, view of the bay is great too. The staff is friendly. Recommend joining the mug club.

I want to start out by saying that I joined Unilocal to help businesses I like. This is my first negative review. This was not my first time at the Sea Dog, yet every time ends up being awful. The view is beautiful and it is so convenient to get to, but the cons totally outweigh the pros at this point.
To start, we told the hostess that we wanted to sit outside. We got a drink at the bar and waited inside (where is was about 90 degrees) to be called. After waiting 20 minutes, she took us to a seat INSIDE that had been open since we got there. This wouldn’t have been a big deal if the rest of the service wasn’t so awful as well. The waiter showed up 15 – 20 minutes after we sat so we ordered our meals and appetizer at once. He forgot our drinks more than once and ended up bringing the wrong ones anyway. Then our food came out WITHOUT the appetizer. We told him that we still wanted the nachos and so we waited awhile longer while TWO OTHER tables with the SAME WAITER got their nachos. When we got them we were pretty disappointed to see that they were chips with melted cheese and tomatoes– something that anyone can make in their microwave.
In short– I have never seen a restaurant so poorly managed in my life. The food and the view are not worth the terrible service. Every time I have been results in a similarly frustrating ordeal. Don’t waste your time or money.

This review does not cover food. Once we caught the server’s eye, service was friendly and prompt. The view was great, but the place was loud (music and people) for only a few patrons in the whole place. I got a flight with 3 of their beers and one guest. Of the four, the one I liked most was one of theirs, starfish, I think… their web site doesn’t mention their beer. Another indication that the beer is second thought which how I felt about the beer, they are more into the trend than crafting beer.

The views from the third floor deck to Hingham Bay are beautiful on a sunny spring day, but a memorably terrible experience. Live music was tropical and cheerful but overly loud in the main dining area. Service is inept despite the restaurant being only half full. The manager seemed confused and lost. I needed to go to the bar to get drinks after waiting 20 minutes for any service at the table. The kitchen service is incredibly slow. It took about an hour between placing the order and receiving the food. The food is expensive and awful. Stale, old fryer oil permeates the overcooked fried seafood and fries. The chicken fingers are coated in a syrupy overly sweet sauce. The steamers are overcooked, cold and not fresh. We ate two and left the rest. The restaurant filled up quickly with a wait for tables. I witnessed some tables leaving early because of the service. Many other tables had unhappy customers. At least those on the deck could hear themselves talk and enjoy the sunshine. Finally parking is very tight. There is some street parking available but I can’t imagine what it must be like in high season.

This place is closed for the winter season, so we headed there at the end of April. Better than your average Brew Pub food, I must say. The Honey Chipotle wings were very good, although they strangely identical to Asian chili wings I’ve hade other places. The Southwest Salad was very good. Salad with Bar-​B-​Q chicken and tortilla strips on top. Some nice corn and a pile of shredded cheeses off to the side on the plate. The avocado dressing was very nice.
We stuck to the Sea Dog beers even though they do have a few other «guest beers». I really enjoyed the raspberry wheat. The blueberry comes with some real blueberries in it. All places don’t do that, and some people could take it or leave it.
I was a little disappointed that the place was rather dusty. Not the dining surfaces, they were clean, but the other things you can just see when you look around while you eat. With the whole off season you’d think they’d have done a top-​to-​bottom clean, and replaced the burnt-​out bulbs in the ceiling

Priceless view and well round portions. It was a perfect Easter lunch and will return.

I went here for a reggae brunch. On their website they claim to have live reggae, they did not have live reggae and were playing a reggae cd which we couldn’t even hear from our seats. We ordered our food and waited at least an hour for food that was pretty crappy and unmemorable. Not a fan, and will never return.

I have been here numerous times, I was even a mug club member last year… Every time I say I am not going back to eat there.
The views are great! The beer is cold! The food is edible at best and the service is lackluster. (Unless you sit at the bar and Kate serves you… But I’m not sure if she’s there anymore)
This place has so much potential to be AMAZING! but it seems like it’s okay just getting by with being an «OK» place.
Also it was kind of gross sitting next to the roof of the marina below and seeing dirty towels, napkins, menus, food, seagull poo and more inches away. It wouldn’t be hard to hose it down or sweep it off before they start in the morning.
Oh… And the Reggae Brunch on Sunday has live Reggae music (so the website says) But I had a hard time finding the band that sounded an awful lot like Bob Marley & the whalers… So they must hide them in the back…
I give this place 1 star for the beer and 1 star for the view.

This place could be so great, but it keeps falling short even under new management. It’s really a shame.
As a starting point, there are few views that are better than here, especially at sunset. Always a nice breeze and you feel like you are in vacation.
Next, the beer is great and mug club is a good deal.
That’s the good…
The first time we went this year I got terrible food poisoning due to under cooked wings. That in and if itself is rough. What made it worse is that with very few people in the restaurant on a weekday night in the spring it took forever to get served.
On a recent visit it was over an hour from when we were seated until the food got there. Most of Our chicken tenders had little to no sauce on them. The waitress felt bad and brought a side sauce. That was the last we saw of her. She apologized when we paid the bill that she never checked in. More than one beer at a brewery would have been nice for me and profitable for them. The change to the flatbread and elimination of the buffalo chicken wrap are also not upgrades to the menu.
I think that most of the problems here are operational. Poor communication between kitchen and servers. Cleanliness is also an issue. Our table was never wiped and the bathrooms were a disaster with overflowing trash and water everywhere. Slip hazard. We didn’t have silverware despite a few requests. Increasingly complex hours if operation as the season winds up and down. They just don’t seem to have a manager presence to keep the trains on the tracks. That said… the locals at the bar always seem to get timely service.
They could also do with a dose of professionalism. Sloppy shirts on the servers that look tattered. The hostesses are dressed for a club not to greet you.
Come for the beer and the view. Do not get the food and you’ll save yourself some frustration.

Unbelievable view of the bay with the Boston Skyline in the distance! There’s 4 – 5 stars right there. The blueberry beer with fresh blueberries floating on top was very good. Blueberries seemed fresher than the Boston Beer Works version. We were there at sunset & the 50 min to get our order was only saved by the good beer & AWESOME view! There was a party of 6 that left after their food wait was almost an hour.
I ordered the Fisherman’s Platter. The scallops were perfectly done. Moist with a crisp deep fry outer shell. The shrimp was a bit rubbery, & the fried haddock, well it was moist but not seasoned at all. The fries were mushy under the grease of the seafood. The Chowder was seasoned excellent but they over do the potatoes.
Valet parking is for out of towners, there is enough parking up & down the side streets.
Just a side note: Very Important! This small town of Hull makes much of there money in on season fines. Speeding tickets, Stop Sign violations, DUI/​DWI, littering, etc. Be smart in their little peninsula. There’s one way in & out of town other than a boat.

Great place to enjoy waterfront/​marina views and an adult beverage! Lovely lunch location. I had the fish tacos and fried pickle chips, which totally hit the spot. Can’t beat the location for the price.

I’m been here a few times with mixed experiences. Overall though, I really enjoy coming here; it’s a pub, and you’re going to get pub food. I’ve enjoyed every meal I’ve eaten here, although they are a little skimpy on the portions.
The beer selection however, is great – they have the full Sea Dog line as well as a rotating selection of local craft beers, how can you go wrong? Not to mention the views of the harbor and Boston skyline. Come here for the beer and view alone!

Yea… what they said.
The views are stunning… especially outside on the deck. On a clear day you can see the Boston skyline and if you can’t, you can settle for 180+ degrees of an ocean view.
But the food, well, skip it or accept that it’s nothing memorable. Palatable? Sure. But not creative or incredibly interesting. I could go on for an entire paragraph telling you what they do wrong with their fish tacos, but I’ll spare you. Except for this quick rant… I’d love more than 2-​ounces (if that, total) of fish in my fish tacos and flour, fajita-​size tortillas are just not appropriate for fish tacos. There I did it, I went on for a paragraph. Skip them. Unless you like a lot of cabbage — they were generous with that.
Oh, but why did I really come here? I like Sea Dog beer. As a native Maine-​ah, I made a bi-​weekly pilgrammage to the Sea Dog Brew Pub in Brunswick, Maine back before the craft beer boom that made it available in my local haunts. But I still enjoy a Blue Paw Blueberry Ale on a warm day and a Stout or Porter when I’m in-​touch with my darker side.
So, as it has been said before, come for the brews and views and leave your gourmet expectations at Nantasket beach.