Johnny's Harborside

493 Lake Ave, Santa Cruz
(831) 479-3430

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Jamie Gorton

Nice, unpretentious restaurant with local fresh seafood. Great service and awesome view of the marina. Some of the negative reviews on this place are pretty inaccurate and folks need to chill.

Anna Moses

Super nice view and location
Food was decent not bad

Guillaume Ehinger

Nice place with view on the harbor… but what a disaster when it comes to food. Who in Hell would put ketchups on Fish? Simply disgusting… and crazy expensive. Paid 70$ per head for that…

Charlotte Harper

Great happy hour and big delicious Margarita!!

Judy Jasperson

Excellent food, also pricy..

yingda wang

Overpriced tourist trap. Food was just okay, but prices are ridiculous. Watch out for the waiter’s “suggestions” — everything they offer is extra and adds up fast. Not worth it.

Sharky

I think this place is awesome. I often enjoy their fish and chips. Recently they had a buy one get one free offer through UberEats. I just do pickup and then walk and eat by the beach. Awesome! Yummy! Get the seafood!

Lots of parking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Very Fresh, Fish and Chips, Fresh Fish, Fresh Catch

Emily Zhang

Ordered the 1/2 pound burger with fries. Burger was hefty and delicious and 100% worth the price. Got it to go and ate it near the beach. Will be back to try the other options :)

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jason Hall

Stopped in for a late lunch with my wife and tried the blue crab stuffed avocado. Ordered the Huli Huli halibut with roasted Bok Choi and wifey ordered the fish tacos. The service was outstanding (I think it was the owner and he showed a lot of pride in the establishment) and the blue crab stuffed avocado was so good I had to order another one. The Bok Choi was delicious, delicious, delicious and the Halibut was cooked perfectly! The plate of fish tacos was huge and a good flavor. Will for sure go back for the food and the view was awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos, Fresh Fish

shelly newman

Do not recommend the seafood. Other people seem to enjoy there's at other tables but I eat alot of seafood and it was over cooked and bland except the lime dill sauce. Waitress gave good service. Fish and chips mt hd got were decent

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

Kevin MacArgel

Have been here a few times . The food is great .. the service is great ....and the view is great !!!! Have a Go !!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Very Fresh, Fish and Chips

Joseph D

Great place for lunch. Really enjoyed the food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tery Ayers

Our first visit hear and we were not disappointed. They offer fresh fish options daily and 3 ways to have them served. I chose the Halibut, Mashed Potatoes and mixed veggies so good! My hubby had the Fish Tacos which he ravee about. Starter was Crab Cakes Highly recommend! The Garlic Bread was good but I expecting more of a sourdough it was french bread. For our anniversary they comped dessert and I chose Creme Brulee. Great Dinner and experience.

Parking: $2.00 for a few hours easy in and out but we went Sunday about 4:00 not busy at all..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos, Very Fresh, Fresh Fish, Fresh Catch

Rose Barton

Pleasantly surprised!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Suzanne Kline

Halibut special was delicious. Food was overall good except the “seared ahi tuna” was cooked all the way through and not seared. Sauces and sides were great, only complaint was high prices and an ahi I could have cooked better myself.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Fish

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