(510) 549-1900
100 Seawall Drive
Berkeley,
CA
94710
37.8631
-122.3173
Neighborhood: Berkeley Marina
Skates On The Bay
What People Are Saying About Skates on the Bay
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In Short – As one of the few upscale eateries in the Berkeley Marina, this surf-and-turf restaurant packs its dining room nightly with those looking to enjoy dinner with a view. Tasty starters include the crunchy macadamia-crusted Brie and the popular Dungeness crab cakes. An array of seafood is offered--Alaskan sea scallops and roasted tiger prawns--as well as fresh fish from all over the world, like king salmon, Alaskan halibut and Hawaiian mahi mahi.
11/13/08
Overrated
by Dave411
One of the most overrated resto in the Bay Area... purportedly with great views, but on a foggy night (which happens quite often) you wont see anything. Everything was expensive, and my duck was too salty, too tough, and too greasy.
05/15/08
Slow service on a Sunday afternoon !
by lindymann
A friend and I decided to stop in for a glass of wine after a walking . This was around 2:00 PM on a Sunday afternoon, while she was freshing up I got us a table in the bar.
The waitstaff and bar tenders were not interested in serving; why I don't know? I notice that the food servers were inexperienced with handling large orders and suffer from lack of etiquette. Another food server was trying to be a balancing act that ended in disaster - spilling the food; after 2 women had waited patiently for their appetizers.
10/21/07
No Follow Through
by davewhill
This is to follow up on an earlier review. We ate at Skates on Sept. 3, 2007 and had a very poor experience which we detailed in that review ('Nightmarish Experience for Newlyweds'. )
I wanted to create a special night for my new bride and myself and planned the evening to make that happen. Their neglect of our reservation, wait time and patience ruined the ambiance I had wanted. We did not get to enjoy the view of the sun setting over the bay, since we were seated an hour later than our reservation.
Skates became aware of our dissatisfaction and offered to ameliorate the situation. They promised to send us a gift certificate for our next visit. It never arrived.
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