This is our list of the best seafood restaurants in Jeddah for August 2026, ranked in a way that differs from the usual "highest rated" lists. The question we answer is not "which place has the higher overall score?" but "which place did visitors actually talk about for seafood?" That difference matters: an overall Google rating blends everything together — location, service, price, even silent star taps — while we read the text of written reviews and looked specifically for people who discussed seafood.
Our method is simple and transparent. We took every written review in our database for a Jeddah business in this category, searched its text for words related to the theme (seafood, fish, shrimp), counted how many reviews mentioned it per business, and computed the average star rating of those mentioning reviews alone. The ranking below is built on mention count, not on the overall star average. A place written about by dozens of people for its seafood outranks a higher-scored place nobody mentioned it for.
How we built this ranking
Out of 304 public restaurants in Jeddah in our database, only 72 qualified — the bar was mentioning seafood in at least 5 written reviews, so that no place is ranked on one or two stray comments. We then took the top ten by mention count. For each business we show four honest numbers: how many reviews mentioned the theme, the average stars of those reviews, the overall Google rating, and how many written reviews we hold for it in the first place — so you can judge how solid the evidence is.
Top 10 seafood restaurants in Jeddah — August 2026
| Rank | Name | Reviews mentioning seafood | Avg rating of those reviews | Google rating | Written reviews held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مطاعم النورس للمأكولات البحرية | 51 | 4.08 | 4.5 | 128 |
| 2 | مطعم فسفور الصياد ( سمك . اسماك ) | 43 | 4.30 | 4.7 | 167 |
| 3 | SeaGulls' Catch Restaurant - صيد النورس للمأكولات البحرية | 42 | 4.45 | 4.0 | 122 |
| 4 | مطعم مرساة البحار ( البحار سابقاً ) | 38 | 3.45 | 4.1 | 125 |
| 5 | Ba’eshen Seafood | 37 | 3.78 | 4.3 | 111 |
| 6 | Hook | 37 | 3.38 | 4.2 | 118 |
| 7 | Albasali seafood restaurant | 36 | 3.83 | 4.6 | 145 |
| 8 | مطعم بورتوفيش للمأكولات البحرية Portofish seafood | 35 | 4.63 | 4.9 | 184 |
| 9 | Alaaly Seafood Restaurant | 32 | 4.59 | 4.8 | 189 |
| 10 | Fish Market restaurant - مطعم سوق السمك | 32 | 4.19 | 4.0 | 104 |
A closer look at the list
- مطاعم النورس للمأكولات البحرية — mentioned seafood in 51 reviews, averaging 4.08 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.5, and we hold 128 written reviews for it. The average rating of those specific reviews is 4.08 out of 5.
- مطعم فسفور الصياد ( سمك . اسماك ) — mentioned seafood in 43 reviews, averaging 4.30 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.7, and we hold 167 written reviews for it. The average rating of those specific reviews is 4.30 out of 5.
- SeaGulls' Catch Restaurant - صيد النورس للمأكولات البحرية — mentioned seafood in 42 reviews, averaging 4.45 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.0, and we hold 122 written reviews for it. The average rating of those specific reviews is 4.45 out of 5.
- مطعم مرساة البحار ( البحار سابقاً ) — mentioned seafood in 38 reviews, averaging 3.45 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.1, and we hold 125 written reviews for it. That average is on the lower side — meaning the talk about seafood was not all praise, which is exactly what we want you to see plainly.
- Ba’eshen Seafood — mentioned seafood in 37 reviews, averaging 3.78 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.3, and we hold 111 written reviews for it. That average is on the lower side — meaning the talk about seafood was not all praise, which is exactly what we want you to see plainly.
- Hook — mentioned seafood in 37 reviews, averaging 3.38 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.2, and we hold 118 written reviews for it. That average is on the lower side — meaning the talk about seafood was not all praise, which is exactly what we want you to see plainly.
- Albasali seafood restaurant — mentioned seafood in 36 reviews, averaging 3.83 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.6, and we hold 145 written reviews for it. The average rating of those specific reviews is 3.83 out of 5.
- مطعم بورتوفيش للمأكولات البحرية Portofish seafood — mentioned seafood in 35 reviews, averaging 4.63 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.9, and we hold 184 written reviews for it. That is one of the highest averages on the list, a sign that people who discussed seafood mostly left happy.
- Alaaly Seafood Restaurant — mentioned seafood in 32 reviews, averaging 4.59 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.8, and we hold 189 written reviews for it. The average rating of those specific reviews is 4.59 out of 5.
- Fish Market restaurant - مطعم سوق السمك — mentioned seafood in 32 reviews, averaging 4.19 out of 5. Its overall Google rating is 4.0, and we hold 104 written reviews for it. The average rating of those specific reviews is 4.19 out of 5.
The limits of this method — honestly
- We searched the text of written reviews for words related to the theme (seafood, fish, shrimp).
- We rank by how many people actually discussed seafood, not by the overall rating of the business.
- A restaurant with 40 reviews praising the seafood is a better answer than one with a higher overall rating and no seafood mentions.
- Word matching is imperfect. A review mentioning "fish" might be complaining that it was not fresh. That is why we show the average rating of the mentioning reviews next to the count, so you can see whether the talk was praise or complaint.
- We required at least 5 mentions to qualify. Of 304 businesses in this category in Jeddah, only 72 qualified.
Why rank by mentions, not by the star average?
Because an average answers a general question: "are people broadly happy?" But you are asking a specific one: "where do I find seafood?" A place rated 4.9 for its excellent coffee may not be your best choice if nobody discussed seafood there. Conversely, a place with a 4.1 overall rating that dozens wrote about specifically for seafood is usually the more honest answer to your question.
To be clear: we do not claim to be more accurate than Google, nor that our numbers override theirs. We measure something different — how densely a single theme is discussed inside written reviews — and we present every figure exactly as it is, without polishing. That is why you will see places on the list with a lower mention average; we kept them because honesty means showing the negative signal alongside the positive.
Read also
Every name in the table is clickable and takes you to its page on Raddod, where you will find a deeper analysis of its written reviews. And if you run a business in Jeddah and want to know what your customers actually describe you for — and how to climb these lists — start at raddod.com.
This list reflects August 2026 data and shifts with every new review. We rebuild it monthly, so what you see today is an honest snapshot of what Jeddah visitors said in their own words.