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Why Passionfish Is on Our Top 50 Seafood Worldwide
Passionfish, under Ted and Cindy Walter's direction, is ranked #39 on our Top 50 Seafood Restaurants Worldwide. The seafood style: Sustainable Pacific seafood.
The signature catch: Monterey Bay Day Boat catch, sustainable Pacific catch. The sourcing: Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch certified sourcing.
The oyster program: Limited oyster program; sustainable Pacific catch focus. The raw bar / grill technique: Sustainable Pacific catch preparation.
The award lineage: Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch advisor; Pacific Grove institution.
How to Order at Passionfish
The booking lead time: 2 to 4 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; institutional walk-in oyster bars accept no reservations and run a queue from opening.
Order what came in that morning. The kitchen's strongest expression at Passionfish is the Sustainable Pacific catch tasting. The Sustainable Pacific seafood register is structural; the sourcing and the technique are what reward the booking effort.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 100 to 180 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Passionfish is rated 10/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Passionfish Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Ted and Cindy Walter's Pacific Grove institution since 1997. The most institutionally important sustainable seafood restaurant on the Pacific Coast; Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch advisory chefs."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 9/10. The Sustainable Pacific seafood register is structural; the sourcing standard and the regional seafood tradition produce the meal that rewards the pilgrimage.
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