About Big Fish Grill
Brothers Norman and Eric Sugrue opened Big Fish Grill on Coastal Highway in 1997, and it has since become one of the best-known casual seafood spots at the Delaware shore. The restaurant has collected repeated “Best Seafood at the Beach” honours from Delaware Today and Coastal Style, built on a simple formula: hand-selected seafood, generous portions and accessible prices in a room built to seat large parties without fuss.
The kitchen's calling card is the crab cake — a broiled jumbo lump version sold as a dinner for about $35.95, or paired with an 8 oz pan-seared Angus filet for roughly $59.95, per the current menu. Around it sits the full range of an American seafood grill: fresh fish off the grill, steaks for the table that does not want seafood, and pasta in between, with most main plates landing in the low-to-mid $20s to mid $30s. Portions are sized for an appetite built by a day on the beach.
What began as a single 90-seat restaurant has grown into a small group of Delaware seafood spots, and the Rehoboth flagship is built for volume: it can take a large group on a Saturday evening in July without the wait or the chaos that sinks lesser kitchens at peak season.
For groups of any size, the Coastal Highway location provides easy access by car and sufficient parking for the vehicles that a team dinner typically requires. Delivery and take-out are available for the group that prefers to eat elsewhere.
Why It Is Perfect for Team Dinner
Team dinners at Big Fish Grill work because the restaurant was built for exactly this use case. The menu's range ensures that everyone can find something they genuinely want to eat. The portions are sized for people who have spent time outdoors. The pricing makes ordering freely rather than carefully a reasonable approach. And the seafood — the actual centerpiece of the menu — is the kind of quality that justifies the choice rather than apologizing for it. For a professional group visiting the Delaware shore, Big Fish Grill is the honest team dinner: not a celebration restaurant, not a business dinner venue, but the kind of excellent reliable meal that a good team deserves after a long day.
Practical Information
Not for a special-occasion or fine-dining night — or for couples wanting a quiet, intimate table
Big Fish Grill is a high-volume, family-and-groups seafood house, not a romantic or celebration restaurant: it is loud at peak season, the format is casual, and the cooking is honest rather than refined. For a proposal, an anniversary or a chef-driven tasting menu, Rehoboth's Eden or Salt Air suit far better. Big parties and walk-in appetites, on the other hand, are exactly what it is built for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who owns Big Fish Grill and when did it open?
Big Fish Grill was opened on Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach in 1997 by brothers Norman and Eric Sugrue. The single 90-seat restaurant has since grown into a small group of Delaware seafood spots, but the Rehoboth original remains the flagship and is still the best known of the family.
What is Big Fish Grill known for?
Its signature is the jumbo lump crab cake, sold as a dinner for about $35.95 or alongside an Angus filet for roughly $59.95. Beyond that it is a broad American seafood grill — grilled fish, steaks and pasta — that has won repeated “Best Seafood at the Beach” awards from Delaware Today and Coastal Style.
How expensive is Big Fish Grill?
It is mid-priced rather than fine dining. Most main courses fall in the low-to-mid $20s through the mid $30s, the crab cake dinner is about $35.95, and a filet topped with a jumbo lump crab cake runs near $59.95. Portions are generous, so it offers solid value for the beach.
Where is Big Fish Grill and is it good for groups?
Big Fish Grill is at 20298 Coastal Highway, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, with car access and parking. It is one of the better large-group options at the Delaware shore: the room is built for volume and can seat sizeable parties even on a busy summer Saturday, and takeout and delivery are available.
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