1899 Ocean St
Marshfield, MA 02050
781 536-4534
Open everyday at 11:00 am
saltydaysfishco.com
Salty Days is a coastal, seafood plus restaurant in Marshfield center. This is the 3rd restaurant owned by Marshfield residents Sean and Joanne McDaniel with their partners, Steve and Amy Flynn. The original Salty Days opened briefly in Hingham before moving to Cohasset. The Marshfield restaurant opened mid-June and a new location in Hingham Shipyard will open this year as well.
Salty Days Marshfield renovated the old Station 8/Ocean House Grille to give the interior a lighter, beachy vibe with white shiplap and navy blue walls. The furnishings fit the motif as well with teak looking tables and large navy booths along the out wall of windows.
They say to never try a restaurant in the first month of it opening, but we just couldn’t wait to try Salty Days in Marshfield. We have been there a couple of times now. They opened a couple of weeks ago and we’d only heard great things – “The food is excellent”. “We had to wait over an hour last weekend, but it was so worth it”. “The lobster rangoons are to die for”. As a matter of fact we had tried the Cohasset location when they first opened and wish that we waited for the staff to work out their kinks. We could not have had a more opposite experience in Marshfield. Everything was fantastic!
From the minute we walked in for lunch on a Monday, and agin for dinner with friends on a Wednesday, we were met with friendly, happy staff. We were seated in one of the comfy booths and guided through the menu by KJ, our awesome waiter during our first visit, and a lovely young women at our next. A nice gentlman came by our table at dinner asking if how everything was. We assume he was the owner, but we didn’t ask.
The menu is large and as expected, heavy on the seafood dishes with a variety of options including raw bar, lobster roll, lobster rangoon, fried fish, shrimp taco bowl, poke bowls, salmon, swordfish, lobster cobb salad and so much more. One entire side of the menu is dedicated to their sushi choices – rolls, nigiri and sashimi. There are plenty of non-seafood options as well, cubano, chicken sandwich, steak frites, chicken milanese and bolognese to name a few.
At lunch, we wanted to try the lobster roll, but we just had lobster rolls a couple of days ago, so Jim ended up getting the “Crispy Cod Sandwich” and I got the “Shrimp Taco Bowl”. The sandwich was a delicious piece of cornflake crusted cod in a brioche bun with lettuce, tomato and tartar sauce. Jim chose the coleslaw rather than the fries or watermelon. He thought the coleslaw was “OK” and wished he got the fries. The shrimp taco bowl was huge, filled with brown rice, beans, avocado, mango salsa, corn salad, purple cabbage, cotija cheese, 3-4 grilled shrimp and an aji verde sauce. This was excellent. We tried the lobster rangoons as takeout when my son and daughter-in-law brought them home to us after their dinner last week – fantastic!
During our dinner visit we started with a couple of appetizers – the brussel sprouts were a bit of a small portion and still a bit firm. The seasoning was great though. The wings were plentiful and came with a heavily seasoned dry rub. For cocktails I had a strawberry limeaid mocktail that was delicious. Jim and John got the painkillers and Carol got the tequila cosmo. They came out in pretty glasses with some fancy garnishes, and everyone was happy with their drink choices.
I ordered their Seafod Buccatini that was an al dente bowl of noodles topped with a delicious blend of shellfish – shrimp, little necks and muscles with chorizo and a garlic and tomato broth. The description said it had scallops but there weren’t any in the dish I received which I didn’t miss until I looked at the description to help write this post. Jim ordered the fish and chips which he said was cooked perfectly. He substituted the fingerling potatoes for fries. Like the cod sandwich he previously had, the fish was in a crispy cornflake crust. Carol ordered the Seafood Stew which was similar to my dish but without the pasta and had cod, salmon and swordfish in addition. This was cioppino style with 2 slices of toasted sourdough accompaniment. John, who must follow a gluten free diet, wanted the smash burger, but they didn’t offer a gluten free roll. He opted for the swordfish instead which he was very happy with. It came with a compound butter topping, roasted fingerling potatoes and roasted red curry brussel sprouts. There are so many options we would like to try – the lobster roll, lobster cobb, fired rice dishes and sushi.
We loved our experience at the new Salty Days and can’t wait to go back. We are so happy that this place has joined the numerous great restaurants that we have in Marshfield and has filled the void left when Haddad’s Ocean Grill closed. We loved the open, airy beach vibe, the outgoing, happy staff, and the food!! We think Salty Days will do well here as they seem to have the magic combination of wonderful food, service, vibe and people.
Until our next adventure,
Patti and Jim
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