Jumpin' Jay's Fish Cafe is a seafood restaurant located at 150 Congress Street in Portsmouth, NH. The establishment has garnered a reputation for serving quality seafood dishes that exceed customers' expectations. The restaurant provides a comfortable, classy atmosphere, where seafood lovers can enjoy various dishes made from fresh, quality ingredients. Jumpin' Jay's offers a wide selection of seafood dishes ranging from oysters, tuna tartar, and crudo from the raw bar to monkfish, salmon, and cod dishes. The portions are large and perfectly flavored, and the desserts are a must-try, made by their in-house pastry chef. With attentive and helpful service provided by their staff, Jumpin' Jay's Fish Cafe is a fantastic seafood restaurant that boasts a high rating.
Amenities and More
- Takeaway
- Healthy options
- Accepts reservations
- Credit cards
- Kids' menu
- High chairs
- Cocktails
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Transgender safe space
- Comfort food
- Tourists
- Dinner reservations recommended
- Private dining room
Reviews
I had high expectations for our seafood dinner here and they exceeded my expectations! The service was great, the dinner was amazing. Perfectly flavored and cooked, very large portions. I don’t normally really like fish, but it was so fresh, flavored, and cooked well.
The dessert was amazing as well! They have their own pastry chef and they are outstanding. Don’t forget to order dessert.
Excellently prepared seafood. For both the tuna and scallops, just the perfect level of heat (not raw or well done) which is not easy. Creative cocktails and excellent service from the whole staff. Minimalist, funky decor.
We read an article that said this was the best seafood in New Hampshire and it definitely lived up to the hype. Akef was great during a very busy evening service. We split the shrimp bang pow (pow bang Batman?) appetizer, radicchio salad, halibut risotto, and the creme brulee for dessert. Everything was excellent. The halibut was perfectly cooked, one of the best fish dishes we’ve ever had. We were blown away! We’ll definitely be back.
We had a wonderful evening here tonight, Friday night. We had reservations for 7:30 but finished in town early and arrived a few minutes after 6, we were invited to sit at the bar until a table was prepared for us. They returned maybe 15 minutes later to get us but we were enjoying ourselves at the bar and ended up eating there I had the sweet heat drink and it was a slow build but I very much enjoyed it. We split appetizers, the tuna tartare and the Thai mussels and finished with the Japanese cheesecake and it was all perfect. Super service, cool music (not too loud), nice ambient lighting, wonderful food and honestly a pretty reasonable price, 3 drinks, 2 appetizers and a dessert for $90. Super happy and planning our next visit.
Stopped by for dinner after a long drive. It wasn't a bad experience as my server was amazingly attentive but the food was interesting I guess I should looked at the menu. Everything had cream in it or cheese. Crab cake was delicious just couldn't really eat many things.
Went with my significant other and shared New England chowder appetizer, monkfish, and salmon entrees. All the food was excellent, service attentive and helpful. Portions large enough that we with our small appetites didn't have room to try dessert, to my disappointment. Worth going again if we get back to Portsmouth. Not a cheap date.
Fantastic fresh seafood in a comfortable classy atmosphere. Oysters, tuna tartar and crudo from the raw bar were the perfect way to start. Cod with roasted corn basil cream sauce with pumpkin tortellini was SO good. No room for dessert, but the offerings looked amazing.
Loved everything. Best calamari, awesome monk fish, beef medallions melt in your mouth. Cocktails, perfection. They fit in a table of 9 of us. Staff was so awesome! Highly recommended!!!
Location
150 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
Hours
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Monday
05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
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Tuesday
05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
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Wednesday
05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
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Thursday
05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
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Friday
05:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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Saturday
05:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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Sunday
05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
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