Tipsy Seagull

I look forward to coming here every Summer… Beautiful outdoor setting top deck to overlook the water and enjoy a nice cold beer. it doesn’t get any better then that!

Decent clean bar with a lot of the beers I like but you do pay a premium price. The only thing I don’t like or care for is an owner telling you how you have to dress to enter don’t go with t shirts or hats on if you get in you’ll be asked to leave it hasn’t happened to me because I was given a heads up collared shirts and no hats I do like the dress code as these are the kind of people I would rather hang out with but I don’t really like any owner Lording over you.

Great for being on the water. View is amazing & they have good live music.
Over priced food & drink.
I was going to get a gift card for my parents. 1.5 hours waiting on nachos.
Needless to say I left with a bad taste in my mouth and no gift cards.

We just ate at the Tipsy Seagull for the first time !!!
Great spot !!! Nakia our waitress was fantastic !! We will be back soon before the weather changes !!!

My wife and I went here based on a recommendation of a «local». We wanted to eat by the water. I have to say that it was a nice surprise. The décor is confusing. It has the look of a «local» place but it had some areas that look said they’re trying to appeal to a wider audience.
The food was very good. My wife is very picky when it comes to nachos and loved the ones here! She had a salad for lunch and I had a sandwich that was good. They use fresh, good quality bread. It was great.
The service was also fantastic! My only issue is they were out of things. Hot summer day means cider for me. They were out. I was going to have their spicy chicken salad wrap… but they were out of chicken salad. My wife asked for guacamole but… they were out but making more and she was able to have some.
I’d go back there. If you go, ask the server if they’re out of anything first.

nice new spot in Fall River. right on the water great view an breeze on a summer day. drinks were average price. small plastic cup of draft coors light was $ 5…that’s bit higher than most places. the music is good and vice is fun.
all diff. ages
the food menu isn’t bad. we went just for drinks so I couldn’t judge that.
waiter was very slow with getting us another drink and draft wasnt as cold as it should have been.
over all its a cool new spot to try but the service and drink quality arent that great.

It’s just ok here. They close early now in the summer trying to get you to go over to there other establishment. The crowds consists of all those people you hated in high school. Being on the water is the only nice thing here.

It was okay. Not a really happening place but in a really cool location. I see the vision they were going for…

Boyfriend and I went here on our jet ski to grab lunch today. After we docked our jet ski at an available post and sat down at the bar, we were asked to move our jet ski to the back of the dock because there was a bigger boat coming in. 20 minutes later there was no boat and none in sight to come in. The guy and his wife next to us at the bar said a couple weeks ago they had the same situation happen to them with no boat in sight as well. Not jet ski friendly. We will never be back here.

Interesting place that is good but feel could have some more potential if they offered more. As others have stated the choice is limited and have had others drinks on my tab. It was taken care of so it wasn’t much of a problem. The staff was nice and friendly and on top of things. Overall it’s a good place to grab a drink on a nice summer night.

The best thing is the location! The entertainment is good as well! The problem I have is the lack of alcohol options… minimal option specifically with vodka! Selfishly, that’s what I like. This is primarily a bar and I was surprised with the lack of options!
The food is way over priced and not of good quality! Eat before! The bar doesn’t itemized you bar tab! I suggest you ask because every time I visited, there has been extra drinks on my tab that my party did not order or drink!
The Tipsy Seagull could do much better!

I recently ate at Tipsy Seagull and very much enjoyed the food and their drinks that were pleasant and not overpowering. I had the Paradise Burger for a quick bite with pasta salad which was fresh and tasty.

The service staff was a bit slow, but it was due to how busy the place gets.
I would definitely go back and try the different foods they have to offer and you cannot beat the ocean scenery despite the industrial look on the opposite side of the channel.
The couch was comfortable and the company was awesome! The place had a Caribbean ambience not including the blow up palm tree. All in all was a relaxing environment with great wines and spirits. I very much plan to visit in the future. Thank you LMB for joining me.
JF

Love this place… the restaurant sits on a barge on the water in Fall RIver. Nice view of the Marina, boats. bridge, lighthouse. They are only open during warm months.
We got the nachos appetizer and it was huge… easily 3 – 5 lbs big. nice cheese melted on top of crispy fresh tortilla chips. Ordered a few drinks… I liked the Sex on the Boat (similar to a Sex on the Beach), not too crazy about Hurricane Bob.
I got the Lobster roll, it was light and tasty. NIce chunks of lobster on top of a nice toasted buttered roll. Overall good, not great.
The ambiance is Excellent. They usually have live Music most nights… starting at 7PM.
A winner !!

So it’s hard to rate this place, because there are not too many places like it in Southern New England. It name sounds as though it’s a place that should only exist on the show «Family Guy,» and when some if the people that hangout out there could definitely have a staring roll on he show! That’s just one of the many quirky charms of the this place. bar/​restaurant built on a floating dock has!
The «Tipsy Seagull» is built on a floating dock facing the bay with views of the Braggar Bridge. And yes, people go there to listen to live music, have a an appetizer and/​or appetizers and well… to get tipsy :) Drink prices are reasonable and the typical bar food, a little more than your typical chain restaurant. They do NOT have clam cakes and chowder, but they do have a lobster roll if your searching for «New England Beach food.» Check out their online menu.
Good for boaters wanting to dock at a restaurant/​bar with a lively atmosphere. There is also street access, with private parking lot if you prefer to arrive by car.
So this place earns 3 stars for being the best «dive bar» on the water.

YEAH Tipsy Seagull! We stopped at the Tipsy Seagull by chance around 3 on a Sunday afternoon… the weather had been iffy and overcast for the last few days and I had second thoughts of entering upon looking up at the sky, but as soon as we got out of the car the sound of the band («Second Chance») playing surprisingly impressive covers of Kenny Chesney, Jack Johnson, the Beatles and the like –lured me in. I’m so glad we stayed — the weather cleared up, and it was such a nice change of pace from a routine visit to a stuffy bar to being able to collapse onto a comfy couch and kick my feet up with a glass of wine, wind blowing in my hair, sun on my face, staring out at the water (though not the most scenic of views, you’re looking right at the Braga bridge and the water towers —-these days when it comes to being near the ocean, I’ll take whatever i can get!!)
A tiki-​style bar complete with fake palm trees and cheesy lights. Great spot for people watching. For being such a dive, I was surprised at how clean the bathrooms appeared.
I ordered the grilled fish tacos and hubs had the lobster roll which was generously stuffed with lobster meat — he said it was great! Fish tacos were standard to sub-​par and I had to go up and ask for the guac and sour cream which they forgot about, but I was so happy to be outside on the water listening to great music, I really didn’t care too much about the food! I would not plan on going here with the sole intention of having a delicious lunch or dinner. If you are looking for a change of scene for an afternoon booze-​fest or night out for drinks, definitely check this place out!
Tip –we noticed a sign upon leaving that noted no one under the age of 25 is allowed in on weekends after 7pm (to keep the college floozies from jumping in the bay??), and they also have dress code rules for guys — no tank tops, etc. — a guy wearing camo shorts was turned away. Make sure if you wear a hat that it is «appropriately curved», and «worn correctly».

Waited in line for twenty minutes only to be told we were denied access because of my boyfriends brand new Boston hat (all black with letter B on the front). The door man wouldn’t let us hold the hat. We were told to take it back to the car, parked a mile away. I looked at the crowd and I could see men wearing old, worn, bent rimmed hats.
More dress codes– No cargo shorts/​pants, at 7 pm age limit to get in is 25, no camo print and obviously no straight rimmed hats. I’m sure there are more.
The positives about this place. Live music, seafood oyster bar, fun crowd, panoramic views of the water and bridge because the bar is literally on a marina.

The worst establishment I have ever been to in my life. A friend and I went because a local magazine was having a networking night there. I was drinking red wine, and after ordering one or two at $ 4.00 a piece, I wanted another. I tried to get the bartenders attention to no avail. I tried hard too but they kept ignoring us. I noticed that on the other end of the bar the other bartender was actually serving people, so I got my butt up went to the other end of the bar and ordered the same wine. «4.50» she said to me. What? I was just paying 4! She explained to me that the other register was ringing them up at that price. So of course, I told her to go to that register to ring up my wine. She didn’t. No big deal, what was $.50? I get back to my seat, and my friend says ‘watch them behind the bar, this place is so full of health code violations it’s disgusting’ I thought she was overreacting. She wasn’t. This is what I saw (and I’m not making this up):
1. The three sink system was in place, but one sink was full of ice and beer. Because they didn’t have a sink, they were rinsing the dishes directly into the sink that contained the beer bottles that they were serving customers.
2. The bus boy (or some young kid that worked in the kitchen) came out to empty the trash. The trash was too full to close up, so he proceeded to take one of the fry baskets that were stacked up, and push the trash down with it. Now, he rinses it in the sink with those same bottles I mentioned earlier (the basket was never scrubbed) and put it back in the pile of other baskets and put it in the kitchen.
The view ain’t worth the botulism.

My colleague, who has never been to RI or MA, was with me for a weekend assignment. Once we finished our work he wanted to watch his team play football. We Unilocaled sports bars and came up with two — Taphouse Grille and Tipsy Seagull. We went first to the former and then decided to hit the Tipsy Seagull on the way out of town — 1. for the name alone 2. because it is on the water. I grew up in the area and never went to Fall River to «hang out» so I was totally surprised with this find.
The Tipsy Seagull is literally on a pier that sways with the current. It is in a marina in a nice area of town, right near the Braga Bridge.
This place is seasonal, and we happened to get there during its closing weekend (Columbus Day). Though there was a rain storm brewing the service was great and we could tell there was a great vibe. I had the Crabbie’s (alcoholic ginger beer) and my colleague had a house made pineapple punch. We were in a hurry to catch a train so the kind folks of the Tipsy Seagull offered to expedite our dinner orders and wrap them to go. The sandwiches were great. Fresh ingredients, nice sides.
There are some warnings about dress code on the sign at the entrance. I don’t know what this would mean for a normal summer evening. Maybe it wouldn’t be my type of crowd? I can’t wait for the Tipsy Seagull to reopen next spring. I’d like to check it out again. I loved the Crabbie’s beer and I’m obsessed with finding another place to get it!

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy at the Tipsy Seagull. It’s great to see a happening beach bar carving out a name for itself in the city where I grew up. This is an example of how Fall River can make use of its waterfront and actually present a viable alternative to Newport’s summer crowds (though be warned, the Tipsy hits capacity many nights), parking hassles and costs.
OK, so you’re looking across the Bay at a power plant and not the sunset over the Pell Bridge or gazing at some foreign prince’s yacht, but consider this: you will enjoy live music. You will more than likely be able to find a table. You will not pay to park. You may enjoy a $ 2 draft of beer that is several steps above bathroom gin. The food (pub fare all the way) is tasty. And you won’t have to pass over a single toll bridge on your way from Providence. And, you’re on a floating dock!
Located in Borden Light Marina, this is one of the nicer, tucked away corners of The Riv. If you close your eyes on a ninety-​degree day, you might be magically transported to Key West. I’m serious. This is a seasonal spot, so don’t wait for summer to pass you by. Take a rain check on a more ambitious and wallet draining Newport or Cape Cod jaunt and try the Tipsy — you might be pleasantly surprised to find a go-​to summer gem nestled in the heart of Spindle City.

Whats not to love about the Tipsy?
Well lets discuss what there IS to love:
First of all, you’re drinking on a BARGE catchin some sun and swaying with the waves
Secondly, you get to watch a romantic sunset over the power-​plants
Third, the one man band is completely awesome. he sings random songs from Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the Hangover (great entertainment)
Fourth, if you have a boat or jet ski you can pull right up to the barge since its in Fall River’s marina
And Did I mention the awesome sunset over the power-​plants? lol…
They have bar food, they have mudslides, they have music, they have outdoor patio sets to relax and enjoy the boats going by. Its just a great atmosphere and the best part about it is,… you don’t even feel like you’re in Fall River!!!
You must be 25+ after 8pm. and all day long they are strict about attire. I know, your on a barge on the water how can they be strict? … No idea, but they are. My cousin wanted to wear a red sox jersey and he had to change or wouldn’t have been allowed in. Weird, I know. but they’re trying to keep a certain tone and crowd.
Its a great place along the water to hang out in the summer. Perfect place to sip some beers and enjoy the sun.