Beach Bite Restaurant & Lounge

My girlfriend and I ate here during Valentine’s Day weekend. We ordered Fish & Chips and Chicken Alfredo. The F&C have a choice of cod or halibut; halibut is usually much better fish, so we ordered that. The fish was no better than a large fish stick; being about 200 yards from the ocean, we expected more than what we can buy in the freezer section at the local grocery store. The Chicken Alfredo was bland; we added pepper but it didn’t help much. We both had Iced Tea; literally the worst Iced Tea I’ve ever tasted. Not sure if it was the water used or the brewing, but it was not good. The dinner described cost us $ 46 + tip. Not worth half that. We will not be back.

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Everyone was so nice I thought they wanted to sell me their shoes. Not the case, people here are just amazingly nice and super cool. We stayed in Rockaway for 7 nights and the Beach Bite is our favorite.

Wife and I had jalapeño chicken and shimp pizza last night. DELICIOUS! Complex currently houses The Bite and Dos Roca Mexican restaurant. We eaten at both and have been very impressed. After trying a few other local restaurants (half of which are now out of business) through the years, we have found the Bite/​Dos Rocas is our go-​to restaurant for our visits; the best in Rockaway/​Garabaldi area.

The food was nothing special, just like almost every other restaurant in town. The service on the other hand was great and our waiter was beyond friendly.

I don’t know what all of the negative reviews are all about because every dish that came out was money! Service was spectacular as well and no I don’t work here. Take a look at the pics and let me know if that doesn’t do this place justice.

I would give it a ZERO STAR if I could. Dishes and silverware were dirty and pizza crust was worse than a frozen pizza. Their chowder that they claim to be the best on the north coast had under cooked potatoes and lacked any clam flavor! Just plain disgusting.

This place was mediocre and friendly. The food was okay and the service was good. It was easy and comfortable to take small children. However, I’ve had better food in rockaway.

Used to be eat here every month as I have a beach house in town. Now food I was given was poorer. I ordered a Hawaiian Wahoo fish burger with fries. The fish I couldn’t tell WAS fish. I had the waitress check to see if the meat was chicken by mistake. No. I was told it was fish. I’ve had this same menu item 5 years ago and it was real fish! Fries were bad. I’ll never come back. Prices are high.

Stopped by here for a to go order of a burger and fries with a side of ranch. Very disappointed to get an itty bitty burger and a small handful of broken fries with an even smaller side of ranch for almost $ 12. The «beach» burger was nothing special and the fries were soggy. The ranch was good though! I forgot to mention it took almost a half an hour to get it. If it’s a hot day, don’t eat in. Quite a few patrons and even a staff member complained about needing to step outside for some air. It would have been faster and cheaper to drive in to Tillamook to go to Burger King.

My family and I ate here while staying in Rockaway. We were looking for some good, fresh seafood. We ordered clam chowder, which was okay, but needed a little seasoning. We also got fish and chips which were kind of greasy, and didn’t taste super fresh. Overall, the food was meh.
The atmosphere of the place was dark and quiet, nice after a day of playing at the beach. The waitress was also really attentive and super super nice.
The atmosphere and service were good and the food was edible.

This place has HORRIBLE service and they completely over charge. If you are looking for a great restaurant it would be in your best interest to keep looking! They charged me and additional $ 5.00 to substitute a side salad for fries and it took them over 45 minutes to get us our food. When we finally got our food it was cold and disgusting! McDonald’s burgers look more appetizing… I will never be back and I wouldn’t suggest eating here.

So the pizza and cod were really good, the burgers were really bad. My husband got a small patty but paid for ¹⁄₃ lb patty. The guacamole on the burgers was tiny and soaked into the bread so you could not see it. We waited 45 mins for our food. I did love the pizza though! The chicken and garlic was tasty and the crust thick.

Slow service. Terrible food. Wasted time. Only place open on a Tuesday. Day old tuna fish sandwiches would have been better.

Very very good food spoiled by downright rotten service and I mean horrible. We went last Saturday night which coincided with the pirate festival. And yes they were busy, I get it. However I knew we wouldn’t have a good experience the moment we walked in. The lady at the front saw we had a party of 8 and she seemed almost inconvenienced by our presence from the outset. Then as we waited for our table another «local» came in and said «dealing with a lot of tourists eh?» To which she replied «yep, good for business I guess but I don’t get anything extra». Ok a little unprofessional. We were then seated and we were totally ignored for about 20 minutes while we watched other tables being served. We had to ask this young waiter two times to be served. His first response was they were busy and «shifting around» at the moment but he would try to get us someone, whatever that meant. I guess this place is connected to a bar next store, and we saw a waitress going back and forth serving a table right next to us, but for some reason her and the lady up front didn’t even look our way.
After about 10 minutes of watching the woman up front fiddling around after watching the place emptying out, I got pissed and told her to serve us. We ordered drinks and after another 20 minutes the drinks arrived and they took our food order. This was 40 minutes after we were seated. We ordered a few of pizzas. The pizzas were very good and the beer selection was quite good (Pelican, Fort George and various others on tap). If this place had just average service I’d rate it 4 stars. If I owned the place I would straighten that out ASAP.

Cliff’s Notes: Halibut Fish and Chips were $ 24. They seemed like they were frozen and I’ve had better from Burgerville. Poor, slow service.
Full Story:
We spent Father’s Day at the Oregon Coast and wandered in here after the kids were turned off by the ambiance of the Old Oregon Smokehouse (wifey and I will be back though). It was just before 5 so we were one of two tables being served initially. The halibut fish and chips were $ 24 so my wife and I decided to share being that, for that kind of money, I am sure they would be good and plentiful (ha!). Son ordered cheese pizza and daughter ordered spaghetti. It seemed to take longer than anticipated given it was so slow at the time, but not horrible.
Halibut Fish and Chips: Came with three small pieces that looked and tasted like they were pulled from a freezer and then overcooked in the fryer. Not what you expect for $ 24. Fries were okay, but not very hot and a little on the limp side.
Cheese Pizza. Pretty decent. Lots of cheese.
Spaghetti: Meh, nothing special about it.
Once we were served, we were all but abandoned by the waitress. Another server came by at one point and filled waters. Nobody ever offered to refill my drink. Wife and kids got tired of waiting for the check so they went and window shopped down the street while I waited. When I asked for the check, I also asked if the halibut was fresh or frozen and she said, «Hmm, good question. I don’t know. I am new so I’ll have…» She finished with «to ask» as she hurried off with my card. Guess what? She never answered my question.
I saw four wait staff with wildly varying dress. Our waitress was dressed professionally while another wore a t-​shirt that was a few sizes too small. The other two were somewhat professional looking. The décor is nice and partnered with the high prices, you would think that the wait staff would dress similarly, if not the same.
Let me say that I always start my tip at 20%. Do everything you are expected to and that’s what you get. Go out of your way to provide a special experience and it goes up. Provide lackluster service and it goes down. Only one other time in my life have I put a big fat zero in the tip spot. Well, today was the second. I will never go back. I did provide feedback on the receipt as I felt an explanation would be fair.

After we checked into hotel we went searching for something to eat. Stumbled into this little Gem. Had the fish and chips loads of chips very good food. Give them a try.
The staff was very very friendly. But a little expensive.

Delicious! Wonderful service, clean, great food. We have been repeatedly disappointed with seafood at the beach. Finally a great place!

If you like beer, 20 or so, plus the glasses were so cold they had ice on them. Delicious! We had burgers — fab. I can’t wait to go back!

I had been here before pizza and remember it being pretty good. This time when I went I got a salad that had chicken and shrimp. They were not that generous with the shrimp, only 4 pieces for a pretty big salad and it was cheap either. I expected more for the price. Also, we ordered beers and they were flat. When we said something, the waiter didn’t really seem to care and just told us it was because they were on nitro. I’ve had beers on nitro before and they didn’t taste flat. It would have been nice if we would have checked on it or offered us another beer. He also said, well, no one else has complained about it. I guess he just didn’t want to deal with it. I might go back, but I’d just stick to ordering pizza.

This is probably one if the worst dining experiences I’ve had while dining on the Oregon Coast. We were one of six tables left in the restaurant and the supervisor or manager serves our table, sadly that didn’t improve the service.
Food
— Coconut shrimp batter was overdone, tasted like they needed to change the oil in the deep fryer. They serve this with cocktail sauce which is kinda gross as a combination.
— Clam chowder was bland doubt it was house made. Tasted like it was canned.
— Seafood Pasta was incredibly overdone scallops and shrimp were rubbery. Pasta was tasty but for $ 26 you want to be able to eat the seafood.
— Shrimp skewer meal was the only thing we ordered that was enjoyable. Comes with 16 prawns, rice and a lightly dressed cole slaw. I would happily order this again.
— Bartender made a good cocktail.
Service
— Drinks weren’t refilled. We would have ordered more cocktails if the manager serving our table had ever come back to check on us.
— It was pretty clear we did not enjoy the meal we didn’t eat any of the seafood in the seafood pasta. When asked how everything was my companion said «not great» the manager acted like we hasn’t replied an walked away, no resolution offered.
— our table wasn’t checked out, dishes weren’t cleared and we practically had to chase down the check.
All in all it was a pretty expensive meal to walk away so disappointed kinda hungry.