Crab House Cafe
Crab House Café
A wooden-hut seafood café beside Chesil Beach, with its own Portland oyster beds just outside; the whole Portland crab is the signature.
Crab House Cafe is in Wyke Regis, south of Weymouth. Its wooden hut sits close to Chesil Beach and the Fleet Lagoon, and just outside is the owner's Portland Royal Oyster beds. The menu changes each day based on the local day-boat catch. The most popular dish is the whole Portland brown crab, served cold or split and steamed with garlic, chili, ginger and herbs, with crab tools so you can crack it yourself. Oysters are best eaten raw and plain. According to Harden's, it is one of the most reviewed restaurants in Britain, and it holds one AA Rosette. Seating is limited, so booking ahead is strongly recommended. You will need to drive or take a taxi, as it sits beside Portland Road.
Opening hours
Lunch and dinner; fewer opening days in winter, check the website
Nearby sights
- Weymouth
- Chesil Beach
- Portland Bill Lighthouse
- Maiden Castle
- Abbotsbury Swannery
- Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
- Durdle Door
- Stair Hole