Dukes Chowder House

What can you say about a restaurant on the water, serving the freshest seafood with amazing taste, and great service? If your looking for these things then Duke's is the place to go.

Awesome view. Extraordinary seafood. Lobster Mobster is the best chowder I've ever had. Feel like you're dining at a yacht club.

This is a terrific find on the Tacoma waterfront. Not at all what we were expecting but quite happy that we found it. We were in for an early dinner and it wasn’t too busy but by the time we left, it was really getting packed! The restaurant is nicely segmented so there was a cozy feel but they have spaces that were capable of holding a larger group. We got an excellent table by a window with a lovely view of the waterfront. Our server was quite attentive and extremely knowledgeable about the menu, walking through our myriad questions with patience. Appetizer was the maple bacon seafood bites. One scallop and one shrimp wrapped in bacon with a bacon glaze. Yum. I opted for the three course meal, soup, salad, and entree. Soup was the Lobster Mobster chowder and it was unlike anything I’ve ever had. Warm, smooth, rich, creamy. The salad was the Sweet Caper Spinach Salad, a wonderful combination of bacon, almonds, chopped eggs, and tomatoes over baby spinach leaves with a slightly sweet, slightly tart vinaigrette. My entree was the two piece Oh My Cod & chips. Pretty hefty slabs of fish very lightly breaded and fried to perfection. Super moist fish, plenty tender, and the dill tarter was the perfect compliment. If I had a beef with this, I could have used about 50% more ‘chips’. They were just average French fries and the only way to improve is to offer a few more of them. My wife’s meal was the Prawn, Scallop & Crab “Un”Cake Mixed Grill. The only thing I sampled here was the “un” cake (crab cake). This is hands down the best I have ever had. No doubt, 100% exceptional. This is so good they have crabs lining up to give their life for this cake!! Two amazing flavorful sauces with this, too. Be aware, this is not cheap eats but it’s a fine value for the dining dollar when combining all the elements of food, atmosphere, service, location, etc