OUR STORY

HISTORY

Our Story

The first Scott’s Seafood restaurant was started in 1976 in the Marina District in San Francisco. Since then, other Scott’s Seafood restaurants in San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento, and Folsom have evolved, each with their own unique menu and ambiance, and catering to their own local communities. While each restaurant is independently owned and operated, they all continue to serve the finest, freshest seafood and award-winning clam chowder.

Scott’s Seafood has been a South Bay tradition for over 30 years, with an emphasis on sustainable, healthy food options. Scott’s Seafood has won the People’s Choice Award for its Boston Style Clam Chowder several years running, reaffirming the consideration that goes in to crafting each meal.

With that award-winning chowder in mind, Scott’s Seafood recently expanded its footprint by opening a series of fast casual restaurants named Scott’s Chowder House which offers not only its chowders, but also lobster rolls and a variety of other new menu choices not found at its Scotts Seafood sibling.

Scott’s Seafood can be found at its new downtown location where it continues to provide award-winning food and cocktails. Scott’s Chowder House has various locations, including San Jose, San Francisco, and Palo Alto, which can be found on their own website: scottschowderhouse.com.

High Quality, Sustainable, Healthy Foods

At Scott’s Seafood, we believe in that food we serve shouldn’t be a burden on the environment or have an impact on future generations.

Concepts

Our Purpose

Our focus on sustainability promotes the the ability to meet our guests’ current appetites without comprising the ability of future generations to do the same.

Scott’s Seafood strives to provide high quality food with this practice in mind. By maintaining a sustainably minded viewpoint, we ensure that our food ingredients come from sources that share our thoughtful approach to social and environmental issues.

Team

Great Chef’s

At Scott’s Seafood we prioritize our food offerings as well as our guests.

We offer high quality, sustainable, healthy food options while simultaneously emphasizing a dynamic, customer-centric environment.

Our team appreciates each and every one of our community members and we aim to do our part in creating a healthy and happy lifestyle for all of our guests.

Sammy Reyes

General Manager/Executive Chef/
Partner

Sammy Reyes was born in the historic state of Veracruz, Mexico. He immigrated to the United States in 1998 at the age of 14 where he arrived to the San Francisco Bay Area— where he would later discover his passion and love for cooking.

He graduated from Woodside High School in Woodside, California where he took his first cooking class. As an energetic and self-driven individual, he entered the food industry while taking classes and began working as a dishwasher at Café Fino Italian Restaurant in Palo Alto, CA. While working there he had the privilege of gaining firsthand industry knowledge through hands-on experience on weekdays and weekends.

Mr. Reyes has over 20 years of experience in restaurant operations and management and has developed expertise regarding cooking and bartending, demonstrating his vast knowledge of a restaurant from the front and back of the house.

He joined Scott’s Seafood Palo Alto in 2004 and Scott’s Seafood San Jose in 2008, where he is currently the general manager and executive chef.

Tony Kavoosi

Assistant General Manager

Steve Mayer

Owner

Steve Mayer is the Founder and Managing Partner of SD Mayer & Associates, an accounting, consulting, and wealth management firm located in San Francisco.

Prior to SD Mayer, he was the CEO of a large regional accounting firm, Burr Pilger Mayer (BPM). Mr. Mayer has also been involved in several other businesses including a number of restaurants, co-founder of Presidio Bank, and an owner of Books Inc., a bookstore chain. His partnership group owns the San Jose location of Scott’s Seafood restaurant and the Scott’s Chowder House restaurants.

Mr. Mayer has been very active in the community and over the last 40 years has served on more than 15 non-profit boards including the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Bay Area Council, and Riordan High School, to name a few.

He has recently published three books and lives in San Mateo with his wife of 27 years and their three children. When he turned 60, he did an Ironman just to make sure he was still in shape.

Testimonials

What Clients Say

Came here for the MIL birthday celebration. I enjoyed just about every dish that came out. Great vibe for SJ.

Fantastic food! Happy hour on drinks were awesome! that mai tai was super strong and there was quite a bit. Would definitely return for this happy hour treat.

Great meal in San Jose. This is a great location for fresh seafood. We had a business dinner and each course was terrific. If you are in this area with a reason to celebrate, this is the spot. The view is really nice as well.

It was my first time at Scott's Seafood's remodeled restaurant. I was there for birthday brunch buffet. I gave Scott's Seafood high rating. It is worth paying to treat yourself

Perfect location for a nice dinner before attending the theater. Validates your parking voucher for the City Center garage. Nice view from the top floor. Great service from Scotty!

The new Scott's Seafood location is super cute. The patio is perfect for social distancing, and the ambiance is nice.

We have had many cioppinos throughout the Bay Area. This is hands down the best one we have ever had! We never have to look at the menu again as this is our go to meal!

Scott's was our first dip into dining out during COVID, and I'm so glad we chose them! We've been back to Scott's several times as their staff, the service, and safety protocols are top-notch; we felt completely safe dining there.

The absolute highlight of the meal was the pistachio Creme Brûlée. It was the best I've ever had in my life and I've ordered it at several high-end restaurants. As far as desserts go, it was right up there with the best I've had recalling France and Switzerland. Whoever made it should be working at Michelin star restaurants!

Great service, delicious food, good drinks.

We came here when indoor dining was still available. It was rainy and cold, perfect timing. The serving was huge, when we ordered paella I think it's enough for 2-3 people. My favorite was their cioppino. Nothing I don't like in this restaurant. This is the place where you wanna bring your date.

Great reopening for outdoor dining. Rain/wind proof with warm heaters & good airflow. Service was good & the food was delicious as usual.

Open Tuesday through Sunday

Come and Discover Our Restaurant

Our new downtown location is an excellent choice for a business lunch, a dinner before or after the theatre, for private dining and for catering.