Scott's Seafood

What Scott's Seafood does

Scott's Seafood Grill & Bar is a privately-held, single-location fine dining seafood restaurant founded in 1976, operating from 2 Broadway at Jack London Square in Oakland, California. Originally opened in San Francisco's Marina District, the company relocated its primary presence to Oakland's waterfront in 1976 and now operates a 50-year-old flagship venue with panoramic harbor views, nightly live jazz in the Red Room Lounge, and the signature Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet. The company employs 101–250 staff and serves individual diners, families, and private-event hosts across consumer and B2B segments.

The revenue model is built on three primary streams: dine-in restaurant sales (traditional menu, happy hour, Sunday brunch buffet), private events and catering (six configurable spaces accommodating 10–400 guests plus full-service off-site catering), and gift certificates sold online. Pricing for happy hour is publicly disclosed ($11 bites, $11 cocktails, $9 house wine, $7 draft beers), while traditional menu, brunch buffet, and event pricing are quote-based. Marketing and distribution run through the company website (scottsjls.com, hosted on Vercel), Yelp Reservations as the primary booking channel, Stripe-processed gift card e-commerce, and live entertainment as a repeat-visit driver.

Technically, Scott's Seafood is a traditional hospitality operator with no proprietary technology stack; the digital infrastructure consists entirely of off-the-shelf SaaS integrations (Yelp, Stripe, Resend, Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps, Vercel) supporting reservations, payments, transactional email, and web hosting. There is no evidence of in-house software development, data assets, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities. Ownership is private and undisclosed, with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external funding rounds identified in available materials.

Name

Scott's Seafood

Legal name

Scott's Seafood Grill & Bar

Website

https://scottsjls.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Scott's Seafood is a privately-held, single-location fine dining seafood restaurant at Oakland's Jack London Square, founded in 1976. It serves individual diners and private-event hosts with a traditional menu, Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet, six event spaces, and off-site catering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Dining Seafood Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Steakhouses & Seafood Restaurants (THAFACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA), All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Waterfront seafood dining
• Private event catering
• Jazz brunch buffet
• Fine dining restaurant
• Happy hour lounge

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Sales: Revenue from food and beverage sales at the Oakland waterfront location. Includes traditional menu items, Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet, and happy hour offerings in the Red Room Lounge. Driven by reservations and walk-ins.
2. Private Events & Catering: Revenue from hosting private events in six configurable spaces accommodating 10-400 guests. Includes on-site event hosting and off-site catering services with custom menus and full event coordination.
3. Gift Certificates: Sale of gift certificates in any denomination, redeemable at the restaurant. Processed through Stripe, with options for pickup, mail delivery, or email delivery to recipients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Scott's Seafood is an Oakland waterfront seafood restaurant operating since 1976 that offers fine dining from a traditional menu of seafood, steaks, and pastas, a legendary Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet, a Red Room Lounge happy hour with nightly live jazz, six private event spaces accommodating 10–400 guests, and off-site catering services.

Product overview

Scott's Seafood is an Oakland waterfront seafood restaurant operating since 1976, offering a unified dining experience centered on its Traditional Menu (signature seafood, steaks, and pastas) complemented by the Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet, Happy Hour offerings in the Red Room Lounge, and House Made Desserts. The company operates multiple private event venues (Chandelier Pavilion, Harborview Rooms, Port of Oakland & Terrace) and provides Off-Site Catering services. Additional offerings include Gift Cards for purchase.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traditional Menu Signature seafood classics, steaks, pastas, and seasonal specialties including Scott's Famous Cioppino, Crab-Stuffed Salmon, Dungeness Crab, and Steamed Live Maine Lobster served to dine-in guests at the Oakland waterfront restaurant.
• Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet Weekly Sunday buffet brunch featuring live jazz, a seafood bar, made-to-order omelets, carving station, and bottomless mimosas; described as Oakland's favorite Sunday tradition since 1976.
• Happy Hour Menu

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing provider for gift card purchases. Handles secure credit/debit card transactions on the restaurant's website. Scott's Seafood does not store or process payment card information directly.
• Google reCAPTCHAcoreTechnology or IntegrationSpam and bot prevention service used on all website forms including contact forms, event inquiries, and gift card purchases. Protects website from automated abuse.
• YelpcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party reservation platform partner for table bookings. Provides the online reservation system linked from Scott's website. Primary booking channel for new and returning customers.
• ResendcoreTechnology or IntegrationTransactional email service provider for delivering order confirmations and receipts to customers who purchase gift cards or submit inquiries.
• VercelcoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting platform that hosts the scottsjls.com website. Provides the infrastructure and CDN for delivering web content to visitors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• House of Prime Rib: Iconic San Francisco upscale restaurant institution operating for decades with a fiercely loyal repeat-customer base and reservation-driven model. Comparable heritage/upscale positioning to Scott's within the Bay Area.
• Boulevard Restaurant: Beloved San Francisco waterfront fine dining restaurant with American cuisine, strong private event business, and high-end positioning. Comparable as a Bay Area upscale restaurant with destination dining and event programming.
• Waterbar Restaurant: Upscale waterfront seafood restaurant on the San Francisco Embarcadero with panoramic bay views, oyster bar, and private dining spaces. Directly comparable to Scott's on waterfront fine-dining seafood and event programming.
• Original Joe's: Long-running Bay Area Italian-American restaurant group with heritage positioning and multiple locations. Comparable regional, multi-decade restaurant institution with similar dining demographics.
• The Fish Market: Bay Area seafood-focused restaurant group operating multiple locations with both casual and dining-room service. Comparable seafood-centric menu positioning, regional footprint, and Bay Area demographics.
• Sam's Chowder House: Half Moon Bay waterfront seafood restaurant with harbor views, raw bar, brunch service, and private event spaces. Strongly comparable experiential positioning (waterfront seafood + events) to Scott's.
• Scoma's Restaurant: Long-running San Francisco waterfront seafood restaurant with a similar heritage positioning, fresh-catch focus, and high-volume dine-in plus private event business. Closest direct comparable to Scott's in concept, market, and operating model.
• La Mar Cocina Peruana: Waterfront seafood-forward fine dining restaurant on the San Francisco Embarcadero with ceviche/raw bar focus and event capabilities. Comparable upscale waterfront seafood positioning in the Bay Area.

Broad incumbents

• Ruth's Chris Steak House: National upscale steakhouse chain with strong private dining and event business. Comparable premium positioning on the steak side of Scott's menu and an established banquet/event infrastructure benchmark.
• McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steaks: National seafood and steak upscale-casual chain with broader geographic footprint. Overlaps with Scott's seafood-and-steak menu positioning but operates at materially larger scale and lower price point.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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