Inlet Seafood

What Inlet Seafood does

Inlet Seafood operates a single-location, full-service waterfront seafood restaurant on eight acres at 541 East Lake Drive in Montauk, New York, overlooking the Block Island Sound on the East side of Montauk Harbor Inlet. The business is owned by a cooperative of six local commercial fishermen — David Aripotch, Stuart Foley, William Grimm, Richard Jones, Kevin Maguire, and Charles Weimar — who built the restaurant to vertically integrate their fishing operation with direct-to-consumer dining. According to the company, over 90% of the fish served is caught the same day by the owners' boats. The 150-seat A-frame dining room runs lunch and dinner seven days a week on a strictly walk-in, first-come-first-served basis; reservations are only offered for parties of eight or more via a prix-fixe option.

The core product is a broad seafood menu spanning raw bar, sushi bar, sushi and sashimi, appetizers, salads, pasta, entrées, and land-based protein dishes, complemented by desserts, specialty cocktails, and a full wine list. The technology stack is minimal: a static restaurant website and a third-party online ordering and gift card integration with Toasttab, with no proprietary platform, mobile app, or AI/ML capabilities. The site also includes an adjacent commercial fishing dock — described as the largest seafood packing facility in New York State — that unloads product for shipment to the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan and other outlets, reportedly moving up to eight tractor-trailers of seafood per week.

Revenue is generated through four streams: on-premise dining (the core), online pickup orders via Toasttab, digital eGift Card sales, and private event and wedding hosting. Pricing is unit-level pay-as-you-go, with historical entrée pricing of $12–$26 and current pricing disclosed only through the Toasttab platform. The customer base is composed entirely of SMB and individual segments — Hamptons and tourist weekenders seeking scenic waterfront dining, local Montauk residents, and wedding/event hosts — with no enterprise customers, no institutional investors, no disclosed patents or trademarks, and no formal partnerships. The company has been recognized as a Newsday Top 10 Seafood Restaurant on Long Island in 2013, 2015, and 2019, and has received prior coverage from Vanity Fair, NPR, and Zagat.

Name

Inlet Seafood

Legal name

Inlet Seafood

Website

https://inletseafood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Inlet Seafood is a single-location waterfront seafood restaurant in Montauk, New York, owned by six local commercial fishermen who serve same-day catch directly from boat to plate, alongside a commercial fishing dock operation and private event hosting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Restaurant

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Retailers (445250), Other Marine Fishing (114119)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seafood Wholesale (Fresh & Frozen) (AFAIADAD)

Keywords

• Fresh seafood restaurant
• Waterfront dining
• Raw bar sushi
• Private event catering
• Online food ordering

Headquarters

HQ city

Montauk

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Inlet Seafood generates revenue primarily through on-premise dining, offering lunch and dinner service 7 days a week. The restaurant features multiple dining options including a raw bar, sushi bar, full seafood menu, pasta dishes, land-based options, and desserts. They have a full-service bar with wines and specialty drinks.
2. Online Ordering: Customers can order online through Toasttab for pickup, covering categories including raw bar, appetizers, salads, seafood, pasta, land dishes, sushi, sides, desserts, and beverages.
3. Gift Cards: The restaurant sells eGift Cards through Toasttab, allowing customers to purchase gift cards for friends, family, or guests.
4. Private Events and Weddings: Inlet Seafood offers private event packages and wedding services, providing additional revenue through venue rental and catering for special occasions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Inlet Seafood is a full-service waterfront seafood restaurant in Montauk, NY, owned by six commercial fishermen. It serves lunch and dinner daily with a raw bar, sushi bar, seafood and pasta menu, land-based dishes, desserts, and a full bar, sourcing the majority of its fish directly from its owners' boats the same day it is caught. Complementary offerings include online ordering for pickup via Toasttab, private event and wedding hosting on the waterfront property, and digital gift cards.

Product overview

Inlet Seafood is a single-location waterfront restaurant and dock operation in Montauk, New York, owned by six local commercial fishermen. The restaurant serves as a direct-to-consumer extension of their fishing business, offering fresh seafood caught the same day. The core product is the full-service restaurant with indoor/outdoor dining, complemented by a sushi bar, raw bar, and online ordering capabilities via Toasttab. Additional services include private event packages, wedding venue rental, and eGift cards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inlet Seafood Restaurant Dining

Quantifiable outcome

• 90%+ of fish served comes directly from the restaurant's own fishing boats the same day
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• South Edison: Montauk seafood and wood-fired restaurant targeting the same destination diner. Comparable in menu, pricing, and customer base.
• Nick & Toni's: Upscale East Hampton seafood-and-Mediterranean restaurant with comparable destination-dining positioning. Competes for the same affluent Hamptons diner.
• Gosman's Restaurant: Long-established Montauk Harbor seafood restaurant with a similar waterfront heritage position. Directly competes for the same destination Montauk seafood diner.
• Cyril's Fish House: Montauk seafood restaurant known for its harbor views and sunset position — a near-twin in scenic-fresh-seafood value proposition to Inlet Seafood.
• The Lobster Roll (LUNCH): Casual but iconic seafood restaurant in Amagansett serving the Hamptons tourist market. Highly comparable in business model, customer base, and casual seafood positioning.
• The Clam Bar: Amagansett seafood shack offering raw bar, sushi, and casual seafood specialties. Targets the same Hamptons tourist clientele with a comparable menu and price point.
• Duryea's Lobster Deck & Seafood Market: Iconic Montauk seafood restaurant and fish market on the harbor. Operates in the same geography with the same combined fresh-catch-and-restaurant model, making it the closest direct competitor for tourist seafood traffic.
• The Seafood Shop: Wainscott-based seafood market and prepared foods retailer. Comparable in offering fresh fish and prepared seafood to the Hamptons consumer, with overlapping customer base.
• Dowling's at The Montauk Beach House: Montauk seafood restaurant serving a similar Hamptons/Montauk clientele with waterfront raw bar and seafood offerings.

Others

• Lund's Fisheries: Cape May, NJ-based commercial fishing and seafood processor/wholesale operation. Comparable in the wholesale commercial fishing side of Inlet's business (which ships to Fulton Fish Market) and competes for the same raw catch supply chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/InletSeafood
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/inletseafoodmtk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/montaukinletseafood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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