Sand Dollar Restaurant, Stinson Beach CA

As of August 2020, place is indefinitely closed. Restaurant was damaged due to an explosion in June. I wish the owners my best and hope the historic restaurant reopens in the near future! When they do, I'll be back! In meantime, I posted some pictures of the damage. Very sad sight.

Food was quickly delivered. My friends loved their seafood dishes. Menu has seafood and beef and chicken! Burger was ok, not great, but it's a seafood place primarily, so was not surprised. Drinks were reasonably priced. Food was moderately priced, between $20 to $40 a plate. Desserts were awesome from the Mud Pie to the bread pudding! Brownie a la mode is a huge brownie, very warm but a little dry. The drive on the 101 to get there was an experience like no other!

I celebrated my birthday yesterday in this great place.happy to tell that we had a phenomenal evening and the restaurant was definitely one of the reasons for the outstanding evening. The team participated in a splendid way, the food was appetizing and my buddies were extremely glad. We shall absolutely return for more events.thanks very much.

Nice jazz duet group playing. Good small seafood restaurant atmosphere. The service was excellent and the food hit the spot. Would definitely go back.

My wife and I have gone to the Sand Dollar two or three times a year for quite a few years and we always enjoy the ambience, friendly service, the bar and the nightly jazz duo after a day on the beach. We used to enjoy and look forward to the food too. However after a change in chef and menu last year we have been there three times and were very disappointed in the food all three times. The first time was last summer - had a burger that was under cooked and served with some kind of onion paste that was very fancy but just didn't taste good. About a month ago we were there for dinner and I had the cioppino. Way too spicy hot. The cioppino or fish stew before was one of my favorites but this one was just too spicy to really enjoy the seafood. Also, it had scallops to which I am allergic even though before I ordered it I asked the server if it had scallops I was told it did not. Today we tried one more time. The salad my wife had was good, but the calimari I ordered was way undercooked (virtually raw inside the thin batter coating, not crispy and kind of mushy wet), the calm chowder was gluey with some kind of thickening instead of a real potato chowder feel, and was overpowered with a smokey bacon flavor. It just didn't feel or taste like calm chowder and was $12 for essentially a large cup, not even a soup bowl. My wife also had the beef ragu with pasta - we both agreed it was way too salty tasting. The little chunks of beef were very tender, but the saltiness made us leave some behind. (Likewise I did not finish either the calimari plate or the clam chowder). Lastly, they used to serve a very nice hot crusty french bread roll with butter along with dinner. Now they charge for bread and it is not as good a bread and comes with plain oil with a shot of balsamic in it. The prices are up quite a bit from before and after three tries under the new menu and chef we've agreed we will only visit the bar from now on unless some changes are made. The attempt to "upgrade" the menu has failed and it isn't worth it sorry to say.

Adorable and causal bar/restaurant with great drinks and appetizers. We didn’t stay for dinner but totally should have! A little pricey, heads up.

Inconsistent - some dishes were good, others not really; for example, the calamari wasn't cooked right, but the mussels were good. Also, our dishes were really spaced out, 30 minutes between dishes, when the people sitting next to us, who came in 10 minutes after we did, ordered the same dish and got it 20 minutes before us Will not be going back.

I told my friends about this restaurant with my warmest recommendations. I go to this restaurant often. I get very good feedback from my friends. The meals are fantastic and the stuff is efficient and cooperative.always when we eat in this place we have a gorgeous time. I recommend this place with pleasure.

Small portion for $22 for the fish and chips this was what they brought out. A tablespoon of slaw 2 hand size pieces of fish and a moderate portion of fries.

We loved this seafood shack with the best Bloody Mary and chowder. All the food looked amazing. I would definitely return.

Had a great experience when I randomly stumbled upon this restaurant driving up the coast. Unique places with a great menu in a great little town. I will for sure be back.