A floating seafood restaurant has opened on the Regent’s Canal in Paddington, serving oysters, tuna tartare and passionfruit scallops from a converted canal boat — with yoga sessions on board too.
SeaGarden Boat is the first north London venue for Portuguese-South African restaurant Sea Garden & Grill, moored in Sheldon Square, Paddington. The boat was previously The Prince Regent, which hosted dinner cruises along the Regent’s Canal.
The menu combines traditional Portuguese cooking techniques with South African influences. As with the brand’s other restaurants, the boat offers high-quality fish sourced daily, including oysters, tuna tartare and passionfruit scallops.
Larger plates include crab risotto, Cornish mussels, and coconut and mango-battered fish. Homemade sauces and biltong also feature, while a selection of sides and two steak options offer an alternative to seafood.
The restaurant also offers two sharing options: the Seafood Boil and the Seafood Platter. The Seafood Boil includes lobster tail, king prawns, mussels, sweetcorn and scallops, all finished with a cajun peri-peri sauce. The Seafood Platter ranges across the menu, featuring tuna tartare, anchovies, octopus vinaigrette, beetroot, gin-cured salmon, scallops, whole lobster tail and salt-and-pepper squid.
Guests can enjoy a selection of ocean-inspired cocktails made using homemade purees and sorbets, along with the brand’s own coconut and lychee rum.
The brand hopes its latest location will be a relaxed dining spot in the city for leisurely lunches, evening meals and private celebrations on the water.
Beyond the menu, SeaGarden Boat offers experiences designed to make the most of its setting. There are regular yoga sessions, brunches and happy hour offerings, and the boat is also available for private hire, with space for groups of 15 or more.
It is the latest venture for a restaurant brand which opened its original site in Tooting nine years ago, and has a second branch in Norbury.
The boat itself has a long history on London’s waterways. Before its transformation into a dining venue, The Prince Regent spent around 30 years serving as a passenger boat along the capital’s canal network.
In 2015-2016, siblings Harry and Leah Lobek, alongside chef Stuart Kilpatrick, acquired and restored it to create one of London’s first floating canal-boat dining experiences, serving British seafood dishes and wine. They came ashore in 2024, when they opened London Shell & Co in Highgate.
The opening adds to a busy run of new London restaurants, including Swiss Butter, which opened in South Kensington earlier this month, and Yo-Chi, which opened its second London site in Clapham.
