Open for dinner seven nights a week.
Celebrity chef, John Pisto’s Whaling Station Restaurant has earned an international reputation for the finest selection of USDA Prime steaks, Prime prime rib, fresh seafood and an exceptional wine list. This award-winning restaurant, located in a historic building perched just above Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, offers a totally fresh and sophisticated approach to the age-old dinner house tradition. Chef Pisto guarantees both quality and quantity with every meal served. Select your Prime beef at the table and your seafood from the salt water tanks. The Whaling Station’s award winning wine list offers one of the area’s most comprehensive selections, including an abundance of California’s finest varietals. Open for dinner seven nights a week, with valet parking available.
Appetizers
Clam Chowder - Cream style with roasted corn. 7.50
Onion Soup - with melted Gruyere. 8.50
Chilled Castroville Artichoke - with tomato remoulade and mayonnaise 7.50
Fire-Roasted Gilroy Garlic 5.25
Fried Monterey Bay Calamari 9.95
Chilled Prawns - with spicy cocktail sauce. 12.95
Gnocchi with Morel Mushrooms - light butter sauce. 9.95
Monterey Bay Sardines - the fish that made Cannery Row famous 9.50 ...
olive oil-marinated and grilled - with Sicilian salsa
Blue Point Oysters on the Half Shell (6) 11.95
Petite Kumamoto Oysters 15.95
Steamed Mussels or Clams or Combination - red curry, coconut milk and lemon grass 13.95
Grilled Pancetta-Wrapped Sea Scallops - served with roasted corn. 14.95
Veal & Porcini Mushroom Ravioli - brown butter-rosemary sauce. 11.95
Oysters Rockefeller - spinach, bacon and hollandaise sauce (4) 10.95
Dungeness Crab Cake - tomato salad, tarragon aioli. 12.95
Salads
World's Finest Wedge of prime, sweet and crunchy heart of Foxy Iceberg, house-made creamy Roquefort dressing 8.50
Dungeness Crab, Avocado, Mango and Tomatoes - on a bed of the sweetest Mills Family Farms whole baby greens chiffonade. 13.95
Salinas Valley Field Lettuces - Tanimura & Antle Little Gem and Mills Family Farms Cascade Mix, mustard vinaigrette and bleu cheese. 7.50
Tableside Caesar Salad - (for two or more) Featuring Tanimura & Antle hearts of romaine ... 8.95 per person
Fresh Burrata Salad - blood orange vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. 9.95
Fresh Seafood
Giant Live Maine Lobster ~ 2 pounds and up! ~ Market Priced
Pan-fried Sand Dabs - caper butter sauce, roasted garlic mashed potatoes. 22.95
Grilled Salmon Filet - with a creamy whole grain mustard sauce 23.95
Pan-Seared Halibut - porcini mushroom crust, fennel and wild mushroom ragout. 26.95
Bouillabaisse - assorted shellfish and white fish simmered in a saffron scented seafood broth. 29.95
Cioppino - clams, mussels, assorted shellfish and sausage in a spicy tomato sauce. 29.95
Stuffed Fresh Salmon Filet - Dungeness crab & chanterelle mushrooms. 28.95
Wood-Fired California Swordfish - Sicilian style. 27.95
Pan-Seared Ahi - with soy-wasabi nage. 26.95
Pasta
Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Scallops with Wild Maplecap Mushrooms over Linguine, smoked bacon and veal stock. Pisto's Favorite! 24.95
Maine Lobster Fettuccini - shiitake mushrooms and baby artichokes. 28.95
Pan Seared Prawns with Angel Hair Pasta - in a silky Ricard-tomato sauce. 25.95
Classic Clams Linguine - white wine, garlic, parsley and nage. Loaded with clams! 23.95
Dungeness Crab - "Risotto" style with Acini de Pepe, roasted corn, lemon, and Reggiano. 25.95
Roasted Chicken Breast - sliced over Penne Pasta with wild mushrooms and cream. 22.95
Grilled Steaks and Chops
Sirloin Chateau Steak - Center-cut top sirloin - a tasty cut that has more texture. 29.95
Pan-Seared Filet Mignon Tips - mushrooms, Dijon mustard and cream. 29.95
New York Steak - Bistro Cut 35.95 - One Pound of PRIME 49.95
Kansas City - Bone-in New York Steak. 49.95
Boneless Rib Eye Steak - 34.95
RIB EYE au POIVRE - Flame-grilled rib eye, bathed in peppercorn sauce 38.95
Petite Filet Mignon - For the light eater. 35.95
Filet Mignon - Most tender of steaks. 46.95
Rib Steak - Bone-in, heavily marbled The most flavorful cut. 41.95
Porterhouse - Filet Mignon on one side, New York on the other. 52.95
Filet and Australian Cold Water Lobster Tail - Market Priced
Roast Rack of Lamb - Dijon mustard-crust and our special mint sauce. 43.95
USDA PRIME-PRIME RIB - Roasted for eight hours - Bistro Cut 31.95 - Full Cut 39.95
Sides Worth Sharing
Large Twice-Baked Stuffed Potato - bacon, onions, parmesan and aged cheddar. 7.95
Creamed Spinach 7.25
Steamed Broccoli with hollandaise sauce 6.95
Sauteed Shoestring Zucchini 6.95
Large Beer-Battered Onion Rings 5.95
Green Beans with garlic 6.95
Wild Mushroom Ragout - sauteed in garlic and butter. 8.50
Sauteed Andy Boy Rapini 7.25
Steakhouse Sauces (each ) 4.25 - Classic Bearnaise, Peppercorn, Pinot Noir, Roquefort Butter
Children's Menu
Boston Clam Chowder $2.50
Fettucine Alfredo $5.95
Fish & Chips $5.95
Linguine with Marinara $5.95
French Fried Prawns $7.95
Mixed Baby Greens Salad $2.95
with honey-mustard vinaigrette.
Chocolate Sundae $2.95
Menu items and prices subject to change without notice..