Varly's Swiftwater Seafood Cafe

I have been going to this restaurant for years, the fish was always delicious & fresh and since the recent change the quality of the food has diminished, the service remains friendly, courteous, prompt and always a welcome smile!
Tamie Hamilton

Burgers, fish and chips, excellent fries. Great place to grab a bite to eat in Whittier. It can get really busy on the weekends during the summer.

We came here with the kids and an out of town relative and could not have picked a better place. The atmosphere is very inviting and the employees are as friendly as they come. It is a smaller joint but for the speed the food comes out there is just enough seating. There are some outside tables. We placed our order from their fresh seafood menu (which included fresh local cod, halibut, and shrimp, and chicken strip baskets with fries, fried zucchini, and some other things). They do serve beer as well. Our food was brought to our table, but while we waited an employee saw us trying to take a picture of our group and immediately came and offered to take the picture for us, and took a couple at that. The food was top quality and the prices reasonable. We will definitely eat here again!

Amazing! Simply amazing! The owner remembered my daughter's names after our first visit. The first visit we got the halibut basket. It's local and pulled from prince William sound. The next day it was the half shrimp half halibut basket. The shrimp melt in your mouth. I didn't even know shrimp could do that. It's about $20/plate. I'm nit one to spend that much 99% of the time. This is an exception. Absolutely worth it!

Absolutely love this place. Fantastic food, very nice staff, fast service. Nothing bad to say about it. Best seafood in Whittier.

Expensive, but what do you expect in a tiny hard to access town in Alaska. Service was excellent and friendly, the food tasty. We had the halibut and shrimp basket. I felt the halibut was better than the shrimp. It came with a side of fries. They had a large selection of bottles beers and other beer like alcoholic beverages.

Would recommend if you find yourself in Whitten.

Halibut sandwich and fries was super comparable to a mcdonalds fish sandwich. And it’s $19. Fries were great and also mcdonalds-esque which i actually like because mcdonalds fries are awesome. In my mind, very un-generous with the food itself. The halibut was 2 tiny slabs of fish. But the guy who took our order and delivered the food was super friendly/helpful and their back patio is the best spot in all of whittier to be, especially if its nice outside.

We had the Halibut and fries ($20) and bowls of the red seafood soup and the clam chowder ($8 each bowl). The red soup was delicious. The clam chowder we wouldn't order again because it was too bland. Halibut was also very tasty with good portions. Overall: We would return and recommend the halibut and red soup!

Also, we had good friendly service even though we walked in 10 minutes before they closed for the day. BY THE WAY, It was nearly 9pm on a Sunday and the place was still busy but the wait for our food was not bad at all.

FYI: This is a casual spot. Here you walk up to order, then food is brought out. you can sit inside or on deck overlooking the boat dock with beautiful mountains in the background!

Incredibly friendly staff and insanely great food. Highly recommend.

Yeah, pretty sure that everything was frozen from Sysco and served. Or my fried might have been frozen Orieda. Skip the food. The view is great though.