Highly rated by Zagat in the 2006 Zagat survey, the Seaweed Café is the best Bodega Bay restaurant and a top Sonoma County restaurant. Of course, this is what slow food lovers know and why they come to the lovely Bodega Bay restaurant. The Seaweed Cafe is a prime destination for Sonoma County visitors and Sonoma Coast visitors. Described in Zagat as the real catch on the Sonoma Coast, in the words of many locals, "the Seaweed Cafe is the best thing that has happened to Bodega Bay restaurants. The 2006 Zagat survey gave it a "27" rating for food and a "26" for service, which according to Zagat rating is "extraordinary to perfection".

On July 4th, 2003 the Seaweed Café opened its door on a shoestring budget with nine tables and a staff of four serving breakfast and lunch. Instantly, it became a prime destination on the Sonoma Coast. Clients requested the restaurant to open for dinner. Slow food lovers immediately recognized that the Seaweed Cafe philosophies were matching theirs.

The Seaweed Café has been designed by Melinda Montanye and Jackie Martine to offer a cozy atmosphere for convivial dining. The two women have used natural pigments from France to color the walls and hand crafted most of the furniture.

On May 23rd, 2005 the Seaweed Cafe expanded and added a dining room with views of the bay and adjacent pine groves, a fire place, reclaimed wood furniture designed by Joe Szuecs of Renga Arts, hand crafted benches by John Moldovan and painting by Robert DeVee of the Ren Brown Collection as well as Melinda Montanye's own work.

To celebrate the opening of the new space, the Seaweed Cafe presented the fabulous Merry Edwards Fashion Show, pairing wines, food and fashion to create remarkable effects.