Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar

1521 Melrose Ave, Seattle
(206) 501-4321

Recent Reviews

Tom Chapman

I love this place. Easily the best oysters in Seattle. It can get a little crowded, so look for off peak times to visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Oyster Bar

Mark Cascio

Great service. Our waitress was super cool and fun. Lots of knowledge about everything they serve. Had a good time. Definitely get the oyster shooters with mezcal!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amy Walters

This location is superior. They have the freshest stuff because of their tanks. The dungeness crab dish was the best I have had.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Whole Dungeness Crab, Kumamoto

Pat Kul

Bad service

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Sumalee

The worker there is very rude and passive aggressive. The service was also bad

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Audrey

Passive aggressive. Very unhelpful and lowkey rude

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Sherry Fan

super fresh seafood and lovely service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Cardwell

Great food, crab was amazing. High reviews from everyone in my party. Waited only about 45 minutes for a table (was able to grab a drink nearby during the wait) on a Saturday night. Service was prompt but very rude. More than just pretentious - rude. To top it off, when we got home we realized we were charged an 18.9% tip automatically, before adding our 20% tip. $80 tip for an unacceptably off-putting service experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Whole Dungeness Crab, Shucker's Dozen, Beecher's Dungeness Crab Mac & Cheese, Geoduck Chowder

Jonathan Lee

Really bad service

Service: 1

Jimmy H

Had the lobster Mac, and as someone who doesn’t like fish (I know I went with a friend) I really enjoyed it. The staff were really nice and helpful despite more people coming in!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marcus Andrei Espiloy

Their oysters are very fresh. Definitely will comeback every time I visit Seattle.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Zara Aidul

This location is small and the wait will probably be long but trust me, it'll be well worth it. The food is amazing, the atmosphere is great and the service is friendly/knowledgeable. I had THE BEST whole dugneness crab here. They serve it with their House OMG Sauce and yes, it lives up to its name!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Whole Dungeness Crab, Oyster Bar

Rita Chan

If you like shellfish, and enjoy a casual seafood market vibe, this is the place for you.Taylor, being the biggest Shellfish farm in pacific northwest, brings you the freshest and best local selections.We had dinner at their Melrose location, and enjoyed the Sunseekers oysters very much. We also ordered steamed mussels and Caesar salad with crab. Everything was excellent. The salad with a ton of freshly picked crab probably never gets any recognition but it was just perfect.Another dish i would recommend would be the geoduck sashimi, but that may be an acquired taste for some.If you like oysters, skip all the restaurants that offer the ho-hum oysters and come get the best from Taylor.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad, Geoduck Sashimi, Northwest Chowder, Shucker's Dozen, Clam and or Mussel Steamers, Kumamoto, Clams

John

Delicious food! The staff were friendly and gave us a nice breakdown of the menu including which wines went well with the oysters. The space was cool with bubbling tanks of seafood in the center of the room. Definitely worth a stop if you're in the mood to eat some fishies

Andy Reimer

Go there for the best local shellfish. I mean

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Oyster Bar, Moqueca- Brazilian Shellfish Stew, Shucker's Dozen

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