Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar

The best, and by “best” I mean freshest and most reasonably priced oyster happy hour, downtown. When a all-knowing girlfriend says, let’s go get oysters…usually there’s a little bit of a wince bc of the hit your wallet will take. But I was ever so happy to be wrong this time. We found street parking and paid accordingly. Within minutes of sitting down, we were approached by wonderful server named Dawn and she took our order for a bottle of cava that was only $30. Just want to say thank you to Taylor Shellfish for having a bottle of bubbles that felt actually affordable. These days finances are tight for everyone and it’s not so frequent extra cash to go out and unwind and distress after long days of work. It’s amazing to find an affordable bottle of bubbles. The bottle was deliciously dry. Realizing we wanted to settle in and spend a little time we asked for an ice bucket and instead of seeing us as high maintenance, Victor came over and delivered for us. Our bottle, opened it expertly with the softest pop, and and placed the bottle in the bucket, covered with a napkin — they do in all the best places. Class all the way. We ordered a second doesn’t because the first dozen was incredibly fresh. Then the talk turned to work…so we decided to order a second dozen because the first doesn’t was so fresh. My girlfriend who had not eaten all day decided that she’d like to have the fish and chips which were prepared perfectly. Interesting was the coleslaw, which was tossed in a base that taste more like soy sauce, or tamari sauce. Very interesting and fresh. We were in a good mood, and decided maybe we should splurge for dessert but we’re told there was no dessert. Half in jest I mentioned to the server that I’d love to make the case to the manager for a delicious dark chocolate cake to be the one thing available for dessert. What I loved was how the servers vibes with our good mood — and lo and behold. The manager actually came out to say hello. I was able to make my case for chocolate cake knowing full well that wasn’t going to happen….but the point was: they good naturedly listened. Of course the oysters and reasonable prices will bring us back because it’s amazing to have $2.25 oysters…but it’s the service that will keep us returning again ans again…because we were treated like we mattered at the end of a really hard long day at work. Thank you Dawn. Thank you Victor. Thank you, Manager. Then we stepped out into the evening and we’re treated two beautiful lights on the street. Highly recommend that because the worst thing is finding you’ve got a ticket because your scrimped on the street parking payment.

Im not a huge fan of mulusk like food, but I really enjoyed them today. It's not like I've never had it made well before, but something about my selection just seemed a bit better than the usual good I'd get from other places. Maybe it's the quality. Each piece had a pleasant texture. The sauces and seasonings used were not over powering instead just right and very complimentary. I like the little toppings and sauce they give when you order the individuals. I was suprised to see how many customers where dining in even though it was only a Thursday evening. Well I was suprised until I tried the food. Lol. The interior is very cozy with a cool L-shapped wrap-around bar and table seating all around. They do offer outdoors eating as well. Regardless if you dine Indoors or outdoors they have floor to ceiling windows that let you enjoy the outside ambiance which is very lovely. Trees all around amd right across from the arena/science center amenities. The service at this place is on par. I don't think my visit would have been as good as it was had it mot been for the amazing servers and their ability to describe the menu and give recommendations based on what your looking for. Yes and the food comes out relatively quickly. Especially the uncooked dishes. Lol.

Had a great time here and found it relatively fair priced, as Seattle is very expensive! I had three oysters, three different ones that the waitress helped me choose based on my preference for oysters. I had Geoduck chowder which was delicious, but if you want to actually try it for the first time maybe get the sashimi because it was hard to separate the Geoduck flavour from the other flavours going on. Know that if you're from abroad they won't serve you alcohol without your passport

Got the gooey duck sashimi and it was pretty good. Mac and cheese was average. Because we didn't order drinks they brought the check pretty fast. I understand that they do that as other orders can give them more business, but hey. Not fun.

the oysters on happy hour were pretty good. But the clams on the happy hour came with only 5 of them which I was so surprised about. If I had known I would not have gotten them.