Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar

Millard Griswold

Amazing local seafood. Some of the best clean crisp oysters I've ever had and I'm from Louisiana. Love the Dungeness crab and geoduck. A must try for seafood lovers for a great taste of what the Pacific Northwest has to offer. So good I had to go back to back while visiting.

Mari Kim

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.

Sven Peldszus

I visited them twice during my trip to Seattle. They have an amazing local oyster selection and I loved the food in general. The Chardonnay by the glass is excellent. However, they are a little on the pricey side, as expected.