Seven of the 12 Seattle oyster bars we checked post the names of their oysters online. Elliott's Oyster House (44), The Walrus and the Carpenter (7) and Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar (6) publish the longest lists. The names that turn up most often are Baywater Sweet, Cliff Point and Hama Hama. Each oyster below links to our tasting notes, so you can decide what to order before you sit down.
Seattle oyster bars and what they serve
A seafood house on Pier 56 on the Seattle waterfront that says it has been open for more than 50 years. Its online oyster list was the longest we found in the city, and almost all of it is from Washington.
44 oysters named
27 with tasting notes
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BrinyButteryCucumber
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SweetMild Brine
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SweetBriny
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SweetCucumberCreamy
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BrinyMineralEarthy
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BrinyCleanCrisp
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BrinySweet Melon
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BrinySweetCreamy
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SweetCreamyRich
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SweetMelonHerbaceous
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SweetMild BrineCucumber
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SweetMelon
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CucumberMildSweet
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BrinyUmamiCucumber
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SweetMelonMusky
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NuttyCrispBriny
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Mild BrineCucumberCreamy
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BrinyCucumberUmami
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SweetMild BrineMelon
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SweetSavoryCucumber
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SweetCucumber
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BrinySweet
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SweetBriny
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SweetMild BrineMelon
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SweetMelon
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BrinyRichButtery
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CucumberMildSweet
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Alaskan Gem Prince of Wales Island, AK
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Bruce's Beach Gig Harbor, WA
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Cascadia Crown South Puget Sound, WA
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Disco Hama Discovery Bay, WA
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Elliott's Select Hood Canal, WA
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Jamestown Jade Sequim Bay, WA
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King of the North Willapa Bay, WA
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Koronda Totten Inlet, WA
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Little Creek Henderson Bay, WA
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Lucky Penny Hood Canal, WA
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Midnight Bay Hood Canal, WA
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Pacific Totten Inlet, WA
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Shinsei Grays Harbor, WA
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Stretch Island Case Inlet, WA
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Takara Grays Harbor, WA
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Wild Cat South Puget Sound, WA
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Wolf Beach Totten Inlet, WA
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- Oysters on the menu
- The site has a separate oyster list, described as a rotating assortment based on seasonal availability. Each oyster is listed with its bay or inlet, a per-piece price and how it was grown. The site says the oyster bar carries 24 to 26 varieties, so not every name on this list will be on ice on a given day.
- Happy hour
- Monday to Friday, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, in the bar and lounge only: $2 oysters. The site says it runs through Memorial Day (5/31/27).
An oyster bar on Ballard Avenue, open since 2010, that seats guests first come, first served. The menu changes daily; it listed seven oysters when we checked, six from Washington and one from Massachusetts.
7 oysters named
5 with tasting notes
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Indigo Baywater Inc., Hood Head, WA BrinyUmamiCucumber
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SweetBriny
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BrinyUmamiMelon
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Hama Hama Hama Hama Oyster Co., Lilliwaup, WA SweetMelonHerbaceous
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Aunt Dotty Island Creek Oyster Co., Duxbury Bay, MA BrinyNuttySweet
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Moonshine Olympic Oyster Co., Lilliwaup, WA
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Olympic Wild Olympic Oyster Co., Lilliwaup, WA
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- Oysters on the menu
- The menu page links a dated food menu PDF; the one we read was dated 9.30.26. Each oyster is listed with its farm and bay, at market price. The menu is printed in lowercase and we have capitalized the names.
- Happy hour
- Monday to Friday, 4pm to 5pm: 30% off select oysters.
The oyster bars of a family shellfish farm that has grown oysters in Puget Sound since 1890, with three Seattle locations. The menu says the oysters come from the company's own farms.
6 oysters named
4 with tasting notes
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BrinySavorySweet
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BrinyButterySweet
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SweetCucumber
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SweetMelon
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Pacific Beach Grown, Totten Inlet, WA
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Beach Glass Float Bag, Cedar River, WA
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- Oysters on the menu
- Each location page shows its menus as images. This is the Queen Anne "Fresh Oysters" list, which gives a growing method and location for each oyster. The Capitol Hill "Daily Oysters" list named five of the same six, without Beach Glass. The Pioneer Square page did not show a daily oyster list.
- Happy hour
- Monday to Friday, 3pm to 5pm at Queen Anne. The happy hour menu's featured oyster was Shigoku at $1.70 each or $20 a dozen. Hours differ at the other two locations, so check each location page.
- Other locations
- 1521 Melrose Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 (Capitol Hill); 410 Occidental Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 (Pioneer Square)
A waterfront restaurant on the north shore of Lake Union with a dock, a patio and a fire pit, from the same group as The Walrus and the Carpenter. Its dinner menu named five Washington oysters, three of them from Hama Hama Oyster Co.
5 oysters named
5 with tasting notes
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BrinyUmamiCucumber
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Hammersley Hama Hama Oyster Co., Hammersley Inlet, WA SweetMild BrineCucumber
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BrinyUmamiMelon
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Blue Pool Hama Hama Oyster Co., Hood Canal, WA BrinyCucumberVegetal
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SweetMelonHerbaceous
- Oysters on the menu
- The menu page links the dinner menu as a Word document; the one we read was dated 09.23.26. Raw oysters are listed with farm and location, at market price. The menu is printed in lowercase and we have capitalized the names.
A two-story seafood restaurant in Fremont with a second location in Kirkland. The dinner menu is dated and lists its half-shell oysters by name.
4 oysters named
3 with tasting notes
- Oysters on the menu
- The dinner menu is an embedded document; the one we read was dated 09/30/2026. Its "On the Half Shell" section named four oysters with their bays. Two baked oyster dishes on the same menu use Barron Point oysters.
- Happy hour
- Monday to Friday, 4pm to 5:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 2pm to 5:30pm, plus all day Monday in the bar. The happy hour menu lists chef's selection oysters on the half shell at three for $9 or six for $18.
- Other locations
- 89 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, WA
A waterfront seafood restaurant in Ballard with a dining room on the first floor and a more casual café upstairs. The Boathouse posts its oysters under the daily specials.
2 oysters named
2 with tasting notes
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NuttyCrispBriny
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SweetCucumber
- Oysters on the menu
- The Boathouse menu's daily specials list "Oysters on the Half Shell" by the half dozen and named two oysters, each with its bay and a short tasting note.
- Happy hour
- Daily, 5pm to 6pm in the Boathouse and 4pm to 6pm in the upstairs Café. The site's text does not say whether oysters are included.
A seasonal seafood restaurant on Alki Beach in West Seattle, open for dinner Thursday to Monday. Its site says the oyster selection rotates; the sample menu named one.
1 oyster named
1 with tasting notes
- Oysters on the menu
- The site labels this a sample menu that changes daily. The raw bar listed one oyster dish, served dressed by the half dozen or dozen, and named the farm.
An oyster bar in Pike Place Market that opened in 1978 and describes itself as the city's first. The menu also has oyster stew, fried and broiled oysters and an oyster po'boy.
This menu does not name its oysters, so we have not guessed. Ask your server what
is on today, then look each one up in our oyster profiles.
- Oysters on the menu
- "Oysters on the 1/2 Shell" are sold as singles, half dozens and dozens at two prices, regular and "seasonal". No varieties are named.
- Happy hour
- Wednesday to Sunday, 3pm to 5pm, as printed on the menu page: "Shucker's Choice Oysters" at $2.
A neighborhood restaurant on NE 55th Street, founded in 2009 and open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday. Oysters come on the half shell or baked.
This menu does not name its oysters, so we have not guessed. Ask your server what
is on today, then look each one up in our oyster profiles.
- Oysters on the menu
- The menu lists "Half Shell" oysters at $5 with the line "ask your server for daily selections", plus baked oysters. No varieties are named.
- Happy hour
- 5pm to 6pm daily, as the site puts it; it also lists the restaurant as closed on Sunday and Monday. It does not say what the happy hour includes.
A seafood restaurant just north of Pike Place Market, open daily for dinner. Raw oysters are a daily selection, with roasted oysters alongside.
This menu does not name its oysters, so we have not guessed. Ask your server what
is on today, then look each one up in our oyster profiles.
- Oysters on the menu
- "Today's Oysters" are a "Daily Selection" at $5 each. The only oyster named is on a seafood platter, which includes a half dozen Hama Hama oysters.
- Happy hour
- Every day, 3pm to 6pm: shucker's choice oysters on the half shell at $2.
An oyster bar inside the Fairmont Olympic Hotel downtown, which says it has served seafood for nearly 50 years. The menu online does not say which oysters are on.
This menu does not name its oysters, so we have not guessed. Ask your server what
is on today, then look each one up in our oyster profiles.
- Oysters on the menu
- The dinner menu opens with "Local Oysters", served raw, baked three ways or deep fried. No varieties are named.
- Happy hour
- The site posts an "Oyster Hour" menu for Tuesday to Thursday, 4:30pm to 5:30pm, with fresh oysters sold by the piece.
A seafood pub on Fairview Avenue North, open daily with brunch on weekends. Oysters are sold singly, in sets with sparkling wine and on a seafood platter.
This menu does not name its oysters, so we have not guessed. Ask your server what
is on today, then look each one up in our oyster profiles.
- Oysters on the menu
- "Raw Oysters" are $4 each from a "rotating daily selection", and there are sets of oysters with sparkling wine by the half dozen, dozen and two dozen. No varieties are named.
- Happy hour
- The menu page lists Tuesday through Friday, 3pm to 5pm, with chef's choice oysters at $2 each.
How we put this together
We opened each restaurant's own website and its posted menu on the date shown. We read the posted menus of 15 Seattle oyster bars and seafood restaurants and kept 12: the seven that named at least one oyster, plus five oyster-focused spots that did not. Menus came as web pages, dated PDF and Word files, embedded documents and images. Neighborhood labels are the restaurants' own, except for Frank's Oyster House (Ravenna) and The White Swan Public House (South Lake Union), which we read off the street address. Nothing here comes from review sites or other guides.
Oyster names and origins are copied from each menu as printed. A name links to one of our
profiles only when it clearly refers to the same oyster. Flavor tags come from our
profiles, not from the restaurant. Menus were checked on October 1, 2026;
raw-bar lists change daily.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Seattle oyster bars list their oyster varieties online?
Seven of the 12 we checked on October 1, 2026: Elliott's Oyster House (44 varieties), The Walrus and the Carpenter (7 varieties), Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar (6 varieties), Westward (5 varieties), RockCreek Seafood & Spirits (4 varieties), Ray's Boathouse (2 varieties) and Driftwood (1 variety). The other 5 describe their oysters only in general terms, such as a daily selection.
What are the most common oysters on Seattle menus?
Across the 7 menus that name their oysters, the most repeated are Baywater Sweet (3 menus), Cliff Point (3 menus), Hama Hama (3 menus), Indigo (3 menus) and Kumamoto (3 menus). In total we counted 69 menu listings.
Which Seattle oyster bars have an oyster happy hour?
Ten of the restaurants here advertise a happy hour on their own sites: Elliott's Oyster House, The Walrus and the Carpenter, Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar, RockCreek Seafood & Spirits, Ray's Boathouse, Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar, Frank's Oyster House & Champagne Parlor, Half Shell, Shuckers Oyster Bar and The White Swan Public House. The days, times and what is included are in each listing above, as the restaurant states them. Confirm before you go, because happy hours change without notice.
What should I order at a Seattle oyster bar if I'm new to oysters?
Start with names that are easy to find and easy to like. Of the oysters on more than one Seattle menu, our profiles mark Baywater Sweet, Cliff Point, Hama Hama and Kumamoto as beginner friendly. Order two or three varieties, a couple of each, and taste them plain before adding sauce.
What if the menu does not name its oysters?
Ask your server for the name of each oyster and where it was grown. Most raw bars know both, even when the printed menu does not say. As a rough guide, East Coast oysters tend to be brinier and crisper, and West Coast oysters tend to be sweeter and creamier with cucumber or melon notes. Once you have a name, you can look it up in our oyster profiles.
Why is the list at the restaurant different from this page?
Raw bar lists change daily with what the farms ship. This page records what each restaurant's own website showed on October 1, 2026. Treat it as a guide to the kind of oysters a place carries, and check the menu link in each listing for the current selection.
