Gift Horse
Restaurant · Downtown
272 Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903
Highlights
Raw bar featuring local oysters, seafood towers, and cocktails
Raw bar featuring local oysters, seafood towers, and cocktails
"A playful seafood-focused restaurant where creative seafood preparations and approachable plates showcase the chef's inventive takes on coastal ingredients." - Regan Stephens
"A new raw bar led by an award-winning chef that fuses Korean flavors with New England seafood—standout bites include smoked trout dip with puffed nori chips, Rhode Island oysters topped with kimchi mignonette, and chilled little necks in a gochujang broth with rice noodles—often recommended with a glass of riesling. The imaginative, regionally sourced menu earned high culinary honors and positions the spot as a creative, seafood-forward dining destination." - Ellen Carpenter
"If Gift Horse (the newer, buzzy restaurant from the folks at Oberlin) could be summed up in two words, it would be weird and fishy—and we mean this in the best way possible. A boggle-eyed horse stares out from a stained glass montage above the bar, while whale sounds play in the bathroom. At the center of it all is the raw bar, a glittering seafood shrine of ice, shellfish, and crustaceans. The Slack Tide tower is a must-order with dainty littlenecks, gently cooked mussels, smoked fish dip and nori chips, crudo speckled with flaky salt and fennel seeds, and oysters served with kimchi mignonette. There’s also a lot of buzz around their martini, which you can gussy up with a spoonful of caviar if you’re feeling indulgent." - grace kelly
"If Gift Horse (the newer, buzzy restaurant from the folks at Oberlin) could be summed up in two words, it would be weird and fishy—and we mean this in the best way possible. A boggle-eyed horse stares out from a stained glass montage above the bar, while whale sounds play in the bathroom. At the center of it all is the raw bar, a glittering seafood shrine of ice, shellfish, and crustaceans. The Slack Tide tower is a must-order with dainty littlenecks, gently cooked mussels, smoked fish dip and nori chips, crudo speckled with flaky salt and fennel seeds, and oysters served with kimchi mignonette. There’s also a lot of buzz around their martini, which you can gussy up with a spoonful of caviar if you’re feeling indulgent. video credit: Angel Tucker photo credit: Angel Tucker photo credit: Angel Tucker photo credit: Angel Tucker photo credit: Angel Tucker Pause Unmute" - Grace Kelly
"A Providence establishment whose representative Sky Haneul Kim thanked her parents in Korean during remarks, signaling that cultural identity plays a prominent role for the team." - Kayla Stewart
