Lowcountry Oyster Co.

If you have a love for oysters and like knowing where your food comes from, you must take a tour with Lowcountry Oyster Co.! Tours run during the week and you can take a 1.5 or 3.5 hour tour. My hubby & I took the 3.5 hour premiere tour which included top notch round trip transportation from Charleston to the farm using Charleston Black Cab Limousine service. This allowed us to sit back and enjoy the trip without any worries. Our tour started at 9am when we were picked up by our driver Michael, who did a phenomenal job making the 1 hr 15 minute drive to the farm very enjoyable with easy conversation and a comfortable drive in the '22 Lexus ES300 hybrid. We were met by JB at the Lowcountry Oyster Co. whom started by hooking us up with sunscreen & bug repellant as the mosquitoes are fierce there. He was very welcoming and down to earth which really made the whole tour so enjoyable. We are novices at doing this and I only started eating & enjoying oysters last fall but JB didnt hold that against us! Lol. We started with a walk through where the oyster seed is underway and about 6 weeks old (see pics). They will get placed in their cages and put into the oyster beds at 12 weeks if I recall correctly. JB then showed us their custom baskets that the owner Trey made as he was not satisfied with what was out on the market (see pic). JB explained that these traps allow the oysters to have a constant flow of salt water as it has them just under the top of the water versus other traps that put them closer to the bottom and the oysters are dependant on the raising & lowering of the tide. This makes for a much higher salinity in their oysters and oh boy!!! Are they delicious!!! (See pic lol). We then got on the shiff and took a nice ride out to 1 of 5 oyster beds where a staffer was reloading oyster cages and putting them into the beds (see pic). I can say that JB has a wealth of knowledge about the operation but also about working the ocean along the coast as well as in other countries. We enjoyed hearing of his own personal experiences including working with a member of the team on the Andrea Gale that the movie "The Perfect Storm" was based on and his experience working a pearl oyster farm in Australia. Time on the water was approximately an hour. When we came back to shore, we were introduced to owner Trey whom we chatted with before going to see where they are in the process of making their own oyster nursery so they can raise their own seed. The tour concluded with us shucking and eating their freshly harvested lowcountry cups at a picnic table overlooking the water. Our first time shucking and it was a lot of fun! God, the oysters were incredible!!!! I am thrilled they shipped the oysters overnight to you which I am looking forward to doing! This tour is a must-do when in the area! I am thrilled to have had this unique opportunity and hope you will give it a try!!!

Awesome experience. We were here with a motor coach group. They were great to work with. We had a boat ride out to their oyster farm then we had a planned shrimp boil. All was 5star

My parents have ordered a case of oysters for my dad's birthday for the last 3 years. They always arrive fresh and are delicious served Rockefellered or eaten fresh.

Received my first order of 100 cups. Perfection ! My friends and family have enjoyed oysters for years. We go through all different types. These oysters raw were salty firm and clean! We roasted about 50 of them and added some amazing toppings and they beat the best we have ever had. It was a fight to roast or eat them raw. Clean! Tasty! Y’all come get some. Worth every penny. We will be doing clusters and cups on the next run. Packing for the delivery was perfect. Kept them for a day on our outside fridge. We have a few dozen left and will eat them Up on Christmas Eve. Thank you!

I can't speak to their product as I dont eat oysters but speaking with them on the phone - they were very polite and helpful- seemed like very nice people!

We bought a few bushels and were so happy with how clean and tasty the oysters were. We live near the area and decided to go in for a tour. We couldn’t be happier with our experience and a special shoutout to Tatiana who made our experience buying that much easier.

We took a tour that was booked through our hotel, it's been one of the highlights of our trip here in Charleston. JB was great, he's very knowledgeable and very fun to talk to, probably one of the best tour guides we've ever had! The weather was a little cold, but it was well worth it, and the fresh oysters at the end were, without a doubt, the best I've ever had! Thank you for the great experience JB!

10/10!! Delicious oysters and great customer service! I got some oysters the other week and I haven't stopped thinking about them. Highly recommend anyone in the area to give these a go.