Oyster

Fresh and delicious, great and fast personal service, and lovely outdoor area to people watch as you sit and enjoy a reasonable priced Cremant or other beverage. What is not to like? Out goto place. Suggestions: Little gem is bright and airy, while fried calamari is sublime and devine. Top with a crab wedege. Perfect for two people. Enjoy!!

This is a true gem in the Barlow. Oyster has a wonderful atmosphere - great for a family dinner or a get together with friends. The food is fantastic - strongly recommend the duck fat fries, the burger, the wedge salad, the calamari and the octopus. Raw oysters did not disappoint either. We will definitely be back!

Excellent service. Very unique menu with lots of great choices. French-centric wine list (which we loved). Fresh, fresh, fresh oysters, spicy calamari and the duck fat fries (exceptional). Lovely outdoor patio overlooking "The Barlow." Looking forward to coming back soon!

Just had dinner there, and it was really good. Had the mussels and scallops which were both good. Great selection of French wines. They only started serving in the dining room tonight, and I could tell they need a little more time to settle in. I won't hold that against them since the food was really good. Looking forward to a warm evening to go back and try the food again.

Another perfect meal. This place is the gem of Sebastopol.the Miyagi oysters were wonderful!

Friend and I had the oysters here on March 9th - they were meh but we ate them - we both came down with food poisoining the next day. Aside from that the waitress seemed annoyed we were there and like she would never touch the food herself. She steered us somewhere else for dessert. Wish she would have done the same for the oysters.

The oysters are incredible! As was the octopus and the muscles. I’m really happy with my experience and would recommend this as a stop for any seafood lover.

Love this place! Scrumptious fresh oysters. Best fried calamari I've ever had. Great selection of mostly French wines.

This charming little spot, located in the Barlow, caught our attention on a whim. As we admired the place, we were delighted to learn about their new happy hour special: a dozen oysters and duck fat fries with garlic aioli for $35. Say less, sign us up. Happy hour is M-F from 2-5 p.m. They have outdoor seating on the patio, where we chose to people-watch and enjoy our meal and drinks. We ordered the Country Line Rose ($15) and a Henhouse Lager ($9). We had the opportunity to mix and match the different oysters they offered, including four of each variety: Beausoleil, Marine Miyagi, and Shigoku. They came with a perfectly acidic champagne mignonette. Our server, Autumn, provided fantastic service and even went above and beyond to educate us on the various oysters we ate and their differences. The duck fat fries with garlic aioli were a generous portion, perfectly seasoned, crisp, and very flavorful. This happy hour treat brought us so much joy that we had to try a couple of other items. We also ordered the Shigoku Oyster with Uni & Ikura ($24 for 2 oysters) and the Bluefin Tuna Carpaccio ($26). The Shigoku with Uni & Ikura was a delightful experience, showcasing a perfect balance of briny and sweet. The Tuna Carpaccio with crispy capers, yuzu aioli, and chives was the real highlight for me. We were fighting for the last bite. I can't wait to explore more of Oyster's menu beyond its exceptional Raw Bar offerings. We're already planning our next visit.

Tried a few of the oysters they had that day and I would easily say they were all delicious and fresh! I wish I could remember the names, but I can't. The oysters with Uni and other toppings were amazing. The Uni was delicious! And would definitely get it again. The tuna carpaccio was also a top dish for us. Very fresh and the fried capers on top were so good. When we first got there it was a little awkward as no one greeted us or directed us in the right direction. So we just waited till we were acknowledged it wasn't long, but there was definitely staff around that could have made that experience better. It's a pretty small place but they do offer outside seating, with heaters if needed. Overall the quality and freshness of the food did outweigh the lack in customer service, and it is definitely a place where you spend a pretty penny pretty quick!

The food was great. Good oysters, tasty mignonette, fries were yummy, good aioli. The disappointing piece was that I was 1 of 2 tables around 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon and though the chef/server was very pleasant when he took my order and brought out the food quickly, he didn't return with water or check in the entire time I sat there. I recognize I ordered 1 item of $35 total and no drinks but...I just feel like there's no good excuse for not checking in until I was totally finished with the food (and I'm not a super fast eater!). It was a 95 degree day and I was seated outside, I was very close to walking back inside to ask for more water which feels pretty womp womp. I was a little bummed at that but the oysters and fries were both very good.

We've been wanting to come here since they opened and only just had the opportunity to do so. We stopped in on Friday, quite a bit before the dinner rush (around 4pm?) and it was great. The restaurant was pretty empty and it was really quiet, so we were able to interact with the staff quite a bit. It got pretty busy around 5:30/6pm. We shared a dozen miyagis on the half-shell ($35), some calamari ($18), and the duck fat fries ($12). The oysters were super fresh and actually a pretty decent price (a lot of places are charging upwards of $4-5/ea for raw these days). The mignonette was perfectly balanced between acidity and sweetness and had a nice black pepper finish. I only wish there were more shallots as that's the actual condiment IMO (vs. the vinegar). The calamari was amazing - the batter is just a very light dusting, so rather than eating a bunch of fried breading, you can really enjoy the freshness of the calamari. I think it may be one of the best fried calamari dishes I've had in recent memory. The duck fat fries were also really delicious - as others have pointed out, they are super crisp on the outside, creamy on the inside, and not super greasy. The aioli was super delicious as well. There are so many things on the menu that we didn't get to try, but we look forward to our next trip out! Although it was slow when we sat down, all of the staff were super attentive and friendly, and always kept water and wine glasses topped up. I do have to specifically call out the wine list, which is among the most thoughtfully curated and reasonably priced I've seen recently. There's a big selection of champagne and other sparkling wines ranging from as low as $40-50/btl to upwards of $1,000 (vintage Salon) so you can find something very reasonably priced or go to town if you're celebrating. In addition, they have an awesome selection of white wines that pair perfectly with seafood, including Sancerre, Chablis, etc. If reds are more your thing, they also had some red wines too. Just all around a really awesome wine list. In terms of markup, the few bottles I looked at were around 80-120% markup over retail, which is quite reasonable. If you're looking for something ultra special, the vintage Salon mentioned above is a paltry 2-3% over retail ($975). We can't wait to go back!

Drove here looking for this restaurant and it's CLOSED-out of business! Do not make the drive!!

They are closed!!!! Bummer because they were a great place for fresh oysters and seafood

As a local, I would say the Barlow is 50% tourist traps; 50% positive additions to our dining scene. Oyster, is one of our go to, date night places. What's good here? Carefully curated delicious bottles of Champagne (you probably never heard of) for less than $100. If you have a grown up palette, you will enjoy the raw bar items, grilled octopus & deep fried offerings etc., I don't know if people are expecting chain like bovine sized portions, but my wife & I enjoy a bottle of champagne & get our fill of seafood & vegetables for not more than $200 while people watching on the patio, the service is attentive & knowledgeable... not sure what more you need for a perfect evening.

The oysters were very fresh, we had both raw and baked. The duck fat fries are one of the best I've had. The burger was tasty, not a huge patty but good.

Love this place. Super fresh oysters, tasty ceviche. Wonderful snapper. They open at 2:00 for late lunch or healthy eat early dinner. Excellent service and nice patio in the Barlow. I'm sure the evenings are fun. We just like to eat early. Highly recommend! Cheers to the chef!

Yummy. Absolutely perfect octopus. Not chewy, not soft. Yummy potatoes too. Cremant by the glass was lovely. Oysters were divine. We want to come back for the captain's platter, but I'm not sure I could miss out on the octopus. I'm back in Spain without the Tempranillo.

Had a great time at Oyster. My bride and I sat at the marble-topped bar, ordered a couple of Sancerre (Sauvignon grape from France). Then I had 2 oysters on the half shell, there was also half dozen and dozen. Then asked for an order of Duck Fat Fries. OMG good! My bride didn't think she'd like 'em but we were fighting over them. Crisp but NOT greasy. Maybe they were air-fried? Then I got the Spanish octopus, grilled and lovely with fingerling potatoes. Then asked for an order of Crispy oysters. I was thinking of deep=fried oysters in a heavy batter. Nope! They were like the Fries, a little crispy on the outside and very "oyster-y" on the inside with more Duck Fat Fries! The same magic frying method as the Duck Fat Fries. Then another glass of the wine that we shared. Never had any meal like it before. Just wonderful. The dessert wasn't what I was expecting as the chocolate pudding had a covering of caramel. Not to my taste. Can't wait to go back and order more of the menu. Big fun and GRRRRate food! Ahhhhhh

Another visit to this fabulous spot. We got the 1/2 dozen raw oysters again... Delicious again! We ordered the shrimp ceviche with fresh fried wonton chips. The chips were light and airy. Perfect pairing. And the juices in the ceviche was like no other. Really enjoyed. And we ordered the fat duck fries with a garlic dipping sauce. Wow you get a lot of fries...

Cozy little seafood restaurant in The Barlow. Comfortable space. Casual, friendly service. Only two types of oysters available when we visited but they were both delicious. Oddly, the spoon provided for the mignonette sauce was extremely large, like a large serving spoon, which was cute (?) but not helpful when trying to ladle the sauce out of its small shallow dish. We also ordered carpaccio and octopus. Everything was delicious. Wine list focused on oyster friendly wines, which I appreciated, including a strong selection of Champagne.

The fried snapper with the chili oil and herb emulsion was perfect paired with the recommended champagne

Always looking to try new restaurants and were really in the mood for a Po Boy sandwich. When we saw the stock photo on this account, we knew this was the place. Much to our disappointment, our sandwich was nothing like the photo. It had two very small pieces of oyster on the inside and was gone after two bites. Definitely not enough for one person. Ended up having to order another sandwich, and chose the fish. Same size sandwich, tiny. Won't be returning sadly.

Beware!!! Portion size very small. Wife and I saw pics of Oyster Po Boy. Went for dinner and ordered that plus the fish sandwich. Oysters were tiny and maybe 4-5 little ones on sandwich, not at all like "stock" photo trickery. On the fish sandwich the fillet only covered a small portion of the bun. Portions very sad, but place was nice, gal who greeted and served us was very nice as well. Maybe they can fix this or maybe other items are good/better/larger portioned?

Excellent! Google recommended this wonderful restaurant. I had a dozen oysters of the day and the special of the day, I think a Beaulieu Oyster with Uni and Tobiko cavier. This was amazing and I ordered seconds. My husband ordered the seared scallops. Delicious! To top it off we sipped on a carafe of the blood red orange mimosa's. We highly recommend you stop by and enjoy and afternoon at Oysters. The wait staff were absolutely charming.

Such Great Food, great service! I highly recommend Oyster. Can't wait to come back!!!

We had such a lovely time here. Popped in for some oysters and ended up ordering additional apps and a bottle of bubbles. The oysters were fresh, the black garlic butter bread was so savory, and the duck fat fries were delightful. All paired amazingly with the bubbles recommended by our sweet service. Overall, an incredible experience and I look forward to future visits.

I had the wedge with crab and it was super good. The dressing was on the bottom, then there were layers of taste and texture. The bacon was hot, the lettuce crisply cold, the tomatoes bursting, and the crab finely dropped over the entire salad. One of the best salads I've ever had. I would eat here again!

Made dinner reservations for this place with high hopes of finding a great place to have seafood. I ordered pan seared scallops and my wife ordered the fish and chips and also an order of oysters as an appetizer. The oysters were extremely small and received only two. I understand oysters are pricey but for seven bucks they left me feeling disappointed. My dinner was decent but not at all worth the price I paid. My wife was disappointed in the fish and the cole slaw was overly saturated with the sauce they use making it soggy and overpowering. The fries were good though. As far as the ambience we took a seat in an area that felt separate from the rest of the restaurant and our waiter lacked any personality and seemed bothered having to wait on us. I have no plans on ever going back to this place.

Oyster literally has the best oysters I've ever had in my life, and I've had a lot. They were just amazing and we had two go for a 2nd dozen.. The other dishes were fantastic- snapper with a sticky rice and roasted carrots.

Great ambiance, excellent service delicious oysters, prices are reasonable. Cool spot to chill and enjoy in the barlow!

First visit - two of us shared a Captain's Platter to sample several items. Oyster is a small place in the Sebastopol Barlow with the kitchen in the center so you can watch the chef prepare your meal. The Platter was $62, but was plenty for the two of us & we were celebrating so it was worth it considering everything was top notch delicious. The duck fat fries that came with our meal were wonderful and we had enough left over for another meal. My next visit may include an Oyster Po Boy or seafood salad or....

Just amazing! We had both the Miyagi and the Beausoleil oysters which were chilled and shucked perfectly - deliciousness! The cook on the Octopus and the Tai Snapper was textbook and the Tuna Carpaccio was soft and flavorful. A hidden gem - one of the best meals of 2023... and dare I say one of the best Seafood Restaurants that we have been to in a while. Hats off to the Chef - and would love it if he could bring this restaurant to the East Bay!

This is a great raw bar with excellent food. Oysters were fantastic and seared scallops were amazing. Great place for date night.

Small but mighty menu. Great wine list. Attentive staff. Been twice and will be back again.

Highly recommended! We were delighted to read that Chef Jake Rand opened a new restaurant across the street from Sushi Kosho. His inventive seafood dishes were fabulously delicious. We started with the baked oysters which had a robust flavor and tasted like we were in France. Snapper was one of the best prepared fish we've ever had. Mussels and fries were also super yummy. We had a bottle of the Montagnieu Brut and it did not disappoint. Great spot for wine lovers and seafood lovers alike!

Delicious oysters , few different varietals. Fresh and tasty!! Service was sweet. Bubbly choices a plenty. Nice wine list all around. Will definitely go back when in the area.

We ordered the Spanish octopus, oyster, and little gem salad. The octopus was cooked to the right texture. Not a fan of the aioli sauce. It overwhelms the flavor. Oyster is fresh, but pricy. The salad is ok. Overall, their ingredients are fresh, but price is too high.

The food was okay but the server had no personality at all. It was like he hated his job.

Firstly let me say as a restaurant owner and operator myself I am always sympathetic to certain bad experiences at restaurants and understand that an employee can have a bad day or an ingredient for a dish was just off and would NOT normally review a place negatively for that reason even though I may not have enjoyed the experience. "Oyster", on the other hand was just so way over the top negative I feel I need to share our experience, and it wasn't even an employee that created the disaster, it was the owner himself. My girlfriend and I were in Santa Rosa for a few days from the East Coast and looking forward to sampling great food from the area. We picked "Oyster" to try as we had seen one of the dishes from its menu on the front page of the Best New Restaurants edition of the Sonoma Magazine May/June edition. The Mussels Meuniere was the dish on the cover. It was a Monday evening and I called to make a reservation for 7.30 but was told that we would not need one. We arrived at 7.35 and were told that kitchen closes at 8. Note there is no bar here and atmosphere is very basic with a hint of French brassiere chairs thrown in, this is a warehouse building conversion with garage doors, cold and bare. We ordered the Mussels to start and were asked to place our entrée order at the same time. Got a glass of wine and waited for the appetizer to come out but before we got the mussels, we were told that both dishes would be coming out together. We already felt like we were being rushed and that they just wanted us to get out so decided to cancel the entrée and just wait for the mussels and then leave. When we got the mussels, ($29 by the way), they had hardly any sauce to soak up and half the bowl was filled with French fries, I guess to justify it as a possible entrée dish price. Then all sudden this guy who did not introduce himself starts pushing another table next to our small table that we were eating on and when asked what he was doing he says "making room for our Snapper" that we had cancelled. He has an attitude and when we explained that we did not want it and were feeling every rushed and uncomfortable he just started to argue with us to the point we were ready to get out of the place. At this point I didn't even feel like finishing the bland mussels and asked for him to leave and bring the check that we were done. I didn't care if we had to pay for the snapper as well as we just felt so uncomfortable and like we were being attacked verbally by this guy, we just wanted out. We felt sorry for the server and left a generous tip. We hope that she finds another place to work soon. I have never been made to feel so uncomfortable in a restaurant whether by an ambiance or staff behavior let alone by an owner. We went next door to a Crooked Gat Brewery and started to talk about our experience at Oyster and the bar tender smiled and said she wasn't surprised and had heard of this on numerous occasions and that they never recommended Oyster, or the other establishment owned by the same owner. Dishes are way overpriced for what you get, and service was uniquely negative to say the least. Don't waste your time visiting Oyster unless you like to be ripped off and treated badly. Choose Crooked Goat Brewery next door, they will take care of you better there.

Terrific oysters and delicious sous vide short ribs with duck fat frites. Excellent service. We will definitely go back. Yum.

They opened three weeks ago, and the food was great. We had a shared plater with oysters, calamari, scallops and duck fries. Super good super fresh. We didn't even need to get our own plate. Me and my boyfriend got filled up with that plate. The wine was Devine