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Oceanaire Seafood Room (Downtown)

1700 Seventh Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 267-2277
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Categories: Restaurant

Restaurant Details

  • The Oceanaire is all about nostalgia and tasteful excess. The restaurant is HUGE, like an obscenely deluxe 1930s art deco cruise ship, with polished, curved wood, gleaming silver accents, leather booths, dark wood floors. The menu—printed new each day and roughly the size of the U.S. Constitution—holds an astounding array of options. There are nine salads to choose from (BLT salad with buttermilk-bacon dressing, $9.95; Dungeness crab Louis, $27.95), twenty-seven seafood entrées (Neah Bay ling cod á la forestiere, $36.95; sesame-seared Hawaiian mahimahi, $29.95) and six "steakhouse specialties," including an 18-ounce Kobe ribeye steak ($49.95).
  • Features: Bar/Happy Hour, Good for Groups, If Your Parents Are Paying and Romantic
  • Cuisine: Dessert and Seafood
  • Serving Hours: Lunch: Mon-Fri, 11:30 am-5 pm; dinner: Sun-Thurs 5 pm-10 pm, Fri-Sat 5 pm-11 pm.

The Stranger's Reviews of Oceanaire Seafood Room

 
 

Average Rating:
  • 3.57000/5 Stars.
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Buca di Beppo of seafood (that's not a good thing)

hate to say it, but i cannot recommend this place. feels li Buca di Beppo for seafood. meaning .. drab dishes in huge portions. has a very corporate feel. i think that's a big part of its sterile atmosphere and less-than-adventerous menu.
Posted by seattleduo on October 7, 2007 at 10:45 PM · Report
6

I'm not a tourist!

Oysters 1/2 for happy hour. yay!! I felt under dressed in my jeans (didn't do any researching dress code or other info). Must be frequented by tons of tourists since they are a chain. Service started off stellar (they gave us some great ski tips) but then puttered off. When we paid our bill the waiter actually told us to have a safe flight. *We just moved to Seattle!!! Not going anywhere!* They have awesome bathrooms, so a star for that.
Posted by ensaymada on September 26, 2007 at 7:26 PM · Report
5

Wonderful (and surpasses its 'chain' status)

I'm a Northwest native and crazy about seafood, so it's a little embarrassing to say that Oceanaire is my current favorite place to eat shellfish and steak-fish and luscious vegetable sides... the preparations and menu beat Etta's (another favorite) and Anthony's by a long shot. I even take out-of-towners here for salmon. The dining room is huge and sometimes loud, but the food and service are impeccable. The mega dessert portions (banana split enough for 6!) are worth a just-dessert visit.
Posted by another amy on September 12, 2007 at 10:59 AM · Report
4

mall atmosphere great food

It's liked getting served really good seafood in a Resturation Hardware. Pretty fucking pricey as well but...good. Great for visiting parents. FYI This review was written by a non-editorial staff member of The Stranger.
Posted by Tim Keck on September 11, 2007 at 9:40 PM · Report
3

Skip this place and head to McDonalds - the service and the food are better there

I've eaten at Oceanaire twice - the first time the service was so poor that I had to ask the host 3 times to send a server our way AND then I got food poisoning from the oysters. The second time I ate there, the service was very below average and my fish was so over-spiced that it was inedible. The server did offer to replace it but since it took her 25 minutes to check back with us from when the food was served and we were trying to make a movie I took a pass on her offer. While she did comp the fish, I will not be heading back here again.
Posted by Amy on September 10, 2007 at 6:18 PM · Report
2

My favorite Seafood restaurant

This is the godfather of fish restaurants. Even though it's a chain, and we Seattlelites hate chain restaurants, it serves the tastiest and freshest fish around town. Have you tried their drinks? Their version of the Bloody Mary was salty and with a zing of spice that left you aching for more. Great for birthdays and large parties, just be sure to make reservations beforehand!
Posted by la_gringa on August 8, 2007 at 10:58 AM · Report
1

The Way It Should Be

I'll speak to, specifically, Oceanaire's Grand Shellfish Platter. It is monolithic and worthy of praise. With shellfish, the only real trick is fresh, quality shellfish and simple preparation. The clams are raw on the half-shell, as are the oysters. The mussels, shrimp, dungeness and king crabs are boiled in perfectly salted water, then chilled. Prepare to settle in and spend some time with the Platter; it takes some work to take this bad boy down. Pair this with an appropriate number of pilsners, or a nice white and there you are sitting on you tiny little goddamned throne. See? Your getting the royal treatment, shellfish-wise! Order the small for one; the large for 2-3. There is no rival to the Grand Shellfish Platter. Only pretenders. Thusly, prepare to fork over some dough for it. But go ahead, do it. At least once. Do it on, say, your birthday. And take the day off of work. And don't take anyone with you. Concentrate, birthday girl.
Posted by Pizzle on May 17, 2007 at 4:22 PM · Report

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