5 seafood places in Baltimore we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Baltimore | Seafood across every city.
Seafood is Baltimore's birthright, and the city's best rooms make the most of crab, oysters and rockfish from the Chesapeake. Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point is a benchmark for the raw bar and crab, while Faidley's Seafood inside Lexington Market downtown is famous for its lump crab cakes, and Mama's on the Half Shell holds down the tradition in Canton.
Thames Street Oyster House ★ 4.7
fells-point · 1728 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point runs Baltimore's deepest raw bar, with chef Eric Houseknecht's Eastern Shore crab cake and a lobster roll.
Faidley's Seafood ★ 4.7
downtown · 119 North Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Faidley's Seafood at Lexington Market has sold its jumbo lump crab cake since 1886, a stand-up counter where you eat the city's benchmark cake off paper.
Mama's on the Half Shell ★ 4.2
canton · 2901 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
Mama's on the Half Shell on Canton Square is a neighbourhood crab-and-oyster house, working steamed crabs, oysters and a crab cake across two busy floors.
LP Steamers ★ 4.4
locust-point · 1100 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230
LP Steamers in Locust Point is a classic two-storey crab house, steaming blue crabs heavy with Old Bay and serving a rooftop deck above Fort Avenue.
Loch Bar ★ 4.2
harbor-east · 240 International Drive, Baltimore, MD 21202
Loch Bar in Harbor East is a raw bar and seafood room from Atlas Restaurant Group, working a long oyster list, towers and a late-night kitchen.