7 seafood rooms in New Orleans we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in New Orleans | Seafood across every city.
Sitting between the Gulf and Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans is a seafood town, and the oyster bar is its most iconic format. Peche Seafood Grill in the Warehouse District and GW Fins in the French Quarter take the modern, fish-forward approach, while Casamento's uptown and Acme Oyster House and Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar in the French Quarter hold down the classic shucked-on-the-spot tradition.
Peche Seafood Grill ★ 4.6
warehouse-district · 800 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Peche in New Orleans is Ryan Prewitt, Stephen Stryjewski and Donald Link's James Beard winning Gulf seafood room on Magazine and Julia, with a wood-fired.
GW Fins ★ 4.4
french-quarter · 808 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70112
GW Fins in New Orleans is Tenney Flynn's Bienville Street fine-dining seafood room, with a daily-changing menu sourced from the Gulf and the docks.
Casamento's ★ 4.5
uptown · 4330 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Casamento's in New Orleans is the 1919 Sicilian-American oyster room on Magazine Street, with crackle-crusted fried oysters between thick slabs of pan bread.
Acme Oyster House ★ 4.2
french-quarter · 724 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Acme Oyster House in New Orleans is the 1910 Iberville Street oyster bar between Bourbon and Royal, with char-grilled oysters and a shucker counter rebuilt.
Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar ★ 4.1
french-quarter · 739 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Felix's in New Orleans is the Iberville Street oyster bar opposite Acme, founded 1948, with a long shucker counter, oysters Bienville and a quieter room.
GW Fins ★ 4.6
808 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70112
GW Fins in New Orleans is Tenney Flynn's Bienville Street fine-dining seafood room, with a daily menu sourced from the Gulf and the docks of Louisiana.
Acme Oyster House ★ 4.2
724 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Acme Oyster House in New Orleans is the 1910 Iberville Street oyster bar between Bourbon and Royal, with char-grilled oysters and the shucker counter running.