7 seafood rooms in Seattle we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Seattle | Seafood across every city.

With Puget Sound at its doorstep, Seattle treats oysters and shellfish as a birthright, and its seafood rooms reflect that. The Walrus and the Carpenter in Ballard is the celebrated oyster bar of the moment, while Taylor Shellfish runs raw bars in both Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill. Westward in Wallingford offers a waterside table with views across Lake Union.

The Walrus and the Carpenter ★ 4.8

Oyster Bar · $$$

ballard · 4743 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107

The Walrus and the Carpenter in Seattle's Ballard is Renee Erickson's 2010 oyster room, a wood and marble bar, a chalkboard of 14 oysters. Priced at $$$.

Westward ★ 4.5

Seafood · $$$

wallingford · 2501 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103

Westward in Seattle on Lake Union's north shore is the Renee Erickson seafood room with a fire pit, deck chairs and a kitchen that serves the city's best.

Shaker + Spear ★ 4.3

Seafood · $$$

belltown · 2000 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

Shaker + Spear in Seattle's Belltown is the Kimpton Palladian seafood room: a kitchen working off the Pike Place fishmongers and Hood Canal shellfish growers.

Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar Pioneer Square ★ 4.5

Oyster Bar · $$

pioneer-square · 410 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104

Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar in Seattle's Pioneer Square is the on-counter outpost of the 135-year Samish Bay farm: half-shells, geoduck crudo, manila clams.

Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar Melrose ★ 4.4

Oyster Bar · $$

capitol-hill · 1521 Melrose Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar Melrose in Seattle's Capitol Hill is the Capitol Hill outpost inside Melrose Market: a marble bar, Samish Bay oysters.

Shaker + Spear ★ 4.3

Seafood · $$$

belltown · 2000 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

Shaker + Spear in Seattle's Belltown is the Kimpton Palladian seafood room: a kitchen working off the Pike Place fishmongers and Hood Canal growers down.

Westward ★ 4.5

Seafood · $$$

wallingford · 2501 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103

Westward in Seattle on Lake Union's north shore is Renee Erickson's seafood room with a fire pit, deck chairs and the city's best whole fish off the wood.