Reviews for Liv's Oyster Bar & Restaurant in Old Saybrook, CT
Clearly a local favorite. High quality food with a sometimes unusual mix of flavors, for example I wasn't a fan of the bacon in... the chowder. Read more
Great staff. Delicious oysters. You can sit right at the bar and watch them prepare your oysters. Fantastic chocolate martini.
An excellent restaurant! All 4 of us loved our meals, and we each order different things. My tuna was rare as requested and high... quality tuna. Others ordered the steak, the scallops and the fried rice. We loved the beignets. Read more
Very dissatisfied. The reviews give too much credit. The food was good, at best above average but expensive. Our waitress was... very accommodating and polite but was unable to fully make up for the attitude of the the hostesses. We were seated out frontand had some minor issues with drinks (dirty glasses, piece of food in a drink). Our waitress was great at quickly resolvingthese issues no problem however while she was busy one of us went in to hand the cup with food in it to the hostesses and as shewalked out they proceeded to point and murmur between themselves and did this again later on in the dinner while we were eating.Overall it was am average experience with an above average price tag. The saving grace of it all was our very kind and patientwaitress who helped us with these issues. Thank you to her. Read more
It was a wonderful experience!,it was my first time there, Jake was our waiter, he was pleasant & knowledgeable . The plating, ... of the food was very appealing to the eye, and to the pallette. Read more
Our waiter (Jake) was as perfect as the food. His recommendations were spot on and the food was visually stunning and tasted as... good as it looks. We had a cup of clam chowder and Fava bean falafel for appetizers then steamed mussels with a perfect djonmustard sauce and the shrimp and cod curry for dinner then a caramel creme Brule to split for dessert everything was wonderfulcan't wait to go back. I should mention the tasteful and spotlessly clean interior. We got there at 4:30 pm (we had not eatenall day..but that's another story) by the time we left there was not a seat avaliable...and it was a Thursday. So make areservation if you are not going to be an early bird. Read more
We made it in right at opening for happy hour. AMAZING. The food, the service, the atmosphere, all top notch. I would suggest... reservations if you go around dinner time, because by the time we left they place was really filling up. Highly recommend. Read more
Best food experience I have had in a while. The duck! OMG, the duck. The happy hour specials are a great draw. The Oysters were... wonderful. Did I mention the duck? Our waiter, Jake, really added to the experience as well. He gets his own 5 stars. They evenwent out of their way to accommodate the vegetarian in our group. The atmosphere was delightful. Well worth the price for afancier night out. Order the duck:-) Read more