Bayou Eats · checked by hand, fall 2026

New Orleans oyster bars & boiled seafood

10 places for Gulf oysters, raw or charbroiled with butter and cheese, and boiled crawfish, crabs and shrimp. Each was checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source.

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Raw, charbroiled, boiled

New Orleans eats its Gulf oysters raw at the bar or charbroiled on the half shell, a dish Drago's is credited with. Boiled crawfish runs from late winter into spring, so a boil is seasonal, and seasonal isn't closed.

The list at a glance

Towns with the most: New Orleans (9), Metairie (1).

Our method: a place made the list only if a 2025 or 2026 source backed it up (its own site or menu, a dated local news story or an official tourism listing) and its street address matched. No current source, or a website gone dark, and it stayed off. Review sites played no part, and places run by region and town rather than by anybody's score. Po-boy shops and boudin counters keep short hours and sell out, and crawfish is seasonal, so check before you drive.

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Other guides: Po-boys, Old-line Creole dining rooms, Boudin & cracklins, Beignets & sweets, MICHELIN & James Beard, Checking an inspection. City pages: New Orleans.

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New Orleans

10 places, by town.

  1. Drago's Seafood Restaurant

    3232 N Arnoult Rd, Metairie

    Oyster bar

    Charbroiled oysters.

  2. Acme Oyster House

    724 Iberville St, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Oysters raw or chargrilled, on Iberville Street.

  3. Basin Seafood & Spirits

    3222 Magazine St, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Oysters on Magazine Street.

  4. Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse

    716 Iberville St, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    A Bourbon Street oyster bar.

  5. Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar

    739 Iberville St, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    A French Quarter oyster bar.

  6. Neyow's Creole Cafe

    3332 Bienville St, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Chargrilled oysters in Mid-City.

  7. Porgy's Seafood Market

    236 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Boiled seafood and oysters near City Park.

  8. Seaworthy

    630 Carondelet St, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Raw and charbroiled oysters.

  9. Superior Seafood & Oyster Bar

    4338 St Charles Ave, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Oysters raw, chargrilled, Bienville or Rockefeller on St. Charles Avenue.

  10. The Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar

    7900 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans

    Oyster bar

    Oysters, boiled crawfish and crab claws by the lake.