Fresh oysters by the dozen. Hot chowder. Ciders and beer. Very enjoyable.

They sell shellfish. Just shellfish. No salad, no cheese, no desserts. Just shellfish, farmed an hour north of here. The oysters we ordered were amazingly tasty and incredibly fresh. The food here is so damn fresh that the folks behind us had their prawns shucked at the table ... live ... wriggling and squirming. Which was perhaps a little more than I could deal with, but point is, the food is fresh as hell. At least with oysters, there isn't a lot of wriggling and squirming. read more

If I were a man, this could be my man cave. I could kick it with the other cool guys that work here, eat some fresh seafood, enjoy a cold beer, watch some football, and listen to good music. But since I'm not a man, I'll just enjoy a nice dozen of the freshest Shigoku oysters you can find ($20). At less than $2 each, these are almost happy hour prices all day long. The last star came off because of the geoduck chowder ($6.50/bowl). We came close to closing and didn't realize the bowl of chowder we were getting was literally scraping the bottom of the barrel with very little seafood. So come for the oysters, not the chowders. read more

Really cool to see all the oyster species in the tank and get to see them before you order. A bit price but worth checking out. I had their oysters another time at a different restaurant. Their champagne mignonette was great with the oysters. read more

If you are eating in the few tables turn over fairly quickly- it's hard to nurse a beer and oysters for too long. Pretty efficient service and prep, the oysters were the stars! read more

Great place! Fresh, in-season, oysters (stored in open water tanks, not just on ice) at reasonable prices and the geoduck sashimi is a must. Paired with a nice Elysian IPA, you can't go wrong. The location is great (next to Fremont Market) and the ambiance is very relaxed. Their daily selection of soups is also quite good. Taylor SF is a nice change of pace if you want an alternative to Pike Place or the standard seafood restaurant. read more

Best oysters I've had! The Totten Inlet and Kumamoto's are life changing. Two thumbs up for the Mirugai sashimi as well! I wish I lived closer I would come back and eat here all the time. read more

Great place for fresh Oysters. I recommend coming here if you plan on just having oysters. Don't have to deal with the a big restaurant and still get great quality. The geoduck Sashimi is good too. read more

Oysters are the best here. Very clean place, friendly atmosphere, and just plain good oysters. I have been here many times and now can't walk by without stopping in to have some. I always just let the Guy choose for me the oysters and eat away. You can't go wrong if you love oysters! read more

Great convenient place to try a variety of Oysters. 1 star off for the price. You can do better at Eliott's oyster bay happy hour (50 cents per oyster vs $2 per oyster here). read more

This place is awesome. Friendly staff and great prices! If you've never had geoduck try it here! We had a couple beers, geoduck sashimi, and dozen oysters (1/2 dozen Olympia and 1/2 dozen Shigoku) I would go out of my way to come back again! read more

Can't beat Taylor Shellfish for a great oyster experience! The oyster selection in large, and the service impressive. Our waitress explained each oyster to us like bottles of wine; describing the nuanced flavors and textures, and assessing our own preferences to make tailored recommendations. When service was too slow behind the oyster bar, our waitress put on a pair of gloves and shucked our oysters table side! As to be expected, the oysters are pricey; my one complaint is that their happy hour (2:00 - 4:00) is during business hours! read more

What better way to kick off a long weekend in Seattle than delicious oysters for a late lunch? A definite must for happy hour. It's not $1 oysters like they have here in Chicago, but do you really trust dollar oysters in Chicago?! I live in seafood purgatory, so I'll happily pay a premium for the good stuff. There's a lot of different choices, but I would recommend sticking with the Kumamoto (my old fave) and Shigoku (my new fave). It does take them a little long to shuck the oysters, so be prepared if you're starving. We just chatted with our server about the particulars of the brine tank where they keep all the live bivalves. read more

We had a group of 8 hungry ladies and our appetite was met with great pleasure. We were also seated immediately. We had fresh oysters, dungeoness crab, geo duck and it was all delicious. We also had beer and wine. Our server was the icing on the cake...crab? Ha-ha. I wish I remembered his name, but he wore a bandana that day. Shout out to him for bringing our meal to another level. read more

The food is great but service was so bad. We came in and nobody came to give us water or menu or utensils. Then when we wanted to leave we have to wave them down before we could get the check. read more

Crazy fresh oysters & geoduck! Puget Pacifics are the best oysters - great sweet cucumber finish.

I really love this place, this is the best location IMO. It is small and can get crowded but it is worth it! They have tanks throughout the store of fresh oysters, crab and geoduck. You pick em and they will shuck em. Fast and friendly service with really fresh seafood, who could ask for more?! read more

This is a must go when in Seattle! I talked to some locals in Olympic park that pointed me here and they did not lie. It is a small cozy place that gives a great feel. The food DID NOT disappoint! All the varieties of Oysters and Geoduck(local to the Puget Sound) are alive & kicking (if thats what oysters do) and on display! You can order them to go(fyi the Weston Downtown Seattle doesn't condone ruining towels and silverware shucking you own oysters in the room)or you can relax take a load off and be amazed by a self serve soupbar and educated employees to guide you to a to a perfect combo of seafood soup, whole dungeness crab and a few dozen of the best tasting oyster from the area. This place is what Seattles' local food is about! Thanks for making the dining memorable, informative and AWESOME! read more

It's not what's for dinner. It's what you stop at before exploring the rest of Capital Hill for dinner. The oysters are fresher than the bottom of the bay. And the server could identify what I'd eaten by looking at the back of the shell. She wasn't impressed but I was. So there. Go there. Eat a bunch and have a beer. Then go have dinner. read more

This place is a gem. Came here with a friend this afternoon (Monday) while visiting Seattle. We got in during happy hour and polished off four dozen oysters between the two of us. Their dungeness crab is also very good (cracked for you!) Prices are very reasonable for what you're getting. Yes service can be a bit slow. But if you have good company and plenty of time to kill it's worth the wait. read more

Chowder is like milky water. Service lacking. Shellfish and heavy metal blasting over the speakers? Not my idea of an over priced meal. Not memorable. I'll pass next time. read more

Seriously amazing oysters, knowledgeable and friendly, lovely location, and sweet prices. I don't even mind not sipping a dirty martini while slurping my oysters...this place is all*about*the*shellfish. Yum. read more

Anything less than 5 stars and you must hate oysters. So fresh and so clean. They have a farm right in the store. I have never seen this before today. Going back everyday until we leave. Forget all the other oyster places. They made me love geoduck. Some ponzu would have made the geoduck next level eating. They have happy hour from 2 to 4pm. $4 off every dozen. These people made me love west coast oyster again. They are also the fastest shuckers ever. They shucked 2 dozen oysters in 5 mins. That's insane. Stop in and suck down a dozen. read more

small place, came here after work. you order first and find a place to sit. it gets pretty crowded so sometimes you have to stand awkwardly and wait till a space opens. its a little pricey, they have about 4-5 selections of oysters or so. theyre laid out for you to see when you walk in. it's a neat display! freshly shucked for you at the time of your order. the people who work here are really skilled! i had sand in one of mine. boo. inhaled my own dozen of oysters so quick i almost wanted to throw it up and eat it again. just kidding. ew. we also ordered a crab, it came cold. no butter, just lemons. ): the clam chowder is sooooooo gooood. they had two kinds of soups. i recommend both. will come here again when im in the area! read more

Went here for lunch once. I ordered 6 oysters and a beer. I got the beer but the seemed to have forgotten my oysters. Upon mentioning it, the felt bad and gave me 3 more oysters. They were all fantastic -- some of the best I've ever had -- and very reasonably priced. Despite the hiccup, I would definitely recommend this place. read more

Have you ever watched that Mr. Bean episode where he eats a dozen oysters and then gets violently sick? Well, I watched that episode as a kid and have been terrified to try one ever since. Well, I decided to take the plung and try my first Oyster. I'm glad that my first Oyster tasting was at Taylor Shellfish Farms. Taylor Shellfish pulls these Oysters straight out of the tank (or whatever you call it) so it was very fresh.The staff was very knowledgable and friendly. Definitely try to get there earlier in the day because when I came in at 4pm, they were very low on the geoduck chowder and ran out of the scallops. read more

This place was amazing. My GF is a huge oyster fan and we wandered in on her recent birthday trip to Seattle. 16 PNW oysters later, we added a half a crab to her meal and I saw a grin as wide Puget Sound. I had a couple of man sodas and she sipped a sparkling rose. What a great day. read more

The atmosphere is awesome, very chill and intimate. The food was fantastic. We had the calamari salad, whole crab, prawns and a couple different types of oysters. I am not an expert on oysters but they were pretty good compared to others I have had. The crab was excellent but the calamari salad stole the show. I will be back with out of town guests. read more

One word: Fresh. We have been doing a road trip up the West coast sampling all the oysters and this place ranks up there with Hog Island oyster farm. All oysters very sweet, fresh, didn't have the creaminess or metallic taste of others. The Virginicas were smashing, we ordered another half a dozen of those after trying the sampler. Geoduck sashimi was delightful and definitely worth a try but portion was pretty tiny, they could have done better there. Great to walk around the area as well highly recommended! read more

Very very salty. Chef put too much salt on every dishes. The oysters I tasted is not fresh.

Awesome oysters in an incredibly casual, low-key atmosphere. The staff is really friendly and you sit at bar tables right next to the tanks of fresh oysters and shellfish whie watching them shuck your selection. The menu is simple - chowder and shellfish with a small beer and wine selection. The oysters are truly fabulous. It makes the higher end oyster bars look pretentious and silly while totally outdoing them on freshness/quality. read more

Amazing. Geoduck was ten times better then the "live" geoduck we ate later at umis. Everything was beyond fresh and staff was more than willing to teach. read more

This was stop #2 for us on our Seattle trip. Set in the foodies dream of places Melrose Market. It wasn't "self discovery", not in the least, we were referred here by a great friend of ours. His advice was if we wanted to get serious about oysters, to skip all the other places and eat here. I am glad we listened. Taylor's is my kind of place. Small, no frills, not luxurious, just a wide variety of oysters (7 different types to be exact), fresh crab and geoduck clams! Order in, or you can literally pick your own oysters, mussels and or clams and take them home with you. We chose to order in and went with two dozen oysters, a mix of every type. They were all tasty. The geoduck sashimi is a must have as well. I've yet to dig for Geoducks myself, as we typically dig for horse neck clams on the California coast. Geoducks have a similar taste, sweet with a snappy slight crunch when consumed raw. I particularly enjoyed the sashimi with a little wasabi and soy sauce. Last but not least, must try the oyster stew. I was thinking it would be more like a clam chowder with oysters, but this stew really is it's own. Great flavor and when paired with the fresh herb/salty bread, it's a win win. Taylor's, you did not disappoint, bravo. read more

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I visited this place following my friend's recommendation and the whole experience is awesome. The geoduck and oysters are pretty tasty and staff is very friendly and helpful. A must visit place for oyster lovers. read more

The choices of oysters are great here! Staff are really knowledageable and the freshest of fresh shellfish! I had two of each oyster and a nice IPA along with some geoduck sashimi which is great! Seating area is a bit tight and soup serving is a self serve. I like to sit at the window and people watch and eat the scrumptious things! It's nice to feed my inner cravings for delicious oysters all over the place! Definetly reccomend. read more

My favorite place to eat whenever I visit Seattle. Freshest oyster and of course, you can get a delicious geoduck here.

Bad service. Firstly, we are visiting from LA and are not used to the 18-20% included gratuity fees, which is okay if the service is fair. To start off, Taylor Farms doesn't have their own bathroom in the restaurant, they share with Melrose Market next door. When we were seated I asked our server, Jessica, who directed me to the restroom there. When I got there I noticed that the bathroom actually required a pin code to get in. Not knowing what it was I walked back to the restaurant still needing to use the restroom. Jessica was nowhere to be found for 10 mins even though the restaurant only had 2 other parties. Luckily after looking through the menu I found the bathroom code. We first noticed Jessica's rude behavior when she was speaking with the table next to us who were tourists and didn't speak English well. We watched her take their order, roll her eyes, and go back to the food countertop in the back and laugh about them with her coworkers. Super high school. We got a weird negative vibe after that. While she was taking our order, my fiancé asked her about her thoughts on the geoduck sashimi. She replied under her breath with a very blatant, "it's good" as if she wanted us to hurry up and order. We were only halfway through our dinner and drinks and she had dropped off our check to our table with no regard. Be prepared to pay $1 for cocktail sauce when you order oysters btw, thought that was pretty weird If I didn't have to pay the 18.9% gratuity already, I'd give her 0%. Food was alright but because of the experience we won't be back read more

Great oysters. Have a good selection to pick from. IPAs in bottles is always a plus. Very reasonable prices. Dine in, or take some home to prepare later. The geoduck sashimi was definitely the highlight of the meal though. On a side note, the background music is ON POINT. read more

Best oyster place I've ever been to. Extremely fresh with a great variety. It's a bit on the pricey side, but worth it

Awesome little place, looks small and like a fish store, but don't let that stop you. Had the Dungeness crab, came fully cracked with awesome algae and sauce. Good beer to accompany the crab. One of the best crabs I've had. read more