We stayed at the Hyatt at Olive 8 and we got a daily $15 to spend at Tidal + not to mention the fact that they have $2 oysters during their Happy Hour.
One thing that is confusing is that on all of the advertisements within the hotel it said Happy Hour is 3-5pm but according to them it was 4-5:30.
My husband and I went on Monday evening shortly after 4pm. We were set next to the window behind the bar. It was a chill and even slightly romantic environment with a darkened room and a candle on the table.
We ordered 12 raw oysters (Kusshi), an order of the seafood chowder, and the sourdough potato loaf plate. The oysters were served with a mignonette with apple chunks which added a nice refreshing and "Washington" touch to the oysters. They were shucked and very clean, although we almost missed a little of the sea salt water taste that we often get.
The bread plate came with a giant sourdough loaf sliced into 4 large slices on a wooden serving platter. Next to it was a large scoop of a chive butter and a decent hunk of honeycomb, as well as some smoke sea salt chunks. The sea salt was definitely salty! The honeycomb was overwhelmingly sweet but then grew on us. We actually ended up enjoying mixing the honeycomb/honey with the chive butter.
The seafood chowder was very hot but felt good compared to the cold weather outside. It was packed with clams, fish, shrimp, potato, bacon, and was a flavorful creamy thickness with each spoonful.
We left full and happy. It was a nice quick filler after a long day. read more