Whether you prefer to slurp, bake, or fry oysters, Maritime Washington is awash with options from incredible farms and restaurants that specialize in the briny bivalves. Create your own oyster crawl along the shore or combine this map with one of our other itineraries to create a maritime experience or getaway that will fill your stomach and your sails.
Hood Canal
With many options to choose from, the Hood Canal region is a can’t-miss oyster spot. Take a day (or two!) to eat your way through these great seafood spots, heading north to south or vice versa. Whichever way you go, you’re sure to enjoy some slurpable sea creatures in a region that remains one of the best-kept secrets of Washington State.
Hama Hama Oyster Company: Lilliwaup
Farm store open daily from 9:30 am-5:00 pm; oyster saloon open Friday-Sunday from 11:00 am-4:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✓)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Union City Market’s Canal Cookouts: Union
Availability of canal cookouts varies. Menus are prix-fixe, and reservations are required.
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Union City Market’s Hook & Fork: Union
Open Thursday-Sunday from 10:00 am-4:00 pm
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Taylor Shellfish: Shelton Shellfish Market: Shelton
Open daily from 10:00 am-6:00 pm
- Farm store (✓) (picnic tables available)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Squaxin Island Seafood Bar: Shelton
Open Monday-Thursday from 4:00-9:00 pm, Friday-Sunday from 11:00 am-9:00 pm
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Suquamish Seafoods: Poulsbo
Open Wednesday-Saturday from 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Sunday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm
- Restaurant (✗)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Pacific Coast & Olympic Peninsula
The Pacific Coast and Olympic Peninsula are some of the most picturesque places in all of Washington—and home to some of the most delicious seafood in the state. So while you’re relaxing in Grays Harbor or exploring 10 maritime heritage activities in Port Townsend, complete your maritime journey with fresh oysters from fantastic fishmongers.
Brady’s Oysters: Westport
Open daily from 9:00 am-6:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Pro tip: Brady’s Oysters, featured in our Working Waterfronts photo series, uses the Japanese technique of draping ropes of oyster babies off a tall pole, to make up for lack of space on the muddy beach. Taste the results at the Brady’s Oysters farm store, where you can get some of the freshest oysters in Washington State.
Salty Girls Seafood Company: Sequim
Open Sunday-Thursday from 11:00 am-7:00 pm, Friday-Saturday from 11:00 am-8:00 pm. Closed Monday.
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Key City Fish: Port Townsend
Open daily from 10:00 am-6:00 pm
- Restaurant (✗)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
South Puget Sound
Olympia and Gig Harbor offer their own opportunities to sample delights of the Salish Sea. Minterbrook Oyster Company’s to-go options offer a perfect treat to bring home from your Gig Harbor Getaway, while the Chelsea Farms Oyster House will serve up treats for the whole gang during a Family Weekend in Olympia.
Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar: Olympia
Open Monday-Thursday from 4:00-8:00 pm, Friday from 12:00-8:00 pm, Saturday from 11:00 am-8:00 pm, and Sunday from 11:00 am-7:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (local pickup in Tacoma) (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Minterbrook Oyster Company: Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor
Open Monday-Saturday from 9:00 am-4:00 pm
- Restaurant (✗)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Olympia Oyster House: Olympia
Open Sunday-Thursday from 11:00 am-8:00 pm, Friday and Saturday from 11:00 am-9:00 pm
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Central Sound
Although home to fewer farms than the South Sound or Hood Canal, the Seattle-Tacoma area offers plenty of opportunities to explore oyster-focused restaurants. For visitors to Seattle, we recommend spending an afternoon in South Lake Union followed by an unforgettable dining experience with fresh shellfish on your plate.
Seattle Locations
Taylor Shellfish Farms: Capitol Hill, Seattle
Open Sunday-Thursday from 12:00-8:00 pm and Friday-Saturday from 12:00-9:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Taylor Shellfish Farms: Pioneer Square, Seattle
Open Sunday-Thursday from 12:00-8:00 pm and Friday-Saturday from 12:00-9:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Taylor Shellfish Farms: Queen Anne, Seattle
Open Sunday-Thursday from 12:00-8:00 pm and Friday-Saturday from 12:00-9:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Elliot’s Oyster House: Seattle
Open for lunch and dinner; hours vary.
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Tacoma Locations
The Fish Peddler: Tacoma
Open Sunday-Thursday from 11:00 am-8:00 pm and Friday-Saturday from 11:00 am-9:00 pm
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
When visiting The Fish Peddler, look out over the Thea Foss Waterway, named for Thea Foss, who founded the Foss Maritime Company. Born in 1857, her family’s company would grow to become one of the largest tugboat companies in the world. Her story of immigration, survival, and prosperity is inspiring and makes any visit to Tacoma special. You can also visit the Foss Waterway Seaport to see an original rowboat repaired by the Foss family!
Northern Fish Products: 56th Street: Tacoma
Open Monday-Saturday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm
- Restaurant (✗)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
North Coast
The North Coast offers unparallelled opportunities to slurp oysters overlooking the waters where they’re grown. Spend an unforgettable day crawling from oyster house to oyster house along the iconic Chuckanut Drive, north into Bellingham, and on to the Canadian border town of Blaine. Or make a bigger trip of it by adding oysters to your plate during a Seafood Journey through Bellingham or a Historic Weekend in Blaine and Point Roberts.
The Oyster Bar: Bow
Open daily for lunch at 11:30 am; open for dinner from 4:00- 9:00 pm
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Taylor Shellfish Farms: Samish Oyster Bar and Shellfish Market: Bow
Open daily; market from 10:00 am-7:00 pm, kitchen from 12:00-7:00 pm
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Rock and Rye Oyster House: Bellingham
Open Sunday-Thursday from 4:00-9:00 pm, Friday-Saturday 4:00-10:00 pm. Closed Mondays.
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Drayton Harbor Oyster Company: Blaine
Open Sunday-Thursday from 12:00-7:00 pm and Friday-Saturday from 12:00-8:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Operated by father-and-son duo Steve and Mark Seymour, the Drayton Harbor Oyster Company’s charming waterfront eatery serves up fresh-as-can-be oysters grown less than a mile away on Drayton Harbor itself. Order these fan-favorite bivalves grilled, fried, or raw on the half shell.
Photo credit: Visit Bellingham/Whatcom County
Photo credit: Visit Bellingham/Whatcom County
Photo credit: Visit Bellingham/Whatcom County
Photo credit: Visit Bellingham/Whatcom County
Islands
While often crowded in the summer, the “shoulder seasons” of spring or fall are much less busy on the islands. Whether you’re escaping to Whidbey Island or soaking in the San Juans, add a few of these oyster-centric spots to your plans to round out an unforgettable seaside trip.
Westcott Bay Shellfish Company: San Juan Island, Roche Harbor
Open on Saturdays 12:00-3:00 pm for lunch; open at 6:00 pm for dinner. Dinner menu is prix fixe, and reservations are required.
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✓) (dockside!)
- Shipped oysters (✓)
Buck Bay Shellfish Farm: Orcas Island, Olga
Closed until May 2025
- Restaurant and farm store (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Saltwater Fish House and Oyster Bar: Whidbey Island, Langley
Open Sunday-Thursday from 12:00-8:30 pm and Friday-Saturday from 12:00-9:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
The Oystercatcher: Whidbey Island, Coupeville
Open Thursday-Sunday from 4:00 pm until close
- Restaurant (✓)
- Farm tour (✗)
- Retail oysters (✗)
- Shipped oysters (✗)
Photo credit: Carina Skrobecki Swain, courtesy of State of Washington Tourism
Photo credit: Carina Skrobecki Swain, courtesy of State of Washington Tourism
Photo credit: Carina Skrobecki Swain, courtesy of State of Washington Tourism
Photo credit: Carina Skrobecki Swain, courtesy of State of Washington Tourism