Select Oyster Bar
Venue Brief
Brick-walled Back Bay oyster bar on Gloucester Street from chef Michael Serpa, pairing a local raw bar and crudo with a sharp wine list for all-day grazing.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- CasualDate NightChill
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Casual Chic
- Cuisine
- Seafood
- Demographic
- LocalsCouplesTourists
- Music genre
- Lounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table ServicePrivate Dining
- Open times
- Mon 11:30 AM – 9:30 PMTue 11:30 AM – 9:30 PMWed 11:30 AM – 9:30 PMThu 11:30 AM – 9:30 PM BestFri 11:30 AM – 10:30 PM BusySat 11:30 AM – 10:30 PM BusySun 11:30 AM – 9:30 PM
- Vibe score
- 8.3 / 10
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About Select Oyster Bar
Exposed brick, a pop-art fish mural and a chalkboard of the day's crudo frame a zinc bar lined with stools and a few high communal tables, all squeezed into a townhouse ground floor on Gloucester Street. The kitchen keeps preparations simple: local oysters by the dozen, towered seafood platters, salmon and hamachi crudo, tuna tartare, white anchovies, arctic char, swordfish, a lobster roll and a house bouillabaisse. Solo diners and couples take the bar, where regulars say some of the younger bartenders are the best in the room, though others report long gaps once the first order is in. Every check carries a 20% service charge, which catches first-timers off guard. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. daily and close at 9:30, or 10:30 on Friday and Saturday, so it works for lunch as well as dinner. Google reviewers rate it 4.5 over 1,058 reviews.
