Oceanaire Seafood Room

08/21/09

Geat food- Great atmosphere

by graham08 at Citysearch

My husband and I first went to Oceanaire last year during restaurant week. We had the best crab cakes that we ever had and go back everytime we crave crab cakes. The wait staff was excellent - they didn't rush us out - very good pace between courses. Will continue to go back.

• Pros: great seafood
• Cons: a little pricey

02/09/09

Amazing Seaood Dinner - Everything from the Service to the Food was Right On!!!

by vpr80 at Citysearch

We were in Boston for the weekend and came across this restaurant as a recommendation and we couldn't be more please. The service was spot on from the maitre'd to the server. Very knowledgeable and prompt. The food was also excellent with a very large seafood variety and everything was perfectly fresh. Overall, this was a great dinner and I HIGHLY recommend it for a nice seafood restaurant.

• Pros: Food, Service, Ambiance
• Cons: None really, everything was great!

11/26/08

great food, really fresh seafood, huge and delicious desserts!

by gabbygyrl7 at Citysearch

I've been to this restaurant 3 times (2 in one week actually) and it was fantastic. The seafood is so incredibly fresh, and the service is amazing and they did a great job with timing everything (which isn't easy to do with a large group ordering appetizers and oysters among other things). They have a great restaurant week menu, and a daily prix fixe for $32.95 that was delicious and huge portions. Standouts are: clam chowder (so fresh, many legal's fans were converted), crab cakes (sooo much lump crab), mahi mahi with blue cheese, and any desset (we loved pumpkin cheesecake, baked alaska, and the biggest and most chocolatey brownie dessert we've ever seen). Some people in our party had the steak and said that was amazing too. Great addition to downtown/financial district! And I normally dislike chains...

• Pros: fresh seafood, big portions
• Cons: pricey but not too bad for fresh seafood

08/22/08

Best Seafood in Town....

by pwdrhnd at Citysearch

I had been to an Oceanaire down in Dallas, TX. It was amazing. This week was restaurant week in Boston and wanted to take my Wife out to a nice restaurant. I decided I wanted to take her to the Boston location. I came to this site and read the reviews and after my visit thought I needed to correct some of the people comments:

1) The Oceanaire is not by any means cheap. But the food is amazing. Fresh and high quality. The service was some of the best I have ever had. If you think your plate was too expensive try going to the Red Lobster...you may fit in better there. $15 for a Cosmo is normal in Boston. Especially, in a nice restaurant. For a good cheap Cosmo try the Times on State St or go to Kappy's and buy the ingredients and make your own at home.

2) I took my Wife there for my anniversary. I was greeted at the door with a Happy Anniversary from the hostess. Then the menus were printed up special celebrating the occasion. They made us feel special. The server was extremely attentive and so were the bussers. But not overly where it was annoying. The meal was well choreographed and the food came when it was supposed to and with perfect presentation. If you had been there before...try it again. They just opened up in Jan. 08. Give them a break to get the service down.

• Pros: Food and Service

06/24/08

Seafood at its finest!

by emmo at Citysearch

My girlfriend and I visited Boston for the first time last night. I was in the mood for crab legs, so I did a bit of searching for Boston seafood restaurants. When we arrived, the valet attendent was not arround. My girlfriend went in to see if any seating was available. The manager was calling for the valet and he parked a car himself while the valet returned.

We arrived around 730PM on a Monday evening and did not have a problem getting a table. The server initially brought out the wrong bottle of wine. Her friendliness, attention and attitude could have been a little better. I ordered a beet salad and added raspberries instead of goat cheese. The raspberries were more delicious and visually appealing than the best organic raspberries I've ever found in a market.

Our sides arrived with the meal. I ignored the sides since I did not want the seafood to become cold. My girlfriend ordered a seared Ahi tuna. It was the most tender, delicious tuna I've ever had. It melted like butter.

I ordered a pound and a half of king crab leg clusters. The legs were monsterous sized. Generally I like the taste of snow crab better than king crab, but I enjoy the larger pieces from the king crab. These legs tasted great. A pound and a half was just the right amount. I would have asked for more lemon, but the sever did not seem to check on us very often.

The food gets six stars, but I'd give the service around a 3. The manager gets five stars. Our final bill including tip was around $260 for two including a bottle of wine. It was well worth it.

My recommendations to the restaurant:

--better training for expecations of the serving staff

--replace valet with a more professional company/attendant... I am often disappointed in the dishelved appearance of valets and this one was no different.

I would come back because the food was amazing. The bathrooms were also quite nice, which is important to me.

• Pros: amazing seafood, attentive manager, nice bathrooms, valet available
• Cons: service could use a little improvement