New York has some of the best raw bars, fish shacks, and destination seafood rooms in the country. From the century-old marble counters of the Grand Central Oyster Bar to the fish taco and crudo counter at Cobble Fish, these are the spots worth seeking out when the craving hits.
Midtown · 89 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017, USA
Under the vaulted tile ceilings of Grand Central Oyster Bar, the room hums with commuters, old-timers, and trays piled high with briny East and West Coast oysters. The move is to post up at the counter, order a pan roas…
Soho · 142 Mercer St, New York, NY 10012, USA
A Soho dining room sunken below street level on Mercer, built around seafood, sushi, and a raw bar that stays busy from lunch through late. The crispy rice and Asian red snapper are the perennial orders; the crab uni bu…
Noho · 55 Bond St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Imagine bamboo fish traps repurposed as ceiling lights, primary-colored furniture, and a coconut crab curry the color of a traffic cone that the whole room seems to be eating at once. The zabb wings arrive dusted in deh…
Greenpoint · 114 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Part fish market, part sit-down restaurant. You pick your catch from the display case and they cook it, or just order off the menu. Sustainable sourcing keeps things seasonal, and the raw bar anchors the whole operation…
Gowanus + Red Hook · 24 Reed St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
If you want full seafood chaos with a view, this is your destination. Think open-air crab boils, buckets of snow crab claws and peel-n’-eat shrimp, raw oysters, and lobster rolls. Seafood gods might approve. The rooms a…
FiDi + Seaport · 89 South St Pier 16, New York, NY 10038, USA
The only locally owned spot on Pier 16, wedged between the tall ships of the South Street Seaport Museum. The lobster roll is the move. Cold, buttery, and worth the $34 when you're eating it on a deck with actual harbor…
Midtown · 945 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA
NYC's first 100% sustainable seafood restaurant, where the Thai Lobster Curry (chu chee broth, charred onion, Japanese eggplant) has anchored the menu since the doors opened and has not needed to change. The nightly "Oy…
FiDi + Seaport · 111 South St, New York, NY 10038, USA
TVs running every game, strong drinks, and a Malaysian-Chinese menu that goes well beyond bar food. Beef rendang, ginger wings, and a drunken seafood soup that tends to get reordered before the bowl is even empty anchor…