Hog Island Oyster Co.

Fantastic experience, worth the 25 minute wait. I recommend to a friend. Not cheap, but worth every penny.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Idk what happened to this place but I’ve been coming here for years and I’ve never had an issue with the taste of my food before. The baked oysters were slightly cold, the food including my once favorite po boy was super bland. We ordered the starry flounder and that was also super bland. Slightly after my bf got diarrhea and I ended up throwing up. We hadn’t ate anything all day except for hog island so it was definitely their food. 😭

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Hi my family and I went there today for lunch and the service was ok. We had to keep reminding the waiter for refills and we order oysters and 2 of them were rotten. I took a bite of one of the rotten ones and that messed up my appetite and now I feel that I have the stomach flu. I been having the runs and hopefully that doesn’t mess up my breast milk because I am breastfeeding. We told the waiter about the 2 bad oysters and all he did is brought us 2 new ones. No discount no nothing. I will never return to this place again. They are not careful with the quality of freshness they sell
To their customers. I also had the clam chowder bowl and was not good. It’s expensive and it taste way better at sourdough co.

My mom and I were spending the day in San Francisco and insisted on visting Hog Island while we were there. Her food, according to her was fabulous. She had fresh oysters and a shrimp cake. I did not try, but the shrimp cake looked amazing. I ordered the clam chowder, after my mother said that it would be great. When I recieved it, the presentation was good. But, the amount of shells that were in the bowl took up about half the space that shouldve been more chowder. After scooping out every single shell, I began to eat it. The chowder itself was good, but a little watery. Then, while eating this chowder, i had a nice bite of pure shell. It was broken. If I wouldve swallowed it, I wouldve been more angry than I am currently. Id be sending this from the emergency room. After scooping this piece out of my mouth, I kept eating in anger. It does not stop here. Since that last piece was broken, there was even smaller pieces of shell in the bowl. When chewing, I crunched on these pieces of small shell. This happened 2 or 3 more times. For $23 or however much it was, this was possibly one of the worst clam chowder I have ever had… IN SAN FRANCISCO of all places. It was no San Francisco specialty. I say completely revamp the way you make your clam chowder or dont serve it at all.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Love the oysters here and I got the oyster poi boy! We were seated quickly and they are super efficient. Tara our waitress was great!

The grilled oysters with bourbon sauce and the clam chowder were both delicious, and the grilled cheese sandwich was also tasty.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

I visited this restaurant with my family for dinner yesterday. There was a long line of people waiting to be seated. The ingredients were incredibly fresh, and the food was excellent. The clam chowder, in particular, was absolutely delicious—so much so that if I visit again, I’d be tempted to order one just for myself.

HOWEVER, the experience during the seating process was disappointing. After a long wait, we were finally assigned a table outside. There were two empty and ready-to-serve tables right next to each other—one directly beside the line of waiting guests and another slightly further inside. I politely asked the hostess, “I am sorry, but would it be possible to move to the other table? If not, that’s okay—we can stay here.”

To my surprise, she reacted by making a sound as if she were offended, her face turned red, and she looked visibly upset. She switched the table but then tossed the menus onto the table and walked away.

I understand that it was busy and that working under such conditions can be stressful. Still, I wasn’t demanding a table change, refusing the original seat, asking for something far away, or requesting a table that didn’t exist—I was simply inquiring about a table right next to the one we were offered, and I made it clear that it was fine if it wasn’t possible. There was no reason to respond with such rudeness to a polite request.

I didn’t want to ruin the mood for my family, so I told them, “She’s probably just having a rough night.” But I decided this was worth mentioning here. If I return on a future trip, I would hope not to encounter a staff member who greets a customer with that kind of expression. At the very least, I’d like to be met with someone who can simply say, “Sorry, but we’ll need you to stay at this table,” when a customer asks a polite question.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 2

Good oyster bar, good option if you're walking through for lunch/dinner

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice ambience and good oysters. The grilled one with cajun was nice. I guess my favorite was the Hog Island Sweetwater

Excellent oysters! Outdoor seating great for people watching. Staff is very professional and friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great vibe, views of the bay and the oysters are delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Will def be back!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I’m sad that I did not take a picture the day we went here to eat but I have to say by far the best clam chowder I have ever eaten in my life. The clams were fresh as can be and the bowl of chowder will for surely fill you up as it’s a good size bowl of clam chowder. I look forward to going back to eat more chowder as it’s always perfect for a cold day and the days in the SF are always cold so everyday is perfect day for clam chowder from the one and only Hog Island Oyster Co.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really enjoyed the oysters. Fish and chips was also very tasty. There is inside and outside seating. Service was attentive and friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We ordered the 2 different kind of oysters and each ordered different food:
1. Tavern burger
2. 2 different kind of seafood infused pasta

The food was great, and I was the one who order the burger. I asked and order a medium rare burger. The first time it came to the table I had asked the restaurant to redo because it was well done. After the burger was taken away I had the manger approach me and interview me. What did I order, if I lying about about what I order, and the Manger even went over the written order again. It was this passive-aggressive interaction that wasn't necessary to have. Other than that interaction the food was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3