Mermaid Oyster Bar

89 MacDougal St, New York
(212) 260-0100

Recent Reviews

PAUL BURNS

Great service, great oysters, tight space at bar. Not inexpensive.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Peter Dalimonte

Great time! Great food! Excellent oysters from Wellfleet and BC. Muscles and drinks were amazing too. Bar tenders were great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Happy Hour Oysters on the Half Shell, Lobster, Mermaid Chocolate Pudding

Mark N

Best happy hour in the city. 4:30 - 6:30Must get: Shrimp SliderThey took off the dark and stormy off the Happy Hour drinks, which is super lame

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Old Bay Fries, Complementary Chocolate Pudding, Mermaid Chocolate Pudding, Fried Calamari

Harold Messer

Much of the food was just mediocre and very average. A few dishes were more on the bad side. Fishy lobster Mac and Cheese. Linguine and clam sauce had no flavor. Shrimp tempura appetizer was dry. Don’t know how it got so many excellent reviews. I’m befuddled.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Sofía León

Beautiful place, happy hour until closing, excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marissa Rodriguez

Went in on a Friday night without a reservation. Thankfully they were able to accommodate us! We ordered the chowder, shishito peppers, and kale Caesar to start. We had the Friday lobster past special and the steak. Everything was delicious!! The chowder and steak were special standouts. Will return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chowder

Siena WD

Had dinner here but tragically forgot to take pictures of everything, their tuna crudo was fine but not a must-order, their shaved kale salad however was fabulous and should not be missed. I remembered to photograph our mains- my father enjoyed the Thursday special of linguini and clams and my jumbo shrimp skewer with jalapeño cornbread was an absolute delight. The beachy interior is pretty fun and the counter seats were good for people-watching. There's also a large photograph of John and Jackie Kennedy hanging downstairs for some reason, that might be a sell, I don't know. Also, complementary chocolate pudding pots! Overall it's a neat spot, I'd recommend branching out menu-wise more than we did. The fish tacos and rolls we saw other people enjoying made us jealous. But it's a nice place, we had a good time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad

Antonio Rybalchenko

Good quality of food and wonderful atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Happy Hour Oysters on the Half Shell

호기심라이프

I went during happy hour.I ate plenty of delicious oysters5 people paid $300.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ben Hightower

I’m obsessed with this place. I’ve been here like four times this month. I have wet dreams about the hot n dirty martini. I learned to like oysters here. One time I mumbled my order and the waiter brought out the wrong dish, and then proficiently apologized and brought the other dish immediately and gave us complimentary sides and mousse at the end! And now we laugh about it because we are old friends! I am moving in as soon as they’ll let me.

Matteo Brignoli

Great Location in the village. Very nice and clean ambience with delicious raw fish

S G

We had a great evening! Delicious food, excellent service. Price value ratio is very good. We definitely come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Francesca Alexandra

Lovely!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Priscilla

I came here for a double date on a Friday. The restaurant is in the NYU area, so excellent location. It’s very spacious and the atmosphere is great. We ordered the lobster Mac & cheese and fried calamari to start. I ordered the fried oysters and Old Bay fries for my meal, and 2 people got the lobster fra diavola for their main. The oysters were meh and the fries barely had any seasoning on them. Both of the people who got the fra diavola thought it was just ok and that it had way too much pasta in it. The lobster Mac & cheese was probably the highlight of the entire meal for me. It had a smoky flavor to it, which was nice, but like the rest of the meal, was otherwise not noteworthy. I also ordered a mezcal negroni and it was fine.Overall, I think this place is just OK, but the service is fantastic and the atmosphere is great. I’m not dying to come back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Michael Goff

When you come here at 9:20 PM they say they are closed, but they don’t until 10:00pm. That’s pretty rude I think.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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