Ocean Blue Oyster Bar

4211 S Lamar Blvd, Ste C-1, Austin
(512) 326-1963

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Elizabeth Katz

Ocean Blue Oyster Bar is in the same location as the previous restaurant, “Deckhand.” As I looked at the menu, I noticed many similarities to Deckhand, and I said as much to our server. She replied, “This IS Deckhand!” I didn’t ask further, and my friend and I ordered our lunches. This restaurant is a mix of fresh seafood, some prepared with an Asian flair. They offer grilled, broiled and fried seafood, together with specialty dishes that are more Asian fusion in flavor and style. My friend particularly likes a good curry, so she ordered a yellow curry and I ordered the Swamp curry with shrimp. This curry is a combo of green and red curry. Both were very authentic curries and very good. Most of the extensive menu offers a great variety of seafood, and from previous experiences at Deckhand, I have always had dependably good , and sometimes excellent, seafood. Our server was knowledgeable and friendly and we received attentive service. Amazingly in these times of increasing prices, their prices are very reasonable and well worth the money. I will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Natassia Smith

All I had was the oysters and they were huge. Would eat again. Affordable.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hanyu Li

I would give zero points if I could. Me and my wife have been a loyal customer for this place for 3 years, and today we’ve just been served with the worst crawfish ever. The meat in the tails are breaking apart. The shells are very soft. Some of the meat tastes really weird. You can tell these crawfish is not fresh. We complained about the quality to the waiter and he claimed it’s because of the end of season and “reassured” us that the crawfish is fresh and alive. Ok. Nice customer service.

Because we had to throw more than half of the 5 lbs away, we still feel hungry afterwards. Also trying to prove that we are not crying babies, we went to Happy Ritos and ordered another 3 lbs. This time, we had proper crawfish. We got big crawfish with tails that are not breaking apart. Their shells are hard like normal freshly cooked ones.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Troy Dumas

One of the ugliest menus I've ever seen. Wife ordered the drunken sailor and it looked exactly like a drunken sailor made it. The stuffed catfish was pretty damn good but having double carbs( rice & toasted garlic bread) owner was amazing offered us free samples

4.5/5 would recommend

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 5

Great food and drinks. The wait staff there is Awesome!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ellen Kallman

I used to love the Tom Yum Seafood soup served by Deckhand & was told it was the same so I gave it a try. It was delicious & filled with seafood. I didn’t give 5 stars for the food because the spring rolls were tasty but seemed to only have shrimp & lots of lettuce. No rice noodles or carrots which I think would’ve added to the flavor. I got my food to go & the lady at the front was very nice & made me feel welcomed. I will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

daniel bonfitto

My girlfriend and I were in town to visit her son and decided to dine at Ocean Blue, formerly Deckhand, for oysters. She enjoyed the size and flavor of the oysters, her son had salmon, I ordered chicken satay and basil stir fry. The flavor of the basil stir fry was alright, the chicken satay was dry, stuck to the skewer, as well as burnt. The presentation was good, but flavor was terrible.

I mentioned to the server about the chicken being less than satisfactory and was still charged for it, even after letting them know it was over-cooked. We paid the bill and likely won't be back.

The atmosphere was pleasant, service was a little slower than expected as they were overly busy, for context this is a Wednesday night.

Definitely check the reviews before dining, especially if you're from out of town.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Cindy Sandoval

This was the worst experience ever , and the waitress was not the best. She actually over charged and had no idea , she was completely lost 😳. The craw fish was dry our orders all came out at different times even the shrimp came out when I was leaving. This place is a joke and will never back

Andy Herrera

Got the ZACHS seared salmon
Tasty plated nicely(broccol?)

Karen Franks

The food was fabulous.

Patsy Barlow

I was not especially impressed with my meal. My flounder was suppose to be pan seared. There was not a brown sear mark anywhere on the fish. It looked like it was microwaved. The meal was tasteless and presentation was horrible.

Blanca Mejia

Service was outstanding, raw oysters (damn fresh) so good!

Taylor McIntosh

The food was so delicious.

ELI IBARRA

Highly recommend this place

We've been coming here for the last a couple of years. When it was deck handed now, it's ocean blue. Yeah, food is still fabulous. Service is wonderful. Y'all should come and join the good experience that we did.

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