Best of Boston

Best Seafood Restaurant

2017 Best Seafood Restaurant

Row 34

Boston
Sure, you could take out-of-towners here for a traditional New England fish-and-chips meal—but this temple to craft beer and raw oysters is so much more [...] read more»
2016 Best Seafood Restaurant

Ostra

Boston
Boston certainly doesn’t lack for seafood. But Ostra, the splashy brainchild of restaurateur Jamie Mammano, rises above the rest with a bricolage of whole roasted [...] read more»
2015 Best Seafood Restaurant

Neptune Oyster

Boston
When chef Michael Serpa left Neptune Oyster to open his own restaurant, we wondered: What would happen to the overflowing lobster roll? Or the crisp [...] read more»
2014 Best Seafood Restaurant

Ostra

Boston
This isn’t seafood for a day by the water—this is seafood for a celebration. Three-pound lobsters, Osetra caviar, and bottles of bubbly float around the [...] read more»
The Island Creek Oyster Bar
2013 Best Seafood Restaurant

Island Creek Oyster Bar

Boston
A few of the dishes that have already become legends in the few years since this sophisticated Kenmore Square spot opened: the fried-oyster sliders, which [...] read more»
2012 Best Seafood Restaurant, Casual

Yankee Lobster Company

Boston
The waterfront boasts flashy seafood emporiums mad with pricey cocktails and massive TVs, but we still head down the wharf to this retail arm of [...] read more»
2012 Best Seafood Restaurant, Upscale

Island Creek Oyster Bar

Boston
There are a few ways to enjoy this new Kenmore Square institution: tucked away in the corner of the dining room by the oyster-shell-lined walls; [...] read more»
2011 Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Turner’s Seafood

Melrose
Don't let the corporate, almost chainlike interior keep you away: This spot's the real deal. Slurp fresh, cold oysters at the rowdy raw bar, or [...] read more»
2011 Best Seafood Restaurant, South

Oro

Scituate
Its name means gold, and owners Jill and Robin King have struck it with this newcomer. The Kings source much of their fish and shellfish [...] read more»
2011 Best Seafood Restaurant, Upscale

Island Creek Oyster Bar

Boston
Duxbury's Island Creek Oysters are a fixture on menus at some of the nation's top restaurants and a household name among area foodies. So it's [...] read more»