Elliott's Oyster House

04/27/09

They Stole MY Camera

by turtleskk at Citysearch

On Friday April 24th I visited Elliott's Oyster House along with my boyfriend for dinner around 7:30pm. Our server was JC that evening. We were having a great time and left with full bellies and extremely pleased with our meal. I even filled out a comment card with a great review. As we made our way up to the W hotel where we were staying I notice I had left my camera. I knew exactly where I left it on my seat at the restaurant and called Elliott's Oyster house within 10 minutes of leaving. The hostess by the name of Ashley answered the phone, she proceeds to ask JC, the manager and check our booth. She return to the phone to tell me the camera was not turned in. This is devastating news because I know exactly where I left it on the seat and when we left the restaurant no one was seating in the tables around our booth. Which leads me to believe it had to be an Elliott's Oyster House employee who took my camera. That evening I went back to in to Elliott's Oyster House to check my booth but my camera was gone. I left my phone number at the front desk proceeding to call the restaurant daily over the weekend. My camera at this point is a nice tip for a bus boy

• Cons: an employee of elliott's got a nice tip by taking my camera

12/14/08

Fantastic Oysters - best in Seattle

by eddyg at Citysearch

This is my favourite oyster bar in Seattle - took a group last night and was not disappointed. Fresh, plump, flavourful oysters shucked to perfection. KNowledgeable staff that can tell you about the types of oysters -especially David who is their champion shucker.

The other entrees are excellent also - the Copper River Salmon was outstanding and the spicy crab was very good too. The crab comes in a sweet Thai chilli sauce.

Would definitely recommend.

• Pros: Great oysters, Great seafood

07/10/08

Bad management

by 4FoodCritics at Citysearch

7/2/08 for lunch & 7/7/08 for dinner. Years ago traveled to Seattle and really enjoyed this place. Love the food, location, views and atmosphere. Boy were we disappointed in their management. On 7/2/08 for lunch it took us 3 hours to eat--waiting for service, waiting for order, waiting for appetizers, waiting for soup, waiting for lunch--took FOREVER. We gave them a 2nd try for dinner 7/7/08. We lost count of empty tables at 15 or 16 and those were just INSIDE the restaurant, there were a bunch of empty tables outside AND we had to wait 30 minutes to get one of those empty table. Rediculous. The waiters were literally standing around and regularly checking with the hostess for customers to be seated at their empty tables. After checking with the hostess a couple times, we grabbed a waiter and he was able to get us a table--made no sense. Once we were seated, the service and food was great. The management clearly doesn't have it together. Having customers standing for 30 minutes with dozens of tables empty is just bad management--had to mark them down for that. Would I eat there again probably, but if I walk in and there is empty tables and have to wait more then minutes, I'm out of there! My time is valuable too and there are plenty of excellent restaurants in the neighborhood!

• Pros: Great location, views, food
• Cons: Lack of management, inconsistent service