Oyster House Brewing Company

Was excited to chow down on some oysters while visiting Asheville. The set up was nice and I really liked the oyster shells incorporated into the bar counter. But the service was quite bad. Some of the bartenders were unwelcoming and seemed to express their displeasure with having to work.
We ordered a dozen oysters from all the different supplies on the list, it was interesting to have variety in the oyster selection. But the oysters were terribly shucked. Many of them had shell particles which ruined the entire experience.
I would try to avoid this place if youre looking for a good oyster joint, hell, even if you just wanted to grab a drink.

Love this place, everything we have eaten, here excellent! Service excellent! Beer oh yes good! Galaxy is a excellent choice! Fresh seafood, the BOLT or Oyster PoBoy yummy!

I’ll admit I have only been here once but it definitely made me a repeat customer. Myself and some friends ended up here after impatiently waiting for an extended period of time at another restaurant. We ended up instead choosing to try Oyster House, and I am very glad we did. The atmosphere is friendly and warm, and my burger was seriously the best burger I have had in Asheville so far. Oyster House is a micro-​brewery, so we sampled some of their beers on tap to get the full experience. Their stout was a solid drink and definitely encouraged me to return. My dining companions were extremely satisfied with their dinner as well. If you haven’t been to Oyster House yet, I highly recommend checking it out. Dinner prices are extremely reasonable, and I look forward to trying their lunch menu.

Stopped in for a quick beer at the bar. Tried the Oyster House Moonstone Oyster Stout and it was «OK»…meaning drinkable, but honestly I was tolerating it. My daughter noticed a bourbon barrel stout and ordered that, so I spent the rest of our stay coveting her beer and regretting not seeing it on the menu. Beer aside, the stars are reflective of the service I felt I received. It’s been awhile since I’ve been made to feel that my patronage was a bother. To the two young ladies on the other side of the bar — if you have so much disdain for other people, perhaps this isn’t the line of work for you. Just a thought…

Nice little place with outdoor seating… not a big Oyster fan but enjoyed the fried blue cheese oysters. The Dirty Blonde ale was very good.

Another fabulous meal at the Oyster House! Every time my family comes to visit from San Francisco, they always want to go here first. Thanks Billy and Holly for being wonderful!

I have mixed feelings. Fun little atmosphere both inside and out. Always busy. Good beer selection
The broiled oysters were lovely and delicate and delicious. The smattering of seared tuna (all 4 tiny slices) was quite tasty. The burger with fried oysters was pretty darned amazing as well, nicely flavor fries too. But, here lies my issue. When we first got there and rushed for our drink order the server literally points to the far end of the bar to a little, chalkboard and says the specials are at the end of the bar. So we had to get up and bother folks by standing around reading the specials.3 options is it that hard to just tell us what the 3 things are instead of making us feel weird about gathering behind people at the bat just to read the specials?
Not sure I will be back, though the broiled oysters were quite tasty, it seems a bit pricy 6 oysters for $ 15.

Stopped in for drinks, and it was full on a Thursday evening with folks ordering dinner. I would try it for food. Kitchy little place with games, couches. Menu is very NOLA oyster bar – half shell oysters, ettouffe, beans and rice.
Rating 3 stars based on our drinks. Husband enjoyed the Galaxy IPA, but…
Olé dirty blonde was the worst! It was like fizzy water with a hint of piss… and I’m not usually one to turn my nose up at light generic beers that others hate. I enjoy Pabst, Corona, miller, bud, and old style. Compared to even these, Olé Dirty Blonde was watery, sad, and flirting with just being pain gross.

English style beers, cask ales, and a large raw oyster selection in a small, unassuming local joint.
Oysterhouse has its original location outside downtown and then an annex in downtown Asheville called Lobster House. Across the street is a café that also has food and good beer, Sunny Point Café. Interior is cramped, large mirror over the tap system. 10+ house beers on tap including special edition casks. Hoppy stuff was decent, oyster stouts were not so oyster-​y, really good imperial stouts was a surprise. Didn’t try the food but they have about 8 or so different single origin raw oysters on the menu that was extremely tempting– wish I hadn’t eaten across the street. Tasting flights available, half pints, and full pints. Cask ales were properly conditioned. Some of the beers were excellent, some were flops. Overall, worth stopping in for sure.

Came here with friends who live in Asheville and have recommended it as one of their favorites! This place is awesome, and one of the few open for late night food in Asheville. I had the catfish sandwich, it was perfect! Along with a side of brussel sprouts in beer, my goodness i could make a meal out of those, and probably will next time! Our good friend who recommended the Oyster House sang praises of the oyster burger, and it defiantly looked to be praised. They had craft beer options available on draft and even an Oyster Stout wwwwhhhhhaattttt! They have half off oysters M-​F 3−6for $ 12 a dozen compared to $ 24. Can’t wait to venture here again, and maybe play a board game or two!

I stumbled on the Oyster House after arriving in town. Being from the coast I was skeptical of oysters in the Mountains but was pleasantly surprised! I ended up coming two nights and had Courtney one of the friendliest best guides I ever had. On her recommendation I had the baked Oysters Bienville which were meaty oysters topped with shrimp, other good stuff and cheese (it was like a second meal after the oysters). Was that down with a moonstone oyster stout and you are close to heaven. M-​f there are specials. With Courtney’s guidance I had a dozen oysters on special– yummy ‘lil bitches’ from hog island VA! Then she suggested the Oyster Po Boy and I had a side of Brussel Spouts. The po boy was perfect! Right amount of oyster to bread ratio without being overpowered by sauce.
I highly recommend this place just because it’s friendly and laid back!

Nice, simple, pallatable, and friendly.
We were only here for one beer, but it was pleasant and enjoyable. This is in West Asheville, away from the rush of downtown and I kinda dug the location.
I would like to come back and try more.

In the ultimate quest for late night food options in this town, we stumbled into oyster house merely because our normal Saturday night spot (ujoint) was completely full. We saw people sitting outside we when drove by, so we checked Unilocal,and it said they were open until midnight. My wife and myself have driven past this place 100 times in the last 2 years, but for whatever reason, have never been. I’m more than glad that we did.
We wanted outdoor seating, so we grabbed a table, and we’re immediately greeted by a lovely waitress who was more than eager to assist. Being a brewery as well as a restaurant, we decided to try some of the house brews. I chose the galaxy ipa and my wife had the imperial stout. Both delicious and we’ll made.
The beer was good, but the food, especially served late, was where this place really stands out. I chose the oyster house burger. I love burgers and I love oysters, so I was torn, until I saw that this delicious burger was not only topped with cheese and bacon, but also fried oysters. SOLD! I also love Brussels, so the fact that the sprouts were soaked in beer sold me on those. My burger was cooked mid rare, just like I ordered, and the oysters were fried to perfection. Some of the best food I’ve had in a long time. My wife got the baked oysters Bienville, baked with parmesan cream sauce, bacon and shrimp served with a large helping of bread. She was extremely impressed to say the least.
Overall a delicious dinner with exceptional service. The waitress made sure we were always helped, the food came fast, and the beers kept flowing. Seriously one of our new favorite spots in town. We can’t wait to go back and try more menu items and more of the great beers they have on tap.

Blown away!
Oyster Brewing is small but mighty! Love the size and shape of the corner building. It definitely has an upscale cozy café feel to it.
The beers were all excellent! Galaxy IPA was spot on! Moonstone Oyster Stout was so mellow and creamy! Bubba Brown literally and figuratively blew my socks off! Pow!
Now feed me please! The Pulled Stout BBQ Chicken Sandwich was tender, delicious and huge, served on an avalanche of fries with the best dang garlic barrel dill I’ve had in forever!
The bacon wrapped monkfish special looked like a beautiful sculpture and smelled wonderful — next time you will be mine! Oysters from all over the states, Washington to Maine, with Oyster Happy Hour from 3 – 6 PM (M-​F). I love this place and hopefully you will too!

We went for a little Unilocal get together and it was really fun.
Oyter House is a delicious seafood joint with great beer and drinks and focus on oysters, as the name says it.
We tried the baked oysters, some tacos, (because it was taco Tuesday) and
a cup of the clam chowder.
Everything was delicious.
The vice there is very neighborhoody and the service was friendly.
I would totally go back to try the other oyster options!

This is such a cool local joint!
They serve Noble Cider!!! Love, Noble!
The hummus appetizer was to die for!
My entrée wound up being a cup of New England Clam Chowder. It was really good!

Oyster PO-​boy — oysters were tender and flaky fried just right. The tomatoes were fresh and sauce was just the right addition to the sandwich. Bread was grilled just a tad to long but was still very good!
Hush puppies were a disappointment very bland
Wife had a cup, which was more like a bowl, of clam chowder which was very creamy and brilliant loved it!!!
We had the hummus and cheese platter which was AWESOME… Highly recommend. The veggies were fresh and crisp and the hummus sampler was fantastic
Seating area is small and parking is limited. Service was great and waiters very patient and attentive… never had to ask for refill which is big in my book of customer service

I came to Oyster House last night for a (postponed on account of weather) Unilocal Meetup. I didn’t get the postponement message because I don’t check my inbox that often.
I really like this place! First off, they have ballsy navy blue walls. I’m a fan of ballsy décor, and they’re balling it up, over at Oyster House. Midnight blue gloss walls and metallic silver tin ceiling tiles. Glorious. It felt magical!
Our server was a total charmer. She took like 5 full minutes to describe the beer list in poetic detail. I listened, but I knew what I really wanted to try was their legendary stout. But I was afraid, because rumor has it it’s a beer, made from actual oysters. And that’s kind of horrifying to think about.
«Does it taste like oysters,» I asked? «No,» she assured me. The oysters are thrown in early during the brewing process to mimic the limestone terroire of Ireland’s Guinness. Being a brave soul, I said «OK, Oyster Stout me, please!»
Boy was that ever a good choice. Heavy bodied, black, just the right kind of tiny bubbles that make good stouts taste like lush cream from grass-​fed guernseys. Not terribly malty. Slow poured, just a shade cooler than room temperature. Icy stout is an abomination. This was no abomination. This was grace and beauty in a pint glass.
I was hugely impressed.
I ordered the Bacon Oyster Lettuce and Tomato sandwich, because if there’s anything that really excites me, it’s various exciting combinations of treifah.
I’ve been on a quest for an oyster sandwich good enough to take the place of the ones that I had in Augusta GA in the early 2000’s, at a little slum diner called Hot Foods By Calvin. Calvin Greene was a national treasure, and his oyster sandwich was off the proverbial chain. When he went to prison to do hard time for God knows what, a little piece of my soul died. And I’ve been haunting oyster joints like a hungry ghost ever since, hoping that someone will be able to do what Calvin could do with a humble oyster sandwich.
Maybe an impossible standard, but after the victory with the beer, I was super open minded, even hopeful.
Sad to say, this promising combo of oysters and bacon was not nearly as glorious as the oyster beer. It was tasty, but far from perfection.
It came with hush puppies that were clearly made by some yankee who has no idea what hush puppies are supposed to look like or taste like.
It reminded me of this one time at an ostensible «taco shop» in Juba, South Sudan, where all of the tacos, inexplicably, came with grated carrots on top. When I asked about the carrots, they brought an ancient color printout of what must, at one point, have been a cookbook. They had mistaken the color and shape of shredded cheese for carrots, and, lacking vital cultural references, were simply making food as best they could, based on the limited information they had. That’s kind of what these hushpuppies were like. Mad Max, cargo cult stuff. No resemblance to the actual thing they were emulating.
If I could give that Oyster beer 10 stars, I’d do it. The Sandwich was a solid 3. The hushpuppies, being bad but not dangerous, earned a measly 2 stars.
Lemme do a bit of mental arithmetic here.
10 thumbs up + 3 thumbs up + 2 thumbs up… 15 points for 3 items. That’s a total of 5 thumbs up… Impressive, considering the sandwich wasn’t entirely perfect.
But, in good conscience, I can’t give this place 5 thumbs up if they keep attempting to pass off those little fried devil turds as actual «hushpuppies».
So I’m knocking off one full point for the hushpuppies, which should be removed from the menu immediately, and giving this awesome joint a very enthusiastic 4 thumbs up.
I see many happy nights to come… with me, you, and a glass of oyster stout. Hurray!

If the service had been better, I would have given this place five stars. We sat on the couch because all the tables were full, and both waitresses made eye contact several times but didn’t ask for our order until I finally asked if we should order there or at the bar. The waitress we got wasn’t rude, but she certainly wasn’t friendly, either.
The oysters were ridiculously good. We got a sampler for $ 24. I ate more than half of them. Slurp! Phenomenal! My husband had their pale ale, and it was pretty hoppy and good. We left after that. The oysters made me very happy.

I don’t know how I can be a bigger fan of this place.
I don’t know how I can urge everyone to check this place out.
All I can say is that the Oyster House Brewing Company has etched a very special place in my heart.
The funny thing is, I’ve only been here twice. Is it too early to call this love at first sight? Bite? Sip?
Walking into this place is like walking into someone’s living room. There are board games, comfy chairs, and everyone seems to be having a pleasant time. The walls are painted a very welcoming color and it just feels homey.
My wife and I stopped by for the second time this week and were welcomed by the Billy, who was serving tables, and bartending, who also happens to be the head brewer and owner. Let’s take a moment for that to settle in, the man in charge of brewing, and operations was serving tables on a Sunday night. That’s something special in and of itself.
He welcomed us, by name, which was a real stunner considering we hadn’t been there in 6 months, and have only been there once before. Wow, way to make a couple feel special.
My wife and I were only popping in for a snack and a beer, so I selected one of the beers on cask (they always have two) from the multiple of varieties of beers they were offering that night. My wife chose the pale ale, and we were both very pleased with the crisp and well balanced beers.
The menu is fairly substantial, lots of oysters and sea food offerings, along with a nice selection of sandwiches. Tonight we just wanted a snack so we opted for the half pound of peel and eat shrimp.
We were both surprised by the massive size of the shrimp. Really pleasant. The shrimp were tasty, and fresh. They came with a side of house made cocktail sauce and a slab of city bakery bread served hot.
I really want to check this place out during the late afternoon. They seem to have some epic happy hour specials, mainly oysters are half price. That’s pretty epic.