Reviews & Ratings for The Oceanaire Seafood Room - Minneapolis

01/16/12

Love the new decor

by RobertABC at Citysearch

Haven't been in the cities for years and came back to do a show and went here for dinner with the group and walked into this new updated seafood resturant. Love the food!

02/07/11

Great Hotel BUT...

Contributor at Citysearch

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10/07/10

I love this place

by lovlife at Citysearch

I love the fact that the food and the service of place always consistance, the best quarlity of seafood. LOVE IT!

04/29/09

Oysters, Birdbath size martini's and great service!

by foodporn at Citysearch

-Gio/Jio sp? made my friends feel at home while we waited for a table at the bar..great wine choices for myself and our Manhattans and martini...killer!

-Nat was a consummate professional and he was honest about the portions which of course made us order more wine! He described the food perfectly and knew when to leave us be. All around classic service you would find in NYC!

Everyone was nice and we will be sure to come back for our next girls night out!

• Pros: Best Staff, Service, Bartenders and Oysters

11/19/08

Pampered and Perfect Birthday

by macguyver at Citysearch

A very fun and relaxing evening celebrating a birthday during the week. Very attentive, friendly, knowlegeable, but not annoying waiter who treated us with a great experience-ask for Chad's area.

The food was what they're known for; seafood; with the ahi tuna filling up two of us that had split it, the shrimp cocktail was a bit dry but great with the cocktail sauce. Drinks were good size but expensive.

Chad brought out a huge baked alaska with pumpkin ice cream for the b-day treat and it was delicious.

The hostesses, waiters, helpers were charming us from the minute we stepped into the restaurant. It was a special eating event. I was disappointed that there wasn't alot of diners and hope that isn't a bad sign especially since Manny's left.

• Pros: parking in ramp is easy, the staff treats you very well, seafood was perfect, romantic booths
• Cons: hign prices on food and drinks, downtown taxes, not a lot of energy during the week

08/20/08

What's all the fuss about???

by clark1234 at Citysearch

I thought this place was just ok. Found bones in my fish. I don't know if he's the owner or the manager but this guy Steve was rude, rude, rude!

08/03/08

Best Sea food in town Hands Down

by TommyZ1 at Citysearch

By far my favorite restaurant in town . The Mussels & caesar salad are my favorite, the pecan encrushed whitefish Or fresh wild salmon is also good. I truly have never had a bad dish at this restaurant. Service Is always good. Great bar drinks also. save room for desert.

• Pros: Best food in town
• Cons: parking lot is a pain in the -------.

05/15/08

The best service!

by paula2008dano at Citysearch

Our experience at Oceanaire was fantastic. The reservationist was kind and accomidating over the phone. When it came to ordering, our waiter, Kevin, was incredibly helpful and took the time to explain the menu and made fabulous recommendations. In our case, we were celebrating a special event and they made sure we were being well taken care of. Thanks for a great meal and a great night!

11/30/07

Pretty good, but not awesome

by markcherne at Citysearch

We went to the Oceanaire for a special event - a group of six of us. Expecting to pay a good price, and get a phenomenal meal and dining experience. However, the evening was disappointing. The food, service and ambiance all were just fine, but when you invest that kind of money for a night out, you should expect to be wowed, blown away, totally impressed. We were not wowed, only satisfied. The seafood was not twice as good, the service and atmosphere not two times better than other eateries we could have gone to. I can?t really recommend the Oceanaire based on this visit ? the value simply was not there for the amount of money we spent.

• Pros: Food, service, ambience all were fine
• Cons: For the money spent, it should have been an outstanding experience - it was not

10/26/07

Overall good place

by zadier at Citysearch

My wife and I went to this restaurant because we heard great things about it all over the place. When we got there the place was packed! I understand the biz. When you have a packed restaurant you make lots of money, but working my way through a crowd is not my idea of a fine dining experence. We had to wait half an hour for our table, dispite reservations. This also annoyed me. Staff was friendly and service was impressive. I was shocked at the price of drinks (in a bad way).

The food was good. Menue was not what I expected. A lot of fish and not much of anything else. Menue was pricy but not too bad. Best crab cakes I have ever had. Our food was good, and came in decent portions. All in all I think the place is a bit overrated, but good. It did not live up to the hype it gets by any means. I would go here again over a restaurant like Red Lobster, if I were in the mood for seafood.

• Pros: Great service, fair prices on most items
• Cons: crowded, noisey, reservations mean nothing