Let me start off by saying I really don't like seafood... so I'm not very qualified to review this place. However, my friend invited some of us to stop by here Friday to celebrate her just-received and hard-earned master's degree from ASU. So I went. We ate in the oyster bar area. The place is really cute. Sure, it looks kind of corporate, but in a nice way. It's definitely the kind of place I would want to stop by for drinks with my friends. The wine list was OK, and they had some nice sake and martinis. Our waitress was great and really friendly.
The seafood platter they ordered smelled good.. and everyone who ate it said it was tasty.
It's definitely a bit pricey, but if the seafood is really that fresh, I guess it's worth it.
I'll probably bring my parents here when they visit and then I'll try something off the menu. The choices (aside from the sushi and seafood platters) range from pricey things like $20+ for the trout or the macadamia-nut crusted halibut to $12 tuna melts.
In the meantime, I have a good opinion of this place.
Oh, and it's actually in the parking lot area of Tempe Marketplace, not in that annoying pedestrian part dubbed "The District." So that earns it some points, too.