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| - Ok, I'm not an oyster connoisseur. I mostly enjoy fanny bay oysters from the hotpot variety and the baked oysters from izakaya places. I decided to start exploring different kinds of oysters to see what I've been missing. I've heard good things about Diana's Oyster bar, so I decided to try.
My friend and I ordered the 12 malpeque oysters for $15, and I added 2 kumamoto and 2 kusshi oysters because I heard that they are good. The one that I think was kumamoto was good, but kinda pricy. At $4.20 an oyster, it was really fresh and tasty (it's like I could taste the ocean), but it was also very small (see pic). The kusshi (2.90 an oyster) were good too. The malpeque oysters were decent.
I also ordered the Oyster Rockefeller. That was basically a baked fanny bay oyster. 3 oysters for 13 bucks. I think I enjoyed this more than raw oysters. I really wish they had more cooked oyster varieties.
My friend ordered the Fish Sampler Trio for $33. It was basically a small piece of halibut, BC Snapper, and Mahi Mahi (probably about 100g each), with a little bit of potato, rice, and veggies. When he first received it, he thought "that's it for 33 bucks?" He enjoyed the halibut the most, but the rest were only okay.
One thing about service was that it was okay. When we almost finished our meal, we looked around and saw that other people got bread before their meal. My friend said "we didn't get any bread?" Lol we should have asked for the bread, because after spending 100 bucks on our meal for 2 people, I was still kinda hungry.
Service was quick, but friendliness were kinda meh, and we felt we were kinda being rushed.
So after today, I probably won't return here for more oyster adventures. Nothing wrong with the food, but I found that raw oysters is probably not for me. In general, prices were also a bit expensive and the cost exceeds value of the food. But that's the cost of going into unknown territories!
I'd rate this 8/10 for quality, 4.5/10 for value, 6.5/10 for service. 6.5 overall (not an average).
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