Pearl Diver is a casual seafood restaurant ideal for small groups, date nights and families. The daily specials are a great value especially the Tuesday Seafood Circus Platter and Thursday 100 for $100 Oysters.
Food - Decent quality - fresh and plentiful but not the higher end quality of many $$$ seafood restaurants on Yelp.
Oyster menu has good variety but quite a few were not available at the time due to seasonality or supply.
Seafood Circus Platter - Probably an okay value at $65 regular price but a steal on Tuesdays at $29!
- a dozen oysters - mixture of Fanny Bay and Malpeque - were fresh and tasty.
- 3 jumbo shimps - not as flavourful as others i've had - a bit on the rubbery side
- 1 crab leg - decent quality but a bit of work to remove
- 4 cold mussels - didn't like these that much - texture was too firm
- 4 pieces of seared tuna - was pretty good
You can probably tell I felt the quality was OK but not above average.
Service - Friendly and attentive. Servers were knowledgeable about the types of seafood and oysters.
Environment - louder, bustling ambiance with wooden tables in open concept. Younger crowd overall especially for the special nights.
I would give it 3.5 stars if I could - primarily for the value and selection vs the quality of the seafood.