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1300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403

612-333-2277

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BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING
Award Winner 2007

Cuisine(s): Seafood, Steakhouse, Wine Bar

Hours: Sun-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm
Price: $$$$

Features: Business Dining, Coat Check, Private Party
Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Valet

Description

A sidecar, clams casino, lobster thermidor, and thou--is this Miami Beach in 1958? Close, with the same deco-echoing architecture of fanciful fun and many of those classic American hotel dishes. The only difference is that here the freshness of the fish relies on airlines, not proximity to the docks, and you can get the contemporary preparations of black bass in black butter and single-malt scotches that we modern folk have become so accustomed to. Oyster fans take note: The towers of ice next to the bar now host the best oyster bar in the city.

2007 | BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING

Oceanaire's menu is famously ever-changing, depending on what fish markets worldwide have to offer, and that element of surprise is part of the thrill of dining there. But the tab for the pristine, exotic, just-flown-in raw materials adds up fast, which is why we like going to Oceanaire when someone else's black AmEx will settle the check. That said, there's much on the menu that's worth the price: Specialties--all of them à la carte--can include Costa Rican dayboat... More »
2005 | BEST SEAFOOD

This year the Oceanaire chain added new restaurants, so now the locally based chain has outposts in San Diego, Atlanta, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and one forthcoming in Miami. Yet the Minneapolis one was the original, so the question constantly arises: How do Minnesotans sell fish to folks in fishing towns like Seattle and Miami Isn't this kind of like Floridians selling snow to the Eskimos Kind of, but not really. This particular cadre of Minnesotans has the one secret weapon that... More »
2005 | BEST SERVICE AT A RESTAURANT

Our short list for great service in Minneapolis this year was extremely short: sister restaurants Manny's and the Oceanaire, the Rick Webb family of restaurants including Zelo and Ciao Bella, and the Capital Grille. That the restaurants in question are able to replicate their excellent service in multiple locations is proof of what we've always said: Great service isn't born, it's trained. We're giving the prize to Oceanaire this year because we had to pick something to decide this... More »
2004 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

Ever had shad roe Honestly, the closest we ever got to it before was in the Cole Porter song. Then one night we saw it on the Oceanaire menu, alongside Florida sushi-grade black grouper, Alaskan dayboat halibut, Columbia River spring king salmon, diver-caught Maine scallops, Chesapeake Bay crab, California white sturgeon "Molassol" caviar, and had to have it. That's right, we surveyed the seafood of the whole world and settled on this little seasonal enthusiasm from the American Atlantic.... More »
2003 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

Oh, the good times we've had at the Oceanaire Seafood Room. The oysters as fresh as mermaids newly broken through the surface of the sea, the cocktails as potent as sea spray whipping over a yacht's prow, the matchstick fries as crisp as the sound of a snapping sail. Of course, there are people who go to the Oceanaire for its chef-driven seafood creations, things like Greek Isles #1 bluefin tuna seared with wasabi and soy or sesame-crusted, pan-seared Cavicucho (a California sea bass). But... More »
2002 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

It's the oyster bar that hooks us. Glistening little puddles of just-shelled mollusk on scrappy little disks of shell that sat oh-so-recently in the world's inlets, bays, and estuaries. Sweet Wellfleets, subtle Blue Points, delicate Kumamotos from the West Coast. Snare a seat at that oyster bar and you'll know why those birds poking around ocean surf always look so happy. That's good eating. You know what's nearly as good The improbable-sounding Alaskan halibut "T-bone" (market price,... More »
2001 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

Since it opened a little more than two years ago, Oceanaire has dominated the seafood dreams of seafood lovers. The fantasies start with $1.95 bluepoint oysters (opened by a few of the only people you can count on not to shatter the bivalves while shucking), work up through $4.25 cups of clam chowder and $19.95 fried-everything (potatoes, fish, shrimp, scallops, and oysters) platters, and then dither around aimlessly in the seared Oregon skate ($23.95), Hawaiian blue marlin ($25.95), and... More »
2000 | BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING

If someone's sucker enough to offer to buy you dinner--kid, who are you to refuse And who are you to worry about their finances What are you--Alan Greenspan You are looking out for number one, and there is no more glorious experience for sale (legally--get yer head out of the gutter) than sitting down in a jade-and-glass Fabergé egg of a restaurant for some primo vino and fantabulous cuisine. How does this recent sample menu strike you Appetizer: Ahi Tuna with Peking Duck Blini... More »
2000 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

Plenty of local chefs have the talent and skill to produce an exceptional meal of fish--Doug Flicker at Auriga, Philip Dorwart at Table of Contents 2, Lucia Watson at Lucia's, and Alex Roberts at Alma leap to mind. But only one restaurant combines expert technique with a mind-altering quantity, variety, and quality of flipping-fresh sea critters, and that restaurant is Oceanaire. The oyster bar is a Poseidonic dream, with half a dozen or more kinds of mollusks, identified by the bay or... More »

Oceanaire, Blue Door Pub, and more: The most popular dishes at your favorite restaurants

By Matt Smith | Fri, June 11, 2010

When you go out to eat, do you order decisively or do you stare at the menu obsessively, as if it's your last meal? Here's a handy guide to what customers order most at some of the Twin Cities' most p... More »
Serve Somebody

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, August 11, 2004

Dear Dara; This letter is pure venting. I walked out of L___ yesterday. Why? Because the waiter would not let me sit at a table other than the crappy little two-seater in the corner he had picked out for me, where my shoulder would have been sm... More »
Sea What I Mean

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, March 24, 1999

The Oceanaire Seafood Room 1300 Nicollet Mall (Hyatt Regency Center), Mpls.; (612) 333-2277 Hours: Sunday-Thursday 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5 p.m.-11 p.m. My first oyster experiences were all about digging up the rocklike morsels from t... More »

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JoeE4 | Plymouth, MN | 1 Reviews

| Fri, January 29, 2010

Besides serving the freshest seafood anywhere, they also have a surprisingly Great Happy Hour. $2 Beers, $4 Wine, $6 Martinis and $5 Apps.

Dinner Menu

Cold Appetizers

$17.95

Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
house made cocktail sauce

$17.95

Jumbo Lump Crabmeat Cocktail

$15.95

Spicy Tuna Poke
wasabi emulsion, wonton chips and cucumbers

$15.95

Laughing Bird White Shrimp Ceviche
citrus marinated with crisp white corn tortillas

$12.95

Tombo Tuna Bresaola Carpaccio
fresh radish, lemon and baby greens

Per Person $26.00

Chilled Shellfish Platter
a towering sampler of chilled shrimp, crab, lobster, & fresh oysters from our fresh raw bar

$13.95

Cady Creek Farms Wisconsin Cheese Plate

Hot Appetizers

$17.95

Jumbo Lump Crab Cake
creamy mustard mayonnaise

$12.95

Fried Red Chili Calamari
warm asian vegetables

$8.95

Fried Asparagus
parmesan crusted with blue cheese-tomato fondue

$13.95

Steamed Mussels Mariniere
white wine, butter & shallots

$9.95

Escargots Burguignonne
burgundy butter & puff pastry

$10.95

Classic Clams Casino

$12.95

Oysters Rockefeller

$12.95

Shrimp And Grits
jumbo shrimp and creamy white cheddar polenta

$14.95

Seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras
blackberry gastrique and chive pesto

Soups & Salads

Cup $5.95
Bowl $7.95

New England Clam Chowder

Cup $5.95
Bowl $7.95

Halibut And Wild Rice Soup

$7.95

Chopped House Green Salad
oceanaire vinaigrette

$8.95

Caesar Salad

$8.95

Blue Cheese Bibb Lettuce Salad
sliced local apples & pecans

$8.95

Iceberg Lettuce Wedge
crumbled bacon, tomato, bleu cheese dressing

$12.95

Seafood Chopped Salad
crabmeat, shrimp, feta cheese, greek vinaigrette

$9.95

Tomato And Fresh Mozzarella Salad

$8.95

Chopped Spinach Salad
roasted mushrooms and hot bacon dressing

$9.95

Blt Salad
buttermilk bacon dressing

$10.95

Baby Arugula And Spring Pea Salad
fresh kumquats, crumbled goat cheese and honey roasted almonds

$9.95

Beet And Bleu Cheese Salad
roasted beets, balsamic vinaigrette and field greens

Oceanaire Classics

$28.95

Shrimp Scampi
served with tomatoes, garlic & olive oil linguine

$34.95

Chesapeake Bay Style Crab Cakes
creamy mustard mayonnaise

$29.95

Baked Stuffed Shrimp
crabmeat stuffing with creamy linguine pasta

$34.95

Seared Jumbo Massachusetts Sea Scallops
tomato risotto, truffled pesto emulsion, crispy fried tomatoes

$34.95

Harpooned Swordfish ‘black And Bleu'
cajun spiced with bleu cheese butter

$26.95

Old Fashioned Fried Shrimp
matchstick fries

$29.95

Baked Stuffed Canadian Walleye
spinach, crabmeat & shrimp stuffing with tomato-chive butter

$33.95

Grilled Center-cut Filet Mignon And Shrimp
grilled asparagus and béarnaise sauce

$22.95

Fish And Chips
beer battered fish and matchstick fries

$34.95

Seared-rare Yellowfin ’ahi’ Tuna
pickled ginger, wasabi & soy sauce

$25.95

“fin And Shell” Fish Stew
mediterranean style fish soup with pernod and spicy garlic rouille

$44.95

Whole Fried Icelandic Arctic Char
citrus soy glaze

Fresh Fish Specialties

$36.95

Grilled Australian Barramundi
old bay and ritz crackersand ritz, arugula and caramelized lemon

$36.95

Bay Of Fundy Salmon ‘dynamite’
spicy blue crab crusted with thai chile butter sauce

$34.95

Grilled Harpooned Swordfish
heirloom tomato salsa with cilantro pesto

$38.95

Hawaiian Yellowfin ’ahi’ Tuna
with crispy wontons and soy caramel wontons and red chile soy sauce

$38.95

Costa Rican Mahi-mahi ‘louie’
jumbo lump crab meat, caper butter sauce and mashed potatoes

Lobster & Crab Selections

$64.95

Dutch Harbor Golden King Crab

Per Lb. $29.00

Live North Atlantic Lobsters
1.25 - 2.0 lbs

$64.95

18 Oz Carribbean Rock Lobster Tail

6oz Filet $62.95
10 Oz Filet $72.95

Oceanaire Surf And Turf
1.25lbs lobster or golden king crab

Simply Grilled Or Broiled
Brushed With Lemon Butter

$37.95

Wild Alaska Halibut Fillet

$44.95

14oz Wild Alaska Halibut T-bone

$29.95

Hawaiian Blue Marlin

$29.95

Bay Of Fundy Salmon

$29.95

Costa Rican Mahi-mahi

$30.95

Massachusetts Jumbo Sea Scallops

$30.95

Nova Scotia Harpooned Swordfish

$22.95

Broiled Canadian Walleye

$30.95

Australian Barramundi

Steakhouse Offerings

$26.95

6 Oz Petite Filet Mignon

$34.95

10 Oz Filet Mignon

$38.95

16 Oz. New York Strip Steak

$22.95

16 Oz. Double-cut Pork Chop

$42.95

20 Oz. Bone-in Ribeye

$18.95

Pan-roasted Chicken Chop
sour cream mashed potatoes

$44.95

New Zealand Rack Of Lamb
rosemary-mustard crumb with red wine demi-glace

Oyster Bar
Sweet Or Savory - Your Choice Of A Bottle Of Seaglass Sauvignon Blanc Or Nine Vines Moscato Paired Perfectly With A 1/2 Dozen Oysters - $39

$3.50

KUMAMOTO - CALIFORNIA

$3.75

KUSSHI - BRITISH COLUMBIA

$3.25

EFFINGHAM - BRITISH COLUMBIA

$3.50

HAMA HAMA - WASHINGTON

$3.50

NISQUALLY BAY - WASHINGTON

$3.50

COTUIT - MASSACHUSETTS

$3.50

FISHER’S ISLAND - NEW YORK

$3.50

NAKED COWBOY - LONG ISLAND SOUND

Enhancements

$9.95

Jumbo Lump Crab Oscar

$8.95

Jumbo Lump Crab

$4.00

Black & Bleu

$7.00

Dynamite

$9.00

Louie

$14.95

Jumbo Scallops

$7.95

Grilled Shrimp

$14.95

Oregon Black Truffle

Side Dishes

$7.95

Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes

$9.95

Steamed Asparagus
hollandaise

$8.95

Creamed Corn

$8.95
A La Oceanaire Add $1.95

Hashed Browns

$9.95

Cheesy Bacon Au Gratin Potatoes

$5.95
With Parmesan And White Truffle Oil Add $3.00

Matchstick Fries

$6.95

Wild Rice Pilaf
pecans and golden raisins

$8.95

Balsamic Glazed Beets
crumbled bleu cheese

$7.95

Szechuan Sugar Snap Peas

$8.95

Butter Braised Mushrooms And Spinach

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The Oceanaire Seafood Room - Minneapolis

1300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403

612-333-2277

Description

2007 | BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING

2005 | BEST SEAFOOD

2005 | BEST SERVICE AT A RESTAURANT

2004 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

2003 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

2002 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

2001 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

2000 | BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING

2000 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

By Matt Smith | Fri, June 11, 2010

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, August 11, 2004

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, March 24, 1999

JoeE4 | Plymouth, MN | 1 Reviews