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You can count on a great selection of the best East Coast oysters at this gleaming seafood brasserie restaurant in the Galleria. The simplest dishes tend to be the most successful, including Chesapeake Bay-style crab cakes, live North Atlantic lobster, hash brown potatoes and beet and arugula salad. Full bar. Wheelchair accessible in main dining room only. No smoking.
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Holiday Parties at the Oceanaire - An uncommonly tasteful affair. Call for reservations. As sleek as a 1930s ocean liner, yet as relaxed as a dinner on the shore, the Oceanaire provides the perfect setting to enjoy Ultra-Fresh seafood, flown in daily from around the world. Sip a Sidecar in the lounge, sidle up to the oyster bar, or kick back in a horseshoe booth before diving into a sea of Ultra-Fresh fish, including steak-cut Alaskan halibut, seasonal favorites like fresh Copper River salmon or hard-to-find delicacies like true Dover sole or bluefin tuna. Our daily-printed menu will guide you, a wine list as deep as the sea will seduce you, and the world's freshest seafood awaits you at the Oceanaire. See you soon.
Executive chef: Chad Kelley
Dining Style: Casual Elegant
Cross Street: I-635 & Dallas Tollway
Parking: Valet
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With a stellar selection of the best North Atlantic oysters of the moment (there are usually 10 or 12 on offer), Oceanaire is Dallas’ most glorious raw bar. Since I reviewed the restaurant last November, chef Aaron Valimont’s cooking has really taken off. He excels at simple dishes: perfectly grilled wild Alaskan halibut “T-bone” that tasted just pulled out of the water, served simply with roasted lemon, or a more involved Costa Rican mahi-mahi “dynamite” — topped with crab and set off by a chile-spiked butter sauce. Not so simple — but fabulous — is a new appetizer, deep-fried “bon bons” with a bourbon-maple finish; they’re filled with melted foie gras. (Yes, I know foie gras is not seafood, but this dish rocks.) Here’s the thing: Valimont left the restaurant earlier this week; he’s going to head up the kitchen at a new Capital Grille to open in Plano. At this moment in time, Oceanaire is absolutely one of our best seafood houses, and I applaud the chain’s commitment to sustainability. Of course, whether Oc (Full review)
Holiday shopping can be so stressful. Will Uncle Larry be insulted if we buy him a gadget that tells him when his steaks are medium- rare? Are my sister's kids the right age for Legos or, would they really prefer a hideously violent Xbox game? Where can we get the most done in the shortest time: NorthPark or the Galleria?
If you find yourself in the Galleria and need to unwind over lunch or dinner, you might stop by the Oceanaire Seafood Room. (Full review)
Oceanaire, a small national upscale chain, sets the area standard for fresh, luxury seafood. It is as expensive as a steakhouse, and as with its carnivorous counterparts, it dazzles with simple preparations that let the ingredients speak for themselves. (Full review)