Restaurant Name: Neptune Oyster
Specialty: Anything seafood, particulary oysters!
Location: North End, Boston, Massachusetts
Company: Joanna ( :
Overall Experience: AHHH. Book me a plane ticket back to Boston please!




Neptune OYSTER, so of course we had to order oysters! Actually, I think that this was the actual reason why we were here in the first place ( : The order sheet that Neptune Oyster provided had very helpful descriptions in explaining the flavors and textures of the oysters. Being in Boston, I only wanted to get oysters that were from the area. We ended up getting the Thatch Island, Katama Bay, Wianno, and the East Beach Blondes. The Thatch Island was extremely smooth, but not as briny as I prefer my oysters. The Katama Bay were described with a "buttered popcorn finish" but Joanna and I did not feel like getting a bunch of these oysters and sitting down with a Blockbuster movie, herego, we did not taste the buttered popcorn finish (I don't even know if I used 'herego' correctly...). I think (honestly, I do not really remember) that the East Beach Blondes were my favorite. I do not think that my tastebuds are as acute as I thought them to be, for I did not taste the "sweet pea finish." OOH! The clams were the last thing that we had, from Wellfeet, MA, they were the first raw clams that I've ever had and they were SO GOOD. It had the typical clam texture with the briny-ness of oysters. It was very interesting and I'd definitely get it again. I think that the best thing about the oysters, besides the oysters themselves, were the cocktail sauce that accompanied them. Totally homemade, I kept dipping my fork into it and just eating the sauce by itself (I prefer my oysters with just a cute squeeze of lemon). The sauce was intensely sour but softened by something else magical that Neptune Oyster conjured up. The sauce=the best cocktail sauce ever. If this was a side dish, I'd definitely order it the next time I'm at Neptune Oyster.




So, Joanna and I, just being the two of us, decided to sit at the bar since there were two seats open. The couple next to us ordered this dish, Steamed Littleneck Clams. When the dish came, Joanna and I kept starring until one of us decided "Let's order that!." I'm honestly not a huge fan of the actual steamed clams, but I am a devout food enthusiast to the broth that it comes with. We got bread, grilled!, and soaked it in the juices. There was an intense amount of garlic which was perfect to counteract the natural saltiness of the clams. While I did eat some clams, most of my utility was eating the clam-broth-soaked-BREAD.




This is Neptune Oyster's version of the Maine Lobster Roll. They serve it on a toasted roll and hot with butter. The Maine lobster meat was incredibly tener. Because of the size of lobster meat, I feel that it is very difficult to perfect cooking lobster meat correctly, but whatever Neptune Oyster is doing, is definitely working for them. I wish that the bun was freshly baked (Yes, I've been pretty spoiled). It felt like one of those hot dog buns that you can buy a year ahead for your barbeque and still expect it to be fine. Well, it wasn't that bad, but sort of that same idea. I at least wish that if they were to use this particiular bun, that they would have toasted it like they did with the bread that they provided with the claim. I felt that it would have made a big difference. DUDE! The fries were way legit. While doing my research on food in Boston, I discovered that they were known for their ice cream, clam chowder, baked beans, Boston cream pie, etc. I think that fries also needed to be added to that list. All the fries that I consumed while in Boston, including fries at Neptune Oyster, were ridiculously good. Fried just a tad bit longer to give it that extra crispyness and skinny! So good. Possibly not something that Neptune Oyster would consider, but I also wished that they had made their own ketchup. Don't get me wrong, I do love the heavily processed and bottled Heinz, but I love it more when a resturant/food place spends the time and effort to make their own. Such good fries though! ( :