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Rodney’s Oyster House
Out of all the many great seafood restaurants that specialize in oysters in Vancouver, one of my favorite places to go is a place in Yaletown called Rodney’s Oyster House.
It’s not the easiest place to find. Located on Hamilton Street south of Davie, it has a really small sign that isn’t really outstanding if you are looking in that direction from Davie Street. In fact, during my first 2 years in Vancouver, I continually failed to notice it during my many trips to Yaletown.
Rodney's Oyster House on the east side of Hamilton, between Davie and Drake
I was really impressed with the interior design the first time I entered it. It doesn’t look at all like any of the modern restaurants like Earls, Moxies, Cactus Club, and Joeys. In constast, it has a simple, old-fashioned looking interior with a lot of white. It reminded me of the interior of a ship, actually, which helped me to enjoy the seafood even more.
I was there with 4 other people at the time, and we decided to sample pretty well everything there. There wasn’t much to choose from there, so it was pretty easy to decide. They just have a simple menu with few selections.
The dinner menu at Rodney's Oyster House (click to enlarge)
The first thing we ordered was a selection of fine, fresh oysters.
Fresh oysters
Oyster closeup. If you love oysters, your mouth must be watering now.
Following that, we ordered the Oysters Rockerfellah, Pan Fried Oysters, and Shrimp Cocktail. This was, by far, my favorite moment of our dinner party.
A tray of seafood delights. Can you imagine how delicious this was? (click to enlarge)
And then, we couldn’t call it a night until sampling one of their fine desserts. I ordered the Banana Creme Brule.
Banana Creme Brule - the most unique of their 3 desserts
And that was it for our evening dinner. By the time we left, it was night time, and we were all stuffed to the max with a full selection of various items from their menu and plenty of beer. Before heading home for the night, I took one more picture of how the restaurant looks from outside at night.
Outside Rodney's Oyster House at night
After seeing my photos of Rodney’s Oyster House and all the amazing kinds of seafood you can get there, you are probably already making plans to go and check it out for yourself. If that is the case, and if you want more information about the restaurant and its menus, I recommend checking out the Rodney’s Oyster House website.
OMG!! Yaletown! Those look soooo tasty. I’d like to have one of them:)
I guess you’ll get your chance soon. You’re coming to Vancouver in September, right? I know how much you miss Yaletown, Tokyo boy