Oyster House

Formerly known as the Sansom Street Oyster House. Re-opened recently as The Oyster House. Would like to write a review.

About 100 hand-painted Victorian-era oyster plates that once hung at Kelly’s adorn the walls.

At the oyster bar to watch professional shuckers work their magic on your briny order.

“Real Philadelphia tradition” lives on at this “modern rustic” Rittenhouse fish house under “third-generation” ownership by the Mink family, whose stock in trade is “unpretentious but perfectly presented seafood” and a “bustling” raw bar where you can “get your master’s in oysternomics” at “buck-a-shuck happy hours”; there’s “good service even when busy”, and “except for the Philly accents, you...

With third-generation restaurateur Sam Mink at the helm, the reconceived Oyster House offers a different bar configuration, a large central raw bar and a terrific menu of fresh seafood with offerings of raw clams and oysters to house…

Oyster House is reclaiming its original spot on Sansom Street, where it now serves seafood out of a refurbished dining room that maintains contact with its history. The original Sansom Street Oyster House is back in the hands of its…

Sansom Street knows everything there is to know about oysters -- where they come from, how their flavors differ, and how to prepare them. The space is colorful and you can watch the practiced shuckers at their craft, if you choose to sit at the bar at lunchtime. Blackboards listing the daily specials perch beside a large collection of antique oyster plates and nautical lithographs. Inventive...

Oyster house. Philadelphia seafood restaurant and bar. 1516 sansom street. (215)567-7683195251attr:bar195470attr:beerbargrilltavernrestaurant