The Oyster Troff

Don’t expect much in the way of «atmosphere» or service when dining here. Seat yourself, be prepared to wait, and chat amongst yourselves. Food is decent. It’s all about the bars: oyster and drinking.

We tried the lobster and was very disappointed. The entire tail was rubber. My husband spoke with the manager who did apologize and assured us she would adjust the bill. The waitress was wonderful and once we were done with our drinks she brought our bill. There had been no adjustment on the lobster. The waitress then consulted with the manager who gave us $ 4 off the bill. Unfortunately we paid an obscene price for a couple of claws. We still tipped the waitress 20% of the original bill as she provided good service. The food was bad and we felt the manager was deceitful. We will not be going back

The food was very good and delivered promptly. However, they were seriously understaffed. It took time to get acknowledged for a table. We finally sat ourselves and waited for them to clean the table. We ordered 2 of the Fisherman;s Platter.
The seafood was cooked extremely well. We had ordered two platters and between 2 of us we could only eat one and took the other one home. Several times we had to get up from the table to get our drinks and other items. Not somewhere I would take a formal date for a romantic evening.
Overall, I would definitely go back and not have as high expectations for service. Sit at the bar to eat and drink. This is definitely not a «we come to you» service oriented situation. It is a bar with great food and friendly staff.

The reviews met my expectations it was awesome, love the troth around the oyster bar, had the shrimp cold, oysters $ 8.99 for a dozen, and fish dip with candied jalapeños, yum I’ll be back and a cold beer!

If you’re an oyster lover this is your place. The raw oysters were as fresh as you can get-​nice and salty. The fried oysters were delicious as well-​lightly battered & not over cooked. We’re just visiting but easy to see it’s a local favorite. Recommend highly.

Just had the bucket of oysters (three doz). They were shucked right in front of us at the bar. Delicious! The fish sandwich was HUGE!
Will definitely be back.

This is my favorite restaurant anywhere! We live 30 minutes away but I make hubby take me all the time. Their oysters are the BEST, inexpensive cold beer and mixed drinks, all u can eat specials, bucket specials and just the best food! I have yet to have a single menu item that was not phenomenal. The atmosphere is very small town and we just love that.

Started off good with oysters. Down hill from there. Started with 1 waitress ended up with 3. All you can eat mahi mahi got order then ordered second round took 15 minutes. Was not happy and probably want go back. All waitresses were friendly just slow.

Sweet. Simply just good eats. I had oysters on the ½ shell, shrimp basket, jalapeño hush puppies, washed down with a Rebel IPA on tap. Added plus they make their own french fries… thin cut!!! My best meal in Florida to date.
Perfect end to a day of second hand store shopping.

Great oyster bar with a trough to toss the shells. Had 4 dozen oysters and a delicious seafood combo — shrimp, clams, fish, hush puppies and slaw.

Three separate oyster bars give you a good chance to get a spot at the bar. Good oysters and accoutrements, I’ll be back to check out the food coming from the kitchen.

As a few other reviews I’ve read will also say, it can be quite a wait for the food. And I agree. My parents and I went for dinner on a Sunday, the bar quickly filled up after we arrived & our server seemed to be getting overwhelmed (although she was still very friendly, just frazzled a bit). Now for the reason I’m only giving two stars. I LOVE you seafood and have eaten a lot of it! I ordered the steamer plate and although it «looked» ok, I have NEVER eaten such bland and borderline tasteless crab legs! Now it was cooked very well, but literally tastes like it was cooked in plain water? In my experience there’s usually SOME sort of seasoning? My shrimp seemed a bit over-​cooked and it looked like someone dumped old bay on them. The only positive thing about my dinner was the clams, also plain but I still enjoyed them! My mom ordered clan strips and she shared a few, that’s definitely what I will order next time! The oysters were small due to the season but very tasty.

If you want fresh oysters there is no place I have found better than the oyster troff. We’ve been going here for years and they are great. Nothing fancy just good.

Was not very happy with the expierence i had at the oyster bar in eustis .i am a sucker for oyster bars and dives I ordered shrimp and oysters it took 42 minutes to get my food as i was ready to just walk out the young lady who i hadnt seen for refills or to even ask if maybe id like a app while im waiting came and said it will be just a few more minutes. Thats fine but id just like to be notified atleast so i could have ordered something to hold me over. But once i got the food it was great… i mean great! Like heaven in my mouth it was worth the wait. Maybe it was just their off time or maybe short staffed b. c there were only 2 other people in the reataurant but i will give this place another try here soon

I had a terrible experience. First the map directions lead you to the same street # but on the south end instead of the north end of the street. I sat at the oyster bar. I asked if the steamed seafood/​oysters came with real butter or just margarine and was told by the waiter that it was real butter erroneously which I found out from the owner after I had ordered. I ordered a dozen raw, a salad, garlic toast, fried pickles and a bucket of steamed oysters and told the bar waiter that I wanted the raw ones, salad, toast and pickles first in the quickest order as I hadn’t eaten all day. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting. And asked several times why I didn’t have the dozen raw yet or my salad??? He finally brought me this too nasty to eat salad which I returned because it was old iceberg lettuce with bad bits all throughout and no good veggies on top! No toast! Finally I got the pickles which weren’t bad but they give you a very tiny portion for $ 7.00! And still no toast and no oysters while people that came in after me were getting food. I finally canceled the raw oysters and should have just left… Because it took an hour and 15 minutes to finally get the steamed oysters which are nasty when dipped in hydrogenated oil that is 1 step from being a plastic. I told the owner that they should have real butter for those that will pay extra; he pretends that that is what his customers want when I know damn well it’s a cost issue. It’s too bad that so many stupid Americans accept fake poisonous food so that owners like this one can pawn it off.

In my opinion the best oysters in the county Service is usually spot on most everything else on the menu is Meh they do have a full liquor bar

Me and my friends love this place!

When I lived in Missouri I used to dream about places like this. Shuck em, serve em up raw right there on the bar, mix the cocktail sauce to your own personal taste, grab a pack of crackers and go to town. Then when you’re finished, rake em into the trough behind the bar. Damn this is good eatin. Oysters are fresh and not too pricey. Their fancy oysters are good but I’d rather have another dozen raw. This is definitely a «go to» place

this is a 5 star dive dump. I loved the garlic chicken wings. Loved the oysters. only ordered ½ dozen but they gave me 9. my wife got the white fish (forgot the real name) broiled. It was amazing. Met a great couple, had a great time. You have to sit at the bar.
My only mistake. Do not order beer by the mug, get a pitcher it is a lot cheaper.
My wife almost turnaround when we went in, but now she can’t wait to go back.

Went to this place twice in the 6 days I was in the area. Nice little place with friendly locals and a laid back blue collar feel. All in all I’ll def. be back.
Price:
Prices were very cheap compared to up here, and the food was good too. The second day we had 36 oysters (mix of steamed and raw), two servings of the jalapeño hushpuppies, a grouper sandwich & fries, a dozen wings and two pitchers of yeungling for $ 57! Granted some stuff was on special because of the game-​time deals, but we were there earlier in the week without specials and it was still almost that cheap.
Drinks:
Full bar, though some of the bottles looked empty (example — Maker’s Mark). Not a ton of draft beer to choose from either, but they had Yeungling on draft and it was nice and fresh. The game-​time special is $ 6.00 Bud pitchers, but here’s a KEY TIP. Yeungling is also only $ 6 during game time! Two weeks ago I was paying that for a GLASS in NYC. We also had Yeungling off-​special a few days earlier, but I don’t think it was more than 8 – 9 bucks then either.
Food:
The oysters were great. A little bit of a wait, but not bad at all. The oysters are from Texas and thereabouts. I haven’t traveled as much as my sister, but she said they were a lot better than west coast and comparable to blue point oysters. (Gasp! Someone’s opinion other than my own! Someone alert Unilocal ASAP!!)
The hot wings were pretty good too. Next time I’ll probably order one level hotter. (We had the middle one and they frankly weren’t that spicy.)
The jalapeño hush puppies were tasty, but very mild. But hey, 8 – 10 of them for $ 1.99? Deal.