Union Oyster House

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3.4 rating over 2 reviews

41 Union St
Boston, MA
(617) 227-2750 View the Menu
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Description: Union Oyster House is a American, Seafood, and Private Parties restaurant where most Menuism users came for a romantic date, paid between $25 and $50, and tipped between 15% to 18%.  Tags: , , and
   
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  • 2 reviews
  • First reviewed by dlay01

April 6, 2007

  • 3.0 star rating
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America's Oldest Restaurant

America’s oldest running restaurant since 1826, Union Oyster House is a must go at least once when in Boston. Sure you can have better seafood at other restaurants, but nothing can beat eating at this historic place – where else can you sit at an oyster bar that Daniel Webster ate at regularly?!?

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Oyster House Clam Chowder

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Creamy and full of fresh clams!

Raw Oysters

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Very very fresh and flavorful. I loved their horseradish sauce that complemented the oysters very well.

Mussels - Basque Style

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These were tasty too but it was a little sandy for me…

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August 14, 2007

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the tourist place - but worth it.

okay.. so we had to come eat when we visited. we NEEDED the boston clam chowder.. we CRAVED those oysters and lobster, and we were glad we came. even on a weeknight, the wait was super long. this place seems to be packed regularly. we should have called ahead but figured it wouldnt be too bad on a weeknight.. right?

okay.. so we had to come eat when we visited. we NEEDED the boston clam chowder.. we CRAVED those oysters and lobster, and we were glad we came. even on a weeknight, the wait was super long. this place seems to be packed regularly. we should have called ahead but figured it wouldnt be too bad on a weeknight.. right?the wait was around 45 min but we had to eat here. america’s first restaurant.. we had to experience it. so we put our names in and walked around right outside for a while. we visited the holocaust memorial and walked around the quincy market which is super close by. then we came back to sit and wait at the bar with our sam adams beer.

okay.. so we had to come eat when we visited. we NEEDED the boston clam chowder.. we CRAVED those oysters and lobster, and we were glad we came. even on a weeknight, the wait was super long. this place seems to be packed regularly. we should have called ahead but figured it wouldnt be too bad on a weeknight.. right?the wait was around 45 min but we had to eat here. america’s first restaurant.. we had to experience it. so we put our names in and walked around right outside for a while. we visited the holocaust memorial and walked around the quincy market which is super close by. then we came back to sit and wait at the bar with our sam adams beer.when it was time to be seated we were taken all the way up and through the entire restaurant to the top floor in a tiny little booth that looked like it was the same wood from the 1900’s. we ordered clam chowder which was sooo good. i havent had it like this before – so rich and tasty. we also shared a sample of raw oysters which were so cold and buttery. just great.

okay.. so we had to come eat when we visited. we NEEDED the boston clam chowder.. we CRAVED those oysters and lobster, and we were glad we came. even on a weeknight, the wait was super long. this place seems to be packed regularly. we should have called ahead but figured it wouldnt be too bad on a weeknight.. right?the wait was around 45 min but we had to eat here. america’s first restaurant.. we had to experience it. so we put our names in and walked around right outside for a while. we visited the holocaust memorial and walked around the quincy market which is super close by. then we came back to sit and wait at the bar with our sam adams beer.when it was time to be seated we were taken all the way up and through the entire restaurant to the top floor in a tiny little booth that looked like it was the same wood from the 1900’s. we ordered clam chowder which was sooo good. i havent had it like this before – so rich and tasty. we also shared a sample of raw oysters which were so cold and buttery. just great.my boyfriend and i both ordered the maine lobster steamed. we had a great time cracking it open and eating it. it was made perfectly. we washed it down with boston’s own local beer.

okay.. so we had to come eat when we visited. we NEEDED the boston clam chowder.. we CRAVED those oysters and lobster, and we were glad we came. even on a weeknight, the wait was super long. this place seems to be packed regularly. we should have called ahead but figured it wouldnt be too bad on a weeknight.. right?the wait was around 45 min but we had to eat here. america’s first restaurant.. we had to experience it. so we put our names in and walked around right outside for a while. we visited the holocaust memorial and walked around the quincy market which is super close by. then we came back to sit and wait at the bar with our sam adams beer.when it was time to be seated we were taken all the way up and through the entire restaurant to the top floor in a tiny little booth that looked like it was the same wood from the 1900’s. we ordered clam chowder which was sooo good. i havent had it like this before – so rich and tasty. we also shared a sample of raw oysters which were so cold and buttery. just great.my boyfriend and i both ordered the maine lobster steamed. we had a great time cracking it open and eating it. it was made perfectly. we washed it down with boston’s own local beer.i wish i had room to try the legendary boston creme pie, but i was way too stuffed.

okay.. so we had to come eat when we visited. we NEEDED the boston clam chowder.. we CRAVED those oysters and lobster, and we were glad we came. even on a weeknight, the wait was super long. this place seems to be packed regularly. we should have called ahead but figured it wouldnt be too bad on a weeknight.. right?the wait was around 45 min but we had to eat here. america’s first restaurant.. we had to experience it. so we put our names in and walked around right outside for a while. we visited the holocaust memorial and walked around the quincy market which is super close by. then we came back to sit and wait at the bar with our sam adams beer.when it was time to be seated we were taken all the way up and through the entire restaurant to the top floor in a tiny little booth that looked like it was the same wood from the 1900’s. we ordered clam chowder which was sooo good. i havent had it like this before – so rich and tasty. we also shared a sample of raw oysters which were so cold and buttery. just great.my boyfriend and i both ordered the maine lobster steamed. we had a great time cracking it open and eating it. it was made perfectly. we washed it down with boston’s own local beer.i wish i had room to try the legendary boston creme pie, but i was way too stuffed.of course as visiters to the city, we enjoyed dining in the first restaurant and im sure there are better and cheaper places to eat, we really loved the experience. i can now say that i have eaten and the oldest restaurant in america!.

Dishes I tried:

Oyster House Clam Chowder

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excellent! rich and creamy and delish – lived up to the hype.

Raw Oysters

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exceptionally fresh!

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