The Oyster Bar ll 153 Paredes Line Road, Brownsville, TX 78521

"Seafood and service has ALWAYS been the best in Brownsville! Congratulations on a great remodeling. The place looks so refreshed and the ambience has improved exponentially. My hope is that Brownsville embraces this local jewel again. Kudos to the Gonzalez/Barrientes family."

"I've been coming here for many years and have never had a bad experience. This last visit I had a shrimp cocktail as an appetizer and the cocktail sauce is so good. For my meal I had the stuffed shrimp with a baked potato and salad. The shrimp are stuffed with a crab type of filling and are breaded and fried, it comes with a total of 5 stuffed shrimp. I had not tried them before as I usually always get an order of half shrimp, half fish but wanted to try something different this time. I was not disappointed. Our server was very friendly and came back to check on us repeatedly to ask if we needed anything. The service, food, atmosphere and staff at the Oyster Bar have always been top tier, and that's why we have been coming here for years. ♥️"

"I like this place. It's been in Brownsville forever. I haven't been since i was a kid, and the carpet and furniture are still the same. That said, it's still a nice solid seafood place. Definitely NOT Marisco (Mexican style seafood). It has classics as shown in the menu. We all ordered different dishes to try a few things. We enjoyed all the food. This is small town seafood (and we now live in Dallas for reference), not a fancy place. Simple and small menu. The food tastes homemade which is great. Fish sandwich on toast was good. A real / normal portion and the fried fish was done well. Broiled Shrimp was also a good normal portion. Tasted similar to some shrimp scampi, just much less buttery. The stuffed shrimp was big and very filling. The crab stuffing had some green/bell pepper in it?? It was different and good. I didn't try the seafood soup, but the 2 people in our group who did finished it all up. Nothing left at all. We also ordered oysters. They were good and fresh. They even included a monster sized one that was the size of my plate. Yes, some shells look small, but the oyster covered the entire shell. I've been to other big city chains where the small oysters are small. Finally, the staff is just laid back and friendly. Great to be there with them."

"Love this place. It's always consistent and delicious. We try to go every time we're in town. Oysters are always fresh. The staff is always friendly. The environment is always welcoming."