Liv's Oyster Bar & Restaurant

Flawless meal! It has been so so long since we’ve had such incredible food. Amazing cocktails. Everything was on point. BLT salad. Tuna. Ramen. Creme brûlée. Perfect. Excellent service and atmosphere. We will be back!

THE FOOD WAS ABSOLUTEY AMAZING!!!!! I got the Black Pearl cocktail and it was incredible!!! The ambiance of this place is comforting and exciting! Every time I come here it’s always a home run!!! No matter what you order!!! Mikey the executive chef is so innovative and creative with his dishes!!! It’s a pleasure coming to eat here with such great food and an amazing staff!!! Thank you guys so much for always making my experience a memorable one!

Liv's Oyster Bar was very good. My companion and I both had the seared scallops. Delicious. Also impressed that they had Bunnahabhain scotch. Very few venues have ever heard of it. Our server was also great. I believe his name was Mike.

We had an absolutely wonderful dining experience here. We got there about 8:30 on a Friday night and they were busy, but we managed to sit at the bar near the shucker station. The bartender, the shucker, and all the staff were absolutely fantastic. The oysters, little necks, tuna tartare, and the entrees were delicious and out of this world. I can't believe we don't eat here more often. We will definitely be back in the near future. I 100% recommend this restaurant.

Amazing food and service! The staff had us laughing with all the good vibes and food/drinks. Recommend making a reservation as this is a hot spot to be for dinner! Mango Habernero margaritas and the steak was fantastic!!

We LOVE Liv’s! We started going over 14 years ago and have recently been going to the bar for date night each weekend! The bartenders are amazing! Before we even sit down Brian and Kayla have our drinks ready for us! The best part is yet to come! I have a dairy allergy and I have NEVER, EVER been to a restaurant as accommodating as Liv’s (and we enjoy going out to eat so have dealt with many restaurants and chefs!) The chef at Liv’s is willing to try and make almost anything without dairy! It makes me feel so comfortable eating there and the food is absolutely amazing! I highly, HIGHLY recommend eating at Liv’s! Everything is perfect from the service to the food!!!

We love the food and service at Liv’s! Wonderful ambiance, we had shrimps, mussels, seared tuna with drunken noodles, salmon, salad with bacon and some amazingly delicious chocolate dessert! Wow!

Can’t wait to go back! Thank you Liv’s ❤

We made it in right at opening for happy hour. AMAZING. The food, the service, the atmosphere, all top notch. I would suggest reservations if you go around dinner time, because by the time we left they place was really filling up. Highly recommend.

Best food experience I have had in a while. The duck! OMG, the duck. The happy hour specials are a great draw. The Oysters were wonderful. Did I mention the duck? Our waiter, Jake, really added to the experience as well. He gets his own 5 stars. They even went out of their way to accommodate the vegetarian in our group. The atmosphere was delightful. Well worth the price for a fancier night out. Order the duck:-)

My wife and I have been regulars at Liv’s for about a decade now. There is a very good reason for this. I rate a restaurant on three fronts: quality of food, quality of service, and atmosphere.
Liv’s has consistently delivered on all three. I have proudly invited family, friends and colleagues to join me here for dinner and have always received great feedback. From the amazing locally sourced food, carefully crafted cocktails and friendly staff, I couldn’t recommend Liv’s enough. I have traveled the country and use Liv’s as my standard. For those reading negative reviews- I can only imagine those are fully human mistakes,
unavoidable but regrettable; give this place a try, I promise you’ll be more than content.

Another great meal was had at Liv's last week. Great oyster platter, thank you Bar Staff. Soup, shrimp avocado toast and Mahi-Mahi tacos were all delicious. Enjoyed with a great Day Cab.

The scallops were beautifully cooked and flavors were balanced delicately. The killer tofu cocktail was super cool. Kat was a fantastic server. Definitely coming back!

so yummy!!! started with the oysters (not pictured) and the black trumpet mushrooms with truffle vinaigrette. I had the swordfish which was great. also pictured the tuna and the tagletelle im told were delicious. overall the food was fantastic, service was spot on, friendly and knowledgeable. great atmosphere. would definitely go back.

Great staff. Delicious oysters. You can sit right at the bar and watch them prepare your oysters. Fantastic chocolate martini.

It was a wonderful experience!,it was my first time there, Jake was our waiter, he was pleasant & knowledgeable . The plating, of the food was very appealing to the eye, and to the pallette.

My wife and I live near Boston, so have the opportunity to dine at many excellent seafood restaurants. I'd put Liv's right up there with any of them. Started with the dollar oysters, which were great. Main course was scallops and they were cooked to perfection. Our waiter was very attentive and the restaurant itself was charming. We will make a point of visiting again when we are in the area.

Such a lovely spot. The atmosphere is quaint and comfortable, and the food is perfection. We ordered the oyster sampler, tuna tartare, and cod special. Everything was absolutely delicious! The cod was cooked perfectly, and the accompanying spaetzle was beyond delicious. Service was also wonderful from start to finish. Thank you, team Liv, for a wonderful dining experience!
Cheers from Austin TX

It had been a long time since I revisited LIV's, when it was a cavernous dining hall experience.
It has been reconfigured to be more intimate and inviting with a front cafe-like sitting area, a lovely zinc bar, and an open dining room.
Enough about the space...the FOOD IS FABULOUS! Everything on the menu is scrumptious, and happy hour every day from 4-5:30 is a bargain for wine drinkers. Oh, and 1/2 price raw oysters!
The fried oysters are a must, the best since New Orleans, (maybe better), and the fish is cooked to perfection.

Today was our first visit to Liv’s Oyster Bar. The atmosphere is lively right when you walk in. You can tell it’s a local favorite because the place was packed. We sat at the bar and both bartenders were super friendly and willing to answer our endless questions about the menu and cocktails. We tried one of the specials - organic salmon ramen and it was great! The salmon had a crispy edge and the pea tendrils added on top gave it an extra flavor. We highly suggest Liv’s and check out the daily specials and happy hour at 4-5:30 weekdays.

First time at Liv’s Oyster! Had the shrimp 🍤 cocktail 4 for $15 - perfectly crunchy jumbo shrimp and the cocktail sauce with horseradish was perfect. For dinner, I had the seared tuna with noodles - the flavors were amazing with the secret sauce. I have to see it’s in the top-3 of the best seared tuna I’ve had!!! Service was great too
Highly recommend this quaint place on Main Street Old Saybrook.