Incredible Seafood, and the Best Catfish Around! The seafood was incredibly fresh, and every dish we tried was bursting with flavor. The catfish, in particular, was one of the best I've ever had--perfectly seasoned and cooked to perfection. And to top it all off, the prices are very fair for the quality of food and service provided. Robert the bartender/server is also great! I highly recommend Deckhand Oyster Bar for anyone looking for a fantastic seafood meal in a fun and laidback atmosphere. I've come here for years and will always come back! read more

First time I've been to this new location since they moved several years ago. The food was tasty, with generous portion size (I had the stuffed flounder). The server was attentive. But there were a couple of things that bothered me. I was seated at one of the high top tables immediatley across from the bar, and was almost overpowered by the chlorine odor when wiping the bar top. The other thing that bothered me was a pesky fly that kept flying around, and landed on my food several times. Had it not been for those couple of nits, they would've gotten another star. read more

After years of driving by Deckhand's we finally decided to take the plunge and give it a try. We quickly realized just what we had been missing. The menu is absolutely loaded with great choices, and the service is efficient and friendly. It is obvious the workers here take pride in the brand. We had the roasted oysters, and they were delicious beyond belief. Absolute perfection in a half shell. The setting is laid back and cozy, and it seems like a cool place for everything from dinner to hanging out watching a game. We will definitely be returning to this hidden seafood oasis. read more

Deckhand Oyster Bar - Roasted oysters. - Seafood Near Me - Austin, Texas

Good portion size and friendly staff! The food we got was tasty. We had a dozen of oysters, the oysters were pretty fresh, although I wasn't the biggest fan of their house sauce but the horseradish did hit the spot. The dozen head on shrimps were good. The garlicky sauce that was spot on! Shrimps were of good size and not mushy, you know that means they are pretty fresh! Downside would be there isn't any sides with the shrimps, some potatoes to suck up that nice garlicky sauce would be a nice touch. The taste of the crawfish etouffee was not my favorite, however, it was full of crawfish of $15, totally worth it! The shrimp po-boy was our least favorite dish, however, it was not bad, just nothing special. But I can't say the same for the French fries, those fries were amazing! read more

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Unbelievable!!! In a good way. We came to pick up a cake from a local baker and decided to try out this restaurant. We were craving seafood and are sooo glad we came here!! Our waitress is the funniest/sweetest thing ever. I forgot her name, but shes very bubbly and enthusiastic about her job and the food! Everything was delicious! Luckily there was seasoning at the table incase you wanted more. The oyster tasted fresh and had no fishy ir old taste/smell to it. I really enjoyed my longhorn catfish meal. I hate greenbeans yet they were delicious! The plate was already too big and i still wanted more My brother loved his platter meal! He did say that the hush puppies were too small because he ate them all up and wanted more next time we'll order extra. Yummy! Until next time read more

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I am a long time fan of this place and really like the new location. It's way bigger and laid out in a way if you enjoy watching sports it'll be fun for you. Their menu is always on point for me and service has always been pleasant. We love their raw and cooked oyster options. Hubby always gets the catfish cubion and any of the Asian inspired dishes on the menu are great. Last time we went they had a crab special which was very good also. read more

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Deckhand is the BEST GRUB in Round Rock for sure, and the service and atmosphere is top shelf, and the bar ROCKS. I've met 100's if their clientele and they all say the same thing: it's extraordinary. Great family owned ORGANIC AUSTIN ORIGINAL restaurant and they're expanding. Brand new, immaculate, clean place with a diverse menu. Deckhand is the ish. read more

Deckhand Oyster Bar is a very popular and pretty good seafood restaurant and bar serving a mix of Thai and Cajun dishes. They have two locations: one up north in Round Rock (which is were we dined), and another down south on Lamar. We started with a half-dozen oysters; a bargain at $12.99. The oysters were fresh, meaty, and enormous, with a very mild flavor that lacked the complexity and brininess we craved. Fortunately, a squirt of spicy Deckhand sauce elevated the experience. I then ordered a cup of Tom Yum soup. This version wasn't nearly as pleasingly sour as others I've had elsewhere, but it was teeming with seafood and a strong hit of cilantro. Again, pretty good. My main course was the Drunken Sailor. A long, oblong dish filled with crawdad tails, shrimp, calamari, fish balls, jalapenos, green and red bell peppers, onion, Thai basil, and a slab of fried catfish in a fragrant, umami-rich/slightly sweet brown sauce and served with a side of Jasmine rice. In keeping with today's theme, it was pretty good. Deckhand has a decent selection of beers, and those on tap are served very cold in a large mug. Decor is light and airy. There's a large, U-shaped bar and abundant seating in the dining area. We chose to eat at the bar (because we're bar people), and the bartender service was attentive and efficient. The room is quite loud with conversations, music, and televised sports. There is a large parking lot, which is always one of the joys of dining in the burbs vs. the city. All in all, Deckhand Oyster Bar has pretty good food at good prices in a pleasant environment--although the food lacks the complexity, balance, and finesse of the various better Thai restaurants I've frequented. If Yelp allowed the awarding of half stars, I would give Deckhand a very solid 3-1/2 starts. Definitely worth a visit. read more

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I can't say enough good about everything here and thank you! The shrimp satay is a must try in addition to the salt and pepper calamari. I will add pics from when we went last week. We even got smelt. If you like oysters, this is the place... read more

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The food was atrocious, bland, confused, largely inedible... Avoid this place unless you're the type that is OK at a five dollar bingo luncheon read more

I have been a patron of "Deckhand's" ever since they opened in the original location a stone's throw away from this new one. I am not sure how many times I have been here - well over a couple hundred - and I have never once been disappointed in anything I have ever ordered here. And I have tried all they have to offer, including a ton of their off-menu specials. Simply put, Deckhand Oyster Bar continues to consistently serve some of the best seafood, boiled crawdads, and raw oysters I have had anywhere, including seafood places I have tried all along the Texas gulf coast. read more

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The Best! My favorite the Papaya salad with fermented crabs and the Calamari Salad add Shrimp. The servers are kind and have great recommendations. The food is great tasting. My favorite to go for Seafood. Whoever is cooking cares in what comes out to the customer's table. read more

Do I recommend this place? HECK YES I've been going here for years & let me just list the happiness deckhands has brought me. First - the community. You come here and sit at the bar and you're friends with everyone. I know of different menu items bc of the camaraderie. Second - cold a** beers, and smack your lips micheladas. Trust me on this. Third - the food. Oysters, gumbo, tom yum, shrimp diablos, crying tiger, the secret sauce. All of it just do it! Deckhands gives you the small town feel while living in the chaotic austin city limits. Sure some things could improve but none of that matters to how you feel leaving deckhands with a full belly and restored soul. I would give 10 stars if I could. read more

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Everything about this place rocks. Want seafood, Thai ...it's a mix and great food choices. Seafood is fresh and always on point. Great value. Always recommend when asked for suggestions read more

Love Deckhand Oyster Bar! Love the food & the atmosphere! Happy that there's a patio to eat outside & so happy there wasn't a long wait to get in!! Love their broiled oysters most of all! read more

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Nice food and cooking method for my Asian stomach. I love they have so many fresh seafood options and they are good at recommending their dishes. Servers are generally friendly and checked on us regularly. read more

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place. The oysters and seafood are great but the wings are amazing!!! After a long day of work, the smile you get Tatum is such a relief. Everytime I come I'm greeted with a great service and a hug. Ask for TayTay, she's the best. read more

This was our first time at their new North location. Definitely a bigger place, but the wait time is still the same, at least during the dinnertime rush hour. After a 30 minute wait on a Saturday evening, we were in, and the aroma hit us like a speeding train. We ordered the Crawfish Etoufee and the Deckhand Seafood Noodle Soup. I felt that the recipe for the etoufee is different, and not as tasty as I remembered it from the old location. The garlic bread, however, is addictive as always. The soup was the star of the night. The broth was hot and sour, like Tom Yum, and delicious. The mushrooms soaked up all the flavor and the seafood was perfectly cooked. The fish balls were especially noteworthy, as they were super tender and actually tasted like they were freshly made. read more

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Lots of food seafood choices. We ate on the patio. The inside was packed. It seems to be a popular location.

Everything I have ordered has been delicious: salt & pepper shrimp, seafood papaya salad, catfish platter and combo seafood platter, food for kids, crying beef BUT would not recommend the crying boar. The crying boar was ground pork, it's suppose to be grilled pork meat, sliced thinly and mix in the spices. Also, I tried 5X times to call & place and order and their phone system was down. When I told the front desk about it, she asked me to show her my phone logs because the business phone was ringing...not sure what happened. I even showed her the company webpage and the 2 phone numbers that were listed (on their webpage) were the 2 numbers I called. read more

I've been to the old and new locations, and so happy they finally got an updated establishment as they outgrew the old spot long ago. The new restaurant is spacious, lovely patio and has much more comfortable seating. Our waiter was great, kept our drinks topped off, and our food arrived quickly and tasted great. I am bummed we haven't been able to get the La Frontera oysters the last couple of times, as that's the main dish I prefer from there. I guess I'll call to see if they have them before going back. Bummer. Also, if I wanted to listen to obnoxiously blasted inappropriate music on a Sunday afternoon, I'd go to the strip club on the adjacent side of the interstate. Volume was way too loud and listening to lyrics about big booties and other female parts tainted my dining experience. We requested multiple times to turn down the atrociously loud volume and to please change it to another genre... then we get to listen to a country song about big city strippers. I'm cool with my mom and all, but that was a bit trashy. Our dining experience would've been MUCH better if the music wasn't at an obnoxiously loud strip-club level and had more appropriate, family-friendly lyrics for the atmosphere. I'll probably opt for Salt Traders in the future, until they get those La Fronteras back and learn how to play appropriate music for a family dining experience. read more

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Top notch oyster bar. Wings are good too and the grilled oysters are the bomb. Decent prices and seafood is very fresh.

Lunch today came from Deckhand Oyster Bar. I noticed that their menu offers a range of Cajun/Thai inspired seafood options which were all pretty decently priced. I had wanted to try out a lunch special for pick-up but unfortunately those are only offered for dine-in. I ended up ordering a Shrimp Po-Boy and a cup of Tom Yum soup. The shrimp po-boy came with cole slaw and lettuce & tomatoes which were wrapped up seperately. That was much appreciated because it kept things from getting soggy or wilted. The po-boy was on garlic bread and included about 6 or so fried shrimp. I'm glad I reminded the server that I had requested extra tartar sauce because they initially packed me no sauce whatsoever. The po-boy, cole slaw and hushpuppies were all delicious. The cup of Tom Yum soup was a decent size and had a good spicy flavor. It was also packed with fish, veggies, shrimps and a mussel and for $4.50 I thought that was an awesome deal. I'll definitely be back to try the La Frontera Oysters and their gumbo. read more

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For an oyster bar their oysters were garbage they were big & had no flavor. As an avid oyster lover, I was extremely disappointed. Good thing is that we ordered other things and the rest of the food we ordered was delicious! Get the salt & pepper soft shell crab. It was amazing and definitely worth trying. You won't be disappointed. We also had the fried rice & that was the highlight of my night! The service was lacking. Who am I kidding we barely received any service. She took our orders and brought our drinks & that was about all we saw of her. After we were done eating we waited another 15 minutes just for her to come by so that we can ask for our check. I even went to the hostess table to ask where our server is cuz we'd been waiting a while just sitting there. It honestly just seems like she didn't care about our table but whatever. The vibe of this place was great tho, the bartender was the life of the party! I'm sad it didn't work out! read more

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Had a crawfish craving and this place did not disappoint. Their spiciest butter was burning the right way! The mango sticky rice deserves a call out because the portions were big and the flavors were so good! The only reason for 4 stars is because the service was a bit iffy. Plates were brought out when ready; my husbands food was brought out about 15 minutes before mine so by the time I got my food he was pretty much finished eating. The oysters were big and the beer was cold! Delicious food but be prepared to wait! read more

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Tasty mix of seafood and Asian cuisine with kind of a noisy sports bar sort of vibe on the bar side, with a more typical restaurant on the table side. The bar always seems to be filled with friendly people who are frequent regulars, and there are lots of TVs for sporting events. Very reasonable oyster prices, raw or cooked in a few interesting ways too. read more

A solid favorite of mine, every time I go, I kick myself as to why I don't go there more enough. Friendly staff always makes it a great experience. Pretty casual neighborhood bar feeling, with amazing seafood, you'll find the typical friend seafood platters and then you have some Asian fusion, great pad Thai, friend rice and plates such as a crying tiger are great. Pro tip. Ask for their sticky rice to go along with it! Not on the menu but it takes it up another level. Their special sauce could have given this place a 5 star rating in its own, to put it on oysters, fish, shrimp anything has made me seriously considered taking a bottle. If they were to sell it I'd buy a case immediately. Overall a great casual seafood place with amazing twist of Laotian/ Thai food and a fun bar makes this an awesome place to visit. Make sure to visit before it blows up on the next Austin foodie craze train and impossible to get a table in the future. read more

We waited over half an hour for a PoBoy sandwich. My boyfriend was starving so we paid the check and left. There was no attempt to please us by the waitstaff and I'll never go back. read more

My co- worker and I stopped in to get some seafood, we sat for quite awhile before being able to order. Finally ordered and my food arrived at the table with cold limp fries, cold hush puppies, warm coleslaw and a shrimp po-boy that had five 20-25 count shrimp that had been fried sometime around the civil war. My coworkers sautéed shrimp plate showed up approximately 35 minutes after I finished my meal. His shrimp were room temperature, the dirty rice did him dirty as it was dirty. The vegetable shish kabob were room temperature. His boudin was just DJ's from the grocery store. To close we will not be returning!!!!!!!!!! I had to leave a star to post this review, I think there should be a negative rating. read more

Absolutely a must try!!!!! Every Oyster is shucked in house near the bar and rinsed by hand right in front of you. This ensures a great taste of the oyster and not sea water. The Pad Tai was amazing. The owner and staff are attentive and inviting. You can tell they work hard to make your experience is great so everyone will return. We returned and it was noticed by staff. We will return regularly. read more

Freshest Oysters Excellent fried Shrimp All the other food is fine as well. Dos XX ON TAP. Best read more

Where do I start. We went to Deckhand tonight and it was mehh to say the least. There was an hour long wait, which is fine. We pulled our car up to the spot right in front of the building and had drinks on the back of the tailgate. After waiting almost 2 hours with a hungry 4 year old we were told our name had been called. But we were there... they offered to sit us in 15 mins which they did. We initially ordered gulf oysters which were perfectly shucked and a great size followed by the gumbo which was "ok". My husband and I then ordered the Longhorn stuffed fish which was suppose to be stuffed with crab and bacon. There was SOOOOOOOO much bacon and no crab which is when we realized there was no crab in the gumbo either. The fish had no flavor and they don't keep salt on the table so we had to request packages. We also ordered crayfish which were well sized, we ordered mild sauce but it had no flavor so crayfish in an oil sauce. A little old bay and salt would have been great. This is not a family friendly environment the music was BLASTING and just when we were screaming over each other they turned up the volume more. They also play the unedited version we heard the n-bomb dropped ALOT and everytime all the other people would turn around and look at us. Followed by move BITC GET OUT THE WAY. It was to much.. We are not interested in going back read more

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Food was delicious and the price was also fair. Atmosphere was vibrant and the service was very attentive. We had two pounds of spicy crawfish (very good). Would definitely recommend. read more

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I have very mixed feelings when it comes to Deckhand Oyster Bar's Round Rock location. I have been to both the old and new location several times and instead of just enjoying the experience, I feel like I am compromising with them every time I visit. In exchange for their tasty food, I accept an uncomfortable atmosphere and extremely hit-or-miss service. It's very loud in the restaurant, especially in the new location. It's almost always very busy and crowded to the point that you have to elbow your way around other customers filling the aisles. Good luck getting a bar seat. It seems like you always have to linger around and watch like a hawk for someone to get up and vacate a seat. Customers are often standing 2 or 3 deep behind the barstools. It's basically a toss up as to whether you can even dine in on any given evening. Last time I went I asked the hostess how long she would estimate the wait for a table for two. She said "I don't even know what's going on..." then she walked away, looked around the restaurant with a bewildered look on her face, came back and never addressed me again. I turned around and left because if they don't have their shit together at the hostess area, it's generally a red flag and an indicator that you will have terrible service once you are seated (if you can even get seated). They apparently have no paging/texting or seating system in place and it's just a free for all. The servers mostly look like they reside in halfway houses or are on parole, which is concerning because most of them also seem like they are drunk and/or high. They also don't answer the phone 95% of the time. It doesn't seem like the care to do any takeout business, which is a shame. There are a few good items on the menu (if they have not run out) but they are somewhat overpriced. Drinks are overpriced as well. There is so much room for improvement and it bothers me as someone in the service industry. But they are apparently making plenty of money running it the way they are, so I can't really blame them for not caring. I might try to eat here again one day, but I certainly can't recommend it to friends. Best of luck to Deckhand and their patrons, at least the ones lucky and patient enough to get seated. read more

Deckhand Oyster Bar - Seafood Near Me - Austin, Texas

Ok service, ok food. Catfish hardly seasoned underneath the batter if at all. French fries meh. Not much to speak on.

Crawfish Etouffee was the entree of choice and it left a lot to be desired. I met a friend for lunch, we had to laugh that just about every parking spot was taken - 95% by pickups, including the two we were driving. The etouffee itself was very watery and did not have much flavor. My plus one had the catfish, the lunch menu said it was one filet - a little confusing because it arrived as three long strips. The catfish was bland and just okay. The hush puppies were very small and overcooked. On the bright side, the gumbo that went with the catfish was reportedly "pretty dang good." Service was friendly and efficient. Price far exceeded value. read more

Deckhands is not an average place to just eat. it's an event! it's talking and meeting people at the bar, enjoying good music, service and company!! the food is AMAZING! try the Asian wings with a side of sticky rice (don't forget to ask with an accent), salt and pepper shrimp, pad see ew! I'm obsessed with cowboy boudin and shrimp diablos! don't ask Lahn for tortillas.. and don't forget to ask for crawfish even when it's out of season! Be sure to tip your oyster shucker and don't be a mother shucker! read more

Soggy greasy fried fish. Lukewarm fries. I've had better here in the past but this wasn't one of those times. I threw away more than half. read more

We had just moved to the Round Rock area from Georgia. I had higher expectations when it came to the quality of the seafood. It started off well... Tom Yum soup... yes! Pad Thai. Yes! Now the downer... crawfish etouffee was more like soup base. The only perk was every bite was with crawfish. The worst of all... the mussel. I was scared of food poisoning at this point. It was definitely not fresh and it had a funny taste to it. Who ever made the sweet tea needs a lesson on how southerners like dem tea. The service was 3.5 felt like she was less attentive once we got our food. The ambiance was busy bc it was on a Sunday after church. read more

My son loves the pad thai, the oysters are so yummy and the atmosphere is fun. Many times we've gone it busy and service is slower but it's expected and they still are friendly and helpful. read more