The variety of oysters they offer for their $1 oyster happy hour is mind blowing

Love this place, love fresh oysters and yummy cocktails. Be back for more!

Gorgeous decor (absolutely love their garden area!), super fresh and delicious oysters and great cocktails. I had their lobster special but was a bit disappointed with ridiculously small portion and not such outstanding flavor. It wasn't bad by no means but i was expecting better, that's all. Almost forgot to mention, their bread is also worth coming back for. It is not complimentary and you have to pay but oh my so worth it!!!! read more

This place takes you back to the 1920's. It has that feel. The bartenders and waitstaff are dressed in 1920's attire. The main attraction are the oysters and the absinthe. The oysters are good but, it can get expensive at 2 to 3 dollars a pop. It's prob best to go during happy hour when they have 1 dollar oysters. Both absinthe cocktails I had were refreshing and good. The outdoor outdoor patio is very chic. Overall great atmosphere. read more

Pretty chill place on a Saturday for drinks and if you like seafood it's a good place to stop by

This place has GREAT oysters and soo worth it for the dollar happy hour. However the staff is always slow and I'm not talking the long wait for a seat. It takes forver to get a cocktail or glass of wine. The staff is knowledgable. The only thing I didn't like were the scallops. Very blah. This is not a dinner spot. Go for dollar oysters and expensive drinks! read more

Over rated, horrible service during happy hour, it took an hour for my group to get served and we were one of the first in the joint. No happy hour drink specials, boo. read more

First time I came here was Valentine's Day '14. Boyfriend and I got there around 10 and didn't have much have a wait. Got a seat at the bar and were served pretty quickly. Oysters and shrimp cocktail were super fresh and tasty. We also ordered the Cod Brandade which we were happy with. The next time I came here was with some friends and it was for their Derby Day event. There was a 40 min wait on line. We didn't mind so much the hostess at the door was very nice. After 40 min we're taken to stand by a wall next to the bar even though we told the hostess we planned on ordering food. Not a problem she says we just need to wait a bit more (15 min.) The waitress came and we told her we needed just a few minutes more to make a drink selection. We didn't see her again for 20 minutes. We're then moved to a small table on the opposite side of the bar. That's when I realized the seating in front is a bit awkward. It took forever to get our drinks. Ordered 1/2 lobster which was perfect, I'd skip the sauce that accompanies it. Ordered a dozen oysters. Sea Scallops were nice although the portion was ridiculously tiny. There were like 4 scallops and I'm not exaggerating..... Also ordered some kind of crostini with cucumber dip which I really enjoyed. The food came out in a reasonable time frame but it took forever to flag down our waitress to order cocktails and for them to even come to our table. So much time in fact that we decided not to order anymore drinks there because we dreaded the wait. Also, our server wasn't the friendliest. I did see her flirting with the guys at the table next to us which is understandable I guess she wants to make tip $ and didn't think a table of a couple girls would tip as well, even though we did... (just my guess.) Overall, I'd come back. Probably just for happy hour or dinner in the back room. read more

Such a fun fun restaurant! Love the garden area, the decor, the way the employees are dressed and the delicious drinks! Only downside is the cost..its quite expensive and the dishes are small. There is also a cake cutting fee, even though I had brought cupcakes. read more

Fabulous food! Had the Lobster on ice. Highly recommend. Oysters...soooo good! warm scallops, sea bass, halibut... delicious!! Really good drinks too. Mackerel though was meh. Not worth it. Loved the place! Cant wait to come back! read more

This place is amazing! Great ambiance, amazing oysters, chicken oysters, lobster rolls, bread, everything! Perfect date spot with delicious and strong drinks. The waiter was also very nice and knew his oysters well. Yum! read more

Sure, you could come here for the great food and drinks, or the $1 oysters. But if you don't visit the restroom then what is the point, really? I recently visited Maison Premiere on a brisk Brooklyn afternoon. I strolled through the door, I strolled past the bar, then I strolled past the flummoxed hostess... Hell, I strolled straight to the wash room! I marveled at the craftsmanship. I even knelt to the floor and ran my fingers along the smooth porcelain. Entranced, time escaped me. When I finally came to my senses, a long line had formed at the door. I could have stayed for hours, but who was I to deny these people the same pleasure? Visit Maison Premiere yes, but I recommend doing so on a slow day so you can truly experience the bathroom. It is a treasure. read more

Came here with my boyfriend and we ordered the "La Grande" Plateau, razor clams, bread with seaweed butter, and venison tar-tar. Bread with butter was absolutely amazing, the seaweed butter was so unique and had a nice salty taste. The venison was a very interesting dish to try, and it did not disappoint. Razor clams were amazing, almost tasted like a clam chowder. The plateau came with a variety of cold foods. All of the oysters were so fresh and you can clearly taste the difference that they all come from different oceans. Oysters with caviar were to die for, lobster and mussels cooked perfect, only thing that wasn't my favorite was the sea urchin, but I think that's just personal preference. The drinks here were absolutely amazing as well, definitely worth coming back. read more

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Came by for oysters and drinks with my boyfriend and friends. Get there early! We sat outside in the garden. Great atmosphere and decor. We tried a bunch of different oysters, all of them were fresh and delicious. This place is up there with Upstate in EV. Great place to start the night in BK read more

Maison Premiere - Seafood Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I heard great reviews about this trendy hipster place so I decided to check it out. Went in and the host seated us at the bar within a good amount of time, even though it was fairly busy. Ordered a drink and meal. Good service but definitely a weird hipster vibe in there. Good food and happy hour oysters tasted great. That said, everything other than the oysters at happy hour is over priced. Out of the millions of restaurants in and around NY, this one definitely does nothing for me. Food - 4 stars Service - 2 stars Price - 1 star read more

One of the best drink menus I've ever seen. Delectable oyster bar menu to pair with it. I wish I could eat here more often.

Came here on a Sunday for a date and sat at the bar. We did not have a reservation but were seated right away. We ordered the chef selection of oysters, little neck clams, the uni appetizer and venison tartare. They have a very nice selection from the raw bar and the oysters and clams were very fresh and delicious. The uni was okay, the venison was very good. We ordered a few glasses of Muscadet to go along with the oysters and it paired really well. The wait staff was very nice but not very attentive. I felt like we waited a long time before anyone came over to take our orders and this happened between each course. I will come back here to try the rest of the menu and sit at a table. Wasn't wowed but I am willing to give it another chance. read more

The service was bad, it took them forever to bring us our food, and when it did get here it was super cold. Wouldn't come back.

So, they have 2 people at the door who decide if you are getting in now or later, they will text you when your seats are ready, seems like they don't want the place to fill up...anyway, i've been here a couple times and love the service, drinks, and interior-old school NY. read more

This place is perfect! The first time I went here was the night my husband proposed.. perfect start to our night! Since then we have been back many times.. Perfect food, perfect drinks, outstanding decor and kind staff! I would literally drop everything and drive two hrs just to go here! It may sound silly but I even thought the way the staff were dressed was amazing.. fits right into the whole speakeasy theme.. even the bathrooms were cool with an authentic but upscale 20s feel.. we love going there for oyster happy hour! Drinks were a little pricey but worth it! Best cocktails I have ever had! I strongly recommend the Inverness drink for dessert and the Marilyn Manson absinthe was fantastic! I have been to a lot of amazing restaurants and bars in NYC and Philly (its kind of my thing.. Ocean Prime.. Del Frescos R2L, Death Ave, The Dandelion, Bathtub Gin etc etc) but the Maison Premiere is by far my favorite! read more

Perfect selection of oysters. Bar service was on point, great selection of food that pairs well with menu items. The added bonus of a day in Brooklyn. read more

Yum! At least 15 different oysters at one time, and all reasonably priced. I really love this place.

Food: didn't have any, will try it next time. Cocktails were awesome. Service: awesome, however the wait was a bit long--it didn't seem that busy. One bartender making the drinks while 5 other people stood around. I'm sure they are aware of this and are coming close to a solution. Ambience: 10 stars. Bravo! read more

The menu said Rittenhouse, but Old Overholt went in the glass. That's unacceptable. It tastes fine, I don't care if you're out of Rittenhouse, but don't silently downgrade me and pretend I won't notice. That said, the drinks are well-made, the absinthe is fascinating, and the oyster special can't be beat. Cuttyhunk oysters bring the Atlantic to a face near you. read more

Easily the best oyster bar in the city. Great cocktails. Awesome waitstaff. The selection for buck oysters is better than what they sell in Chelsea market read more

My girlfriend and I love to go here for dates. The atmosphere is fabulous and whoever selects the music plays the best country/janky/delta/New Orleans blues! The cocktails are superb and the oysters are outstanding. We enjoy ordering several different kinds and evaluating their flavor. We also recently discovered how awesome the happy hour is. Instead of having just one kind of oyster available for the special, they have several. We highly recommend this establishment. read more

The happy hour special for $1 oysters is amazing... If you can deal with the ridiculously slow service and the snooty hostess. Was there for my birthday and dropped $500 but they were giving me a hard time about getting a table etc read more

What a great place for oysters and cocktails. Smack in the middle of Williamsburg, it's a great bar alone, with great bartenders and staff. But the oysters and other seafood put it over the top. Two dozen different kinds of oysters, shucked perfectly and served with cocktail sauce, horseradish and mignonette. And to really get the most out of it, go during happy hour (4-7) when oysters are $1 each. Best of all, you can choose from all the oysters they have in the house. Many oyster happy hours are chef's choice and you get the cheapest ones in the house. But here they put the menu in front of you and hand you a pencil and you can choose three of these, four of those, etc. The bar has lots of great exotic cocktails, six or seven excellent beers on draft, and a few kinds of absinthe if that's your thing. read more

Been going here since it open when no one knew about it. It was better when no one knew about the HH specials- service was A+, food was A+, atmosphere A+ They have the best oyster selections which during HH it's $1 but you have to go at 4:30 to get a table- don't bother going at 6pm since it's at 2+ hour wait that time. -Service can be a LOT better. -Hostess was rude. Def not worth going when they are this packed and it's sad when nice little places start off good then declines when they have a following and a little press. Just sucks for us locals who used to love the place! read more

This has to be my favorite happy hour in NYC. If you like oysters come here! Literally like 25 different kinds from the east and west coast. All for a dollar during happy hour! Truly unheard of. It is super trendy and anyone you ever bring here will LOVE IT. Sit in the garden in the back. It's awesome. read more

We came here for Happy hour - the oysters are very fresh. Love the varieties of it. We tasted 17 different kinds East and West Coast. The service is excellent. The décor is vintage kinda feel. Very cute place. Highly recommended for happy hour oysters $1 for east and $1.25 for west. read more

An experience! I took previous reviewers advice and showed up super early for the $1 oysters happy hour. There was an amazing selection and presentation was beautiful. Oysters were fresh and delicious. The bartender made me an amazing virgin drink with a pretty garnish. I love how many different oysters I can choose from! The bathrooms are pretty cool with an old style-pull cord to flush, if I remember correctly. read more

One of the best finds in NYC - i came all the way from the UWS for this place. New Orleans-style bar where you can pop in for a cocktail or try to find a spot for oysters. You will not regret trying this place out. I showed up on a Sunday night and had a drink at the front bar before getting a spot at the back oyster bar. Had a dozen oysters and a salad. Everything about this place is fantastic. Be sure to try out a drink you've never had. It will make you long for New Orleans. read more

Cocktails are AWESOME. Deduct of 1 star for the crazy waits. Did the tasting menu and it was a ridiculous amount of food. All very good and often outstanding. read more

Disappointing. I'll sum it up by saying probably some of the worst service I've experienced, food was just meh, and a 3 hour dining experience culminating with me leaving hungry after paying over $100 per person for the experience. Don't waste your time, overrated. Some of the minor annoyances w dinner... Take them for what they are worth, could just be issues for me. - 45 min wait for a table, which was close to estimate they gave, but annoying given there were 2 open tables by us through the entirety if our meal. - sat in garden, and table was crawling w ants... which I can't be too surprised w given its outside but not optimal for a nice dining experience. - waiter took a drink order after 15 min or so, but had to wait another 30 to put in dinner order. - constantly up-selling on bottles of wine and dishes. - food took forever to come out, it was almost all raw so it's not like they were cooking it! Oysters were fine, but not worth the hype to me, but could just be me. - we ordered some bread assuming we could chew on that w our wine ahead of mains coming out. Mains did take forever to come out, but bread didn't come. We asked waiter, he apologized and said would be right out (after the mains), but we didn't see it. Asked again (after we finished), and he brought it out, apologized, and said it wouldn't be on the bill... But of course it was still on there. The bread was actually pretty good! - server was strangely sort of running through eating area all night, at one point stumbling and spilling our bottle of wine on us. Believe me, he wasn't moving that way because the service was blindingly fast, something not quite right there. Anyway, not a great experience, but could just be me. Take the review for what it's worth. read more

Been here two times. Im not a fan of oysters but the presentation is nice. The food was fine. But i hear the oysters are great. Service is slow so go there if you're not in a rush. Even the hostess takes a while to greet you. Drinks took about 15-20min to receive. read more

The Kumamotos here are some of the best oysters I've ever had in my life, and these guys are the best oyster place in NYC as far as I'm concerned and also in my opinion have the most impressive original cocktails of anywhere in the city. Sorry Little Branch, Dutch Kills, Death & Co, Pegu Club, Angel's Share and PDT, you guys ROCK and make fantastic drinks, but Maison Premiere's drinks are a divine revelation. The drinks manage to create an almost synaesthetic experience, where literally everything I tried managed to invent some wonderous flavor I'd never experienced before that made me think of places and objects and colors. I'd seriously like to take a bath in just about any beverage that comes out of this wonderfully artful establishment. I've probably been here 20 times but realized I never wrote a review until now, and I just wanted to add mine to the pile of justified 5 star reviews. The only warning I'll make is it's very easy to spend a LOT of money here, but that's not really because their prices are higher than anywhere else, it's just because you can't stop eating the oysters and drinking the mindblowing cocktails. Self-restraint is HARD here. The lone criticism I have is the shrimp for the shrimp cocktail used to be massive and flavorful, but the last time I had them the shrimp were embarassingly microscopic. They still tasted fantastic, but I felt kind of like I'd been had for paying that much for two shrimps the size of my pinky. And lastly the decor cannot be beat. It feels like you've been transported to some early 1900s classy place, with the staff dressed to the hilt not to be pretentious or "themed", but to show they care about appearance as much as they care about the substance of their beverages and food. Just go here, you'll be blown away. I've always walked out the door glowing and am always eager to return. And bring a date for goodness sake, something about this place is wonderfully romantic. read more

Incredible selection of oysters and absinthe. It gets busy during happy hour but it's worth the wait.

Finally got to try this place for my birthday dinner and it was a wonderful experience! The decor is very charming and the food is very tasty. Really enjoyed fancy drinks, which are definitely worth the price. But the best part was the service! I simply did not expect this level of attention from a place with a moderately priced menu. Our server was not only very knowledgeable, but was so enthused about having us there and invited us feel like we were a part of the old and lavish New Orleans. They even fold your cloth napkin if you leave the table to use the restroom. I can't wait to come back when it's nicer out to dine on their gorgeous back patio! read more

Such a fun place! Came for dinner for two, ordered a seafood tower, our server helped us choose the right size. The oysters and everything else was incredibly fresh and tasty, highly recommend. The drinks were also great and so creative. The vibe is very lively, yet also cozy, and felt like a speakeasy. Loved the 20's fashion on the servers and bartenders, added to the whole experience. read more