Bucket List item: A Unique PNW Outdoor Eatery
The Hama Hama Oyster Saloon is the ultimate outdoor restaurant for tasting locally raised shellfish.
After reading about it - seeing the pics and the enthusiastic endorsements on Tripadvisor - I need to hop on a ferry and find this place on the banks of Hood Canal.
PHOTO CREDIT: KING 5 Seattle (YouTube)
A big part of enjoying my food at a restaurant is its setting. What I'm looking at - listening to and smell while I visit and eat.
Have you ever been to an outdoor eatery - that encourages you to dress for the Winter elements?
-PHOTO CREDIT: King 5 Seattle (YouTube)
This unique restaurant is on Hood Canal's Western shore (The Olympic Mountains side) - in a town called Lilliwaup.
-PHOTO CREDIT: Washington Grown (YouTube)
The Hama Hama Oyster Saloon was recently named one of the “Best Restaurants in Washington State” by Seattle Met magazine.
Hama Hama Oyster Company is a fifth generation family-run shellfish farm on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. -HamaHamaOysters.com
Hama Hama Oyster Saloon is open to the public, three days a week - Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
They highly encourage online reservations for their limited Winter operating hours of 11am to 4pm.
Some people try and chance getting a table as a walk-in - this could result in a wait of 45 to 60 minutes.
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Reservations for the three available days are made online - Every Monday, starting at 9am. The fee for reserving a table (protected by a small weathered A-frame shelter - complete with a heating lamp above your table) is $75. The fee includes your reserved table and two dozen oysters - usually one dozen raw and one dozen grilled. You can let your host know when you show up how you’d like your two dozen oysters.
PHOTO CREDIT: KING 5 Seattle (YouTube)
They have other food items including clams, grilled salmon, Tillamook grilled cheese sandwiches, crab cake, white bean and smoked pork soup, and more. Full Menu - Gluten-free and dairy-free menu items are also available. Looking through Tripadvisor's feedback, I see they have a good selection of wine and beer.
Hama Hama Oyster Saloon
Lilliwaup, WA 98555
Phone: (360) 877-5811
info@hamahamaoysters.com
-PHOTO CREDIT: Washington Grown (YouTube)