Oyster bar · from 4pm

Opened to order.

Mangrove oysters from the Oron creeks, brought up the road each afternoon and opened in front of you. Have them natural, grilled, in a pepper soup shooter or baked under a smoked catfish crumb.

A close view of a pile of oysters in the shell

Build a platter

Your platter, oyster by oyster.

Choose a size, then mix the four ways. The platter fills as you go.

Natural on ice
Lime and scotch bonnet mignonette · ₦2,500 each
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Grilled with uziza butter
Garlic, uziza and a squeeze of lime · ₦3,000 each
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Pepper soup shooter
In a shot of hot fisherman broth · ₦3,200 each
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Baked with smoked catfish crumb
Crumb, palm oil and herbs · ₦3,400 each
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6 oysters left to choose.

Platter₦0Example prices for this demo.

The oysters

Small, briny, from the mangroves.

The mangrove oyster grows on the roots of the trees in the tidal creeks around Oron. It is smaller than the oysters you may have eaten abroad, with a cleaner, saltier taste.

Picked at low tide
The women who harvest them cut clusters from the roots in the early afternoon, when the tide is out.
Purged and scrubbed
They sit in clean salt water for a few hours to rinse, then are scrubbed by hand.
On our ice by four
They travel up in wet sacks on ice and go straight into our chilled oyster bar.
Opened to order
Never opened in advance. If one does not smell of the creek, it goes in the bin, not on your plate.

Prices

At the bar.

Oyster prices
Style	Each	Half dozen	Dozen
Natural on ice	₦2,500	₦15,000	₦28,500
Grilled with uziza butter	₦3,000	₦18,000	₦34,200
Pepper soup shooter	₦3,200	₦19,200	₦36,480
Baked with smoked catfish crumb	₦3,400	₦20,400	₦38,760

A dozen or more comes with 5% off. Example prices for this demo.

A cold drink with a slice of lime on the rim

To drink with them

Something cold and sharp.

Our alcohol free Saltwater chapman with cucumber and lime is made for oysters. Chilled zobo works too, and a fresh coconut at the bar never fails.

Wine and beer are served to adults aged 18 and over only; ask at the bar.

Have the first one natural. Then you will know what the others are adding to.

Effiong, our oyster man (invented quote)

Questions

Before you slurp.

Are raw oysters safe?

We buy only from harvesters we know, keep them cold all the way, and open every one to order. Anyone pregnant, very young, elderly or with a weak immune system should choose the grilled, baked or shooter styles.

Can I have oysters at lunch?

The oyster bar opens at 4pm, because the oysters arrive in the afternoon. Grilled oysters are sometimes on at lunch on Saturdays.

Can you bring oysters to an event?

Yes. Our oyster man and a bar on ice come to the private room, or to your venue in Uyo, from 100 oysters.

What if I have never eaten one?

Sit at the bar and tell Effiong. He will open one for you and talk you through it.