The Oyster Shed in Canterbury

2 days after eating 3 oysters at this place I felt awful. Avoid and go to a restaurant instead if you want to eat seafood.

We had squid and chips for lunch amazing batter and super soft squid .. chips were crispy and hot .. we even had one of the staff on seagull watch .. as it was eyeing up nicking a chip.. great atmosphere as it’s right by the harbour. Definitely recommend if your stuck for lunch in Whitstable

Brilliant little spot. Very quick with oysters shucking but because of the rush there were a lot of shell fragments. Still amazing value and delicious!

Top spot in the harbour for oysters & muscles

Everything was delicious and fresh..... I can't wait to return....

Excellent. Great service and food with very helpful staff.

Specialist in Whitstable oysters. It's not my thing but the only establishment my friend will eat from while there. My friend had half dozen (£12.50) with lemon, as onion with red wine vinegar unavailable, there was Tabasco. I had a cup of tea, no choice, just English Breakfast, and a bacon and egg roll, brioche, although not advertised, £5.50, I think, cooked to order, expensive for what received. 2 packets of sauce, red and brown, served with it in a Styrofoam takeaway box. Staff friendly, seating available. Tourist location.

Fresh and wonderful food. Must try oysters

Place is lovely, windy, but great. Remember to take some cash in small change!! The one parking ticket machine only accepts coins( the other one is broken), and the telescope is 60p? Go figure! Other then that, oysters are definitely the best around!!!

Fresh, small, soft, sweet, salty, delicious Whitstable oysters. (Size and flavour might vary through the seasons I guess) If you love oysters then pop in. Casual. Unpretentious street food.

Oysters and Oyster stout. You can't beat it.

Amazing local oysters and friendly staff.

Excellent place to have something to eat. Prices are good, portions big and the best is they have their own oysters from their own farm. I would recommend this place to anyone who is trying to have a nice a quick experience. It’s not a restaurant, but quality is better in most of the restaurant. Very well done!!!

Had a bacon butty and a latte here whilst waiting for the rain to pass, coffee was good, butty was cooked EXACTLY how i asked and was hot and tasty. Service was great too. ( Hope the lads enjoyed Taylor Swift ) !

Außergewöhnliche Speisen auch für Vegetarier geeignet. Leider ist die Umgebung nicht so ansprechend, wie der Rest.

We had a plate of mussels with hand cut chips. Absolutely delicious. I’m a real sea food lover. This had be up there with the best I’ve had. From the Hand cut chips flavoured with Maldon salt to the moules marnier flavoured with fresh thyme. And all this from a oyster shack on the harbour pier! Excellent value and real gem. The beer was pretty good too.

Very good oysters to have, however its very slow service. You might be queueing for a while.

Banging Fish and Chips, oysters were superb!

Nice guys, good oysters, delicious beer, lovely environment.

My friend and I went there to have a couple of oysters, they seemed fresh and tasted good but, the next night we felt miserable and vomited all night. We called the doctor that told us that it is food poisoning. Wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone as the quality is awful and you can get seriously ill.

Really good fresh oysters. Swift service.

Fantastic fresh Whitstable Oysters, great value at £10 for half a dozen.

Nice ordering system with numbered tickets to collect your food and friendly staff. But the cod and chips were not good at all (fish didn’t seem that fresh and the batter was too thick). There was also a hair in the food 😖 Promptly went down the road for a much better fish & chips from VC Jones!

Great service, lovely location. The oysters were delicious. Will go there again,

First visit to Whitstable and The Oyster Shed. I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of Oysters but they looked so fresh and watching others tucking into them made me really want to place an order. £10 for half a dozen. The staff were so polite and friendly! The guy chose me some good looking big fat meaty ones... Loved it, served with fresh lemon, tabasco and tasted so fresh, juicy, plump and springy, what a lovely experience!! Would definitely recommend!

Fantastic fish and chips. We were looking for a very late lunch, and everywhere else was closing on a Friday afternoon along the quay, and we wanted to eat outside. The fish was excellent, batter thin but crispy, skin-on chips and huge portions. Nicely served by a friendly staff and finished with a half hour lifeboat trip. Many thanks

Delicious oyster, nice drinks and great service!

Great oysters 😋 fun barrle seating facing fishing boats fresh fish menu beers drinks sitting on the dock of the bay feeling 😀

food was all cold and parts were falling apart. not worth the overpriced food!!!

An among us cosplayer started attacking me which made the food cold, not the restaurants fault but it made my experience would reccomend

Oyster is nice, and the breakfast wrap are really awesome. Good place for quick bite if you arrive in early morning!

Delicious fish & chips! Friendly staff, hygienic premises. Fish really fresh, chips cooked to perfection, appetising presentation, great location for harbour watching......

The oysters tasted great but fell terribly ill within the same day. Turns out others have had similar experiences, might be better off getting your oysters at a more reliable place in whitstable.

Relaxing place. Seats were well spaced out. Although the oysters were fresh, it had the "fishy" taste.

if you want great Oysters in Whitstable then look no further. Also, be sure to try the Shallot sauce

Only saw reviews after eating, but I'm glad because it may have put me off what turned out to be a great oyster experience! I waited 2 days before writing this, just incase. My friends and I all agreed that the oysters were super fresh and tasty, despite us making the perhaps risky choice to have them at 5pm on a warm day. If you're looking through reviews, just bear in mind, some oysters do carry illness; it isn't necessarily anything to do with the place serving them. It is a risk you take when eating raw seafood.

Expect to have to wait a while but the lads are working their socks off and great to see them getting plenty of business

Avoid eating shellfish from this bar. Myself and partner are in the middle of pretty nasty norovirus symptoms which have left us bedridden and unable to work. It looks like they had a problem with this in summer 2021 and haven't solved it.

Sloooooowwwwww. Needs to benchmark proper fish and chip shops to just knock out the orders. Got bored after waiting 20mins in Q with just one person ahead and walked away. People clearly waiting long time after ordering and not getting food as ordered

Best calamari I’ve ever had. Fresh as is physically possible and the batter was amazing. Will be returning:)

Great looking place, stomach problems afterwards

We had oysters at 3:45 pm on Sunday July 18 in about 30 degree weather in the shade and although the oysters were in a fridge, they weren't on ice. A day later two of us got very ill. Disappointing!

Lovely little place for oysters and drinks on the go. It was our first time in Whistable, last Saturday. I usually like to check restaurant reviews, but this time I didn't. Unfortunately, me, my husband and my friend, got terribly ill yesterday night. Looks like it happens often according to the previous comments.

Unfortunately, my husband and I got so terribly sick after eating oysters here on Thursday. I imagine we weren't the only ones, especially seeing the previous reviews...The food handling procedures here should be reviewed to prevent other food poisioning in the future. We were miserable.

Fantastic food, 5 star service.

I have to confirm that my wife and I ate oysters on Thursday and were both very ill as well, this confirms the previous review. The storage cannot be correct.

All four of us who ate oysters and mussels from here ended up sick. As it was the only thing we all ate the same during this trip it must’ve been what we had here. Perhaps make sure you aren’t given the oysters that have been sitting out on a hot day!

Amazing place. Such great food, couple good beers on offer. Great little sun trap to sit at a barrel and watch the world go past.

Visited the area for only 2 nights and went to this place 3 times. Fresh tasty oysters and probably the best chips I've ever had

Simple, fresh and easy to find.

Thus review relates to the food and drink stall at the harbour entrance. Bought two tepid, tasteless coffees and greasy bacon bap at £8.15 served by two young females who were more interested in talking to their mates. The owner needs to take more active interest In quality and service . At the moment another example if overpriced rip off Whitstable

Dry, slightly burnt .. wouldn’t go again . Had 3 lots of cod and some scampi and it was all totally over cooked ... not great for £45 😬

Great bacon baps, tea & coffee. Have been swinging by here regularly on our walks recently. Highly recommended.

The best place ever to take away fish and chips. 〰️True beer battered fish with rock salt on the top. Loved it the parsley to decorate. 〰️Crunchy chips. 〰️Amazing location for real fish and chips. 〰️Quick and nice service. #fish&chips #whitstable

We were able to sample a dozen fresh native oysters as well as scampi and chips from the Oyster shed and had a lovely experience eating them by the beach. Friendly guys behind the counter who served everything up very hygienically. Well done for continuing to do business during lockdown!

Excellent service and excellent quality 👌

Do not buy Lobster as it provides cold. Didn't notice about serving it cold .

Lovely rock oysters with choice of dressings 6 for £10. However, we had 2 native oysters to try and they were £4 each. I’m sure I didn’t see that price written anywhere. Felt a bit ‘done’. Maybe it was my mistake. Perhaps good to charge so much if they are dying out!

We never ate at this place because unless simmering had changed I am in aware of I thought we are in a global pandemic... The tables were squashed together it was packed the que was spilling out onyo the street and not one sign of any respect for covid.... No wonder we are on the rise hippie the owner gets his money though

Nice meal once you got the app sorted. Wife had the cod and I had oysters followed by Lobster. Wife loved her cod and the oyster was great. Now realise I am not a fan of Lobster but thats not the restaurants fault. Staff very good.

Another amazing Oyster bar with super fresh Whitstable Oysters ! If you want to have authentic Whitstable Oysters you must visit this place !

Great place to get local oysters, we managed 26! Staff very welcoming and accommodating. Better than their rivals! Thanks guys for your generosity.

The guys at the oyster shed made my family and I very welcome, we ate our own weight in oysters as they were so good. Friendly staff and generous too. Better than their rivals.

Wonderful oysters, freshly cooked fish and chips and local beer right on the harbour. A perfect lunch.

We visited on a weekday afternoon and enjoyed freshly cooked Fish n chips, Scampi n chips or Chicken Goujons n chips. ALL were excellent quality and very tasty. Served with lemon wedge, salt n pepper sachets, wooden cutlery and individual hand wipes for when we'd finished! Tea was perfect too! Not cheap but reasonably priced. Friendly Staff always a bonus!

I'm intolerant of a large amount of salt which is just what I got Now it's a weeks worth of pills to put it right ...told them no salt got lots and lots of the stuff also got a bad attitude when I threw it back at them ....just don't complain you won't get anywhere I waved 10 quid goodbye as they waved my future custom goodbye ....

Great visit, friendly staff. Delicous moule, oysters and coffee. Great setup as takeaway. As per government guidelines during the May 2020 pandemic.

My husband loves Oysters. Our visit to the Oyster Shed was great, plus it had other dishes on the Menue, for anyone that prefers a different meal. It’s worth a visit if you are in Whitstable.

No queue, nice view, decently priced but food is very tasty. Some variety in items and freshly prepared in view of customers. Moules Mariniere and the special of the day which was Halloumi fries

I was very disappointed as I was expecting something akin to the Shed on Mersey Island. Perhaps visiting on a Sunday may have been the reason.