Oysters · West Village · Updated October 9, 2026
Seven West Village rooms print what their oysters cost. Per oyster, that is $2 to $5.
On October 9, 2026 we read the raw-bar menus that West Village restaurants and bars publish on their own websites, and worked out what each one charges per oyster. One famous oyster bar on the old lists has closed, one site would not load, and two happy hours print no price at all.
- Eight raw bars’ own menus read October 9, 2026
- Price per oyster worked out from each menu
- Walks timed from 118 Christopher Street
- Three oyster happy hours compared
- Heated secret backyard garden at 118 Christopher Street
Marina Charny, Owner, The Beer Garage
Oysters in the West Village are easy to find and hard to compare. One menu sells them by three, another by the half dozen, a third by the piece with a minimum, and the towers mix them with shrimp and clams. The number that settles it is the price of a single oyster, so that is the one we worked out.
On October 9, 2026 we read the raw-bar sections of eight West Village menus, PDFs included, and divided each printed price by the number of oysters it buys. Every walk was timed from our West Village bar at 118 Christopher Street, and our own oysters are in the table, from our menu and our online ordering page the same day.
For the full raw-bar experience, Jeffrey’s Grocery at 172 Waverly Place sells Atlantic oysters at $23 a half dozen, runs an oyster happy hour on weekdays from 3:30 to 5:30 PM, and builds plateaus from $29 to $159. Dante West Village on Hudson Street and its sister Dante Aperitivo on Bank Street both charge $27 for six, with a lime and ginger granita. The Clam on Hudson Street is the only room that prints a price for just three, $15.
The lowest printed price is ours. The Beer Garage at 118 Christopher Street lists oysters from Maine at $3 each, six at least, and six for $12 at happy hour, which works out at $2 an oyster, with a heated backyard garden to eat them in.
Our West Village kitchen is a standard one, and its printed menu labels nothing gluten-free, so ask about mignonettes and sauces before you order there. Our Park Slope bar at 148 5th Avenue in Brooklyn works differently: the whole menu is headed “100% gluten-free”, and its own oyster happy hour is laid out in our oyster happy hour in Park Slope guide.
Oysters in the West Village: price per oyster, by walk
A room is in this table if its own website prints oysters on a menu. The last column divides the cheapest printed order by the number of oysters in it, so the rooms can be compared on one number. Walks were timed in Google Maps from our door on October 9, 2026.
| Room | Walk | Oysters, as printed | Per oyster | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beer Garage, 118 Christopher St | Our door | Fresh oysters from Maine, $3 each, six at least; six for $12 at happy hour | $3; $2 at happy hour | From 3:00 PM weekdays (2:00 PM Friday), noon Saturday, 1:00 PM Sunday; to 11:00 PM, midnight Friday and Saturday |
| The Clam, 420 Hudson St | 5 minutes, 0.2 mile | East and West Coast selection: 3 for $15, 6 for $30 | $5 | Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 10:00 PM |
| Dante West Village, 551 Hudson St | 5 minutes, 0.2 mile | Freshly shucked, with lime and ginger granita: $27 a half dozen, $52 a dozen | $4.33 to $4.50 | From 10:00 AM daily; to midnight on its hours page, 1:00 AM on its reservations page |
| Jeffrey’s Grocery, 172 Waverly Pl | 6 minutes, 0.2 mile | Atlantic $23 a half dozen, $45 a dozen; Pacific or small batch $27 and $48; all three $25 and $46 | $3.75 to $4.50 | Lunch from 11:30 AM weekdays, brunch from 10:00 AM weekends; dinner to 10:00 PM Sunday and Monday, 11:00 PM Tuesday to Saturday |
| American Bar, 33 Greenwich Ave | 7 minutes, 0.3 mile | East and West Coast, with housemade mignonette and cocktail sauce: $24 a half dozen, $48 a dozen | $4 | Dinner from 5:00 PM, to 11:00 PM Sunday to Wednesday and midnight Thursday to Saturday |
| Dante Aperitivo, 51 Bank St | 8 minutes, 0.4 mile | East Coast, with lime and ginger granita: 6 for $27, 12 for $52 | $4.33 to $4.50 | From 5:00 PM Monday to Thursday, noon Friday and 10:00 AM at the weekend, to midnight, on its hours page |
| Aperitivo by Carta, 101 W 10th St | 9 minutes, 0.4 mile | East and West Coast oysters by three, half dozen or dozen, no prices printed | Not printed | Golden Hour 4:00 to 6:00 PM weekdays; daily hours not printed on its site |
| Cafe Cluny, 284 W 12th St | 9 minutes, 0.4 mile | Half a dozen Island Creek oysters with mignonette, $28, at lunch, brunch and dinner | $4.67 | Dinner from 5:00 PM, to 10:30 PM Monday to Thursday and 11:00 PM Friday |
Away from our happy hour, the per-oyster spread is narrow: $3 on our menu, $3.75 to $4.67 at the restaurants, and $5 at The Clam, which is also the only room that will sell you three. The gap shows up in the half dozen. Six of ours cost $18, six Atlantic oysters at Jeffrey’s $23, American Bar’s $24, either Dante’s $27, Cafe Cluny’s $28 and The Clam’s $30, before tax and tip.
Oyster happy hours, and what they print
Three rooms tie oysters to a happy hour. Only one of them prints the happy-hour price.
| Room | When, as printed | Oyster price at happy hour |
|---|---|---|
| The Beer Garage, 118 Christopher St | Not printed | 6 for $12, 12 for $24, 18 for $36, 24 for $48; extra oysters $2 each |
| Jeffrey’s Grocery, 172 Waverly Pl | “Oyster Happy Hour”, Monday to Friday, 3:30 to 5:30 PM, holidays excluded | Not printed |
| Aperitivo by Carta, 101 W 10th St | “Golden Hour”, weekdays 4:00 to 6:00 PM, listing “wine, spritzes, oysters, and tapas” | Not printed |
The two printed halves never meet. Jeffrey’s and Carta print the time but not the price, and we print the price but not the time, so whichever you choose, a phone call settles it. The Clam’s weekday happy hour, 3:00 to 5:00 PM, lists drinks only: a $10 cucumber cooler, $10 wine and a $5 Narragansett.
Towers and plateaus
For a table that wants more than oysters, three rooms print a tower or plateau with a fixed count.
| Room | Tower, as printed | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey’s Grocery | Le Duchess: 2 oysters, 2 littlenecks, 2 shrimp, 2 smoked mussels, albacore conserva | $29 |
| Jeffrey’s Grocery | Le Prince: 10 oysters, 4 shrimp, 4 littlenecks, crab salad | $65 |
| American Bar | Petit Plateau: 10 oysters, 4 shrimp cocktail, hamachi crudo, tuna tartare, lobster salad | $95 |
| Jeffrey’s Grocery | Le Royale: 12 oysters, 6 littlenecks, 6 shrimp, smoked mussels, lobster salad, a quarter pound of snow crab legs | $125 |
| The Clam | The Leroy Tower: 8 oysters, 4 shrimp, 4 raw clams, Maine lobster tail, Peruvian ceviche | $125 |
| Jeffrey’s Grocery | Le Jeffrey: 16 oysters, 8 littlenecks, 8 shrimp, smoked mussels, albacore conserva, lobster salad, half a pound of snow crab legs | $159 |
Jeffrey’s also offers an ounce of caviar on any plateau for $50 more. We do not build towers; our oysters come by the piece, six at least.
Names to cross off older lists
Oyster roundups outlive the oyster bars in them. These three names still appear, and this is what we found on October 9, 2026.
- Pearl Oyster Bar, 18 Cornelia Street. Its Wikipedia entry records that its final day was October 29, 2022. Its old web address now forwards to an unrelated site, so do not follow it.
- Fish, 280 Bleecker Street. Older guides describe a daily oyster-and-drink special there, at prices that differ from guide to guide. Its website did not load for us on October 9, so we could not confirm the special or the price; call before you go.
- Mary’s Fish Camp. Its site says it is back, open from 11:00 AM, to 10:00 PM Monday to Saturday and 5:00 PM on Sunday, but it posts no menu, so it is not in our tables.
Our oysters, honestly
Our West Village menu lists fresh oysters from Maine at $3 each, freshly shucked, with a minimum of six, so the smallest order is $18. At happy hour the online menu prices them at six for $12, twelve for $24, eighteen for $36 and twenty-four for $48, with extra oysters at $2. Those are the lowest oyster prices we found printed anywhere in the West Village.
We do not print the hours our happy hour runs, which is a gap we should close, so call 646-490-4301 before you plan around it. Doors open at 3:00 PM from Monday to Thursday, at 2:00 PM on Friday, at noon on Saturday and at 1:00 PM on Sunday; closing time is 11:00 PM, pushed back to midnight on Friday and Saturday. The heated backyard garden is open behind the bar, and our backyard garden bar guide shows it.
What we are not is a seafood restaurant. There is one kind of oyster on our menu, no towers, no granita and no choice of coasts, and the front room shows the game. If you want to compare a Pacific with an Atlantic, Jeffrey’s Grocery is six minutes away and does it properly.
Which raw bar for which night
Four rooms, four ways to order oysters, each described from its own menu or, for us, our own.
Jeffrey’s Grocery, 172 Waverly Place. Six minutes from us.
- Best for choice: Atlantic, Pacific and small-batch oysters, plateaus from $29 to $159, and a weekday oyster happy hour from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.
- Skip if you want to know the happy-hour price in advance; the site does not print it.
The Clam, 420 Hudson Street. Five minutes from us.
- Best for a taste rather than a meal: three oysters for $15, or the Leroy Tower at $125 for a table.
- Skip if it is Sunday or Monday, or after 10:00 PM; its site lists Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 10:00 PM.
Dante West Village, 551 Hudson Street. Five minutes from us.
- Best for oysters with a cocktail program: $27 a half dozen with lime and ginger granita, and outdoor seats on Hudson Street.
- Skip if price per oyster is the point; at $4.33 to $4.50 it is among the dearest on the list.
The Beer Garage, 118 Christopher Street. Our own bar, a short walk from the Christopher St-Stonewall station on the 1.
- Best for paying least: $3 an oyster, $2 at happy hour, eaten under the heaters in the garden.
- Skip if you want a choice of oysters or a tower; we serve one kind, from Maine.
Raw or undercooked shellfish can raise the risk of foodborne illness, as the Dante menus remind diners, and that is true of every oyster on this page, ours included. If you are pregnant, have a weakened immune system or a shellfish allergy, ask before ordering. Every room here also serves alcohol, so bring an ID that shows you are 21.
Before you go: five warnings
- Happy-hour prices are half printed. Jeffrey’s and Carta print the time but not the price; we print the price but not the time. Call first.
- Minimums change the math. Our $3 oysters come six at least, so the cheapest order is $18; The Clam’s three for $15 is the smallest priced order on the list.
- The Clam keeps short hours. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 10:00 PM, by its own hours page.
- Dante’s site gives two closing times. Its reservations page says Hudson Street is open until 1:00 AM, and its hours page says midnight.
- Prices are before tax and tip. A $28 half dozen is more than $28 when the bill comes.
Find your oysters
Pick a time and a priority; each of the sixteen answers comes straight from the tables on this page.
1. When are you going?
2. What matters most?
The Beer Garage, 118 Christopher Street. We open at 3:00 PM Monday to Thursday; oysters are $3 each, six at least, and six for $12 at happy hour, whose hours we do not print, so ask.
Jeffrey’s Grocery, 172 Waverly Place. Its Oyster Happy Hour runs Monday to Friday, 3:30 to 5:30 PM; the price is not printed, but the regular Atlantic half dozen is $23.
Jeffrey’s Grocery. Le Duchess, $29, is the smallest plateau on the list: two oysters, two littlenecks, two shrimp, two smoked mussels and albacore.
Dante West Village, 551 Hudson Street. Indoor and outdoor seating from 10:00 AM daily, and a half dozen with lime and ginger granita for $27.
The Beer Garage. $3 an oyster, six at least, until 11:00 PM Monday to Thursday. The next-lowest half dozen is Jeffrey’s Atlantic oysters at $23.
Aperitivo by Carta, 101 West 10th Street. Its weekday Golden Hour, 4:00 to 6:00 PM, lists oysters with wine and spritzes; no prices are printed.
The Clam, 420 Hudson Street. The Leroy Tower, $125: eight oysters, four shrimp, four raw clams, a Maine lobster tail and ceviche. Tuesday to Saturday until 10:00 PM.
The Beer Garage. Our heated backyard garden, with Maine oysters at $3 each.
The Beer Garage. Open from noon on Saturday and 1:00 PM on Sunday, at $3 an oyster.
No weekend oyster happy hour. None of the three we found runs at the weekend. Jeffrey’s has a “Weekend Snack Time” from 3:15 to 5:00 PM without saying what is on it.
Jeffrey’s Grocery at brunch. Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM; Le Prince, $65, brings ten oysters, four shrimp, four littlenecks and crab salad.
Dante West Village or our garden. Dante’s outdoor seats from 10:00 AM, or our heated garden from noon on Saturday.
The Beer Garage on Friday or Saturday. Open to midnight, at $3 an oyster; on other nights we close at 11:00 PM.
No late oyster happy hour. The ones we found end by 6:00 PM. For oysters late, Dante Aperitivo on Bank Street is open to midnight, at 6 for $27.
American Bar, 33 Greenwich Avenue. The Petit Plateau, $95, with ten oysters; dinner runs to midnight Thursday to Saturday.
Dante West Village. Indoor and outdoor seating until midnight by its hours page, with oysters at $27 a half dozen.
How we checked
Every raw-bar listing here was read on the room’s own website on October 9, 2026, including the PDF menus it links to: Dante’s West Village food menu dated September 23, 2026 and its Bank Street food menu dated August 23, 2026, and American Bar’s menu dated July 24, 2026. The per-oyster figure is the printed price divided by the number of oysters, rounded to the cent. Hours come from each room’s own hours page.
Google Maps, in walking mode, timed each route from our Christopher Street door. Our own oyster prices come from the West Village menu and the online ordering page. Nobody paid to be included, every price excludes tax and tip, and we visited none of the other raw bars for this guide.
Maine oysters at $3, in a heated garden
The Beer Garage West Village, 118 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014, three minutes from the 1 train. Weekday doors at 3:00 PM (2:00 PM Friday), weekend doors at noon Saturday and 1:00 PM Sunday; closing is 11:00 PM, midnight on Friday and Saturday.
In Brooklyn, our Park Slope bar at 148 5th Avenue runs a fully gluten-free kitchen and its own oyster happy hour; call 718-576-3409 or book on OpenTable.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I get oysters in the West Village?
By their own menus, read October 9, 2026: The Beer Garage at 118 Christopher Street, The Clam and Dante West Village on Hudson Street, Jeffrey’s Grocery on Waverly Place, American Bar on Greenwich Avenue, Dante Aperitivo on Bank Street, Aperitivo by Carta on West 10th Street and Cafe Cluny on West 12th Street.
How much are oysters in the West Village?
From $2 to $5 an oyster on the menus we read: $2 at The Beer Garage’s happy hour and $3 on its regular menu, $3.75 to $4.67 at Jeffrey’s Grocery, American Bar, both Dante rooms and Cafe Cluny, and $5 at The Clam. A half dozen runs from $18 to $30 before tax and tip.
Is there an oyster happy hour in the West Village?
Yes. The Beer Garage prices six oysters at $12 at happy hour but does not print the hours. Jeffrey’s Grocery runs an Oyster Happy Hour Monday to Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 PM, and Aperitivo by Carta lists oysters in its weekday Golden Hour from 4:00 to 6:00 PM; neither prints the price.
Where can I get a seafood tower in the West Village?
Jeffrey’s Grocery prints four plateaus from $29 to $159, The Clam a Leroy Tower at $125 and American Bar a Petit Plateau at $95, each with oysters, by their menus read October 9, 2026.
Is Pearl Oyster Bar still open?
No. Its Wikipedia entry records that Pearl Oyster Bar on Cornelia Street closed in October 2022, and its old web address now forwards to an unrelated site.
Does The Beer Garage serve oysters in the West Village?
Yes. Fresh oysters from Maine are $3 each with a minimum of six at 118 Christopher Street, and six for $12 at happy hour, with a heated backyard garden. Call 646-490-4301 for the happy-hour times.
The verdict
For oysters as the point of the evening, Jeffrey’s Grocery has the range and The Clam the smallest order. For oysters as the start of the evening, ours are the least expensive printed in the West Village, at least 75 cents below everyone else per oyster, and $2 at happy hour. Just call to ask when happy hour runs, because we are one of three rooms that leave half of it off the page.
Sources and references
- The Beer Garage: our West Village menu, our online ordering menu (happy-hour oysters) and beergarageny.com (hours and garden), read October 9, 2026.
- The Clam menus and hours; Jeffrey’s Grocery menus and info page, read October 9, 2026.
- Dante West Village menus, Dante Aperitivo menus, Hours & Locations and reservations page, read October 9, 2026.
- American Bar menus and hours; Aperitivo by Carta menus; Cafe Cluny menus and hours; Mary’s Fish Camp, read October 9, 2026.
- Pearl Oyster Bar on Wikipedia, for its closing in 2022.
- Google Maps walking mode, from 118 Christopher Street to each venue, timed October 9, 2026.
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Marina Charny