Pearl Dive Oyster Palace
✨ Vibe
A lively and rustic-chic seafood haunt in the heart of Logan Circle, blending authentic Cajun spirit with reclaimed wood decor and a warm, neighborhood-focused energy.
🍸 Best For
Oyster aficionados, celebratory date nights, high-energy happy hours, and Southern-inspired weekend brunches.
🔥 Highlights
- Signature Oyster Selection: Features nearly a dozen East and West Coast varieties, including their exclusive, proprietary "Old Black Salt" oysters known for their perfect salinity.
- Cajun-Inspired Classics: Beyond the raw bar, the kitchen excels with New Orleans-style favorites like "Angels on Horseback" (bacon-wrapped oysters), crispy Catfish Po’boys, and house-made jalapeño biscuits.
- Creative Cocktails: The bar program shines with unique offerings like the "Dive Juice"—a refreshing blend of lime, cilantro, and jalapeño—and expertly crafted mocktails.
ℹ️ Need to Know
- A highly-regarded Happy Hour runs on weekdays starting at 4:00 PM, featuring favorites like the crush burger and fresh shucked oysters.
- The venue is part of a multi-concept space; you can head upstairs to sister bars Black Jack or Tilt for post-dinner cocktails and a game of bocce.
📰 In the News
An Inside Look At Jeff Black's Pearl Oyster Dive Palace
Pearl Dive Oyster Palace is a ground-floor oyster bar and restaurant located at 1612 14th Street NW in Washington DC. Accompanied by an upstairs bourbon bar called Blackjack, the establishment features design elements by CORE Architecture + Design and includes a second-level bocce court.
Oysters with a Side of... Chicken?
Pearl Dive Oyster Palace features a popular fried chicken specialty alongside its seafood menu, an addition inspired by a staff meal accident at sister restaurant Addie's. The southern-inspired seafood outpost on 14th Street offers buckets of chicken served with corn muffins and sides.
Pearl Dive | Restaurants in Logan Circle, Washington DC
Pearl Dive Oyster Palace is a Gulf Coast-inspired seafood restaurant in Logan Circle known for its expertly shucked East and West coast oysters and Southern-influenced decor. The menu features standout dishes like seafood gumbo and the messy C.E.B.L.T. po-boy, alongside a bar with a garage door that opens for curbside drinks and fried chicken buckets.
Recent Reviews from Google
An excellent neighborhood restaurant specializing in seafood and New Orleans style cuisine. The prices are reasonable, and the service is great. Although it’s mainly a seafood place, their bread is...
Janet and Tevin! Thank you for your amazing services! They were fun, no pressure and answered all the questions we had for our choices. Janet recommendation were all PERFECT! Thank you:) I took my...
The food was incredible! They had a vast variety of delicious oysters, perfectly shucked, and amazing Spanish octopus charred to perfection and tons of flavor. For the mains, we had the crush burger...
Delicious food. I highly recommend the fried oysters, I was pleasantly surprised by how well the potatoes and vegetables were seasoned. The clam chowder was also really good, but it could have used a...
We loved this place! This was my first time having oysters. My favorite was the “Angels on Horseback” mainly because of the bacon, it was crispy and delicious and the oysters were wrapped in the...
