Half Shell Oyster House

109 Old Camp Rd Suite114, Lafayette - 70508
273 reviews
Cajun/Creole Seafood Southern
(337) 484-1120

We were there for Mother's Day. We had a 30min wait which wasn't bad for a holiday. The service and food was great. I had New Orleans style shrimp and grits with asparagus very delicious along with a tray of variety oysters in the half shell. Highly recommend. Not a very large place but comfortable and family friendly.

Oh my God! The food here was amazing! The restaurant was nice clean quiet great service and the drink that I got was awesome! When it was time for me to pay the check I asked if I could buy the Chef!? LOVE LOVE LOVE❤??

The New Orleans and Bienville style oysters as a starter were amazing. We actually considered ordering more just to eat as our meal because they were that good.\\n\\nWe also ordered the charbroiled oysters as a starter but I would not recommend nor would I give it a second chance, once I pointed out that they tasted like gas my fiancé and I couldn’t untaste it.\\n\\nFor our meals I had the uptown quesadilla (from the appetizer menu) and my fiancé had the snapper. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal however my fiancé did not like the snapper and wanted me to remind him not to order it again.\\n\\nFor drinks, I had the maple pecan old fashioned, and I think it’s the best old fashioned I’ve had to this day! I highly recommend that!\\n\\nAtmosphere is great, service was great, bathrooms are clean. It’s a nice place overall. I think next time we’ll just do only oysters for dinner.

Great place for drinks and appetizers but the entrees for dinner weren’t very good. I got the seasonal special of shrimp and crawfish étouffée and it was really disappointing. We paid $200+ for our table of four and it really wasn’t all that good. The drinks were awesome and the oysters were good (not great) and our waitress was really great too. Overall a good place for happy hour but not for dinner. I’m someone who has a lot of experience tasting really great southern/Cajun food and I just wasn’t impressed at all with their entrees.

If you are looking for a good Louisiana restaurant to eat at in Lafayette come here. We had A+ service and A+ food. Me and my family had Shakori as our waitress and she was great. Shakori made sure to take care of us, and I let her know I would let her take care of her. Our dinner was spectacular we had crawfish and shrimp etoufee and it was very good, very cajun.My mother and father had steak, that was cooked to perfection. When I say everything was amazing, it was AMAZING. If you have time to stop by and have a meal I would definitely recommend.

Wife and I traveled to Lafayette and took a longtime friend out for dinner. The food and drinks were excellent, and our waitress, Mackenzie, did a really great job in serving. Her advice on the menu was top notch. Definitely will come back next visit.

We came in on a Sunday evening. Friendly service but slow ... nice selection of entries but execution was average. We had the chargrilled oysters, shrimp and grits, ribeye and a fish dish. Of them all, the only that got high marks was the fish. Chargrilled oysters are much better at Drago's or Shucks in Abbeville. The shrimp and grits were gummy and without much of a flavor profile and the butter and seasoning were overpowering on the steak. There are so many great places to eat in Lafayette, I would not recommend this venue.

Awesome place. Food was awesome great staff. Definitely will be going back

Everything was delicious. I had the filet orleans and it was cooked perfectly. Chase was our server and he was awesome!

From the moment we arrived (which was late at night) till the moment we left we felt welcomed and catered to, the food was delicious, staff was friendly and attentive, everything was fresh and hot with fire. Thank you for being open later than most restaurants and for the excellent Staff! JT was awesome and knowledgeable!