The Walrus Oyster & Ale House

12-29-25 noon visit. We were lucky and found a street side parking spot next to the restaurant. The parking meter takes a credit card or quarters but the screen to view your charge/time is unreadable. No charge on our card 3 days later? The restaurant is clean and the staff attentive. We always hold on ordering our meal until the appetizers are consumed. And this worked out fine here. The chefs dozen local oysters were very good and arrived with two sauces I didn't use. The jumbo lump crab dip with chips was very good. The wife's scallops were cooked correctly and tasted great. My NY strip Oscar meal was mixed. The crab cake was ok but lacked seasoning. The 2 shrimp were good. The steak was cooked medium rare as requested and seasoned properly, but it was the roughest piece of beef I ha

THIS IS MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE::: I wanted to try this place out in the summer but they were closed for renovation. We finally got to eat here and I was not impressed to say the least. I give 5 stars for service only because of our server Karen. She was very knowledgeable and knew the menu and gave recommendations. The atmosphere was subtle and I was impressed with the young lady shucking oysters when you walk in. The restrooms need a new design(men). One stall, three urinals and one sink. The menu was not what I expected from an oyster house, I was looking for seafood, and you have to order one of the half or whole lobster dinners for oysters. Most of the food we ordered was not made fresh and lacked in flavor. We wanted New England Clam Chowder but we didn’t get it because it comes with

Excellent food, service, and drinks. Bartenders are extremely nice, beautiful atmosphere. It's definitely worth trying. Hit the happy hour to save some money. It is located in the Waterfront District, which is a very beautiful place. Rockefeller oysters were very tasty 😋

Spontaneous lunch choice. Like pretty much everything at National Harbor, it's pricy. But the food was very good and service better-than-average. If there was a "Value" criteria, would have been three stars.

My husband had the fish & chips. I had the clam chowder and we shared the chef's dozen oysters. The food was well prepared, came out hot, and was delicious. The oysters were fresh and came with oyster crackers, cocktail sauce with horseradish and garlic butter. I had the strawberry island punch. Wait staff was very friendly. The venue could benefit from a door heater because everytime someone came in a rush of cold air came in with them.