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The Best Seafood Restaurants in Toronto

The best seafood restaurants in Toronto range from comfortable and casual to polished. These spots fit the bill no matter what you crave. Want a seafood feast that leaves you splattered with buttery juices and breathless? Yearn for the simple beauty of superlatively fresh oysters? Whichever it is, you can rest assured these places won't disappoint.

Here are the best seafood restaurants in Toronto.


Oyster Boy
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Oyster Boy

Daily deliveries translate to plates piled high with the sea's freshest, most responsibly-sourced catch at this spot on West Queen West. Beyond the world's best bivalves, the menu extends to freshwater fish, scallops, lobster, shrimp, and more, served up in dishes that make each shine.

Rodney's Oyster House
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Rodney's Oyster House

Eating with your hands is part of the fun at this King West restaurant where diners feast on boiled lobsters, steamed mussels and oysters by the dozens. King crab and other seasonal specials thrill serious seafood lovers.


Fishman Lobster Clubhouse
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Fishman Lobster Clubhouse

Seafood towers pale in comparison to the extreme edible structures built of crab and lobster at this lively Scarborough spot. An entire menu of ocean delights is available but few can resist discovering what 30 pounds of lobster looks like in skyscraper form.

Honest Weight
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Honest Weight

Run by industry vets, this Junction spot is known for sourcing the best catch — then prepping it to perfection. With a menu that jumps from fish pies topped with buttery puff to crispy po' boys and zippy crudos, it's obvious that the team excels at using fish, crustaceans, mollusks and more in myriad tempting ways.


Pearl Diver
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Pearl Diver

Welcoming and warm, this cozy restaurant near Jarvis and Adelaide grips diners with a menu filled with raw bar and comfort food favourites with a global twist. Tucking into oysters from both coasts followed by Diver scallops with pork belly or Korean style Atlantic mackerel is always a good time.


Diana's Oyster Bar
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Diana's Oyster Bar

Small and salty or meaty and sweet — oysters of every kind are the focus at this restaurant with locations in Scarborough and Markham. Still, with attention to freshness and variety extending to the entire menu, coastal fare in every iteration — from chowder and ceviche, to lobster rolls and gorgeous grilled seafood — is also irresistible.

Prime Seafood Palace
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Prime Seafood Palace

A shrine to quality ingredients and meticulous culinary techniques, this West Queen West spot is a magnet for sophisticated diners looking to be impressed. Swimmingly fresh and picture perfect, seasonal seafood finds its way into a number of chilled and warm dishes — from sea urchin with egg custard to grilled sea bass with Salt Spring mussels and bouillabaisse.


Pink Sky
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Pink Sky

A serious seafood program grounds this buzzing restaurant in the heart of King West. Frosty tiered towers cause a stir but it's the team's grilled octopus, seafood risotto and showstopping truffled lobster mac and cheese — not to mention the martini flights — that keep diners scurrying back.

Buster's Sea Cove
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Buster's Sea Cove

With a prime location in St. Lawrence Market (plus a takeout one in the Financial District) it's no wonder this bustling spot tops many tourist's must-visit lists. Wait your turn and be rewarded with lip-smackingly fresh fish and chips, clam chowder, grilled fish, and sandwiches stuffed with seafood of every kind.

Lead photo by

Hector Vasquez at Oyster Boy. Additional photos, @primeseafoodpalace, @pinkskytoronto


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