Fodor's Expert Review Ostra Restaurant

Its name means oyster in Spanish, and you will find them plenty fresh here, chilled on the half shell and served with mignonette or chipotle cocktail sauce. The oyster bar also serves up clams, crabs, shrimp, and ceviche. Other offerings of this premium seafood restaurant are roasted Gulf redfish, mahimahi Veracruz, grilled ahi tuna, and applewood-roasted salmon, along with lobster tail and the fish of the day. The nonseafood menu is limited, so ask the server for suggestions. It's open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at a lovely spot on the River Walk, housed in the luxury Mokara Hotel & Spa; it's very popular, so dinner reservations are highly recommended, especially on weekends.