Thorny Oyster

We love this place! Here are pics from our most recent visit, when we sat at the kitchen bar and watched the spectacular meals being made by the friendly and conversational cooks. On this trip, we had a bottle of wine and two specials: crawfish bread for an appetizer - stellar! - and a giant soft-shelled crab atop Asian-spiced rice with chunks of lobster - even more stellar! Each dish was sauced to perfection. We watched as steaks were grilled, side dishes were sauteed and this beautiful whole flounder was treated so lovingly and the proud chef held it up for us to photograph.

We've never had a bad bite here, and come back almost every time we visit Bay St. Louis. Two other dishes that we really, really love are the bouillabaisse and the fried artichoke. We often share that combination for dinner, because the servings here are LARGE.

Even if you're not hungry for lunch or dinner, or have reservations somewhere else, it's great to sit outside and enjoy one of their handmade cocktails, and do some people-watching of the always entertaining tourists and locals on the main drag in this tiny seaside town. Put Thorny Oyster on your list! The only negative is that it can get very loud when the restaurant is full - and on those days, we just take an outside table.

Wonderful waiter Barry servers Great drinks
Frog legs are always a hit (we get with sauce on side).
Love the truffle fries and scallops
Barry makes a killer slightly dirty vodka Martin with blue cheese stuffed olives.

Great place to eat. Unique dishes only a true chef would dream up, elegantly plated. Oh...and it tastes good too. We sat at the cooks station. It was fastenating to watch them prepare several dishes simultaneously...flames flari g up around a whole fish on the grill top...sauces in sauce pans...awesome!

Pulled my boat into Bay St. Louis Marina last Saturday to get fuel and took a short walk with my friends to look for a place to get lunch before heading out and stumbled across the Pearl Hotel and the Thorny Oyster. Wow! This place was fantastic! Food was amazing and the service was stellar. Ronelle was our server and she was beyond attentive going the extra mile for everyone in our party. My wife and I split the wedge salad (Ronell had the kitchen plate it separately for us without our asking) and it was one of the best wedge salads we have every had. I ordered the Muscles & Fries in a saffron broth that was truly outstanding and certainly a departure from any PEI dish i have ever had before. Everyone in our party raved about the experience and cannot wait to go back again!

We went here for the 1st time after passing it by the last few years. It can be hard to get into during popular dinner times. We went for an early lunch and got in just fine. We loved everything about this place! The decor was very nice. I loved the drink selection for cocktails. All the food options looked very appetizing! The dishes we got were all amazing. We really enjoyed our experience and will be back to eat their again!