Little's Oyster Bar

Went to Little's Oyster Bar for dinner.

It was formerly Pappa's Seafood, same location, slightly different concept.

This is a Cool as a Cucumber mocktail.  It has apple, cucumber juice, lime, and Topo Chico.  Nice and refreshing, not sugary at all, as the Topo Chico diluted it. 

This is the Tuna Crudo.  It has roasted pepper, pomegranate, walnut, mint, and chive leaves as your boat.  It's a deconstructed lettuce cup, it's pretty good.

Lobster & Gnocchi - it has cherry tomatoes, potato skins, gnocchi, and decent chunks of lobster.  I was kinda surprised that the sauce is not as flavorful as it looked.  The gnocchi didn't absorb as much as I'd like for that texture.

We also ordered baked oysters - It has oyster, crab parmesan, baked.  It was delicious.  I wouldn't mind getting more of this.

We got the American Red Snapper, it is chicken fried (mmmm yum).  That is not tartar sauce, but it gave it more flavor and texture, it's pretty good, and just enough for everyone. 

Everyone online were recommending the Crispy Eggplant, and when it arrived it smelled delicious.  But the taste did not deliver.  The sweet chili Thai sauce was good, but the crispy wasn't crispy enough to me.

The broccolini was good though, really enjoyed that. 

For dessert, this is the Toasted Buttermilk Custard.  The texture of the dessert is not as thick as it sounded.  It has this very thin cookie on top, and it came with a nice pouched pear that goes with pear sorbet.  I'm actually a huge fan of pouched pear, so the nice warm pear with the sorbet was delightful.  The custard goes well with the cookie, and pear.  It's good match.

The place is smaller inside than it looked from the outside.  So a reservation is highly highly recommended.  We made a reservation on the earlier side, and by the time we look up mid-meal, there were a group gathered by the door hoping for a table.  They do have a small high tops on the outside, so you can sit out there.  It is right by the valet station, so that would be great for people watch. 

Speaking of, yes, you can valet, but on the side of the building on the lot of Alabama and Shepherd, you can park for free.  Very convenient.

Little's Oyster Bar

3001 S. Shepherd Dr

Houston, TX 77098

713-522-4595

https://littlesoysterbar.com/