Essex Pearl - New York

18 pieces of oysters for 18 dollars, what a nice happy our treat. The prawn skewers were also great!

Good was great. Better than expected. Actually ended up ordering more of the oysters as soon as wet were half way through our 1st order. The shrimp was perfect. Great happy hour deals. Staff was cool and helpful. Back soon.

Came here after walking around the market line look for the best light lunch right before we headed for our movie upstairs. Decide to give this place a try. Wasn't busy at all and we ordered the full sized lobster roll with French fries. Included were a couple of pint sized bottles of water which resembled milk containers from back in public school days. The lobster roll combo was served Vietnamese style and had some good flavor for each bite. The fries were overpowering with sea salt which made the fries taste more like eating salt which was a bit disappointing. The lobster bisque soup was okay.

Interesting asian flavors and great seafood dishes. The pig ear salad was very good though. The lobster roll has a great sauce. Squid dish has an amazing sauce too. Monk fish skewers were also really great, fish was chewy and crunchy. Pork belly skewers were too fatty.

Nice place to have seafood comfort food; be sure to be there between happy hours. Great cocktails also are available.