Based on 56 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price
Address:
241 Harris St, Basalt, CO 81621
Phone: (970) 510-5756
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Austin Rosenthal
In my humble opinion, Ocean Seafood & Raw Bar is the classiest and most upscale restaurant in Willets Town Center. Furthermore, the food in terms of taste and quality is superb.
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Marcus Taylor
Sharing menu because website menu doesn’t work. Nice service. Food good as well.
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Courtney S
Definitely the best restaurant in Willits. The food is unreal and very well curated. Fresh seafood. Oysters were so good. Great service. My friends got alcoholic beverages and loved them, even ordered another! All around a great restaurant. I could eat here every day. 6 stars for the halibut.
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Tyler Benton
Wonderful dinner experience at Ocean. Friends visiting for the weekend and our whole group loved their wines, apps, entrees, and desserts. Great food and service. Kitchen is awesome! Highly recommend.
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Julie Wood
I’m not a fan of this place for several reasons. First and foremost the restaurant was freezing in the middle of December. No heat!!! Almost everyone had a jacket on while eating and nothing was noticed or done to change the comfort level. Secondly they are one of the RFV restaurants that is in desperate need of help. 15 mins for 2 glasses of wine and a Diet Coke. The fish we ordered was over cooked and apparently the chef will only prepare to their preference, yet the waiter asks how we like the fish done? The risotto was awful, tasted like vomit to be frank. The oysters (west coast) that we had weren’t tasty at all. Waiter was nice but pushed to her limit. Most of the tables began to fill up and I noticed the bartender had to pitch in and all staff seemed anxious and semi panicked. There were 3 people working and all tables had been picked up and sat…… it’s not a huge place but you could tell it is hard to work there.
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Frank Loomis
Ocean truly has it all. Situated in Basalt, CO right outside of Aspen, this restaurant has everything you’re looking for in regard to excellent service, vibrant atmosphere, reasonable pricing for the valley, and truly delicious food. Overall, our experience was superb.
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Noah Schuringa
We really wanted to enjoy this restaurant, I work in the service industry and understand how hard it can be but bad service sucks and it wasn’t very busy. We live in Glenwood and drove up for my girlfriend’s birthday, it was probably one of the worst birthday celebrations we’ve ever had.
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Dan Feuerborn
Had a great meal last night. I loved the raw oysters and my wife loved her grilled oysters. The blackened grouper with wild mushrooms was phenomenal!
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Alan Sosne
Although we live in Aspen we often drive to Basalt for dining, as we find Basalt much more laid back with wonderful restaurants more reasonably priced than Aspen. Our first experience at Ocean in Basalt was wonderful, definitely 5 Star food quality, presentation and service. Our principal residence is in the Hamptons, coastal New York, and we love seafood, Black Sea Bass being one of our favorites fishes in the sea. Rarely found on a menu in the Hamptons, so quite surprised to find it in Basalt, Colorado! The fish was fresh as could be (owners told us they use their products within 2 days or discard them) and exquisitely prepared in a delicious broth of fresh tomato, fennel, onion, and accompanied by French toasts. Could to have been better! Our friend has the scallop risotto and she found it equally delicious. And both dishes too reasonably priced! For starters we had the mixed ceviche (scrumptious) as well as the popcorn shrimp and calamari (large portion and fabulous). All accompanied by masterfully prepared margaritas, which were so good we went back the next day for happy hour!
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Renee Grossman
I went when it first opened and it was great. Last night not so much. Mid-Valley needed a more upscale place and the focus on fish and seafood is a great addition to the neighborhood. But last night was bad. My friend and I shared the tartare trio. It was not as The tuna had clearly been frozen and the salmon was mushy and too wet. The fried chips didn’t compliment it well. Then we both ordered the halibut and sent it back. All the elements on the dish were clearly prepared separately and just put on the plate that way so it did not come together as a cohesive dish. The fish was undercooked, the couscous was overcooked and the sauce did not marry with anything. It was a huge disappointment. After sending it back I ordered the lobster risotto. It was so heavy that the lobster got completely lost. It had way too much cream and cheese in it. A good risotto needs neither. I’m giving it two stars on the hopes that this was an off night. But if this place is going on to survive at these prices, it’s got to do better
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