Oyster Oyster is a vegetarian and vegan restaurant at 1440 8th St NW in Washington, D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood, known for a vegetable-focused tasting menu; it holds one MICHELIN star and a MICHELIN Green Star. [1]
Overview
Led by chef Rob Rubba, the restaurant sources everything from local organic, regenerative farms, with a seasonally changing menu and an optional oyster course. The MICHELIN Guide describes its tasting menu as one that leaves diners feeling energized, praising the imagination of its vegetable cooking. [1] Sustainability runs through the whole operation: the zero-waste kitchen ferments scraps, reuses bread and avoids single-use plastics, turns used oil and shells into candles and bottles into plates, prints menus on paper embedded with wildflower seeds to promote pollinators, uses LED lighting and induction cooking throughout, and keeps a rooftop garden supplying herbs and tender greens. [1]
Dishes & Signatures
- Agnolotti filled with creamy eggplant and house-grown mushrooms, served brodo-style with a roasted corn broth and a truffle tart
- Bread enriched with "garleeks," served with sunflower seed and marigold "butter"
- A baton of summer squash filled with pumpkin seed "ricotta"
- An optional oyster on the half shell course
Honors
The MICHELIN Guide 2023 star list for Washington listed Oyster Oyster as a one-star restaurant, with the official table giving its address as 1440 8th St., Washington, 20001. This entry records the name, address and star rating from the official table; the table carried no individual review of the restaurant, so no dish or chef details were expanded from it. [1]
The MICHELIN Guide has also awarded the restaurant a MICHELIN Green Star in recognition of its sustainable practices. [1]
From the Official Website
The official website positions it as a vegetarian and vegan restaurant. [2]
Practical Information
- Address: 1440 8th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Shaw neighborhood)
- Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 5:30–8:30 PM; closed Sunday and Monday
- Price: $$$ (as listed in the MICHELIN Guide)
- Website: oysteroysterdc.com
[1]: MICHELIN Guide, “MICHELIN Guide 2023 - New York, Chicago and Washington - A new three-MICHELIN-Star restaurant,” 2023-11-08, linked PDF, pp. 14-15.
[2]: Oyster Oyster official website, retrieved 2026-10-30.