Venue-specific photo of Strange Delight, from the venue's own website.
Photo: Strange Delight (venue website) · Source
Strange Delight is a New Orleans-inspired seafood restaurant on Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene.
Eater New York calls it one of the most interesting seafood restaurants to open in New York in recent years, with charbroiled oysters (with Steen’s cane syrup and Calabrian chile), fried oyster sandwiches and seafood platters. Reviewers love the hush puppies, blackened swordfish belly and smoked fish dip.
In the news & reviews
- Eater NY: The Best Restaurants in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, According to Eater Editors
“Strange Delight brings a taste of the Big Easy to Brooklyn, with various homages to old-school New Orleans spots.”
- Eater NY: The Best Seafood Restaurants in NYC, According to Eater Editors
“Oysters roasted in a former pizza oven are just some of the reasons Strange Delight is Brooklyn’s most exciting seafood spot right now.”
- Restaurantji review of Strange Delight
“Fantastic meal.”
- Restaurantji review of Strange Delight
“Suuuuch a cute spot!!!”
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