Found Oyster
seafood
Raw Bar
Baywatch Platter
$ 101
12 oysters, 4 peel & eat prawns, sicilian crudo
Overboard Platter
$ 188
18 oysters, 8 peel & eat prawns, sicilian crudo, crab cocktail
Daily Oyster Selection
MP
+royale $10
Sicilian Crudo
lemon, caper, red onion
$ 24$ 48Smoked Trout Dip
$ 26
pickled red onion, smoked roe
Sea Urchin Service
$ 42
soy, wasabi, rice puffs
Caviar Service
$ 180
Plates
Scallop Tostada
$ 22
yuzu kosho, apple, basil
Wedge Salad
$ 20
blue cheese, smokey bacon, tomato
Lobster Bisque Roll
$ 43
serrano chili served w. frites
Bar Steak
$ 41
Sparkling
'21 Bodet-Herold 'Aerlinn', Grolleau, Loire, FR
$ 18$ 72NV Liebart Regnier, 'Les Sols Brun' Brut, Champagne, FR
$ 25$ 100
Menu as captured Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗
We hold 301 venues in Los Angeles, CA and could score 189 of them. Positions are counted against those 189.
v1.7.4 26.9/100 = sourcing 8.1/50 (named-farm 2 distinct [creekstone-farms (processor/commodity) x0.25, laraja-family-oyster-farm-orleans-ma (producer/None) x0.60], named-region 0 distinct, attribute 1 distinct [class=species-name x0.00], buzzword 0 distinct; +15% corroboration lift from sourcing press) + farm partners 5.3/20 (best: creekstone-farms at 26.3, linked by a named-farm claim) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 13.5/18 (capped at 35% of the 13.4-point evidence base).
farm
Creekstone Farms
Named farm“BAR STEAK 8 oz. creekstone farms hangar, hôtel butter”
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef ↗
on the menu · source ↗
seafood
Laraja family farm oysters (Orleans, MA, Cape Cod)
Named farm“GM Joe Laraja's parents run a farm in Orleans, Mass. (Cape Cod); some oysters served come from there.”
Laraja Family Oyster Farm (Little Namskaket, Orleans MA) ↗
found online · source ↗
sourcing
ossetra
Attribute“CAVIAR SERVICE dorasti royal ossetra 30g served w. chips & créme fraîche”
on the menu · source ↗
See the week▾
| Sunday | 12pm – 10pm |
|---|---|
| Monday | 4pm – 10pm |
| Tuesday | 4pm – 10pm |
| Wednesday | 4pm – 10pm |
| Thursday | 4pm – 10pm |
| Friday | 12pm – 10pm |
| Saturday | 12pm – 10pm |
Hours checked Aug 24, 2026 · source ↗ · these hours were read from the page text rather than published schedule data, so we show the week instead of calling it open or closed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Book on OpenTable ↗link checked Aug 24, 2026
Authority & awards
- Tiny East Hollywood haven Found Oyster feels like a refuge and a party ↗
Los Angeles Times
National authorityBill Addison · Jan 30, 2020
“Review naming GM Joe Laraja and his parents' family farm in Orleans, Mass. (Cape Cod) as the source of some of the oysters, and 'JoAnne's' (his mother's) mignonette recipe. Initial Tavily search snippet was thin (140 chars); full article recovered via direct Tavily extract.”
mentions sourcing - MICHELIN Guide 2026: Selected ↗
MICHELIN Guide
Award
Lifestyle coverage
- Found Oyster - Review - East Hollywood - Los Angeles ↗
The Infatuation
National lifestyleSylvio Martins · Sep 18, 2025
“Dedicated review; no sourcing content in the recovered extract (initial search snippet was thin, full article recovered via direct Tavily extract).”
- Best Oysters in LA ↗
The Infatuation
National lifestyle“Guide entry for Found Oyster stating oysters are 'sourced from the owner's family farm on Cape Cod.'”
mentions sourcing
Coverage
- The Top Restaurants in Los Angeles Right Now ↗
Resy (blog.resy.com)
Press“Found Oyster, chef Ari Kolender’s postage stamp-sized East Hollywood ode to seafood, is still one of the most sought-after tables in town. And now, for the first time, you can actually make a reservation there (hello!). Gone are the days of walking up, putting your name down, and waiting for an hour to be seated. (Although the walk-in will never die at Found Oyster — as their website cheekily reminds us, “Wham bam, thank you, clam!!”) For the uninitiated, Found Oyster is an East Coast-style seafood shack that lives next to the city’s bluest, most Scientology-est building. Gorge yourself on the”
mentions sourcing