Ostra Raw Bar and Grill

A new restaurant with great possibilities.  Unusual decor, friendly service and great food.  This place may become the "in" place in the area, once the staff elevates the service to match the food.  Certainly a rising star.

Let me finish by saying that I know what a real 5-Star Restaurant is like, so no 5-Stars for now.  3-Stars is about right.

First, I want to move and live around the corner from this place! In my wildest dreams, I would never have found the tiny town of Urbanna Virginia. Thanks to Living Social and a few nights at the Chesapeake Inn, we found it and this wonderful restaurant.

The bar has a strange, and loud, high top table seating area however the the court yard is a lovely alternative. The dining area is upscale and classic antique all at the same time. Beautiful old windows and doors repurposed to a simply stated elegance.

To say the food is divine would be a gross understatement. Simple and elegant without the usual pompous attitutde that so many other 5 star restaurants have.

No request is deemed ridiculous. Example; Most people want, for some unknown reason, coctail sauce or mignonette on their oysters. There are only so many places that ketchup belongs and oysters aren't one of them. Having come from Florida and having been to a place called City Oyster, I wanted a combination of soy sauce and grated ginger. Sadly, ginger was not available but the soy was not looked upon as strange which I appreciated. It actually is wonderful!

In closing, we have been to many 5 star restaurants in so many states and cities across the USA. This little place is like the Little Engine that could. It can and does.

My mom called me to tell me I had to write a review for Yelp!  She is still raving about it!  She said - "Two aging, tired golfers happened upon this little gem of a restaurant in Urbana tonight."  I think we can say Two Thumbs Up!!!

Amazing caesars salad, special potato soup with sauteed bacon, and crabcake appetizers (and we come from a seafood family).  The servings are plentiful and it was just a delight, according to them!

Personally, I can't wait to eat there!