Automatic Seafood and Oysters
Automatic Seafood and Oysters

Automatic Seafood and Oysters

Delicious as F*ck
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Automatic Seafood and Oysters gave Birmingham the seafood restaurant it had no business expecting: Adam Evans, back in Alabama after big-city kitchens, cooking Gulf fish with the exactness that won him the Beard Foundation's Best Chef in the South — for this room, not a résumé entry.

The Lakeview spot runs polished but unfussy, oysters at one end and precise fish cookery at the other, and the guide's recognition followed the Beard win. Inland seafood is usually an apology. Automatic is a destination, and Birmingham knows exactly what it has.

The Spot
Automatic Seafood and Oysters sits in Birmingham's Lakeview District, working a menu centered on seafood and oysters that shifts with the seasons.

The restaurant's kitchen earned the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef award in 2022 and was a finalist for Best New Restaurant in 2020. Michelin selected it for its 2025 guide, and Bham Now named it among the city's best restaurants for 2026. The Infatuation has also covered it.

Regulars return repeatedly, and the oyster program in particular has built a reputation among locals, alongside praise for the service and atmosphere that keep the room full.
THE FACTS
Delicious as F*ck
AWARDJames Beard Foundation Best Chef, winner2022
AWARDJames Beard Foundation Best New Restaurant, finalist2020
AWARDMichelin Guide Selected2025
RATINGS4.6 stars across 1,231 reviews3 sources
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City

Birmingham

Neighborhood

Lakeview District

Price

$$$

Cuisine

Seafood

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(205) 580-1600automaticseafood.com2824 5th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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James Beard Winner 2022
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Michelin Selected 2025
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