Mercato della Pescheria Happy Hour. The Strip

Everything on the happy hour menu is $7, which makes the oyster plate the easiest call at the bar. Seven bucks for fresh oysters inside the Venetian is hard to beat, and they're the reason to grab a seat at the oyster bar here. Build out from there with the $7 crispy calamari, $7 seafood croquettes, or $7 smashed olives, and you've got a full spread of shareable antipasti without watching the tab.

Happy hour runs daily, 3 to 6pm, at the bar and oyster bar. The drink list keeps the same flat number: $7 cocktails and martinis, $7 wine by the glass, $7 prosecco drinks, and $7 draft beer. Simple math, good seafood.

Mercato runs like a theatrical Italian fish market. Servers sing, bread sometimes flies across the room, and you'll get called bellissimo whether you earned it or not. The seafood underneath all that is genuinely fresh, which matters in the middle of the desert. It's loud and high-energy, better suited to a group than a quiet date.

The oyster bar fills up later in the window once people catch on, so come earlier for elbow room. If chaotic, performative service grates on you, this isn't the place. If you want a show with your oysters, it delivers. Ask the staff for a wine that pairs with shellfish; they know the seafood despite the theatrics.