An oyster shop in a converted green shed on Leigh Road in Matakana, selling fresh oysters from the Mahurangi Harbour. The business is called The Green Shed, and it started in 2006. It sells wholeshell, halfshell and Pacific oysters, and the website describes them as fresh off the harbour daily and at weekends, farmed in a sustainable, organic way. Outdoor seating is available for eating them on the spot. The shop may close at short notice because of weather, tides or other reasons, so the website asks people to phone 09 422 6313 before visiting.
Customers say the oysters are fresh and good, and that they come up from Auckland to buy them. One customer ate a small container of oysters with lime at the spot, after spotting the shop on the way to Omaha Beach. Another said the oysters were fresh, but felt the owner was less welcoming to Asian customers than to others, and that this spoiled the visit. Several reviewers mention the outdoor seating and the choice of sizes. The shop's own story is a big part of the appeal, with its founders' history and the old shed.