J C’s Fresh Seafood

We drove across town to get 2 large snowcrab garlic trays. It was well worth the trip! We’ll be back.

I can count the number of times I’ve gotten sick from food and I just added a tally. That’s not why the low rating though. The snow crab was terrible and dried out because I asked for hot seafood. I guess I thought they would make it fresh, but nope! Popped it in the microwave… REALLY? You guys should know better and just not serve hot snow crab legs at all.
The blue crab was pretty good and the shrimp was absolutely delicious. I don’t really know what I got sick from; I only know it was from here because it was the only thing I ate that day. With all the other seafood options in Jacksonville, I don’t really have much of a reason to return.

Best seafood in Jacksonville. I send everybody here. Been buying seafood from them for over 13 years. Haven’t tasted anything else close to it.

Fresh seafood and a selection southern comfort sides… pork sausage, eggs, corn & potatoes. Snow crab legs and blue crabs are a must and the garlic mixture takes them to the top! Go see it, will definitely be back.

This place use to be my go to spot for seafood especially garlic trays but man how things have changed since my last review about ten months ago. This place is booming because of the area it’s in and there’s no complaints about that. Recently my experiences here have been less than great and being a take out only spot I’m not very picky. Service here is horrible now. Take care of your friends and family first and have the other customers wait a little bit longer, thanks. Prices have steadily went up but that’s expected with the economy, now quality of the food going the opposite way is a different thing. I don’t mind going out of my way for good food but when it’s getting subpar food, no thanks. JC seafood we had a good run but I won’t be returning.

Ok Big shot take your nose out of the air, this is a old fashioned seafood shack. Fresh crabs, shrimp and fish. Take it home and do what you do.
As a bonus they have all the necessary boiling and steaming ingredients like crab boil liquid and powder.

Get their Snow crab combo –DELICIOUS !!!

So went here first on the quest for blue crabs in Jacksonville…
I think this place is better for if you just want to buy crab and cook it yourself. They did have some good looking fish on ice and and assortment of crabs by size. Coming from a coastal town– the crabs were not on ice and the containers didn’t seem that cool. But alot of the crabs were not moving much which generally means they may be on the verge of kicking the bucket (i would have been less skeptical if they had been cool which will make a crab sluggish) – which is not that good.
Otherwise this place was stinky and very dirty. The crab that they have already cooked is cold. I almost gave it a try until i asked how they were planning to reheat them…(thinking they would re-​steam somehow) We were told…
«We will just stick them in the microwave».
Nooooo thanks.

Good service, a bit expensive, good DRUM!

The BEST garlic crabs or live blue crabs IMO. Every Friday or Saturday my mom would pick up two dozen blue crabs for our weekend fish frys. They’ve since moved from 103^rd to Cassat. And I’ve grown up now and moved cross country with my hubby. And let’s just say I get a little homesick especially on the weekends! ;D

Went to JC’s Fresh Seafood today and got a dozen live large blue crabs… yum yum YUM. Went home and cooked it with ginger and rice wine. Dipped it in soy sauce with ginger, scallion, garlic, red pepper, and sesame oil. Add a six pack and dinner is served. One dozen blue crabs devoured quickly…
Thanks Ed L. We’ll be back to J C’s very shortly!

Second visit here was to bring two of my Grandsons to have boiled blue crab. We left the house about noon and I asked where they’d like to eat, figuring Mickie D’s or Krystal would be my destination. There was quiet in the backseat as the two put their heads together whispering and conspiring. I said, «boys», where too? They blurted out, «CRABS», and little did they know, I was saying, «YES!», to myself.
When we arrived at JC’s, I asked if they would cook one dozen from the live bin? I wanted to pick out big ones. He said, in his typical curt manner, «NO!, we have them back here already cleaned, no live crabs cooked here», so I placed my order accordingly. Peppered/​garlic, steamed, and we’ll eat them here.
10 minutes later, he brought them over on a tray and the boys went ummmm. We found some shell crackers and went to town… Damn, they were hot with red pepper, even to my palate, and I feared the boys would leave me to devour the lot, but these two guys are veterans of hot. We pretty much split them 3 ways. I’m not sure when I’ve eaten such a large dose of garlic.
The crabs varied in size from small to the respectable. In spite of the guys behind the coolers not having very friendly demeanor’s, the crabs were very fresh, sweet and easy enough to dissect. Can’t wait for the next time.