Fresh Fish

Huge selection (both fresh and fried), hole in the wall ambiance, and yes — both Snoop and Waka Flocka Flame will gaze down upon you as you place your order. This place is legit.
The guy behind the register was not able to offer our relatively large crowd of hungry folks much guidance («it is all good, whatever you like»). Thankfully, a very kind woman waiting for her order behind us tipped us off to the catfish nuggets, extra seasoning.
Thank you, kind woman! Those catfish nuggets must have been the reason for the Crack seasoning — woohoo! I ate that up!
Every other bit of deep fried goodness that we ordered (smelt, orange roughy, chicken wings, even the french fries) was also delicious, but my hands were definitely gravitating to those catfish nuggets…

Amazing! Had the Walleye, jumbo shrimp and chicken wings. The wings were by far the best. Incredible flavor and size. So much delight in each bite. There was no greasy feel or flavor. The chicken had a slight peanut oil flavor that was so addicting. The shrimp and Walleye were exceptional too. Great portions and size, no grease residue and delicious batter.
I love the wonder bread in a sandwich bag. Also, the sauses, paper towel, crackers. All add to be character of this place. Interestingly, all of the locals where flocking into this place and leaving with huge orders. And everyone who left, had a giant smile on their face so eager to get home.
The service was spot on. We ordered and waited 15 to 20 minutes tops for our dinner. There is no real seating here. This is a take out order place. I would recommend ordering by phone when you are about 10 to 15 minutes away.
I will be driving back from Grand Rapids just for their chicken wings again and again. If I am ever going past Lansing, I’m going to make a detour just for their chicken wings.
Very reasonable prices. too. Great family owned resturant.

Crack chicken. While that in and of itself should be enough for a review, time would fail me to tell of all the wonderful items that can be discovered and enjoyed off of the menu.
This is a destination provided you have a cave to retreat to where people will not judge you for inhaling food.
Prices are very reasonable and could easily put others out of business.
These guys have it down to a science. This place is a local treasure.

Awesome crack seasoning had it on my chicken wings the name says it all crack chicken

After reading such great reviews at this place, I decided to give this place a try so I called and ordered. The man on the phone was so rude. When I asked around how long it will take, he straight up told me in a terrible tone, clearly finding me annoying and stupid for asking this question. I then asked a different question whether they could deliver, because there was the delivery option, but he hanged up on me.
I will not be ordering from this place. Period.

Stopped in on a whim with my wife and her parents and the place was very impressive. I just had a burger but it was seasoned to perfection and you could see and taste the high quality meat. My wife says the chili was the best she’s ever had and loved the salad. The Parmesan cheese bowl was a neat touch.
The veggies were fresh and crisp and the meat tastes locally grown.
I would recommend this place and I can’t wait to come back and try something else.

Very impressed with this place. Great selection! We got some cat fish filets and some walleye. I had never had walleye before and I loved it! The only down side was that we got the walleye uncooked with the skin still on it and it was so hard to get the skin off to cook it. Other than that it was so good and we will be back!

When it comes to eateries that specialize in one or two items, and they do them well, the prospect of deciding which one is better becomes a very subjective process. One might have a better ambiance, tastier side items, a friendlier staff, you know, nominal differences. The main dish, however, is still the star at all of these places. That’s how it is at Fresh Fish; we went yesterday because we were craving amazing fried seafood for dinner and that’s exactly what we got. I chose the orange roughy. The fish was moist, the coating was light, crisp, not greasy; they utilized some kind of amazing seasoning on top of everything that had great lemony, peppery flavor. The fries and the mushrooms were pretty damn good too but the fish was certainly the star. They have a seafood case that encompasses most of the space inside and displays all of the available options as you walk in. You simply select one and they fry it up. There may be some disagreements as to which area does a better fish fry, London, New Orleans perhaps? This is, however, academic debate I feel. Kind of like who does the better pizza, New York or Chicago? It’s all good! There are likely some reasonably better places out there but Fresh Fish is among the best. It’s definitely no frills but so delicious!

Great food. Horrible customer service and clientele. You feel out of place NOT using a bridge card. They seem to pull some VERY fishy stuff with the customers using the magic orange cards. I stop in every couple months. Get in and out as quick as possible.

The best chicken ever, very unique kind of sweet salty spice mix. The best shrimp and oysters I ever had. Can’t be beat

Wings are not overly breaded. Fall off the Bone goodness. Fries could have been a little warmer but in their defense we drove back to Grand Ledge and their ‘Crack’ seasoning is no Joke. Not too greasy. For any «Foodies» you should definitely give «Fresh Fish» a closer look. Called 15 minutes in advance and waited less than 5 minutes when I arrived on a Saturday evening. Nice Staff.

While I think their «crack» seasoning is completely over rated. Fresh Fish is one of the absolute best take out places in Lansing. The fish is all fantastic, most unfrozen and legitimately fresh, and is priced several dollars cheaper (per pound) than over the counter at Meijer or Kroger and with better selection. For example; Kroger sells «yellow» lake perch for 7.99 a pound. Fresh Fish sells it for 5.99 per pound.
That said it would be a fantastic fish market even if they didn’t fry the fish for you to carry out. The fact that they do, for free, fry your fish for you to take home is absolutely brilliant. If I buy 2lbs of cod and Kroger, it’s to take home and immediately bread and fry. How great is it that for less they’ll do it for me.
Obviously, having them fry your fish isn’t always going to be best, I’d rather pan cook my own catfish, walleye, and bass; or grill my salmon. And the fry batter is quite heavy which is great for cod and smelt but totally over powers fish like bluegill and perch. I usually use pan-​fish like those in my fish tacos and I’ll probably keep frying them my self at home but having the option to let them cook my dinner for me is a pretty sweet bonus.
To summarize; Fresh Fish deserves 5 stars both as a takeout and then again as a fish market.

I hope you all know that the seasoning they use is msg in powder form and lemon pepper seasoning. Msg is highly addictive and If you don’t trust me look it up on the internet yourself. The seasoning is nothing big you can make it at home. Just mix msg powder and lemon pepper seasoning like Mrs dash.

This is not a place that will ever tell you «we have both kinds of fish — salmon and tilapia.» Fresh Fish offers some fish varieties that don’t turn up every day. I opted for white bass and ocean perch. I waited over a month to write this so my details may be hazy, but I liked the larger one better, which I think was the bass, because it had a real fish-​type vibe instead of just being a delicious fried snack.
Unfortunately they were out of buffalofish, which I’ve almost never seen on a menu.
And, yes, you’ll have to try the crack wings, thankfully available in small doses for people who want to focus more on fish.
They’re open very late; Google says 2 a.m. other than Sundays (11 p. m).

Started coming here bk in 2005/​2006, awesome «crack» chicken wings!!! Even the fries r awesome with a sprinkle of that magical spice! Great value too! Moved away, but I’m going bk this wkend!!! I’m addicted lol!

I have to say there is something about this «crack» chicken. Let me begin with the value. For $ 11.99 you get 20 wings as others have stated, but the clarify they are 20 full wings drum and flat. In Ohio if you order 20 wings you get 10 flats and 10 drums disconnected these are 20 whole wings. They then are covered in this mysterious white powder which is as everyone said strangely delicious. It is salty sweet and spicy all at once but an be a little over powering. As I ordered 20 I was unable to finish them all and snacked on them cold later… they were still delicious.
Some people on here noted they were not greasy but I have to disagree. They did leave my fingers in need of a napkin. The staff was friendly, I called ahead and the order was ready when I got there.

A hole in the wall with fish everywhere. It is rumored to have some of the best Southern fried «crack chicken» in Lansing.
Well seasoned fries and chicken, I can see why people love it but honestly I have tasted better chicken elsewhere.
Make sure you call ahead or else you will have to wait about 20 mins. Was I impressed? I believe it’s hyped up more then it tastes.

Meh, I really wanted to like this place especially with all of the great reviews. My mother’s family is from the south so I am spoiled when it comes to fried chicken and wings. She makes the best, last meal worthy.
I tried the crack wings and they were extremely salty, meatless, and dry. You could also tell that the oil was old… the fries had a weird aftertaste. Maybe I just went on a off day/​week. The owner/​workers are extremely friendly and that was a huge plus and the reason I’ll give them another chance. Maybe next time I’ll try the fish or shrimp.

«The Aftermath!» Fresh Fish has done it again! The «crack» chicken has made its mark! I live in Detroit but when I am at home in the Lansing there is no question where I must stop. The owners know me by name and make me feel like they missed me! They have consistently kept prices low and it is appreciated!!! Fresh Fish rules.

I stopped in here yesterday after hearing from several downtown friends about the crack chicken. I had tried the chicken at Eastside Fish Fry last time I stopped in town (pretty good!) but decided to head down MLK this time.
I called ahead and got 20 crack wings and a catfish nugget sandwich. (the total came out to 16.88) I arrived about twenty minues later and my order was ready. It didn’t smell strange, as many fish markets will, and it consists of a fish counter and a cash register, along with a couple fridges.
I was driving, so i plopped down the aluminum pan in my passenger seat next to my nuggets (it wasn’t a sandwich, just nuggets with two slices of bread next to it). I rigged up a spot to keep my hot sauce that comes with the meal and kept napkins at the ready.
I ended up demolishing a bunch of super crispy wings and covering myself in crumbs. They really are tasty, and they weren’t greasy at all. I didn’t think they were too salty, like others have mentioned, but they were borderline. The catfish batter was similar in flavor but with a little more lemon.
Catfish was cooked perfectly, and it the batter was crunchy. These are all great things.
If there was a place to sit and eat (peacefully), this would get a better review. Since it’s takeout only and no frills, they keep customer costs down. That’s something I can get behind. For a U Buy We Fry place, this is among the better ones.