City Fish Co.

Came here, had the tuna/​ahi poke combo in an 8oz, and conquered. First time having poke. Thought there would be some complementary rice, but it’s all good. Seafood place, not carb/​fancy Hawaiian place. I liked the taste and texture of the salmon more than the Tuna, but for some reason the Tuna was the one that looked like it was going to sell out first. Didn’t try any of the other things. I think I’m good with seafood for a while now.

Came here in early December to hopefully try geoduck sashimi or uni. Unfortunately, I was told that the regulatory powers-​that-​be don’t let them sell uni anymore. Instead, I got a cup of the crab cocktail, which was delicious and contained 4 claws in addition to a lot of meat. They were also very generous with the smoked samples, and I ended up walking away with 2 lbs of garlic smoked salmon (delicious) and 2 packets of the smoked scallops (even more delicious). I may fly back to Seattle just for the smoked scallops.

Came here after seeing all the rave reviews and pictures of sea urchin and oyster shooters. I was disappointed that they didn’t have any sea urchin the whole weekend that I was in town, but they had a ton of oyster shooters that were 3 for $ 6. They were single cup servings filled with cocktail sauce with no lemons or horseradish unfortunately. The oysters were more than a mouth full and tasted pretty good. If I were a local, I would definitely buy some fresh seafood here to prepare at home.

This was one of the stops during the free walking tour hosted by Jake, and they were very generous in their smoked salmon samples.
I came back because I read on Unilocal about the 3 for $ 6 oyster shooters in addition to some other goodies like uni bowls and geoduck.
Unfortunately, they said that they can’t do uni bowls and geoduck sashimi for now. Perhaps regulatory reasons? But I was very happy with my oyster shooters. They were super plump, fresh, and DELICIOUS.
After I finished the 3, I wanted more, but I had a crumpet with my name on it.
Definitely recommended if you need a snack or have seafood needs!

Friendly and knowledgeable staff! I bought some fresh mussels and easy peel shrimp from them and everything tasted extremely fresh. I’m pretty sure the guy gave me closer to 3lbs of mussels but charged me for 2! They pack everything on ice for you if you ask!

I want to kick myself for spending $ 18 on jumbo shrimp here when it comes from Baja Mexico. I don’t think shrimp from Mexico is worth that price. I naively assumed it was caught right outside the harbor, but after I purchased it I thought to ask for the heck of it and thought he was going to confirm my confidence in it being fresh and local.
Two stars for his honesty, and an extra star because it actually tasted damn good. I just had to not think about where it came from. Ignorance is bliss! I later talked with a local who said the water is too cold for shrimp so shrimp isn’t a local thing. Now I know, now you know.

I had been craving for some uni. I remembered that I had bookmarked this place for awhile so I decided to come here. I was sooo disappointed as they did not have any on this day. Oh well I’ll just have to call before I come next time. They had poke, oyster shooters and dungeonous crab cocktails. But I got the humongous shrimp cocktail. They were very huge shrimp and made me full. You get four pieces with cocktail sauce and lemon. They were fresh and delish and only $ 13. If you get this at a restaurant it would cost you $ 18 and up. If you check in on Unilocal you get a free oyster shooter. Unfortunately, I had to pass because my stomach doesn’t do well with raw oysters anymore.
They have all kinds of fish and shellfish for sale and looked very fresh and good quality. Of course you are also paying the price for that as well as being in a tourist attraction. But I swear the seafood here all looked huge compared to the other fish market where they toss that poor fish around. The service here is prompt and friendly.

I LOVE seafood. I eat a lot of seafood. Included in this seafood eating is oyster eating. But let me tell you, the BEST oysters of my life were had here. When I had my initial bite, I had one of those moments where you just immediately KNOW that this was one of the best things in said category of your life. In this case, it was oysters. Definitely the best oysters of my life.
They were super plump — I’m talking double the size of your usual oysters, as well as extremely fresh & flavorful. At 3 for $ 8 too — talk about a deal! I just couldn’t get over how ridiculously good they were. After several moments of disbelief & much talk about how incredible the oysters were, my friend convinced me to get another round of them, so I wouldn’t regret leaving without eating more. I’m so glad he did, because the second round made me (& my tummy) even more satisfied.
I also am a big uni fan, but the uni shooters here didn’t impress me much. I’ve had better from freshly shucked uni. But let’s just forget that little tidbit & go back to being mesmerized by the oysters.

While Pike Place Fish Market gets all the buzz because they throw fish around and they have that ugly monk fish on display, this place holds its own. Foot traffic inside Pike stalls here since everyone is looking at their seafood and all the food they offer as well. They have Uni Shots, Oyster Shots, Crab and Shrimp Cocktails, Salmon Jerky and Salmon Sticks. However, the best item here was their Poke!
They sell both Tuna and Octopus (Tako) Poke and they are both amazing. It is a little on the spicy side, but who doesn’t like that kick! I also tried their Uni and Oyster shots and they were pretty good. I was bummed they didnt have Uni on the shell but whatever.
Check In on Unilocal and get a free oyster shot!

I’m so glad my experience at City Fish Market matched my expectations based on the outstanding reviews given by my fellow Unilocalers.
First of all, finding this place is quite the adventure. On the advice of one of the reviews, I looked in the area under the ‘Public Market’ sign. HOWEVER, because I am a tourist to the area, I did not know that there are two signs. So, for anyone looking for City Fish Market, look under the sign that says ‘Public Market’ not the one that says ‘Public Market Center.’ City Fish is literally directly underneath that sign. On another note, City Fish is actually City Fish Co, not Market.
The salespeople at the counter were super friendly! They let us try samples of the Seattle-​style poke. They also let us switch around the types of fish in the sashimi tray and not charging extra. In addition, there’s a check in deal that if you buy something, you get a free oyster shooter.
The fish itself was excellent! In the sashimi tray, I got 4 pieces of salmon, and 4 of hamachi. The combo out for display was for tuna and hamachi, but the salespeople cut me some fresh salmon and hamachi for my special request. I’ve had better salmon before, but the hamachi was really good! So buttery and melt-​in-​your-​mouth good. We also got the tuna poke, which was also super tasty. It also packs a good heat, due to the chili pepper flakes in it. Lastly, we got 4 oyster shooters (1 was free). These oysters are super cheap at 3 for $ 6, and they’re HUGE! The oysters are fresh and sweet, and super plump and juicy. LOVE. I think I will go back before I leave Seattle, just for those.
Definitely a great place to grab lunch while shopping at Pike Place. The only thing I wish they had was rice to go with this! Oh, and I was sad they didn’t have geoduck sashimi or uni, both of which I was super looking forward to. But the salespeople explained that their selection is seasonal, so I guess I was just out of luck. I’ll try my luck again later this week.

haha we walked past this establishment a couple times. But it’s really right under the iconic Public Market Center sign. None of the descriptions on how to find this establishment helped, or we couldn’t find one when I looked through the countless, rad reviews. We barreled through, in and out everywhere trying to find this place with our hungry bellies.
TO FIND: I think you should just stay under the Public Market Sign and circle around with a radius of 10 feet to find this place
Finally we found the place and we were so hangry and just ordered:
+2 unis right in the shell: the ocean’s buttery goodness!
+2 oyster shooters: mmm I can do shots of these forever
+1 crab cocktail: I’d personally order something else because I like to eat crab warm, but it was a very generous serving
There’s a 1.5 feet wide shelf on the side with hot sauces that you can quickly set your food on and take pictures of: P
It was kind of hard to determine how much everything was cause there were signs, signs everywhere. Kind of seemed like the person helping us came up with a random number $ 30 from the top of his head, but now that I look at others’ reviews, we got a pretty decent price for the amount and quality of seafood we received :)!
Definitely would recommend to stop by this place when in Pike. I’m sad though that we didn’t know of the geoduck sashimi back then! (we went in December 2014, maybe they weren’t available)

Having a seafood loving wife, this was on the must stop places for our Pike Place visit. I love the fact that you have something for everyone here– the normal fish/​seafood that you might buy to bring home, or smaller portions that you can have as a snack or a meal on the spot.
We ended up getting oyster shooters (3 for $ 6) and some salmon sashimi. They also had some HUGE shrimp that looked pretty good too, but one can only eat so much! The oysters were nice and smooth and you could tell that the salmon was really fresh with a great texture and nice buttery taste.
Would love to come back next time I’m at Pike Place to try some of the other stuff. Only downsides are that it can be tough to find a place to sit and eat your food and it is pricey, which I suppose I should expect with this being seafood and at Pike Place.

I love this place!!! I hate pikes market because i have a small case of claustrophobic issue but I will deal with it for this place! First time here because I was told of a place with fresh sashimi!
We had the wild caught salmon sashimi ($ 11.99) and it was so good! A lot more fresh compare to most sushi restaurants!
Geoduck sashimi ($ 10) super fresh and super generous amount!
3 cups of oysters (3 for $ 6) super fresh and each cup had at least three oysters in them!
At first the cashier only charged me for the oysters and geoduck being an honest person like I am I let him know he didn’t charge me for the salmon yet! He end up charging me and came back with two king crab legs to thank me for my honesty! How awesome is that?! That’s why people honesty is the best policy!!! Can’t wait to come back! Hopefully next time they’ll have live uni!!!

Seafood cocktails galore! Jumbo shrimps, crab legs, oysters, umi, poki, etc… you can make a meal out of this place with it’s selection of seafood. The seafood is fresh and soooo tasty. Cocktail sauce definitely has a kick.
If you’re down at Pike’s for some grub, save a place in your tummy for a shrimp or oyster shooter. If you have room for jello, you have room for an oyster– jiggles.

I love love seafood. When I saw on Unilocal that this place had ready made crab cocktail, sashimi, and oyster shooters I had to find the place and try all the above! Pike Place is definitely overwhelming when you are looking for a particular stand. First time around, we almost gave up looking because one seafood stand looks the same as the next. But we found it!
Location: I’m bad at describing location so bear with me… it’s kinda right smack in the middle of the main drag. It’s not near the statue of the pig. From what I remember right out front of the street is an apple cider tent, but not sure if that’s always there. If you look across the street there’s the piano man. There, that’s the best I can do in describing the location of the stand lol.
We ordered:
— uni in a cup (ate it with lemon and soy sauce… so good!)
— oyster shooters (ate it with lemon and cocktail sauce… so big and so goooood!)
— salmon sashimi (I thought it was a lil pricey but it was sooo worth it)
— crab cocktail (the item I was looking forward to the most, def did not dissapoint!)
Price wise, I can’t remember everything is estimated, I’d say uni was closer to $ 5, shooters $ 2.50, salmon, $ 12.00, crab cocktail $ 10… If I lived here, I’d buy fresh seafood from them to bring home to cook on the reg! I’d probably go broke lol. Friendly guys who work there as well! Writing this makes me want some right now lol.

DUDE. Definitely coming here again for sure next time I return to Seattle. Like, seriously gonna return everyday for a seafood feast.
$ 10 for a HUGE uni bowl… freshest uni EVER. Really can’t compare. No fishy smell or taste at all.
$ 2 for huge oyster shooters
$ 10 for geoduck sashimi (I don’t even like geoduck… but this proved me wrong)
$ 12 for salmon sashimi (I didn’t get to try this but I’m DEFINITELY coming back for this next time.)
Are you hungry yet?!
They also have vacuum packed smoked salmon /​fish for about $ 30+ depending on what you get. All the workers here are really nice and generous with samples. Honestly, I’m not even a fan of smoked salmon but their garlic smoked salmon was to die for. Soft texture without sticking to the teeth with really good garlic flavor that complemented the fish. we bought a pound for home and killed it in 2 days. My only regret is not buying more. It’s pricey but you could probably negotiate down. Sample fish and be sure to bring some home! Everyone will love ya.

My stomach was at near capacity walking around eating everywhere in and along Pike Place Market. Until I saw a sign that said «Uni Shot $ 10 or 2 for $ 18.88» and laid out in front covered with plastic wrap were giant coconut-​sized sea urchins, their tops sliced off showing off the golden, rich lobes of urchin roe. It was like seeing a gleaming pot of gold at the end of the rainbow times about 10. And so I said to myself, «Dammit. Take my money.»
Freshest, cleanest uni I’ve eaten. So worth it.

This is another one of my must go to places at Pike’s.
I’ve had the crab, but the oyster shooters at 3 for $ 6 are unbeatable. Everything is so fresh and it’s quick.

I visited this place twice when I visited. The first time was for the oyster shooters. Since my last visit, the oyster shooters went up in price but still worth the taste. It is now 3 for $ 6. The ones on the display case has the lemon wedge and the cocktail sauce. I don’t care for the cocktail sauce so I asked for my oysters to be shucked. They were happy to do so! So good! Very meaty and the portion was so generous.
The next day I came back and ordered the fresh uni $ 8. Wow! So fresh and delicious!!! Best uni I’ve had!!! Large pieces and plentiful. The gentleman also gave me a free sample of fresh smoked salmon. AMAZING!!!

Excellent place to check out if you want to try fresh seafood on the spot. They sell fresh uni, crab legs, jumbo shrimp, oyster shooters all in small cups. They have a tiny table on the side that holds all the condiments to go with your food.
Prices are reasonable and everything I tried were amazing. Loved the creamy sweet uni and the shrimp were gigantic!
They ship most items everywhere in 48 hours.
City Fish Market is another Seattle must.

1a Wildlachs verschiedener Sorten (auch weißen Lachs), super Shrimps — ich habe schon öfter hier Fisch gekauft und war jedes Mal absolut zufrieden. Fisch wird auf Wunsch für 24h oder 48h Transport mit Cool-​Packs verpackt.
Früh am morgen ist wenig los, tagsüber wird es schnell voll.