Mutual Fish Co

It’s the best fish market in Seattle, do they really need another review stating that? When you’re tired of paying for tourist fish, then come down to a real fish market and see what the locals buy.

Amazing variety of fresh seafood and knowledgeable staff.

Great shop! Went just for shrimp and scallops and was very impressed with the selection. My wife also picked up some dungeness from here just a month ago. I don’t have much knowledge of seafood, but the staff there helped us to pick good food. It was delicious. Hope to get back for more soon!

This is my favorite place to get seafood!
The staff is so nice and the food is amazing.
The tuna steaks, mussels and clams are the best!

I came here for the first time on ⁷⁄₉ due to rave reviews. The gentleman who helped me at the counter seemed haphazard and my suspicions were right. My sashimi tuna steak came back with fish scales on it. He must have been cutting it on a used surface. I found scales on my other fish too even though they were already filetted and clean in the display. Cleanliness is questionable here. I ate the tuna the same day and was planning to eat the opah and snapper the next day. The snapper was fine on ⁷⁄₁₀ for lunch. By dinner, the opah had turned slightly mushy along the side and developed a sour smell. It must have not been that fresh to begin with if it went bad in 1 day. It was such a disappointment because there were signs everywhere advertising the opah. The prices were right on but old fish is a huge red flag for me.
Seems like the bulk of reviews were from 2014 and earlier. Perhaps quality has gone downhill this year. Shame!

Best fresh seafood place!!!

This place is all about fish. It’s a little intimating at first when you walk in: the fish is fresh and all laid out whole and there are so many different types. I went in looking for hard to find (in Seattle) Sole, of which they had two types.
The staff is very knowledgeable, so if you have any questions about anything, they are there to answer and are friendly and patient.

I’ve been shopping here for 25 years. My spouse is a native of Japan, and we eat a lot of fish. I don’t make sushi at home so have not tried using their fish prepared raw, but I think it would be safe. The fish are always very fresh, with clear shiny scales and bright eyes (removed for sale if desired). They aren’t a discount store, so you will pay full retail price. The trade-​off is that you won’t have to pay for parking, as you would if you went to Pike Place downtown, and there is an excellent variety and fast, cheerful service.

I tried this place based on reviews in hopes of finding live crab at a reasonable price (outside of Pike’s market). yes, they HAVE live crab, but no, it’s not super affordable. I think I need up getting 2.5lb live crab for about $ 45 ($ 17/​lb).
Service was good and the seafood was fresh. Just didn’t see a good reason to make the long drive when the Market is nearby for me.

A counter lady took a wrong order, Yellow Fin instead of Albacore tuna. I realized when the bill came to $ 30. It was expensive but I bought it anyway. The problem was the lady did not admit her mistake. She lost a price sticker and looked for a while, too. I never buy Yellow Fin so I never said Yellow Fin. She repeated me ALBACORE so I was looking around other fish. My mistake was I was not watching her? I was not her manager. Why should I have to watch her getting a right fish. Probably they are selling for most of restaurants in Seattle areas, so they don’t care customers go in the store but they lost a life time customer today. The point is why customers get treated bad even we are the one who is buying. We should not get yelled at it was my mistake. Well, I will just settle with my cat food for a while.

My mother has been bugging me forever for Buffalo fish. I don’t know the first thing about fish and she loves all kinds — but at the moment it is all about Buffalo fish. She asked every neighbor until she was told about Mutual and then I was sent on a mission. I didn’t know what to expect. The pace is fast, be sure to get in and grab a number, know how you want your fish prepared and then get ready for a treat — the prices are spot on. I was very pleased. Service is «friendly» but they are very busy and are clearly used to people who know fish a little better than me. I’m sure I’ll be back to feed (literally) my mother’s addiction.

Love these guys. Came in noticeably pregnant and asked for sushi grade fish, he gave me the up-​down and said no! you can’t! And I explained it was for my husband. Nice of them to care enough to warn me, and there are lots of signs posted around the store that undercooked fish shouldn’t be consumed by pregnant women.

The selection is fresh, and the prices are good. What’s not to like? They carry some live animals but most of the stock is on ice. Mutual Fish also carries a lot of sauces and foodstuffs that go with fish dishes, pretty convenient!
I’ve gotten lots of fish and shellfish here and I’ve never felt like I got a bad cut of meat. The prices are better than grocery stores, and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly, if you have a question they can probably provide a good answer for it. I’m definitely coming back!

This place is so legit and in my neighborhood. I am in heaven! The fish is spot on and super fresh. The price is good and it is a treat to come here once a month to stock up.
I am normally not a catfish fan, but I must say that when I get it here, it taste amazing and makes me change my mind about that fish.

I finally made it here at an early Saturday morning — before all the mamas and aunts show up for their shopping!
I was on a mission to get some halibut, rock fish and fish broth. And that’s what I got! Their fish broth is $ 7.99/tub. It’s great to make cioppino or seafood pasta.
The gentleman who helped me was friendly and knowledgeable. I told him I’ve been wanting to make cioppino to rival my step dad’s. He gave me some pointers and which seafood would be best to go into it. Ha!
All and all I like Mutual Fish for their service, fresh seafood and tasty broth. As I drove away, I was planning my next trip there for some oysters and crab.

I used to come here often when I lived in Seattle since I lived just a block away. You can actually smell this place when you’re close enough. :p
Good selection though!

While Mutual Fish might be in a slightly dodgier part of town the trip out there is definitely worth it.
When you first walk in (and they aren’t slammed) everyone at the counter welcomes you, which is a nice touch. Everything here was incredibly fresh, the prices seemed to be on point for the PNW as well. The guys at the counter are helpful too.
Mutual Fish is actually the fish supplier for a lot of the nicer restaurants in town — so you know that the quality and care is right up there.
Some of the highlights are: The Live Pink Spotted Shrimp, the homemade fish cakes, the sashimi grade tuna, and ohhhh that bucket filled with Black Cod Collars! (I mean, have you tried Maneki’s Miso Braised Black Cod Collars?!?).
Just don’t accidentally park at the Cannibis Market next door (which we did). We were seriously stranged out by why everyone at the fish market was so sketchy/​parked like a psychopath until we tried to go inside…

Super fresh and reasonably priced. This is in rainier ave. the fresh spot prawns in season are delicious. So come and get them when they r around (like today!).
The mussels are great and make sure to ask them what is fresh but the sushi grade hamachi and tuna is wonderful. And of course this is the place to get fresh wild salmon.
So this is one of those places which is super high quality and reasonably priced. Come and get it :-)

Mutual Fish Company, in its humble location down the street from the Oberto’s factory store in Beacon Hill, doesn’t look like what it is — a purveyor of dock-​fresh, overnighted seafood to the nicest restaurants in Seattle.
Besides the smell of saltwater in the air, the fresh fishy corpses dug into their ice beds, the happy oysters bubbling in cold pots, I found —
1. There is a dedicated door-​opener person
2. There is a box of dum-​dum pops available for children
3. A big selection of dry goods and refrigerated goods for seafood dinner inspiration
Not to mention the fact that my husband who works in marine wildlife, and has seen every criminal fish offense in the book, loves the place.
If not for the 40-​minute drive from my house to get here, I would come every week.

I am so happy that Mutual Fish Co. is in my neighborhood! This place is amazing. As a new Seattleite, I am constantly in awe of the wide variety of fish available here. I’m partial to the halibut, but OMG the kasu black cod is freaking delicious. Don’t believe me? Google NYT and Mutual Fish Co. They’ve been making this recipe for over sixty years… since the place opened!
Also: this is a small thing but I love that they will always take the skin off of the fish for me. Makes cooking so much faster.
I only wish they stayed open later. They close at 5:30 pm which is a bummer if you don’t get out of work in time.

I was in the mood for some fish and Mutual is the way to go. They have a pretty good selection, including shellfish. On side, they have a selection of condiments to mix and match… including things like seaweed or kelp.
Tons of selection and really fresh. A guy came in behind me and was looking at the Buffalo fish. Counterman told him… hey, that’s been frozen before. Unsolicited. Gotta like that.
In and out… quick like a bunny. I have a feeling some oysters on the BBQ is in my future for the summer. (Assuming Seattle has a summer.)