Ocean Fish Market

The fish isn’t fresh as it is slimey and they exaggerate the quality of it.
I wanted some raw tuna to make Hawaiian poke and had asked the Hispanic fish monger if the tuna was sushi quality. He said that it was and I believed it. Got home and prepared most of the tuna for poke and reserved some for pepper tuna. After making the poke, the tuna bad a slightly slimey texture and the flesh was chewy! I thought it might be my marinade but it couldn’t be. I didn’t enjoy it very much and ended up throwing away half of it. Ok fine but the day after, I start to prepare the remaining tuna and I noticed it was slimey like the poke but this was just raw and not marinated. It was pretty obvious at that point that the tuna was on the verge of spoiling. Disgusting. I might be able to find better seafood at my local Chinese supermarket, and that says a lot about Ocean fish market. Never coming back here again.

very professional, good service and very good advice on preparing fish. The price of Halibut is fair. I will be definitely going back here

I absolutely love this place. It is the only fish market I will ever go to. Plus, it’s really cool to say that you have a «fish guy» or a «fish monger». Niko, the owner is the best. Very sweet and the prices are not only great, but they are SEASONAL and based on QUANTITY and the MARKET. So, if they get a good wholesale price on wild salmon or lobster tails, they will have specials on those items. Tons of places hike of fish prices because of the wholesale cost, but very few places have their prices fluctuate and pass savings on to the customer as well based on the market. Almost everything is fresh (not frozen) and I love that they have different variety depending on the time of year. Right now, stock up on soft shell crab and cherry stone clams. Delish!

Fish is fresh, lots of options. Nice guys who work there. I like this place and consider it «my» seafood spot.

I love it here. It was a lovely fish market.
I bought an octopus, salmon, shrimps. They were all tasty!
I wish I could pay by Amex.

I am giving five stars as a new yorker who only knows drunk blue fish trips in Montauk and goung out on Captree excursions by Jones Beach for flounder as a child. My grandmother would cook our fillets from our catches of the flat fish and my aunt once fried the cheeks and tail end of the blues, not sure I would indulge in a meal like that these days, besides I was 19, drunk, and it was Easter, lets just say the planets were aligned. Since then its restaurants and the occasional trip to Maine where I easily say fuck the Lobster its the haddock I want to eat day, noon, and night.
What does this all have to do with the fish store in Astoria? Well if I had a cigar in my mouth and the betting news from the race track would you trust me to recommend a good place to get a steak, perhaps, but maybe you want to know my tastes and get to know me a little better.
I have found this place to be the best fish store in NYC, take a cab from fulton or tribeca. At home baking cod or searing salmon I always am amazed by the quality of the fish I am cooking. I have never been ill or dealt with a fishy smell that made me wonder if I am taking a risk. The owner and staff are super helpful and although there is quite a variety most of the main offerings are kept in stock as is most local and seasonal fish. Some of my favorites are the sole and flounder. The natural salmon is delicious and on occasion they will have something more exotic to offer as well and you can always ask for cooking advice. Best advice received there — always cook your fish same day straight from the store, taste better. A lemmon sole with a glass of chilled chardonnay in the early summer with the windows open, perhaps a little music, you get my drift, go here for the pesci, you won’t be dissapointed.

I was confused about four stars rating.
Most of the fish and sea food is ok. As far as freshness, it’s not what I wished. Key food at cross island pkwy and 150^th street has fresher fish.
Price is not an issue. All I am looking for is how fresh it is? A fresh fish may not breath, but the eyes seem blinking.

better service but follow fish cleaning requests

I used to take my grandmother here often. I remember the people there calling her «signora» and giving her great service. If I were reviewing it then, I would have given it 4 stars.
It’s a decent place, and the selection was okay. I had asked if they had any catfish, and the guy behind the counter pointed to the haddock. It looked good (and was definitely fresh), but it’s not the same thing.
The prices were fine. I didn’t see anything outrageously high.
If I could, I’d raise my review by a half star. Basically, if you want to get some fresh fish for dinner, check this place out.

Love this place, very fresh fish and great selection. The prices a good and not overpriced. Last time the guy added some lemons to my purchase too, which was a very nice touch.

When you are looking for grand variety and fresh fish and the likes, you can’t go wrong here. Great selection, market price, and good service all a winning combination. To a wonderful neighborhood fish market!

Everything a person could ask for. Came in for dry scallops and found the best price so far in New York. Great selection of fresh seafood. Going to have to dust off the cookbooks and find recipes to match what this place has to offer

The worst service ever one ugly filthy unprofessional Greek lady who doesn’t know nothing about business. Expensive fish (frozen). The store smells like bathroom. DO NOT GO. ASTORIA SEAFOOD ON 37 AV IS MUCH MUCH BETTER.

Hands down the best fresh fish market and friendly/​knowledgable staff on the list of my experiences! Visiting oyster farms has been a hobby of mine on the west coast for a long time and today, after a long time of asking the NYC locals on where to go on the East Coast, I finally got a name for my new destination! Yaayy!!!

Wonderful, friendly staff who always give a «baker’s dozen.» The fish is very fresh and they’ll prepare it however you like on the spot. They also carry live blue crab in season and lots of other specialities. Best fish market in the neighborhood by far.

Pretty friendly, knowledgeable staff at this fishmonger. Dig the selection and the hours.

Best fish market in the City. I’ve been coming here for 4 years. Always professional, helpful and clean. My favorite interaction with the owners went something like this:
Me: What’s fresh today?
Fish Monger: everything’s fresh — what’s in season is the black sea bass. Very good.
I’ve purchased fish for bouillabaise (including scorpion fish!), scallops in the shell, urchin, sea bass, monkfish, whole fresh octopus (!), squid, fresh anchovies (delicious), sardines, rouget, porgies, trout, red snapper, mackeral, branzino, shrimp, blowfish (!), lobster, crabs, oysters, mussels, and so many more things. Everything, i mean everything has been delicious, fresh and tasty.
They have seasonal fish like live eel and john dory.
The most amazing thing about this place is that the owners have their own boats. Hence, their prices are low (they are their own source) and quality superior.
Also, if you look at their walls by the phone, you’ll notice that all of the amazing fish restaurants in astoria order their fish from this market.
Go here, chat up the guys, eat whole fish and thank me later.

I love eating fish and have bought fish from numerous stores around Astoria. I’ve seen many close down as well. I used to shop my fish at the fish place on the corner of 31^st and 30^th avenue. Then 5 years ago I moved closer to this fish market so I figured let’s give it a whirl and I have been a dedicated customer ever since. This fish market is great. Very clean and doesn’t stink like fish overkill unlike the fish market on 31^st. I’m not sure what other Unilocalers reviewed about getting sick or not wearing gloves because everytime I’ve been to this fish market to buy fish, the workers are ALWAYS wearing gloves to handle and/​or clean the fish nor have I or my family ever gotten sick.
The staff is very friendly and customer service oriented. There is a huge selection of fish. They even let you smell the fish to prove freshness. I’m overall very happy with market.

Ocean Fish Market is the place I go to when I want fish for dinner. Back when I used to commute to midtown for work, every morning these guys would be receiving their shipment for the day. Their prices are fair, they’ll let you smell the fish, clean the fish for you, and they have a pretty good selection. You would be well advised to go earlier in the day because they will run out of product so if you go in around closing time you might not find much in the way of selection. The guys there are friendly enough and you can’t beat fresh fish.

Great selections and prices, I got a pound of cleaned squid for $ 6 I will be going there for all my fish mongering.