Sea Bay Seafood & Meat Market

Lowering my rating even further seems a bit silly since they’re not a «1-​star» establishment, but I did feel constrained to back up Thania L’s comment about watching the cashiers. It hadn’t been, or at least I hadn’t noticed it being, a major problem for me in general over the years, but twice in the past week, two different cashiers tried to overcharge me — once when a price tag was all but staring her in the face! It didn’t happen at particularly busy times, either, so it’s not like they were feeling rushed, This last time, the cashier hadn’t even looked up and told me the total in Chinese, so it clearly wasn’t a preferential thing, and I seriously doubt the manager is telling them to purposely overcharge people, but boy, does it seem to have become a habit here. Just keep an eye out!

The sea food is good here and good pricing but BEWARE of the Chinese lady behind the register. She WILL OVERPRICE you without you noticing. She tried to charge my mother 79.59 for a pound of crab legs mean while it clearly says 7.99. Maybe she need glasses or she just trying to catch a quick come up. Makes me wonder who else she tried to pull this trick on and actually got away with it. CHECK YOUR receipts people !!!

I like this market more than Chang fa down the street. It’s a lot larger in terms of produce, seafood, and bagged/​canned items.
They do have a lot of Japanese and Korean items here but mostly Chinese. I’ve found Japanese mayonnaise here– which is amazing. They also offer a lot of American selections like Goya and Chef boyardee which you can find in stop and shop. Doesn’t really have sales but then again doesn’t really need to because it’s cheap.
There is a ten dollar minimum for credit cards, but for ten bucks you can get a lot here. It’s also kinda dirty and really crowded but the only Chinese market that isn’t here is New York Supermarket down by 18^th street which is more expensive.

I am partial to the Asian markets in Manhattan, but Sea Bay is quite good. They have a large produce selection (not organic), as well as meats, seafood (beware the smell).
I was disappointed that they don’t carry any raw nori, but they had plenty of the roasted/​toasted nori sheets for making sushi. I didn’t buy it.
They have a lot of kitchen tools/​gadgets, very helpful and at rock bottom prices. I love it!
The lines can get very long as it was pretty busy in the evening on a weekday.
And they have plenty of Asian sweets and junkfood hahahaha. I gave it up a long time ago, but if you’re into it, this place has the goods.

Pretty good selection of Asian products to choose from. If you’re not well versed in fresh fish shopping, I suggest you don’t shop here for seafood. While some stuff is super fresh, others look like they’ve seen better days. Putting that aside, they do have many other products from canned goods to frozen foods, dried stuffs and even some kitchen tools. Their produce is ok, but they don’t carry any organics… not deal breaker though. It gets busy pretty much every day, but more so on the weekends and SUPER packed on holidays.

Typical local Chinese supermarket. There’s always tons of cheap fruit outside, smells like fish inside and not that many people that speak English. Especially can be crowded on weekends and hard to find parking around. I wish there was a way they had a parking lot, but that would never happen.
I’ve bought the vegetables, meats here before and have never had an issue to date (knock on wood). If you want a bargain than a Chinese supermarket is where you buy your groceries, albeit with no guarantees of cleanliness.

Chinese market? Yay! Great selection of fruit, veggies, fish and meat. I trust this place like no other. The prices are competitive and the selection is pretty wide.
They speak English! Granted its pretty limited but it’s enough for me to be able to pick out a sweet sweet salmon filet and not get jipped on the price.
Maybe I’m bias. I’ve been going here since I was a baby. Sorry, la.

This place is usually my second stop when shopping for groceries on Avenue U purely due to the direction that I’m traveling from. Even so, I almost always end up buying fresh fish (tilapia) here every time. The tilapia here is one of the freshest I can get as I literally pick out which swimming fish I want killed and cleaned. The vegetables and fruits tend to be pretty fresh to and I tend to buy a 2 week supply of it for when I leave the city.

This is my place for fresh fish. They have vast variety of sea food.

A typical Asian market with fresh seafood, meat section, and veggies. Don’t expect to get any good american style steaks here though. If you are looking for a flank steak for your stir fry — you can find it here. But they don’t carry filet mignons or skirt steaks. As far as ribeyes and sirloins go — they do have them, but you’ld be hard pressed to find a well marbled one. Once in a while they’ll surprise you with a decent piece, but usually these steaks are just red with a white sliver here and there. Veggies and chicken are decent, though. The beer selection is actually OK — you can find your standard fare here — heineken, corona, guiness, asahi, baltika (russian beer), etc.
The aisles are quite narrow and on the weekends, when the place gets really busy, shopping there can be get a bit stressful. I try to shop here after work (they are open until 8 or so).
Don’t expect much service either — some of the people who work here don’t speak any english and I’ve seen them pretending to be deaf mute when addressed by a customer. The women at the register can be a bit abrupt, but are quite efficient and keep the lines moving. If you are a regular they’ll even crack a smile once in a while while talking amongst each other in chinese and looking right at you. Quite an experience!
All that notwithstanding, I am happy that this place is only 2 blocks away from my apartment.