The Fish Peddler East, Inc. Reviews

Horribly crouded they treated me terrible and all the fish smelled rotten

Used to really like this place. Quality used to be off the charts. All their prepared foods right now are super salty. Don't mind paying for high quality seafood, but if the food is unpalatable, that is like throwing money away. Very sad to leave this review, as I have frequented this establishment for almost 30 years off and on, but don't want to mislead anyone. Conch salad, for example, used to be great, but now tasteless and had to actually add heat and salt. The conch was very fresh, but very little flavour. Wahoo dip was basically tasteless as well. Ton of cream cheese and I actually had to add salt!!!What a shame. I used to work right next door and was in almost every day for lunch. Their scallops looked lovely, but that's not what I came in for. The only tasty items were the key lime pie and bread. That's really sad! Pity, as if your prepared seafood items were still good, I would have spent several hundred a week at your store. Just because someone doesn't look like they aren't rich doesn't mean they aren't. Again, I only spent $80 in one visit, but you completely lost my future business. You REALLY need to step up your game! After my last experience, I most likely will not be back for a really long time.
:( Sorry, but I needed to leave an honest review. I just wish that I had asked for tasters of your present prepared foods, instead of going by my memories of how good your food used to be and some other "recent customers " comments. Perhaps when I was in last week,, there was someone in charge of prepared foods who loves to add tons of salt and not use any spice whatsoever. If that is the case, I will most definitely not be back. If you have replaced the person that made the prepared foods last week, I will be back. If not, then I won't. If you can afford to lose quality customers, your loss. Chow

Incredibly friendly staff, wide selection of very good quality looking fish. It's a good thing that I don't live closer to the store I'd probably go broke!

Staff was very helpful and friendly. Just be careful. The place is small and there was no social distancing.

Second time they have forgot part of my order! Forgot the stuffed mushrooms
Too busy and inefficient

Delicious stone crab claws, shrimp salad, and seafood salad. Nice bottle of wine. Made for a great carryout dinner.

This is the best fish market i have ever visited!! The fish are fresh, the place is wonerful and clean. I'm keeping them!

Super fresh local seafood, nice staff, cool atmosphere.

Always excellent fresh fish. Please be advised that they now open at 9:30am, not 9:00am.

Best fresh seafood East Fort Lauderdale! Great variety of fish and excellent prepared side dishes. Offers fresh vegetables and a host of staples to compliment any seafood. Staff is knowledgeable, helpful and friendly.

Too crowded during covid. I am editing this review to respond to the owner. There were more then 10+ people in your store when I was there and no way to be 6 feet apart. It may have been just bad timing on a Friday afternoon. I do believe everyone was wearing a mask as you stated but when you are so close to each other I am still uncomfortable. That being said I will also say that we did buy some Cod while we were there and it was wonderful and fresh

The quality of their seafood is outstanding. The counter help is always enthusiastic and helpful.

Nicely displayed fresh fish. Reasonable prices and good service

Always great knowledgeable service and quality food.

Just a small shop but with the freshest and best seafood in town and the friendliest of service

By far and beyond the best fish monger in South Florida. I've lived in the area since 1986, and there's only two places I'd ever buy seafood here, at the Bahia Mar docks or of course at the Fish Peddler.

Best quality seafood. More than friendly staff. Always a pleasure walking into the store.

Love it! Just went there for a pound of mussels and a whole yellow snapped. Life is good.

Love this place nice selection of quality fish and seafood helpful staff a Sfla best seafood market!

I ve been buying seafood here for more than 10 years. AMAZING quality variety and sides to complete your meal

By far the best shopping experience in South Florida in product, service, and industry knowledge. Would highly recommend anyone looking for the freshest fish or seafood to come check out this hidden secret. Fish Peddler East for the win!

This place was so good!! Unfortunately, I didn't stop to take pictures because we were so hungry. The person behind the counter was very helpful and patient with us out of towners. We got the stone crab, wahoo spread, shrimp lunch boat and a baguette. All was very fresh and tasty. I thought the cost was reasonable. I'm sure it would have been more expensive in a restaurant. I would definitely recommend you try this place if you are nearby.

Great fish products. Will order anything u want. Great employees. Seems like family when u go in

What everyone else has said here. Prompt service from loving employees, super fresh fish, excellent fried fish, try the grouper, yes, somewhat crowded sometimes, but they always have enough staff on hand to handle it. It is busy because it is the best.

This is the only place to buy Fresh Fish!

A bit more expensive but with fish...if it is not fresh you are throwing your money away...

Ive recently started shopping here and have very happy with how fresh the fish is. Even the kids were gobbling this stuff up and commenting on how good it was without knowing I was buying from a new place. I think prices are fair for fresh locally caught fish. While prices are probably more than you would pay for frozen fish in a grocery store, there s definitely a quality difference. In a time crunch I bought frozen fish filets and didn t tell the family ... it didn t go over well.

I ve also been very happy with how knowledgeable the team is with fish and whatever my requested fish prep ... deboned, skinned, descaled, and fileted. Until this shop, I had resigned myself to having to do the prep work at home because other fish places wouldn t fully descale or cut out so much meat in deboning or skinning or whatever.

great fresh seafood market - have been coming here for many years

Best place to go for your fish and seafood needs staff family very friendly and the prices are just incredible for what they sell check this place out buyers

Fresh fish from NYC.. DAILY DELIVERIES... CAN'T BEAT THE HIGHEST QUALITY FRESH FISH

Best of best in fish and crustaceans, but hefty pricing make this a 4 instead of a 5. Always busy, and pre-orders taken for larger orders or parties, especially on live lobsters of size or any types of crabs. They will skin or fillet any fish irrespective of price paid, add a or lime for free and even pack a bag of ample ice to keep your purchase cold. Try to go in earlier hours, especially on weekends, but even then they staff up the behind the counter folks so there's never a long wait.
Very convenient mid-north Lauderdale location east of Federal on Commercial, in strip center with plentiful parking. They sell accompanying foods and some prepared fresh fish salads and dips, stuffed clams, oysters, crab, and lobsters, some fresh vegetables and fresh or frozen sauces and french bread made locally. They will steam your lobsters, crabs, clams or mussels on order or while you wait. A secret, if you catch some local fish and want a professional fillet job, you can pay them for the service and avoid the cleanup at home. This is Handy for wahoo, which needs to be steaked mid-section And filleted to tail, or larger bull dolphin (Dorado), shark, or tuna, as a hefty catch is a big job especially for cleanup afterwards. It's the best place for fish on Northside of Lauderdale, closest competitor is out west on Sample in Pompano, but they also carry artificially colored species, which Fish Peddler does not.

I fishing tournament and fish all the time. If I don't catch my fish, this is the only place I'll buy from.

Favorite fish market to visit when in ft Lauderdale.

Fresh reasonably priced seafood and friendly service. They always carry fresh Ipswich clams too!

The servicing is incredible the selection is top-notch and the food is delicious

Overpriced. Good quality fish, but still very, very expensive. Prepared foods WAY TOO SALTY

This is where i work its the best seafood market ever

Good quality seafood, reliable supply, friendly customer service, expensive

Excellent place,staff & fresh fish. Place can't be beat

The freshest fish around. I drive 30-minutes to get here. I bring home my fish in a cooler with ice. Well worth the drive.

Always fresh fish, exceptional service, and priced fair.

I was referred here by a local and I met a DIEHARD FAN inside the place and she gave some many details/good things I couldn t help but to shop.... The lady definitely didn t lie about the foods freshness and it was all so good

BUT THE FROZEN RASPBERRY KEY LIME PIE

ITS NOTHING BUT SUGAR AND IT GAVE ME A HEADACHE WITHIN THE FIRST 2 BITES!!!!!

Super fresh FISH, friendly helpful service. Large variety of fresh fish

Have been shopping here for 20+ years.. Always very high quality fresh fish.. Good selection.. Was always expensive but.. You get what you pay for

Small shop filled with beautiful fresh fish and prepared foods like crab and salmon cakes, tuna fish dip and salad. Also some of the best key lime pie ( by the slice or whole).

Fish seemed always fresh.my dissapointment,there is always a long wait&a little pricey for us.

Just the freshest, best stocked, seafood focused store in the area.

Fantastic Ket West Pink shrimp and Jumbo Stone crab. I m loving this market.

The line was so long, and they were so slow that I had to leave.

This is one of my favorite places in this area for fresh fish! Great selection and service

So many great choices and friendly and helpful on how to cook.

Amazing fish store. I love stone crabs. They will creak them for you.

Large variety of fresh fish and the best fish dip I have ever tried. They have wine, fresh vegetables and a aray of prepared options. Best fish market I have ever been to in Fort Lauderdale.

The place was Great.... customer service was out of this World... thanks for the awesome experience

Just tried the stone crabs! They re amazing! So fresh. Great experience at the market! The staff helped me figure out how much to buy and were incredibly kind and accommodating. Will go back.

Love this place. Great fresh seafood, great friendly people.