The Fish Market - Solana Beach - Solana Beach, California

Eric L.

I rarely leave bad reviews, but my wife and I were really disappointed with the food here. Grilled lobster was absolutely overcooked, event burnt on the edge. Crab cioppino was SO BAD. Crab was clearly precooked and frozen such that it's cold compared to the cioppino. Its meat was tasteless, dry, probably the worst Dungeness crab I've ever had.

John C.

The beer battered Fish & Chips were excellent! 2 good-sized pieces of fish were tender and hot & juicy, along with the seasoned fries. Service was very good for a busy Saturday night.

Callon L.

Chain restaurant with a location in Del Mar. Still, they serve good seafood with happy hour during the week 3-6pm

Sergiy K.

So this is very unique place, the old style tradition, the environment looks some what outdated, but I guess this is all on purpose, because they want to communicate the authentic old fashion values. Lots of choices of freshly cut seafood and prices and reasonable.

Lydia H.

My partner and I stopped in for dinner and we had a great time! It was still happy hour and so we got a bunch of things off that menu along with some clam chowder. I also want to shout out the starter bread and butter. It comes out warm and is so delicious!

New England clam chowder: 5/5 Delicious, creamy and so filling!

2 buck shuck oysters: 3/5 The oysters were pretty big but they weren't shucked/cleaned very well. There were lots of shell bits and other things in the oysters.

Ahi poke tacos: 5/5 I really liked these tacos and the poke was fresh.

Beer battered zucchini fries: 5/5 My favorite zucchini fries yet! They were battered perfectly and the zucchini didn't get soggy. So good!

Chipotle fish street taco: 3/5 The fish was good although a little dry, and I feel like the taco lacked flavor.

We had a wonderful server who was so sweet and took good care of us. However, there was a situation near the end of our meal that was a little strange. Another patron in the bar area came over and picked up our server completely so that her feet were dangling off the ground. He seemed drunk and fell forward, still holding our server, into a cabinet where the register was. It looked like it hurt our server. Although they seemed to know each other, it's not appropriate for another patron to be physically touching someone while they're working, especially like that. I hope the server is doing alright and that the other patron doesn't try something like that again.

Jeff D. (.

Awesome spot for fish & seafood. Our meals were both amazing & our server was great also. We also had the crab dip for an appetizer which was delicious also. I had the crab cioppino which was loaded w/ all kinds of seafood not just crab. It had shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari & halibut. My girlfriend had the scallops which were like butter, so good.

Trending N.

The restaurant was clean, organized and comfortable. The service was friendly, fast, and without any problems. The food was decent but for the prices charged it needed improvements in flavor. One dish was overcooked, the tacos shown had minimal flavor, and the shrimp pasta simply could have been better in temperature and taste. I have eaten here before with a much better experience.

Joe P.

Great place cool east coast atmosphere.
Went for my sons 14 birthday he wanted king crab legs. We had mussels, scallops, Mahi.
Denise was our wonderful host.