I had no idea about this place until it was recommended as there is not really any decent Asian…read moreshops nearby unless you go into Stratford where there's a Loon Fung. Getting here you really need a car as it is not idealistic to take public transit since there's not a station nearby. This is a massive warehouse. The front area has a small produce selection, massive frozen choices and some dry goods on the other side. The back side mainly consists of bulk items for those that run shops. It's highly recommended to come earlier because according to some friends, there have been days where just about everything was out of stock. So do be aware of this. There's a selection of vegetables, tofus, meats, desserts in the fresh produce. The frozen section is incredibly massive and has just about everything you are looking for! Dumplings, cakes, meats, fish balls of all sorts, etc. The dry goods have a nice variety of noodles, sauces, spices and snacks! As of right now they are rather short on staff so the queue is a pretty long at the moment! Overall pretty good first impression since I came and everything is well stocked. Definitely a place to check out!

This is the best Chinese supermarket around. Located on an industrial estate only accessible by car…read morefolks. Has ample parking including for 40ft trailer lorries (if you happen to drive one around town) Ok ,so this is a wholesale open to the public, no membership nonsense just rock up and shop. As you enter you'll be greeted by the live fish, crabs and lobsters in huge tanks! They have all the fresh veg i got some Kailan and massive Bak Choi, a big frozen section, canned, jarred and crisps also. You can also get all the woks, bamboo streamers and wot nots including mens/womens room signage, should you require separating your loos at home!lol just dont expect service with a smile.

Award Winning Sussex Fishmonger…read more - Winner of best Sussex Food/Farm Shop 2012/13 - Winner of best Sussex Food/Farm Shop 2013/14 - Winner of "Fishmonger of the Year 2014" at the Farm shop & Deli Show 2014

Great little shop, we really enjoyed our seafood platter that we got for our anniversary. Dan was…read morehelpful helping us choose which platter to go for. Portions were very generous we were eating it for lunch two days after. Thank you!

One of the oldest fishmongers in the area; since 1977, Sandy's has stocked exceptionally high…read morequality fresh fish. In addition, they sell meat, poultry and cheeses; ranging from venison and 25 sausage varieties, to gorgonzola and edam. Staff are friendly and knowledgeable and fish and meat are cut and prepared free of charge. This famly run establishment really is exceptional, and the queues on a Saturday morning hold testament to this!

The best and biggest prawns I have ever seen.. They have a grey selection of seafood and would…read morerecommend this to visitors ..

This is a fantastic supplier of genuinely fresh fish and amazing high quality deli foods…read more I trialled the handmade fishcakes, organic eggs, and some of the specialist smoked salmon and mackerel pates...all were superb. Speaking with the owner, it was great to see how really passionate he and the team are about sourcing and providing high quality produce to both commercial clients and individuals like me. A real find!

From the owner: We pride ourselves in sourcing the best available quality fresh fish from All over the UK and…read morebeyond, Based near the south Coast means we have access to some of the best flat fish in the UK from local day boats. We also source our Salmon from probably the most sustainable, low environmental impact farm in the world- Loch Duart. The first freedom food, RSPCA approved farm in the world- it is so good and arrives direct from the farm in the Shetlands that we can sell it as sushi grade! We also hold several market stalls across Sussex and London so please visit out facebook page or website for more info! You can also find our packaged fish at a variety of specialist stores in Sussex and London! We are currently in the running for fishmonger of the year!! so please take your time to vote for us!

Proper fishmonger with exceptional quality fish, service second to none and they are a pleasure to…read morevisit. People should realise how fortunate they are to have such an exceptional fishmonger in their midst.

A proper fishmonger who also sells game,rabbits,duck,pigeons etc.One of a dying breed…read moreunfortunately, where else can you buy brown shrimps,whole smoked mackeral and for example,Turbot or Brill in medway? The staff really know their stuff and as well as taking orders for less common types of fish or seafood, will prepare it to any specific request.Well worth a visit.

We stayed in Whitstable for a few days. A lovely small town. Great location and lots of…read morerestaurants. We looked forward to dine here the first night. We knew there are no reservations, you just wait in line until a table of your liking gets free (inside our outside with a view). We arrived around 7pm and waited for a table outside. It only took about 20mins, which was less than expected. Our Bulldog was welcome as well. Got a table with amazing sunset views. Breathtaking. Sadly the location and the sunset were the only highlights that night. We enjoy fish and seafood. All over the world. Normandy, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Thailand, Japan. And so on. We've had our share of great and not so great fish and seafood. Sadly the food here belongs to the latter. Visually it was a feast for your eyes. But sadly not for your taste buds. The lobster was pretty small and very dry. Overcooked and overpriced. The oysters just ok, nowhere near irish, french or scottish quality. Not creamy enough. The shrimps were fine. But nothing near great. Best to drown them in the sauce and Mayo that came with The seafood platter was all cold food - but we knew that before ordering, nothing wrong with that. It's just the quality that was missing overall. The salmon was possibly the worst. Low quality, smelly fish. Seasnails were ok, but the small shrimp not. Just tried one. Fries came with the lobster. Soft and soggy. There was also bread and salad. I enjoyed the bread and butter the most of the whole meal. Which is a sad statement. Had some wine with our meal. 20cl mini-bottles of a quality that's best to forget. Staff was very very busy, but ok. And as I said, the views are amazing. But you could grab some take-out food anywhere and sit down somewhere on the Whitstable beach and get the same view. We really wanted to enjoy this place. But quality wasn't there. And the prices for that really way too high. Whitstable is a place to come back to one day. The Lobster Shack isn't.

Where do I start. We queued up outside to be told to be told to find our own table and then we had…read moreto order via an awkward app that charged for sending in the order. We ordered a pint of lager, a glass of prosecco, 6 oysters; a whole lobster with chilli and chorizo, a prawn and lobster roll and because the app wasn't clear, extra chips and a side salad. The £6 pint of warm lager and £8 glass of cheap prosecco came with and in plastic glasses. This was the highlight of our meal. There was no lobster detectable in the lobster and prawn roll and the prawns were almost frozen. The chips were damp and arrived in a paper tray; these are not twice cooked potato sticks of excellence, these tasted straight from the freezer to the fryer. My girlfriend wanted some ketchup to go on the damp chips, but it needs to be ordered via the app at 20p per sachet plus ordering fee. The bill at this point was North of £80 and they want 25p for sauce sachets. The salad was a limp, uninteresting mix of lettuce and cucumber with an unpleasant gloopy vinaigrette over it. The £37 lobster arrived and it was small, dried out and tough. I didn't even know it was possible to dry out a lobster while cooking it, perhaps it had been split lying under a heat lamp for half an hour. The oysters hadn't arrived. I'd had enough. So I called over a waitress. I explained my lobster was dry and tough and the oysters hadn't arrived. She literally just shrugged, that's it, nothing else. We asked if we could see the manager. A young man came over and asked with a surly, aggressive manner what the problem was. I explained that the lobster was dry and actually tough and he almost sneered "do you want another one or a refund?". No apology, no sorry, just a replacement or refund offer. I asked for the refund. I then went on to ask when the oysters were coming. To which he responded that the food delivered in whatever order it came out of the kitchen. I explained that I'm fine with this but the starter shouldn't arrive after dessert has arrived or one has left the restaurant. Instead of an apology what I got was a defiant "I've got three people shucking oysters" Which he had, at that moment, for 25 of the previous 30 minutes it was one guy working on his own. I could see him from my table. This is a case of the manager thinking that his problems should be mine when in fact my problems should be his. I am after all, the one paying for the service that he is failing to deliver with a bad attitude. I didn't mention any of the other issues with the food as the angry manager just didn't seem interested customer satisfaction or service. He left our table instructing me to go to the counter and ask for a refund before we left. My oysters must have been prioritised as they arrived on a plastic tray five minutes later. I ate the oysters which tasted nice, but had their revenge on me half an hour after we left, which was surprising as I can eat anything without issue. Perhaps there's something in the old saying about only eating shellfish when there is an R in the month. Neither of us needed to use the toilets when we were there, which is great because you need to queue outside for them. We left the Lobster Shack with the chips, salads and lobster uneaten on the table; the table service here is just delivery and clear up after you have left. All over we had an appalling experience. Even after the refund I'd ended up spending £45 for some warm drinks, half a dozen oysters and a prawn bun. It could have been turned around with a polite, friendly apology of some sort. So often what could have been a poor experience is saved by good staff who understand customer service. They don't here. The location is great, the building is great it has the ambience of a West Coast surf bar. That's where the good stuff stops. The barely existent service is surly and . unpleasant, the food awful and awfully expensive. Warm drinks in plastics cups. This is not a West Coast surf bar. I can't imagine it gets any business from locals, it's a place tourists go, regret and never return to. I certainly won't be going again and I've been eating at the parent restaurant, the Whitstable Oyster Fishery Company for 30 years.

Wow. The last time I experienced anything close to this was at a fish market in Santa Monica,…read moreCalifornia. If you're an avid fish eater and you appreciate the difference between cargo fish (that reaches the supermarket days or even weeks later) and the freshly caught variety, you have to visit Brighton & Newhaven Fish Sales in Shoreham Harbour (next to Hove Lagoon). This shop is a new addition, in fact just a year old, yet the company has more than 250 years' heritage in the fishing industry here in Brighton. You can even see the boats behind the shop that land fish to the market within hours of capture, ensuring that fish and shellfish are of the highest quality and freshness. Some of the choices on offer include Dover Sole, Plaice, Lemon Sole, Brill, Turbot, Cod, Squid, Cuttle Fish, Bream, Red Mullet, Sea Bass and Crab, Lobster, Mussels, Clams, Oysters and Scallops. The team here are some of the most professional and helpful I've ever encountered to boot, offering advice and cooking instructions if you're a little unclear. If you like fish that melts like butter in your mouth and you don't mind paying a little more for the high quality, supremely fresh produce, I urge you to pay a visit.

This is how fish should be bought and this is how they do it all over Europe - straight off the…read moreboat into a dock-side shop. Its not as cheap as buying it in a supermarket but its 100 times more fresh and its a great place to go and have a nose around. The staff are really helpful and always try and pick out the biggest specimen for you. I can highly recommend the seabass here - they're huge and taste, well, like they've just come off the boat!

....James Y's previous review has really summed this "plaice" up. It is absolutely "cracking"…read more The variety of stock is huge, and so fresh, (any fresher than this, it is still swimming)...!! My first visit today, and I thought I had died and was in Heaven...!! Great staff so willing to help and appear to enjoy their work....so much knowledge. Definitely will be back as a regular Thank you....big plus and top marks

This is a high class fish mongers that excells in oysters, scallops and crabs. The smell of the…read moreplace hits you like a large turbot being slapped in your face and it immediately gets you thinking about what you could create in the kitchen. The staff are really helpful and always give you a few cooking tips. last time I popped in, I bought a dozen oysters which I baked with parmesan on top and a couple of lovely crabs (which were huge) and made the best crab cakes ever. Its not a place you can afford to shop every day but great for a treat or an impressive dinner party.