One of my fondest childhood memories is going to Tamashiro Market with my dad…read more When we lived in Kalihi, this was our usual spot. And even after we moved, we would still drive out just to come here for the seafood. That's how special it was to us. The reason why he chose Tamashiro over other grocery stores was simple--it was quality and because of my Nanay (grandma). His mom purchased from here and made so many delicious dishes. He knew what to look for, and he trusted this place. For him, it wasn't just about buying food... it was about getting the best for his family. My dad isn't the type to say "I love you." He shows it. One of the biggest ways he showed love was through his cooking. Even after a long day on his feet cooking for others, he would come home and cook for us. That was his way of taking care of us. I loved coming here with him. It was a five-senses overload--the smell of fresh seafood, the sound of people talking story, the colors of fish on display. Back then when you were allowed to sample a grape or poke to make sure it was good before buying. But more than that, it was time with him. I still remember the excitement I felt when I saw the pink building with the huge crab. I thought back then was to look at everything but now I understand that it meant something more..... something special--time with my dad. It's with a sad heart that Tamishiro Market is now closed. Thank you, Tamashiro, for providing quality food and memories for so many years. You were more than a market--you were part of my childhood

Goodbye to another Hawaii landmark! Tamashiro Market is closing its doors on April 30, 2026…read more FPO and I went the Sunday before for one last tour of the legendary fish market. It looked the same as it did the first time I went with my grandfather. I picked up a couple pounds of dry aku for my favorite sister and some tee shirts as memorabilia. It was pretty busy and I expect that will continue until They close. Still, the people were nice and very helpful. I'm really going to miss it!

Cannot beat these prices! Quality & Quantity Easy parking right in Richie's parking lot, steps…read moreaway from the entrance. Always come here for the end cut short ribs 10lb case, 10lb snow crab case, 4lb box shrimp, and case of ribeyes. Sometimes even get bags rice on sale. Text them for their updated menu pricing, their response time is top notch. Store is always clean, ac always cool, and they'll cut open the cases so you can see what you getting before you buy. Been coming here for a few years and these guys will always have my business. Check um out

Very friendly and helpful staff. It's a wholesale to the public place so don't expect atmosphere…read more What you can expect is good prices for crab legs. I had to get crab legs for a party so I checked out an Asian market on Dillingham near the bus transit station. IYKYK. $89/# for size 20 King crab, and they even lock the display case! Too much! TRI Seafood was 10 minutes away so I called. The helpful staff texted me their price list, which was super helpful. Turns out their prices were about half of what the other store was charging. Staff is helpful and efficient. Parking is on Mortis Lane behind their building, or on the street. Bring cash if you want to avoid the 3% credit card surcharge.

The price for the Alaskan claw legs carb cluster is great 90$ for 3# !…read moreTaste is great ! Met a tax lady (Ragasa tax) (about 1 year ago) there , shared with her the goodness and she ended up buying the same thing alongside her original come for little legs . The people , lady and man are great ! The store presentation is great , clean ! I don't have a picture but it's on there website !

Fresh Located in a…read moretypical warehouse fashion is this little office. I don't want to say "shop" because you don't see the product. It's all behind industrial refrigerators. And there's a bell if no one is at the front. Prices are reasonable, actually maybe a tad cheaper than the local supermarkets. I like how the lady at the front asked if I had a cooler. I told her no so she grabbed some extra newspaper and plastic bag to help me hopefully keep the clams cool. And these clams were fresh. How do I know!?!? Because they ALL popped when I cooked them. On their site, is there hours and what they sell. I'm looking a crab legs the next party. Overall four stars. I just wish I could see the items before buying them to save time. Also parking is limited. M

The cases show various cuts of fish: salmon, tuna, and yellowtail. You can only order it by the…read morepound. I ordered a pound of tuna, it was packaged with soy sauce, ginger, and ice. The tuna was delicious and fresh. There is a 3% credit card charge.

Parking is absolutely crazy, so keep this in mind if you are driving. This place is in historic…read moreChina Town, so it might be fun to wander around anyways. This place is supposed to have the better prices, but I discovered that it was pretty compatible to other fish markets in Honolulu. Yes, everything is fresh, and yes, come early!

I called them prior to heading there since I live in Kapolei and they are located in China town. I…read moreasked if they had live Dungenous crab and the lady I spoke to said yes and gave me the price per pound. I got there about an hour or so later, walked in and all I saw was 2 live lobsters, nothing else! The guy that was there told me, oh no we don't have any and we didn't have any today.

Yan Seafood Market is located in Chinatown across Kekaulike Market. It's clean, bright and full of…read moretanks with live seafood. They offer live Dungeness crab, Samoan crab, lobsters, snails, fish, clams, etc. I pass by here all the time but never looked inside. It wasn't till one day Mink was craving Dungeness crab and we couldn't find it anywhere. We looked at Costco (they had but they were already cleaned and all the good stuff was discarded), Richard's Meat Market and a few stalls in Chinatown. Fortunately I remembered this place and we walked there. Sure enough, they had tanks of live Dungeness crab. Customer service was friendly but a little slow. We were the only customers inside when we arrived but couldn't decide on how many to buy. In a blink of an eye, the place was packed and it took awhile to make our purchase. When we were finally helped again, we purchased two live Dungeness crabs. She gave us two huge ones! Cleaning was offered but my dad said it'll taste better to keep them alive till we're about to eat them. We politely declined the cleaning and paid. Bring cash! I was going to pay by credit card but they said cash. They probably don't want to pay processing fees. The crabs were still moving around on the way home and up till the moment we cleaned them. Seeing the crab cleaning in real life vs YouTube is totally different! It was a quick steam and we had our dinner ready. Don't worry, we also picked up take out from Thai Issan to accompany the crab. Mink made some homemade Thai seafood sauce. It was the perfect compliment to the plump and sweet crab meat. Yes, she made something in the kitchen! Thank social media or YouTube! Great discovery in Chinatown and we'll be back the next time we're in the mood for fresh seafood.

TLDR; wonderful shop that will cook any fresh fish you bring them with great service at good prices…read more This restaurant is at the heart of Chinatown in Honolulu. It's actually a stall in a bustling foot court that is also attached to a fish market (they sell local catches). They operate in two ways: 1) you pick a fish from their menu and they either steam or fry it or 2) you give them a fish and based on what it is they will fry or steam it (you can ask them to cook it however you want but they will have recs). The owner is friendly and the food is good -- I'd come again!

Blue Seafood Company really hit the spot with our 1.5 lb red snapper steamed and prawn plate. The…read morefish was fresh, clean-tasting, and steamed just right, while the prawns were tender, flavorful, and a great match for the meal. Portions were generous, and the whole plate felt well balanced without being overly heavy. Simple preparation let the seafood shine, which is exactly what you want when the ingredients are good Service and overall experience made it an easy recommendation, especially if you're craving a solid seafood meal in Honolulu. I'd definitely come back for this again

Nakaochi spicy ahi kit was good. For $13/pound can't go wrong. Fish was nice and fresh. Spicy…read moresauce was good.

We tried Pier 38 Fish Market's quality Prime Beef! We cooked Prime Ribeyes on our Mini Green Egg!…read more It's was a fun little date night meal. We cooked to medium... it was amazing!!! So tender and tasty! (I kinda spiced it up!). We found our place to buy quality beef when we are grilling at home!!! We have a large Green Egg as well, we've ordered their Father's Day box (which looks awesome!) that has a Tomahawk Steak and Filet Mignon AND Lobsters Tails AND gift certificate for the fish market!!! Can't wait !!

Mrs. Lum is a warm and friendly businesswoman and the store is clean with the produce shown to its…read morebest advantage. Highly recommend!

Wow! My brother Trax told me about this place. It's crazy that I've never been since I worked 15…read moreyears in and around Chinatown. Street parking only...went around twice, and just ended up a block up and parked. Took 5 mins or less to walk there, with my cooler in tow. I picked up fresh oysters about 5 bags of 15 cost about $104. The shop has frozen & live fresh options. I didn't look much at the freezer but it looked like there was fish and scallops. In the fresh, there were live crab and lobsters. Mussels clams and oysters. The oysters were so fresh, and tasty didn't taste fishy at all! Will def buy our seafood from here. The gentleman behind the counter was so cute he asked my baby if she wanted a pet lobster lol hahaha!! She said no. Haha. Wish I had more $$$ I'll buy that lobster next time!!

I have fond memories of dinner time while growing up in the heart of Chinatown. My father and…read morepaternal grandmother would shop for groceries on a regular basis in Chinatown as they would check out what's in season and/or what looks good. Many times, they would come home with a whole fresh fish and cook it for dinner. The preferred way of cooking a whole fish is by steaming it and dress it up with julienne green onions and fresh ginger, Chinese parsley with soy sauce and some sesame oil. Last week a group of us celebrated the birthday of 2 February babies at Lagoon Chinese Restaurant near the airport. We have dined there many times and often order their steamed fish fillets where the chefs execute this dish excellently. However, we were celebrating a special occasion, so I wanted to get a whole fresh fish and have the chef prepare it for us. I arrived in Chinatown shortly after 7am and was on the hunt for fresh fish. I was saddened to have witnessed so many empty stalls in Chinatown and found myself coming across just a few places that had fresh fish, one of them being Troy Enterprises (TE). Troy Enterprises started in business around the mid-70's and I do have recollection of my father coming here for whole fish as often I tagged along with him. They are located deep in the C Q Yee Hop Building with neighbors of Lee's Bakery and the New Hong Kong Supermarket. As I grew older and inherited culinary skills by my father and then refined by watching a chef from Hong Kong cook when I helped at my buddy's family restaurant in Chinatown, I learned how to prepare steamed fish. I've cooked whole fish a lot where I prepared it for my family. It's been YEARS since I last purchased a whole fish and TE is still at the same stall location but immediately noticed very few staff working. To be exact, just 2 people, perhaps a husband-and-wife team. Previously, there were easily over 6 staff with a lot of people hovering over the fresh fish checking out to see which one would be best on their dinner table. TE is quite spacious and well organized and clean. I was pleased the area didn't smell fishy when it had a lot of seafood displayed in the area. I was the only customer at that time, so I had free range of checking out their inventory in leisure. I did want a whole fish to be steamed Chinese style, so I was looking for a snapper or UHU (parrot fish). There were just 2 UHU but they weren't appealing to me, so I started to look at their snapper inventory. The male staff showed me a beautiful ONAGA (long tail red snapper) but it was quite large. The dinner was for 9 people, and we usually order an array of dishes and worried that the fish would be too big. I then glanced around and came across a beautiful OPAKAPAKA (pink/crimson snapper) that was slightly smaller than the ONAGA. As a rule of thumb, you check the eyes of the fish to ensure its freshness and after it passed the test, my decision was made. I asked the staff to have it cleaned (gutted and scaled) for me and the female staff rung me up. The OPAKAPAKA was about 2.92 lbs at $18.95/lb and the staff was kind enough to round it down for an even $55. She was kind enough to also include a small bag of ice placed with the fish for me to carry back to my car. I took my prized fish to my part-time job where my colleagues eyed on it and constantly joked with me during my shift. Many kitchen staff commented on how they should prepare it and have it for that day's employee meal. Hahaha.... I brought the fish to me to Lagoon's later that afternoon where I asked the staff to prepare it steamed, Chinese style of green onions, ginger and soy sauce. I ended up ordering 10 dishes that day with the steamed whole fish making it 11 courses. The fish was the las thing to arrive on the table and regardless we didn't have much room left in our stomachs, our table to 9 whacked the OPAKAPAKA with very minimal leftovers. One of our friends surprised us by picking up the tab so I am unaware of what the kitchen fee was to prepare this monster fish. The OPAKAPAKA was indeed fresh and prepared so well that it was worth waking up early and shopping in Chinatown that Saturday morning. Overall, a great reunion of TE where I wouldn't hesitate to come back again. As part of due diligence, it's always great practice to shop around but I'll be sure to stop by TE to see what they have on hand. My OPAKAPAKA may have costed pretty pennies, but the money was well spent. I am already looking forward to coming back to TE to get a whole fish and have Lagoon's prepare it for my family as they love steamed fish, as well as picking up some fresh seabass to make Chinese style sashimi that my father often made for us.

I've been marketing for fresh fish at Troy Enterprise in Chinatown as I've always found them to…read morebring in fresh daily catches. They have a good selection of locally caught fish, provide quick service (they'll efficiently clean, gut, bone or fillet your purchase) and are reasonably priced. CASH IS KING so make sure you bring your "ke kālā" (money). Recently, when we were invited to a family potluck dinner, our nephew specifically asked me to prepare a Chinese-style steamed whole fish. So, I went out to Troy Enterprise at its opening hour (7:00AM) just so that I could assure myself and family of a fish worthy of the occasion. My husband and I arrived at 7AM sharp and found their door was already open and a crowd had gathered in front of the fresh catches. I paced the displays to see which type and size of fish would be best for steaming. My Chinese family has always relied on kūmū (goatfish), opakapaka (pink snapper) or uku (gray snapper). I didn't see any kūmū but my eyes zeroed in on the opakapaka. As I donned a pair of disposable gloves to select my fish, I "eyeball estimated" a 2 - 3 pound fish. I picked an opakapaka then handed it to one of the workers who weighed it (2.52 pounds) as I told him I wanted the fish cleaned. He told me how much my fish cost, we paid him and he gave me a claim number. The worker took my fish over to the cleaning station and we waited for our fish. While we waited, another fishmonger cleared an area in the display and dumped in a batch of kūmū(goatfish). There were other Chinese shoppers who swooped in for the kūmū . I started to wish that I had waited a few minutes before selecting my fish. But, just then, my claim number was called and I collected my fish. We left happy with our pink snapper and thought to ourselves, ah, next time. We'll be back!

One stop shop for Poke bowls and more! As it's a grocery shop, you could even go for their hot bar…read moreor buy the prepackaged foods they offered beyond the poke bar, which was obviously the crowd pleaser. The line was indeed long but moved super quick. The system's you picked your number and waited to get called before you could make your order. Plus point, you could sample before deciding and it's super helpful given the huge variety. Plenty of seats to dine right after paying so you literally had your food fresh. We got the Wasabi and Spicy Ahi with additional wakame (seaweed), avocado, fried garlic, and wasabi sauce. The portion was certainly filling, the fish was fresh and all the sauce was so flavorful. Certainly a must-have one when visiting Oahu!!

We usually come to Foodland when we visit Oahu. On this trip we did and I was a bit put off. It was…read moreFriday early evening and there was a ton of folks in there. Tourist and local folks too. Friday's is their $6 daily special. Many prepacked food items for $6. A great price and since they have a huge selection you can't go wrong. BUT the crowds! OMG! I saw a guy grabbing some food and eating it in the store. We did not get anything this time but you can depend on the poke and fresh food options. There's a wine bar inside and bakery. All kinds of food and drink items savory and sweet. Anyway maybe go on other days besides Friday to get the best ambiance but pay a bit more for the to go foods