Picked up half a pound each of ahi poke and salmon poke from 88 Fresh Fish Market for $48 before…read moretax. Both were excellent--the fish was fresh with a rich texture. Solid local fish market, and I'm looking forward to trying one of their sashimi platters.

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.

This is the spot for fresh and live oysters. They have many other seafood products but I always get…read morethe oysters from here! The small kusshi oysters are so good raw and great for beginner oyster eaters. The larger goose point oysters are great for grilling, preferred over raw. The online ordering is easy and the pick up is organized. Convenient location in town.

It's pricey, but better prices than retail. They have a large selection and usually have what I…read morewant. It was a bit difficult to find the first time, but once you know, it is easy.

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!

Two days ago we phoned them after seeing a news story about the glut of fish since so many…read morerestaurants were closed. We ordered 5 pounds of sashimi grade ahi #5 for 7.50 a pound and 10 pounds of cooking ahi for 3.50 a pound. It took about 2 hours for them to prepare our order and when my son went to pick up there were a few people waiting in cars for their orders. The sashimi was melt in your mouth tender and we made some poke too. We cut up the whole fillet into steaks and froze them. I am not sure if they will continue to have fish in the future but the quality was excellent.

This place reeks of seafood and not exactly in a good way. If and when you decide to get your…read moreseafood from here, make sure you have car air freshener and consider plugging your nose with something. That being said, this might be the cheapest place on the island to get good seafood. Some friends invited my family to a bbq party, so we decided to buy a few dozen oysters. Grilled oysters? Yummmmm! For about $40, we got 36 goose point oysters (the same ones served at maguro bros in Chinatown!). They're pre shucked, but still in the shell. Technology is pretty awesome! We dressed them with champagne cheese sauce and they were absolutely perfect! Not too big, not too small and amazingly fresh! I've also gotten great salmon here at wholesale price! I highly recommend this place, especially if you plan to feed a lot of people seafood!

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.

My go to spot for frozen crabs legs. The family is nice and informative. Major holidays expect a…read moreline the days prior. Never had any issues with quality.

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 Hawaii Fish Auction tour lead by the Hawaii Seafood Council was a living, breathing educational…read moreexperience. We witnessed the journey of Hawaii seafood, from the unloading of a boat tied up to the dock at Pier 38 to the auction competition inside between restaurants and retail markets as they bid on the different varieties of Ahi. Gaining a gratitude and appreciation for the food that we eat and the people who bring it to our tables. The Honolulu Fish Auction, the only fresh tuna auction in the United States, offers a taste of Hawaii not found on any menu, a reminder that the food we eat is a story worth remembering.

If you're a poke or fish lover this tour is for you! Find out where the fish you're eating on the…read moreisland is coming from and how it's auctioned off before it lands on your plate. This tour was so informative and interesting to see all the types of fish. Our tour guide was an expert in his field which was very impressive and you could tell he was passionate about it. He recommended places to try poke that's bought right from the fish auction which we did try and was amazing. This is such a unique experience in Hawaii and I would highly recommend!

Hung Hang Seafood Market, is a tiny store on Kekaulike St. Look for the fish tank, various plants…read moreand fruits that displayed out in front. Adjacent to Papa's Cafe. Hung Hang has a small assortment of fresh fish, seafood, and fresh made fish cake. I am only here for the fish cake, when my mom needs me to pick up fish cake, usually when she does a bittermelon harvest. I look forward to the refreshing stuffed bittermelon soup. Thanks @ my momma for all your hard work! After getting the memo from my mom, this is the only reason to make a stop at Hung Hang, to purchase fish cake. There are 2 types of fish cake, I usually get the one that's lower price one. Either $7.95 or $10.95 per pound. Their fish cake is fresh and although I miss the business that my mom, used to buy fishcake from, during small kid time at Oahu Market, the one at Hung Hang will do. Hung Hang is a really tiny store and although it does look messy and clutter, I am only in and out of there in less than 10 minutes, and always for the fish cake. The owner is nice, but sometimes I don't think she understands me. Cash only or EBT cards. There are plants for sale, out front which I believe belongs to the owner's mom, but my opinion, it is on the pricey side. All in all, Hung Hang is a convenient stop for me when my mom gives me the memo for fish cake, I will be back again! Check out Hung Hang Market if you are in need of fish cake, fresh fish, and seafood!

Sometimes you're lucky when sent on a "salmon" hunt (not to be confused with goose hunt). At times…read moreI'm given such special tasks of ingredients so I check out who has what in Chinatown. Yes, it's true that the early bird gets the worm. And at other times it's who can find that gem. Recently I was asked to find salmon. Most would either think of Costco or Sam's Club. In Chinatown there are a handful of fresh fish and seafood stalls but one afternoon I could only find copper salmon fillets or salmon scraps. Copper salmon to me is too lean and therefore dry easily and less tasty. I was running out of hope until I came across Hung Hang Seafood Market (HHSM). Located just a few stores down from Sun Chong Grocery on Hotel St, HHSM is a very small seafood stall offering fresh fish (including live fish), other seafood and fresh house-made Chinese fish cake. This business is very small with minimal one or two staff to assist you. English is understood here but it was easier to use my Chinese speaking skills. Twice I've purchased King salmon here and both times were fantastic. Fresh fish with great marbling enabled tasty meals enjoyed by all. We marinated the salmon and cooked them in foil with fresh mushrooms. Yummo!!! I've also seen other live fish and reptiles here that's meant at pets for sale. I also noticed house salted fresh duck eggs for sale, too. Although HHSM may be difficult to find, I found both occasions a great place for fresh King salmon so if this is what you're looking for, walk over to the Makai side of Hotel St, just a few doors down from Sun Chong Grocery. 2018 #15