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Fish Shack

3.9 (676 reviews)
ModerateSeafood
Closed 10:30 am - 10:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Happy hour specials
Good for kids

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Jason G.

This falls into the category of how have I never reviewed Fish Shack? I have eaten here perhaps more than any other place in DFW. I eat here weekly for around 20 years. Only reason that I even noticed I had not reviewed was I went to see if anyone had reviewed the Italian Beef sandwich and saw I had not reviewed. Anyway, I have eaten lots of catfish...best in Texas I have found - all catfish from USA. My wife always gets the fish tacos. Always. I have had super fresh shrimp cocktails, grilled fish (depending if I am dieting or not). They have a ketchup and horseradish bar to make your own custom cocktail sauce. This is not a place where you go because you are trying to impress people because of some fancy ambience but if you want to impress because you knew the best seafood restaurant in Dallas, well, you have found the place!!

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Marianne C.

I finally have arrived! This place may have been my very first bookmark here on Yelp even before making reviews seriously. I have heard of their happy hour but I was craving seriously for fried fish. I made it appoint today that I'm getting catfish but never really planned on coming here. Lo and behold, my fried brain brought me here by accident and cannot be more excited to see that their parking lot isn't full which means there not much wait inside. Once you walk in, it's a true fish shack in there. The decor, the smell, and the vibe. Ordered their famous shrimp cocktail and the fish I have been dying for to eat since this morning. Took care of my cravings and can't wait to come back for more.

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Walter W.

Excellent place for fried catfish, shrimp, and oysters. Menu has grilled options too. Nice conversion of old Captain D's restaurant. Authentic recipes and good service. Loyal clientele proves it's a winner. Near downtown Plano and Central Expressway. It could be located on the beach and gives you that feel.

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Matthew S.

The food is excellent. The service is excellent the deep fried shrimp and the deep fried grouper you tell them to cut it in small baby trunks. They turned out like butter. The oysters are fresh. The fries all in all if I could put more stars, I would highly recommend.

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26 days ago

Food is great when they were in Richardson. I've never tried this location. I will be ordering from this location.

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1 month ago

Crab cakes were terrible. Flat as a sausage patty. Stick with the catfish. Beer was cold and they were busy.

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Amazing ambience and fried seafood. Fried baskets are the best in DFW. Great atmosphere cozy vibes

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2 months ago

Excellent!!! Best fish in Dallas by far. Definitely a ten in my book and highly recommended

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7 months ago

Food and service are awesome. My go to is the catfish and shrimp platter with coleslaw. The gumbo is also very good.

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9 months ago

Our entrees tasted excellent. The staff was cordial. The restaurant was limited in space but well-kept. I would recommend this spot.

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1 year ago

Always good food at Fish Shack. I come here regularly. Once you try it , you're hooked!

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1 year ago

This location doesn't pick up the phone for orders (always busy). And... they're not on UberEats/Doordash, etc...

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This was only our 2nd time here and I am not sure why... I have a feeling #3 wont be far behind…read more The food is fantastic. Period. I am not a big fish person and hubby loves something fried so a healthy fishy meal isn't our first go to, but we went outside our normal tonight. And we left so satisfied. For apps, the mac and cheese bites with crab. This should feel heavy but it doesn't. Moist and full of flavor. We did the crab fingers (special on the black board... pay attention to the specials they are fire). Tons of crab for the price and the chowder type sauce was so good. I just wish I had more bread to soak it up. Dinner was the tuna with mango sauce. I got mine rare and it was perfectly cooked. The filet was well seasoned and the sauce complimented it well. Large portion of tuna. He got the special (do not sleep on the black board) flounder stuffed with crab and shrimp. Absolutely amazing. I have never ever ordered flounder before but I guarantee ill order it if we return and its a special. Service was fast snd everyone was attentive. Cant wait until we go back.

This place has been highly recommended with rave reviews, but unfortunately, the food did not live…read moreup to the expectations. Our server was very attentive and welcoming! The menu pricing is fair given its seafood but not super affordable either. We started with the Oysters Rockefeller. The oysters were massive! However, I wasn't really a fan of the sauce, and especially not the lettuce. Because the dish was served hot, the lettuce was soggy and impacted both the texture and taste of the overall dish. The best thing, in my opinion, were the Mac and cheese crab cakes. A truly genius combination. Lastly, the fried catfish was just okay. It was kind of bland but not super crispy either. The portion is really big though. The fries on the side were soggy too and could have spent a couple more minutes in the frier.

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We heard about this place & since we were in the area so tried it for lunch…read more.. We were seated immediately near the kitchen. Rolando was our server he was attentive & gave us good service. We ordered cioppino & rainbow trout grilled with mashed potatoes & corn as our sides. Trout was finely prepared nicely grilled & seasoned. Loved the corn with chipotle seasoning it went very well with the fish & potatoes were good. But Cioppino was not how it's usually prepared the broth seemed very light , seasoning was not up to the mark & the mussels were ok ... had better mussels in other places... it's a seafood place so we were expecting nice juicy mussels but the meat in clams & mussels were extremely small.... That was a let down... we did take the leftover broth to have it later but it didn't tasted good ( turned very sour) so threw it away... Maybe it was one of the off day but we felt disappointed... will try something else if we visit again.

We went in to some rave reviews of this place. Unfortunately the place did not stand up to the…read moreonline hype. From the Off-putting odor that hits you as you enter the premise to the rather dull interiors, the place did not create any excitement. Seating though ample was kinda weird with booths available to the end of the restaurant, which seemed rather dark and uninviting. The service by Rolando was friendly and courteous which was the saving grace. The Cioppino seemed more like a tomato broth in taste and looks with some seafood thrown in. Lacked the flavors and odors of a great dish that it could have been. Seafood added to it while fresh did not seem to be of great quality. The grilled swordfish with whipped potatoes and corn was good. Will come back if there are no other options

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I've wanted to check out this place since I always drive by it. I ended up ordering the shrimp…read morepo'boy with a side of Cajun fries. The shrimp lacked flavor and the fries were nothing special. I was not impressed with the po'boy, but maybe, I need to try to seafood boil in a bag. This place was just okay to me. I'll have to try something else as I was not impressed.

Ever been hangry but can't figure out what to stuff in your belly? That's me tonight on a Tuesday…read more I ended up here and, honestly, I don't know that I'd go back. I got a small gumbo and catfish nuggets at 6.99 each. Even though they have a sign on the door for drink specials, apparently they didn't last more than like two months because they aren't offering that anymore. So I just asked for a water cup. 15.12 and you order at the counter and get your own drink. The water button on the soda machine sticks, so prepare for it to run for like a full 45 seconds before it magically unsticks. Gumbo came out in about ten minutes, but weirdly wasn't hot. Catfish nuggets came out about ten minutes after that (weird since they are both apps) and I asked for my soup to be reheated. I tried a nugget and it was ok, but there's like zero seasoning on them. Bland as my last tinder date people. For a place that touts New Orleans in the name, there's no creole/cajun influence here. Everything was just bland, especially the gumbo. By the way, he took it to reheat and by the time he returned it (14 min later) I needed to leave. He was nice enough to give me a lid and bag though. Service was ok, but there's like one guy and when he disappeared it was for ten minutes. I don't know if he was having to cook it or what but it made service slow. I've visited three times now and feel a three is appropriate. It's fine if you aren't looking for what the name implies.

Fish Shack - seafood - Updated May 2026

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