I purchased a Gardenia about five years ago and it flowers from spring to fall. Gardenias are…read moreMogras in India and Jasmines in China. My kids love the Italian meatballs wrapped in a baked dough and the roasted duck. As for my favorite, it's the challah bread pudding. I've tried the fresh seafood - it's good too.

(Citarella has numerous locations (& thus Yelp pages) in NY, but since my online order came from…read morethe Bronx, I chose this page to leave my review.) Citarella, how do I love thee. Let me count the ways! At least let me count the ways from a distance via ordering through your website. Both hubby & I were born & bred on the Long Island, NY, waterfront, & thus both of us have a serious background in catching (or buying) & cooking quality seafood. When we moved to Virginia more than 20 years ago, the lack of same was really our only singular hit of culture shock. Luckily, times have changed, & we can now purchase decent seafood from at least a small number of fairly close venues. And then I happened upon Citarella. Actually, I'd known of Citarella for some time, as they are apparently the only vendor offering "scungilli" (whelk, a close relative of conch), which is an Italian delicacy that - even though I'm not Italian - I was introduced to as a child & have loved ever since. Twenty years ago I was able to purchase it around Xmas time up at the Martin's in Winchester, VA, but no luck since then. When dear husband purchased the Citarella seafood cookbook "Joe Knows Fish" for me this past Xmas, it came with a free shipping certificate for any seafood purchased from the store. Not too shabby if you know what overnight shipping costs these days. So I gleefully purchased 2# of frozen scungilli as well as 1# of fresh Mako shark steaks. Everything arrived beautifully packaged with enough frozen gel packs to momentarily halt global warming. We enjoyed the shark steaks that very night, & they were as fresh & pristine as if we'd caught the fish ourselves. Absolutely delicious! Sliced up a pound of the scungilli the other night & served it true Italian style - in a wonderful zippy red sauce over spaghetti. (I even did a red drip candle thing over a raffia-coated Chianti bottle for true old-style NY Italian restaurant effect - lol!). The scungilli was tender, delicious - wonderful! Fast forward to last week when Citarella sent me a 50%-off-shipping coupon towards my next order - just in time for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Couldn't let that fly by! Ordered a 2# whole Black Sea Bass for delivery yesterday. One gets "butchering" options, & mine was for "cleaned, but head & tail left on". Fish arrived right on time & was perfectly cleaned - completely scaled, all fins removed, gutless. Again - fish looked as if it had just jumped out of the water - clear-eyed, fresh, not a whiff of "fish". Heaven! I steamed that baby last night Chinese-style (for luck in the New Lunar Year), & we devoured every bit. Needless to say, I see more orders for interesting seafood from Citarella heading my way in the future. Yes, I'll still purchase from our favorite local folks - Wegmans in Gainesville & Lobster Maine-ia in Chantilly - but when I want something different or special that's not available locally, Citarella it will be. Yes, prices are high & shipping is abominable, but you do get what you pay for.

I usually go to the Elmhurst branch, but after discovering this location, I decided it was a good…read morechoice to stick here. The prices are the same as at the other location, and parking is much easier. The crowd tends to get heavy in the afternoon, but with patience, you'll get through the wait.

This is their second location in Queens. Their first location is in Elmhurst, and this flushing…read morelocation is huge.... Like more than twice the size of the other one. I came in today for the first time on a Saturday and it's packed with people. But because of how spacious the place is, it doesn't feel suffocating and I didn't want to tackle and elbow people. The other bonus is that the seafood market smell doesn't fill the space, making it pungent for my friend's sensitive nose In Flushing, having parking space is hands down the best thing ever... so that was my Dad's favorite part. And today there's a promotion, if you spend $300 they'll give you a box of moon cakes!! Then they have their Asian attraction of telling you to buy their supermarket gift card and offer $5 in addition to it's value. Con: they're no longer accepting AMEX in both of their supermarket locations

Oh man. Been more than 8 years but we back Dec 24 2025 at 3:30am! Aaah paying 9 bucks for parking…read moreand getting that fishy smell in the parking lot what can be better! Visited almost every shop, everyone was super nice. Alaskan king crab legs were 80 per lb and super colossal stone claws were 38 per lb and bushel crabs 150-200 depending on who you ask. we settled on a 10lb bag of cockles 5.65 per lb from Montauk and a 120 bag of kumamotos $210 from Blue Ribbon. Terrific night just had some kumos with vodka. Enjoy the pics!

It was an amazing experience to visit The New Fulton Fish Market. There is mostly wholesale for…read morerestaurant owners, but a few vendors do sell their seafood individually. The space is really bright and wide inside and there are cars moving around fast, so you should be careful walking on the pedestrian walkway. The market is open from 2am to 7am Monday through Friday. The parking is $7. Be expected to wait in the car for a little bit if you arrive close to 2am. However, the cars do move fast enough to enter the market. We ended up getting scallops, oyster, shrimps and uni. We tried to cook everything the next day and they all tasted very fresh. We will probably visit again soon to try their fish, but firstly we need to find more friends to share with us lol

Great find for us! Tried oysters from all over the world, would love to go back and try their sushi…read morecounter!

The Lobster Place at Chelsea Market has always been a favorite. Recently I went there to have a…read morelobster roll. Was I in for a surprise price wise? What used to cost $19 now is $23. Ouch! Nevertheless I had a lobster roll and it was still delicious. Next time I will have the roll with the soup and the bag of Zappo chips as it's much more value for the amount of money spent. There was plenty of seating available as now it's not as crowded as before the world stopped.

Seafood wholeseller extraordinaire! Take a drive to the new Fulton Fish Market, located in Hunts…read morePoint, Bronx, one of New York City's few remaining seedy neighborhoods. The market is where most of New York City's fish mongers buy their fish. If you had fish in restaurant in New York City, there's an overwhelming chance that the fish was bought at the Fulton FIsh Market. And if the fish is very good, then there's an even better chance it came from Emerald Seafood.

Freshest fish in the world! Tom Flanigan and his employees are amazing! Trustworthy and delicious!read more

I love this supermarket. I rarely stop by here as it is out of my way to come here. But, when I do,…read moreI behave like a little girl in a candy shop. There are so many variation of food. This last time that I went, I got hard to find food products. I got frozen jute leaves for my Haitian friend. I got dried taro leaves for my Filipino co-worker. I myself got: bamboo leaves, frozen banana leaves, frozen bitter leaves, preserved duck eggs, fresh water chestnuts and tons of spices. I bought some meat from the butcher section and the guy sliced the meat up to my request. They have bones for soup. I saw durians, banana flowers, sorrel flowers, two types of bitter melons(the Asians and the Guyanese type), etc etc. They have Mexican products, Indonesian, Thai, Malaysian, Filipino, Indian and of course Chinese products. There is a huge variety of products to make dishes from at least half of the world. It is a typical Chinese grocery store. The aisles are clean and stocked with a lot of items. For example, the noodle aisle is 1/4 full of all types and width of rice noodles. So for those gluten free people, they will think that they are in heaven. They have other types as well. At the time, I was interested in getting noodles to make a few bowls of pho...therefore the bones and meat for it. They also have mushroom oyster sauce for the gluten free people. I digress. Anyways, give this supermarket a try. Don't get deter by the fish market with fishy smell when you walk in. If I were the owner, I would have put the fish shop in the back. BUT, what's done is done. Enjoy!

Shop there often especially for fruits vegetables and Asian produce. Love it!!…read moreIt's an adventure because I get to learn about exotic food. I actually bought a black chicken which I learned is full nutrients. Have fun and enjoy!!

Stopped by this food truck parked in front of the fish market to place an order. It was fresh and…read moredelicious. The ladies in the truck were very friendly the truck appeared to be clean from what I can tell. The prices were very reasonable.

Food: The seafood is average here. We tried the lobster roll and calamari. The lobster roll (comes…read morewith French fries) was quite small and wasn't that impressive. The calamari was good and a pretty big portion. Overall, the seafood truck wasn't anything special and I won't be returning. Service: The staff was very friendly and welcoming. Ambiance: This is a food truck in front of their actual seafood and fish market. There is no seating in front of the food truck, but there is a small ledge attached to the truck where you can stand and eat your food. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this food truck.