Another few weeks of the year in the books and about about 3 or 4 trips in to get fresh seafood. Need help deciding, the lovely ladies will help you. Need sides? They got it! Before we head home we tend to stock up. read more

Willis Seafood Market - Favorite local seafood market. - Seafood Markets Near Me - Salter Path, North Carolina

Finally made my first visit to the Willis Seafood Market and let me tell you, ABSOLUTELY WORTH THE DRIVE AND MONEY!! This is some of the BEST customer service I've ever experienced. The owners are wonderful and great to talk to and such a friendly atmosphere! Gave my husband and I a feeling of be part of the family. Everything is super fresh! The quality and abundance of the crab, shrimp, and salmon we purchased was amazing and the overall price wasn't bad either. PERFECT 10/10 DEFINITELY RECOMMEND and well worth the drive and money!!! read more

Every time we are on vacation in Emerald Isle, we reserve a day to pick up fresh seafoods especially snow crab legs! They never disappoint! The ladies behind the counter are the friendliest, seafoods are always fresh and the market is clean! Definitely would recommend read more

Willis Seafood Market - Snow crab legs - Seafood Markets Near Me - Salter Path, North Carolina

Freshest seafood, great service with a smile, and fast! Got myself crab legs; steamed!

Bought snapper & scallops on the way home from the beach on Monday. The only way the fish could have been fresher would be if we caught it ourselves. Cooked it tonight! Fantastic. Great slaw & tartar sauce too! Very friendly people too! read more

Vesta and the staff at Willis saved our annual shrimp creole dinner for 40 people. We travel to Emerald Isle every year. My aunt is usually Top Chef for our big mid-week shrimp creole meal. She was unable to join this year, so my cousin and I volunteered to sub in. We were feeling very proud of ourselves. We delegated pre-chopping the vegetables, peeled all the tomatoes, and had all of our spices ready to go. When it was time to start cooking, we realized... NO SHRIMP! We'd forgotten to run out for shrimp. I made a mad drive to Willis about 15min before closing. When I ordered 14lb of peeled and deveined shrimp, they were incredibly kind and found it exactly! They really enjoyed the adventure and story of the whole day. Instead of being on the bad end of an eternal family shrimp creole joke, I know have a fond, funny memory of the night my cousin and I cooked shrimp creole for forty. Thanks Willis! read more

What can we say about the only 7th generation fishing family on Emerald Isle, who not only operate Willis Seafood Market, but also catch the fish they sell. We stopped in on Sunday and have been back everyday now for a week. From the freshly made crab cakes, to the sweetness of the shrimp caught overnight offshore in the local coastal waters, you simply can't beat the taste of their product. Now, for the business element you can't replicate, the friendly family service by family members Beverly and Steve. Satisfaction is their only concern. Probably why so many people on island shop at Willis Seafood. Everything we've eaten this week has been exceptional. Don't be mislead by another business using a similar name. Willis Seafood in Salter Pass should be your first and only stop for fresh, locally caught seafood. Oh, try one of Beverly's homemade Key Lime Pies. I've eaten key lime pie up and down the Carolina coastline and as far south as Key West. This is by far the best tasting key lime pie to have ever passed across my tastebuds. The cocktail sauce and horseradish are exceptional and make it a point to try their famous tartar sauce and cole slaw. Oh boy! They have it all!!! Stop in and meet Steve or Beverly. Trust me when I say this. No finer folks will you find here on Emerald Isle, and you'll leave with a smile on your face. Guaranteed. read more

We love Willis Seafood! This place has the freshest and highest quality fish on the island! The staff are super friendly and helpful and will make recommendations on cooking and serving! The pre-seasoned crab cakes are also SO yummy! read more

We've been coming to Emerald Isle for more than a decade and we ALWAYS come here to buy the seafood ingredients the designated day that my husband and I are cooking. The place is bright and clean. The fish is super high quality and always fresh. Ask for the daily catch when you come here. We have gotten fresh same day caught trigger fish and grouper and made fish tacos. These fish are fleshy and mild. They stand up to the test of the beach house grill. The market also sells a variety of other items like key lime pies, cocktail sauces and lemons and limes to go with your dinner prep. This is a great place! Come here if you are looking for fresh and good seafood! read more

If you are looking for the best fresh seafood look no further. This place is the best! Not only is the boil great...the owner is good ol fashion charm. We have been going there for 9 years and will be going back again next year. ! Don't let the politics of a corrupt mayor detour you from great seafood.! The armed police officer directing traffic is a farce and please don't let him intimidate you from a great experience!! read more

Family business and an annual stop. Friendly. Helpful. Fresh catches. One of those annual stops I always look forward to!

Best & freshest seafood market I have ever visited. Locally owned with great service. Every visit to the Crystal Coast we buy seafood to cook in the condo in which we stay. They remember us from year to year. We also buy seafood to take home. All seafood is fresh & the best quality. The home-made crab cakes are fantastic! The scallops are huge & creamy delicious. I love the flounder, snapper, grouper...actually I love all their seafood. Try it! You will be happy. read more

The fish here is fresh and delicious. Can't tell you how many times my boyfriend said he wasn't a fan of a type of fish, only to be blown away by the taste of it after getting it fresh from this market, with a modest preparation. Snapper and swordfish are new favorites. Grill, salt, old bay, not much to it! As always you can't go wrong with Mahi Mahi or Grouper, oh and scallops! The clams are alive and will move if you touch them. Make sure to get the crab cakes. Best I've had outside of a trip to DC - tons of crab in there and only $10. Everyone who works here is so nice too. read more

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Our absolute favorite place for fresh seafood on the Crystal Coast. We've tried others, and they will do in a pinch, but Willis is the absolute best. This past weekend we went to find a good fish for dinner, and my super-precocious almost 4 year old announced that he wanted Swordfish. They didn't have any. 5 minutes later, the owner is telling us that they're on the phone making sure they will have swordfish for my little guy the next day. It was amazing to head home Wednesday night and cook fish that we knew had been caught Monday. So of COURSE we had to go back for it. And it was fantastic. The shrimp was fresh and sweet (we usually get the large for our low country boil). We sampled their premade crabcakes (pricy but saves you a LOT of work picking through for shells when you make your own) and key lime pie. Both were delicious. Oh, and the slaw was good, too. The staff is kind and fun and experts on local NC seafood. You could not ask for more. read more

I am in love! Besides being the nicest people in the world, there are some things you must try before you die. I know I'm going to get bombarded with thank you's after this little secret gets out. BUY THE CRABCAKES!! Being a coastal girl, I thought I had eaten my share of good crabcakes. Nothing compared to these. Trust me! Forget going out to dinner. For dessert, GET THE KEY LIME PIE! There! You have it. The two best things you'll ever put in your mouth. My job as a foodie is complete! read more

Decent fish market with several locations on the island. Today's selection of while fish was lacking; only three varieties, but there were plenty of filets available. While I'm at the beach, I'd much prefer to buy a whole fish and have it cleaned up so that I can see the how fresh the fish looked rather than rely entirely on smell. However, there were a lot of options for the filets, and there are a lot of fish the are too big to see without carving them up, so I'd recommend you ask questions to determine freshness. Good selection of shrimp, picked and live crab, shucked oysters, etc.. Prices are higher than comparable markets in Swansboro, Cedar Point and Moorehead City, but when you factor in gas and time, it's probably break-even. I recommend you stop there but consider venturing further if you don't find what you need or are suspect of the freshness. read more

Wonderful place to get mostly local, fresh seafood. It's not cheap...but you get what you pay for! We got a bunch of thick, fleshy, delicious looking grouper for about $20/lb. Some others got salmon, which I sure don't think were local, for about $14/lb. They also had swordfish (though was told that's rare), a couple others, tons of shrimp of varying sizes, and a frozen section. We also got some crab cakes out of the fridge which were...okay. Definitely nothing amazing, but still not bad by any means. The people are friendly and eager to recommend cooking styles, so ask away. read more

Another week of awesomely fresh seafood! They had fresh live soft shells (had those 2 nights) and they clean them after you pick out the ones you want. The jumbo shrimp were fresh and locally sourced. The grouper was super fresh, local and huge fillets! Also the tuna was also fresh, local and awesome ahi grade. The owners are super nice and the shop is super clean. Always highly recommend if you plan on cooking fresh seafood while on the coast. read more

We picked up fresh grouper and scallops here this week and they were both delicious! The owners were also really nice and helpful. We'll be going back, for sure. read more

Our favorite fish market on the island!!! Clean, nice and always well stocked. The crab dip is INCREDIBLE!!! Get two - first one goes FAST :)) A MUST on our list when we go to the beach. ****cooking our own food is always so much better than the restaurants! Long waits, high prices - plus they never get it as good as we make it. Stay on the beach LONGER and wave to those folks rushing to go in and get a shower!!! Spend the BEST part of the day out and cook when ya wanna read more

This was a great place to experience some local seafood. They had a good selection to choose from and gave you cooking/grilling advice too!

Best seafood market on the island! We got the snapper and mahi mahi and they were both fresh and delicious. We also got the homemade tarter sauce and it was amazing! read more

I would have given this location 4 to 5 stars if they addressed the issue we had with our shrimp order. We ordered over $200.00 worth of seafood snow crab legs, jumbo shrimp and scallops. . We paid the $4 per lb to have them steam the crab legs and shrimp.The snow crab legs were amazing, they were a great size, fresh, juicy and just delicious. The scallops I prepared at the house and they were fresh as well. The shrimp, lawd someone help them! They were not edible, mushy and overcooked. We called them to inquire about returning them because they will not be consumed and the Manager refused to speak with me. She sent a response saying that she cooked them herself and they were not over cooked. Really lady! They were terrible! We took it as a loss and decided to leave a review because that was not great customer service. read more

We have been visiting Pine Knoll Shores for years and have not stopped by Willis Seafood Market. I wanted to make "True" fresh fish for dinner one night so I stopped in. The owners were friendly and had just filet a pan of flounder (literally the bowl of fins and bones were sitting on the back table I could see them) This was the BEST freshest fish my family has eaten n very long time. Listen- they have a great selection; SUPER fresh fresh fresh fish- don't even bother the grocers around here- Good Prices for what you get! Please try Willis Seafood. We will be buying from them often! Thanks for a great meal! read more

My husband and I stopped in to buy some fresh seafood to cook the same evening. We asked the fishman what he recommended. He asked how we planned on cooking it. Based upon that information, he gave us three recommendations. We ended up getting a huge piece of grouper to share. The fish was extremely fresh! The price was kind of high at $16.95/lb, but the freshness made up for most of the extra price. We'd go back again! read more

Wade Willis Seafood Market is a really good place to get your fresh fish for tonight's diner. They also sell local shrimp, scallops, blue crabs, oysters. Many times they will have shelves of cooking ingredients like "Old Bay", Italian salad dressing, salt & pepper, bread crumbs, cocktail sauce or tarter sauce. If you have a cooler they will offer to fill it with ice for you. The staff is very helpful. read more

Hateful people !!! Will never go here again. 3 of the 4 staff members were extremely rude and cursed me as I was leaving simply because what I bought was inedible and they wouldn't help me at all. read more

Best place on the island to get fresh seafood!!! Worth a stop in to see their collection!

Picked up some fresh Grouper tonight for the grill! It was excellent. I highly recommend this place.

Fresh large selection of seafood, friendly staff. plenty of free , larger spots of parking. Big enough for your truck.

We bought 5lb of crab legs, they were delicious (albeit expensive) but you'd pay much more at a restaurant. Staff were friendly, we will return. BTW, the Anchor Drafthouse next door has great craft beer on tap and the best pizza around. read more

Excellent fresh seafood. Most is caught locally. Shrimp, crabs, mahi, or whatever is running. Prices are reasonable. Employees are knowledgeable. read more

I've been getting my sea food here for many years and it has always been fresh and delicious. Although I did have to take off a star because I was very disappointed with my last trip here... I LOVE the key lime pie! LOVE IT! That's why I was disappointed when I saw the $17 price tag. $17??? When I first discovered this Emerald Isle delicacy they charged no more than $8 for the pie.. the pies are delicious and I did end up forking over the $17... this time... hopefully they will lower the price, if not I'm gonna have to find a similar recipe. read more

Bought several pounds of shrimp and had steamed. Unable to eat and had to throw away. Shrimp was mushy. Tried to work with staff to take back but they would not. Will never go back or recommend to others. These folks are a sham read more

First time in the Emerald Isle area and was really impressed with the quality of the seafood available. I ended up buying shrimp, snapper, scallops, crab cakes and swordfish. All locally sourced. We brought our cooler and they packed it with ice for transport back to Pa. Cooked the swordfish last night and it was the best swordfish steak that my husband and I have ever had, home or restaurants. It had the texture and flavor that shouted really really fresh not frozen. I checked out a couple other seafood markets, but came back to Willis. Yes you are going to pay a little more but it's certainly worth it for the quality. read more

Great quality and selection. They do a precise job with their fillets and remove pin bones. Peeled and deveined shrimp on site is a huge convenience for cooking and cutting down on prep time. read more

Bought 80.00 worth of jumbo shrimp. Paid extra to have steamed. Shrimp was inedible and mushy. I called to tell them and was hung up on 3 times. They do not stand by seafood customers or mistakes read more

We got 4 doz. "no.1 and 2" steamed crabs at Willis Seafood, and steamed spiced shrimp. Maybe their fresh fish is good, but the crabs were all small enough that they probably should have been thrown back. Coming from MD, where there is a minimum size for crabs to be harvested, these were a great disappointment. The shrimp was over cooked & was not spiced. Not worth the price! read more

Fresh shrimp and fish. We've been several times this week. It's always good. They also have seafood prep fixings, key lime pie and nice breads. Prices are a bit on the high side, but that is to be expected at a beach like Emerald Isle. read more

Very nice and clean seafood market! We bought 4 lbs. of the jumbo shrimp for scampi and it was delicious - very fresh - highly recommend this shop and can't wait to go back and shop again! read more