Best seafood
YOUR PICKS
You say, “I love Atlanta Fish Market, the menu is really simple and really relies on the freshest fish.”
3) Spondivits Seafood & Steaks
OUR PICKS
1) C & S Seafood and Oyster Bar
Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, “For a landlocked city like Atlanta, a classic fish house is a refreshing change from the usual steak-and-sushi gig, and C & S proves its mettle when it comes to making simple preparations — broiled or chargrilled fish, elegant but simply prepared with sides of roasted fingerling potatoes and haricot verts — into big, bold plates of beauty.”
2) Kyma
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328 comments Add your comment
mel
October 5th, 2009
12:37 pm
Six Feet Under, Memorial Drive location has the BEST seafood. It reminds me of a low key Florida fish house!
Elle
October 5th, 2009
12:55 pm
Enter your comments here Legals Seafood is the best. Growing up in Massachusetts spoils you with wonderful choices from the ocean. Here in Atlanta, you can only get clams with bellies at Legals, and the steamed little necks with a 2 lb. steamed sweet Lobster, is heaven. It reminds me of home.
Terri
October 5th, 2009
2:01 pm
Six feet under has slipped! Service has slipped! Drinks have slipped! I heard there was one near Roswell?
Sara
October 5th, 2009
2:16 pm
Fontaine’s
name deleted
October 5th, 2009
2:19 pm
Pappadueax’s is by far the best seafood joint in the A. Yeah so what its a franchise before you MOM & POP lovers come in here bashing. But really food does suck in Atlanta. I don’t care for SIX FEET under because they do not season the food. Not heavy seasoning but please add flavor to the cuisine.
An honorable mention also goes out to BAY BREEZE on Veteran’s Memorial in Mableton. Great!! Its more of country fried seafood.
Russell
October 5th, 2009
2:27 pm
Enter your comments here Marietta Fish Market Great Food & Plenty Of It You Will Not Leave Hungry
jg
October 5th, 2009
2:59 pm
I agree with Elle – anyone from Boston knows the only way to eat a fried clam is with the belly!! I say Legal Seafood
whodean
October 5th, 2009
4:27 pm
Atlanta Fish Market, an old stand by but always have fresh options available.
EJR
October 5th, 2009
4:30 pm
Legal Seafood and Atlanta Fish Market.
Razor
October 5th, 2009
4:30 pm
@whodean. + 1 Atlanta Fish market.
Rose M Lee
October 5th, 2009
4:32 pm
The best place here compared to N.O. cajun style seafood here is Gumbeaux in Douglasville, the wait maybe long but MAN……..the wait is so worth it and it’s not expensive. Depeaux located in downtown Decatur is good also. They have a drink there called hurricane and it goes from level 1 to 5, it’s really go.
mary barnett
October 5th, 2009
4:36 pm
Atlanta Fish Market…always good
Tyler Pike
October 5th, 2009
4:40 pm
My dad makes Shrimp-B-Q that is glorious. His vinegar based Cajun Seafood Sauce just compliments the hours spent preparing the meat and shrimp to perfection. Now while technically his dish is ‘Shrimp-B-Q’, he likes to call it ‘Butt-down-B-Q’. Reason being is that once you eat some of it, you’ll sit your butt down and you ain’t movin the rest of the afternoon.
Seamus
October 5th, 2009
4:41 pm
Six Feet Under – 11th Street (betweenHowell Mill and Northside Drive)
SteamHouse Lounge – 1051 West Peachtree Street ($10 crablegs on Mondays)
Amber
October 5th, 2009
4:46 pm
Alfredos on Cheshire Bridge Road…Yes, it’s Italian and it has the best seafood.
FLOTOWN JACK
October 5th, 2009
4:47 pm
Enter your comments here
Atlanta Fish Market, although oprtion size is slipping.
Kyma-incredible seafood in a surreally great atomosphere
GA Girl
October 5th, 2009
4:48 pm
Steamhouse on 11th and West Peachtree has caught my attention. Especially on Wednesdays – $5 for a dozen of oysters. The crab legs are also delicious.
Egger
October 5th, 2009
4:49 pm
Legal Seafoods is fantastic but for a quaint, neighborhood experience Wahoo in Decatur is the best. Great shrimp and grits, scallops piccata and of course, Wahoo!
Jesse
October 5th, 2009
4:50 pm
Alfredos on Cheshire Bridge Road.
spence
October 5th, 2009
4:52 pm
Anybody remember Herren’s?
Bill
October 5th, 2009
4:55 pm
Well, I know now for certain that R & M is the best sandwich in Atlanta if their only competition is on those lists. What a joke.
J
October 5th, 2009
4:59 pm
Pappadeaux
SMH
October 5th, 2009
4:59 pm
Fontaines in Va-Highlands
MOm
October 5th, 2009
5:04 pm
My house. I make terrific Sauteed Red Snapper with homemade tartar sauce. Yummy!
George
October 5th, 2009
5:04 pm
I like the filet of fish at McDonalds.
Sara
October 5th, 2009
5:07 pm
What is the definition of “seafood” here…to buy, I would go with Star Provisions–their seafood is always excellent! For yummy, Southern seafood-Six Feet Under. For sushi (that is seafood too)!, MF (Midtown).
snb
October 5th, 2009
5:10 pm
Nathalie’s Fish House in Decatur
Lynn
October 5th, 2009
5:11 pm
Legal Seafood is not all that great. Skipjacks in Boston beats Legal Seafood any day (and the chowder is the best I’ve had anywhere in years). I miss the old Apple Grove Inn in Medina, NY – best fish fry (if anyone remembers them!) anywhere. People came from miles around on Friday nights. Here in Atlanta, sadly I haven’t really found a good seafood – Atlanta Seafood is probably the best, but it’s not like being up in MA, NY, RI, etc.
2 name deleted
October 5th, 2009
5:12 pm
TO [name deleted]…. ARE YOU SURE YOU DON’T WANT TO ADD BAHAMA BREEZE IN THERE?
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CB
October 5th, 2009
5:25 pm
Atlantic Seafood on Mansell has outstanding seafood.
Debbie
October 5th, 2009
5:27 pm
Kyma – overall (the grilled octopus is wonderful). The mussels at La Grotta are worth the trip alone, ditto the seafood risotto at Sotto Sotto.
ginn
October 5th, 2009
5:32 pm
Enter your comments here
Pappadeaux’s, I love that place. Got to try Atl fish Market and Legal’s too.
Phillip
October 5th, 2009
5:33 pm
Upscale – Fish Market
Down an Dirty – Spondivits
Chip
October 5th, 2009
5:34 pm
Six Feet Under though getting raw oysters standing at the oyster bar up front are amazing. I know these are restaurants but if your cooking seafood at home, Your DeKalb Farmers Market has some of the best seafood in town.
hrh
October 5th, 2009
5:46 pm
It’s a tie for me. Legal Seafood downtown and Oceanaire Seafood in Midtown.
Seamus
October 5th, 2009
5:48 pm
@ Mom
Can I dine at your house tonight?
kkk
October 5th, 2009
6:04 pm
Food 101 Roswell Rd has the best Sea Bass in town
mark
October 5th, 2009
6:15 pm
C&S Seafood on Northside Pkwy at the Chattahoochee near Vinings is expensive but worth it. It has the feel of a small NYC seafood restaurant, similar to what you would find in the heart of Manhattan – excellent, fresh fish.
Kyma is excellent as well. The seafood at Oceannaire is good, but the restaurant itself is too cold, too cavernous and too expensive. And the patrons are definitely there to see and be seen – more interested in impressing themselves rather than caring about the food.
SonnyAtl
October 5th, 2009
6:16 pm
Go Try Marietta Seafood Market, Its Pretty New, So You Might Not Have Heard About It. Its The Same People That Own The Marietta Diner On Cobb Pky. You Will Not Be Dissapointed. And If You Like Fried Ask The Owner Gus About The Gypsy Platter. It’s The Best In Atl.
DD
October 5th, 2009
6:24 pm
1. Papadeaux’s
2. Sea Breeze in Douglasville/Bay Breeze in Mableton
Bub
October 5th, 2009
6:31 pm
The Red Snapper on Cheshire Bridge
Hungery
October 5th, 2009
6:35 pm
I do feel sorry for everyone who has not been to the Oster Cafe in Kennesaw, I’ve been to most of the above mentioned establishments several times because they were more conviently located at the time, but after sampling Oster Cafe they are a let down.
OYSTERS RULE !!!
Jack
October 5th, 2009
6:39 pm
Marietta Seafood,,,, Great food,,,great portions,,,, great price,,,,,,Owned by the same group that owns Marietta Diner,,so quality is beyond question,,,,, LOVE IT
gw
October 5th, 2009
7:57 pm
Gotta go with Papadeaux. Great food, great service, reasonable prices.
atlgator
October 5th, 2009
8:00 pm
Amazing you let someone using the name”name deleted” post comments. Oh well, guess the AJC is juust going along with the trashiness of the rest of
U.S. society. It’s Legal..almlost forgot.
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Bobby Earl
October 5th, 2009
8:58 pm
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Bumble Bee Sardines, on a saltine cracker.
pisces
October 5th, 2009
9:14 pm
Good seafood, reasonable prices and good service…Nathalies Fish house in Decatur.
Next notch up in all categories…Wahoo in Decatur.
Top of the line…Atlanta Fish Market.
Legal Seafood is overrated and not at all like its Boston parent.
cp
October 6th, 2009
4:38 am
Love, love, love Atlantic Seafood! It’s like Fish Market, but with good service. The dining room is starting to look a bit shoddy, but the food is still delicious.
George
October 6th, 2009
5:02 am
Quality, Service, Dollar… The Palm Restuarant. Hands down… Best Lobster in the City, Then Legal Seafood….In the ole days it was “The Crab Basket” in Stone Mountain. Best Blue Crabs in town…All you can eat for one price…”Valleys Steakhouse” also was great on the southside, near the airport. they had 2 for 1 lobsters..
easybrezey
October 6th, 2009
5:24 am
Atlanta Fish Market hands down. For quick and dirty Fish Supreme.
Stan
October 6th, 2009
5:26 am
Enter your comments here
Anyone who puts barbeque on seafood needs professional help
Vonnerae
October 6th, 2009
5:39 am
remember the good ole’ days at the Crab House in Midtown!
Leroy The Magnificent
October 6th, 2009
5:51 am
Spondivits – order a dozen oysters, cold beer and 3 shots tequila. You will be happy till them dam oysters kill you like that lady died there 2 years ago
Nanette
October 6th, 2009
6:13 am
Marietta Fish Market….hands down, none better. Fresh Seafood, Chef Specials, Great Service, Great Atmosphere. The fresh baked bread with cream cheese is awesome. No matter what you order you can’t go wrong.
Becky
October 6th, 2009
6:21 am
I still miss Shells (in Sandy Springs). Some raw oysters, a big plate of cold boiled shrimp, an ice-cold beer and playing Bimini Hook…just fabulous.
David
October 6th, 2009
6:46 am
Definitely not Six Feet Under. I agree with the above person that said the food and service had slipped. Last time I was there the staff was more interested in chatting up each other than helping anyone.
Alfredo’s does have an excellent sea bass.
Fontaines and atlanta fish company
October 6th, 2009
6:52 am
Enter your comments here
NothinbutFish
October 6th, 2009
6:57 am
I bring my son-in-law down from the Cape for the winter to do mine. He owns Baxters in Hyannis and after 4 generations they know how to do it right! I have been trying to get him to open one in ATL but thus far no go……
Big Daddy
October 6th, 2009
6:59 am
To me Legal Seafood is one step above Red Lobster. Of the chain restaurants McCormick & Schmidts is much better. For stand alone business where you would take the family, the Atlanta Fish Market is the best. For the great evening out Kyma’s is the place to go. If I had to only pick one, it would be the Atlanta Fish Market. And, [name deleted], if the food sucks in Atlanta, why don’t you leave. You are taking up the space and air of someone who wants to be here.
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Filet-O-Fish
October 6th, 2009
7:07 am
Nominating chain restaurant – Check!
Making fun of nominating chain restaurant – Check!
Nominating ‘Up North’ restaurant because nothing is good in Atlanta – Check!
Nominating ‘my momma’s home-made something or other’ – Check!
I believe all we’re missing is making fun of an ‘Outside The Perimeter’ choice and we’re done!
From south Cobb Co
October 6th, 2009
7:10 am
Bay Breeze in Mableton is great, service is fast and food is fresh.
Anonymous
October 6th, 2009
7:14 am
1) Sushi – MF Sushibar in Midtown
2) Dover Sole – Chops/Lobster Bar in Buckhead
3) Fried Lobster Tail – Pano’s & Paul’s (also available @ Chops/Lobster Bar)
4) General – Atlanta Fish Market in Buckhead
5) General – Oceanaire in Midtown
DecaturNative
October 6th, 2009
7:15 am
If you just want to eat seafood get a good drink….Spondivits….If you’re after a little more Atlanta Fish Market will always pass the test!
Kev
October 6th, 2009
7:16 am
Atlanta Highway Seafood Market in Gainesville is some of the best seafood I’ve ever had. Good price too.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/atlanta-seafood-market-gainesville
M. Poster
October 6th, 2009
7:23 am
Long John Silver’s two piece fried fish with tartar sauce is nummy, nummy in my tummy.
Pat
October 6th, 2009
7:25 am
For the best cajun seafood, there’s a little restaurant in a strip mall/ gas station near Gwinnett Place Mall. The owners have a shrimp boat in Louisiana and that’s where I go when crawfish is in season. Awesome, and it’s the closest I’ll get to Louisiana cooking if I can’t have my mom’s. Other than that, ATL is lacking in seafood.
Joan
October 6th, 2009
7:27 am
I say Legal Seafoods
Clappdb
October 6th, 2009
7:28 am
Dantanna’s Buckhead has the freshest, most creative and best seafood!
Large Mouth Bass
October 6th, 2009
7:31 am
Captin D’s and Red Lobster.
Sheba
October 6th, 2009
7:31 am
for the price you cannot beat Captain D’s
Fred
October 6th, 2009
7:34 am
Oyster Barn in Lilburn and Fisherman’s Catch on 78 in Stone Mountain/Snellville. Nothing fancy at either one but good eating!
Scott in Marietta
October 6th, 2009
7:37 am
Take my word for it – Marietta Fish Market is HORRENDOUS. Some of the worst seafood I’ve ever eaten. Go at your own peril.
My favorites – Atlanta Fish Market, Kyma, Hashiguchi, MF and MF Buckhead, Ray’s on the River, New Paradise, Canoe (please reopen soon!), Bacchanalia, Aria, others that don’t immediately come to my sleepy mind
Che`
October 6th, 2009
7:38 am
I’ve been living in Metro ATL since 2002 (from Gwinnett, now in Douglas County) and been to many seafood restaurants. I must say that Gumbeaux in Douglasville and Atlantic Fish Market in Alpharetta are the best in the area….my opinion
angela
October 6th, 2009
7:45 am
No where here in Georgia! I am from Louisiana and I have not found any place here in Georgia that even comes close to the way we cook our seafood. We just stay home and cook it outdoors on our burner!
boil crabs,corn, turkey necks, fried fish, shrimp and a cold budweiser to wash it down!
KC
October 6th, 2009
7:46 am
Kyma and the Atlanta Fish Market!!!
J.R.
October 6th, 2009
7:51 am
#1 The Oceanaire Seafood Room in midtown.
#2 Ray’s on the River.
jammin
October 6th, 2009
7:52 am
The Last Catch in Jasper, GA Amazing Oysters Rockefeller. The fish is awesome and the best gulf coast shrimp I’ve ever had. The owners Kim and Jim are Charelston natives and have truely brought the coast to the mountains. Definately worth a roadtrip! They have a website http://www.lastcatchseafood.com.
GS
October 6th, 2009
7:52 am
The Crab Shack on Tybee Island. Why stay in Atlanta?
Bitter EX democrackkk
October 6th, 2009
7:54 am
it used to be a known fact that the Colonnade on Cheshire Bridge had the best fried shrimp in town, but Ive not been there in a while…
kaye
October 6th, 2009
7:56 am
Supreme Fish throughout Metro Atlanta.
Reign
October 6th, 2009
7:57 am
I’ve been in Atlanta for 15 years and I don’t find very many places to eat great food. I’m actually disappointed because I thought there would be good food all over Atlanta, for some reason. I love seafood and I guess I’d have to say the Fish Market in Buckhead is the best! I haven’t been there in years though, but when I use to go, it was awesome! I do like Spondivitis
AJ
October 6th, 2009
8:01 am
Becky, Thanks for the SHELLS reminder in Sandy Springs. Great Food!!
Most of you folks are laughable. You go sit down somewhere with white tablecloths and pay $25 for a piece of fish?!? HA HA!!
Seafood is best eaten in your shorts and flip-flops with good friends!!
Lou
October 6th, 2009
8:02 am
Atlanta Seafood and Aquanox both have great seafood. Anyone else been to Aquanox in Buckhead on Peachtree?
Sammich
October 6th, 2009
8:02 am
For fried seafood, I have to agree with Hungery on the Oyster Cafe…but I liked it better before the old hole-in-the-wall location burned down. It was called Oyster King back then and the food seemed just a little tastier and the beer a little colder. I’m also a big fan of the Kennebunkport chowder at Spondivits on Virginia Ave near the airport.
mm
October 6th, 2009
8:03 am
How could ANYONE say Spondivits? That place is the nastiest restaurant I have ever been in, not to mention they killed that lady with their oysters. And then the health dept. came in an gave them a score so low they had to shut down in the middle of service!! So nasty!
Terri
October 6th, 2009
8:05 am
I love reading these comments
LT
October 6th, 2009
8:06 am
@ Filet-O-Fish – LOL!
1)Atlantic Seafood for pricier fare
2)Pappadeaux for enormous portions of really good seafood
Sorry, but don’t really get the obsession w/ The Atlanta Fish Market. Been there once, likely will never return. So-so food & service, IMHO.
N-GA
October 6th, 2009
8:06 am
Legal Seafood is really, really great terrific. Their whole-bellied fried clams ROCK!
On the casual side, the Steamhouse Lounge combines atmosphere, COLD beer and fresh oysters without breaking the bank.
zach
October 6th, 2009
8:06 am
C and S oyster bar in the vinings , off the chain
Lou
October 6th, 2009
8:06 am
EEk!!!!!!!!!
Lou
October 6th, 2009
8:06 am
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Bill
October 6th, 2009
8:10 am
Enter your comments he OCEANAIRE on Peachtree is the best retaurant in town….Don’t miss it
seafood in gainesville
October 6th, 2009
8:11 am
Kev.. I have to agree with you the Atlanta Highway Seafood Market in Gainesville is the best. It is a cheap eat! I love the soft shell crab. Where else can you buy a 30 pound box of oysters for $30. Also they have great red beans and rice!
Tube Steak Shapiro
October 6th, 2009
8:11 am
STATS has the greatest seafood ever. We fly it in fresh daily.
JRG
October 6th, 2009
8:12 am
RAYS ON THE RIVER, BIG FISH(ATLANTIC FISH MARKET), SIX FEET UNDER, AND LEGAL SEAFOOD IN THAT ORDER.
Tyler Pike
October 6th, 2009
8:20 am
Hey Stan, you said anyone who ‘puts barbecue on seafood needs professional help’. Well I just told daddy what you said and he wants you to come join us this weekend to try it out. You can come to us or we can bring the grill to you, just let us know big talker. Its gonna be a vinegar based smackdown!
lol
October 6th, 2009
8:20 am
Atlantic Seafood Company
kay
October 6th, 2009
8:21 am
Bay Breeze in Mableton and for all those who says the food sucks in Atlanta, planes are leaving Hartsfield-Jackson every minute. Also, to those people who says their house, if you don’t give out your address don’t comment
C.R.
October 6th, 2009
8:22 am
Chequers Seafood…Freshest seafood I’ve tasted since moving here.
sondra tolson
October 6th, 2009
8:23 am
Enter your comments here i mave to say if i couldn’t fix my own,then atlanta fish market is about it. i haven’t found a place to be really excited about.