Fish shops in galway, where?

sharkDawg

I'm looking for places to buy fresh fish in the city center, i usually buy my fish in Dunnes but there surely has to be more specialised fishmongers around, anyone know where they are?

skelliser

freezer man might be able to help you out!!
on henry street

The Freeman

go to the shop behind the docks, its behind the coal place by the harbour hotel, they have the freshest fish/seafood as its straight off the trailer, i made dinner for myself and the lads a couple of weeks ago, got 2 sides of a huge salmen for a tenner, did 6 of us for dinner;)

prices are bout half the price of any shops

boardswalker

Places I know are
- Deacys on High Street opposite O'Máilles. Also have fruit and veg.
- The Mermaid on Henry Street - already mentioned indirectly
- Galway Bay Seafoods on docks - already mentioned
- Ernies on Sea Road - used do fish, not sure if it still does.
- Mortons in Salthill - they used get their fish from Mermaid.
- Often a stall in the market on Saturdays
Flemings who used be on Dominick Street now supply frozen fish from their new place in Rosaveal but you have to buy biggish quantities. They deliver.

sharkDawg

Thats great guys, thanks. Getting hungry thinking about them!

Jaden

Galway bay seafoods behind the Harbour Hotel is by far your best option. Tuesdays and Saturdays seem to be the best times to go in.

JohnCleary

sharkDawg wrote: »

buy

Well ye're hardly gonna rent them are ye?!

The Polish do be fishin down the Docks there durin the summer they might have a few dirty oul mackerel left from the summer



*ahem* Back of the docks, Galway Seafood, or Ernies on Sea Road

billy heff

there is a new fish shop in ballybane industrial estate. under the name of duanes seafood , great place really fresh fish at cheap prices and great selection of frozen and fresh. easy parking aswell its acroos from mcdonaghs hardware

deacys is the best imo, good value too

billy heff

billy heff wrote: »

there is a new fish shop in ballybane industrial estate. under the name of duanes seafood , great place really fresh fish at cheap prices and great selection of frozen and fresh. easy parking aswell its acroos from mcdonaghs hardware

manky fish in there

biko

rarnes1 wrote: »

manky fish in there

Did you buy fish there that wasn't good? When? What type? What was wrong with it?

RyanAsh

rarnes1 wrote: »

manky fish in there

Thats a bit of a general statement to make! Can you say what exactly was 'manky' about it? I got lemon sole in there 2/3 weeks ago, it was fresh and delicious and really reasonable.

ScumLord

The Freeman wrote: »

go to the shop behind the docks, its behind the coal place by the harbour hotel, they have the freshest fish/seafood as its straight off the trailer, i made dinner for myself and the lads a couple of weeks ago, got 2 sides of a huge salmen for a tenner, did 6 of us for dinner;)

prices are bout half the price of any shops

I've been recommended that place by a friend too. He knows his stuff when it comes to cooking. Never had the chance to go though.

pseudonym1

Mermaid on Henry Street is probably the best in regards to quality and cost!

Mc Donaghs on the Docks used to be good value but has become more expensive IMO.

Deacys - Ernies on Sea road is good but selection is limited.

Guy in the market Saturday mornings - worth a look - remember to haggle!!

thepcgp

Yes, my favourite is Galway Bay Seafoods in the New Docks. Behind the Harbour Hotel, as mentioned. The reason I like them is they have great selection, friendly staff, and their fishcakes are so delicious. I shop there every week. Regular customers get a 10% discount. You can check out their website, and order smoked salmon online, at

http://www.galwaybayseafoods.com

Ask for Noel Holland if you're looking for wholesale fish. They also do seafood cooking classes, Ron Pfuhlmann is the chef and he's really, really good.

Seaneh

The place near the cannall, new road i think? beside the gourmet tart. co. (kinda go past the roisin and keep going a few hundred yards?) is pretty good.

biko

That's the famous Mermaid fish shop

happyoutscan

Was in the place behind the Harbour Hotel with herself and my mom a couple weeks back and they were very impressed (I don't do seafood). The place was spotless, nice merchandising of the fish (really cool in my uneducated opinion), friendly and helpful staff and they loved what they purchased.

Madame Razz

There's a new place in the Galway shopping centre too, where the doctors surgery used to be. Good selection and handy in that it's close to Tesco!

JIZZLORD

i always go to the shop behind the harbour hotel. great stuff and as people have mentioned the place is clean and the staff are helpful

thefeatheredcat

Madame Razz wrote: »

There's a new place in the Galway shopping centre too, where the doctors surgery used to be. Good selection and handy in that it's close to Tesco!

I think that's The Fisherman - seems good

NMoore

Galway Bay Seafoods behind the harbour hotel is really really good. Lots of variety, really cheap, very fresh (they supply dunnes, and lots of the restaurants/shops in town with their fish too!), and a great selection of frozen fish too if you want to stock up!
The place in Ballybane is also really nice - friendly staff, and fresh, yummy fish. I thought it was good value!

spender.j

Brand new fish shop opening downstairs in Eyre square shopping centre, beside the butchers across from Dunnes at the bottom of the Escalator. Run by the guy that has the stall in the market Saturdays, my friend is working there also, she used to work at Duanes, (best day for fresh fish is Wed/Thurs) also worked in Galway Bay Seafoods, don't recommend...

m.anna

The Fisherman (already mentioned) have fresh nice fish. Prices are OK. I bought fish in there two or three times and they were OK. So I will go there again.

mikebites

Magnus wrote: »

That's the famous Mermaid fish shop

Or rather the infamous one. I was looking forward to buy from there but then I came up to this article http://www.galwaynews.ie/7421-fish-shop-freezer-killing-sentencing-today

A dead man was stored in one of its freezer for 5 years. I doubt that I'll ever visit that store. I do not intend to give it a bad name and I'm sure the must be selling the best fishes if people are saying so. But the incident is way too freaky to make me their customer.

I have bought from "Fishermen" outside Tesco (Galway Shopping centre). Herring and Sardines were €6/kg and Haddock was around that price as well. Salmon steaks were €3.85 each. Also had Monkfish for €24/kg. Their collection is quite large actually.

Any suggestion on where can I get whole salmon? and ray fish?

The "Galway Seafoods" looks worth a visit. Does the store have parking space for customers? or where can I park nearest?

Fuinseog

skelliser wrote: »

freezer man might be able to help you out!!
on henry street

isn't that the place where they found the body?

what of Deacys?

its sad that galway has so few seafood restaurnts in comparison to a place like howth

Fuinseog

boardswalker wrote: »

Places I know are
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- Ernies on Sea Road - used do fish, not sure if it still does.
- .

ernies is gas. the facade hasn't changed in a thousand years. he should have gones out of business for not moving with the times, then he started doing organic stuff and started making a bomb. gets good reviews in teh Times every now and then. good man for helping the poor.

padraig71

+1 for Galway Seafoods on the docks

carmex21

+1 for The Fishermen at Tesco. Great selection, beside the veg shop for handy fresh spuds and veg and near Tesco for vino!
score !

Has the new one opened in the Eyre Square shp cen yet does anyone know?

pleasant Co.

carmex21 wrote: »

Has the new one opened in the Eyre Square shp cen yet does anyone know?

Yar, opened yesterday I think...and it didn't stink of fish, which was great for me when I went to the butchers. Seems like he has a good setup.

carmex21

cool, must check it out next time i am in town...
thanks

mikebites

Today I went to Galway Bay Seafoods. They have customer parking in front of the store. They did not have a whole lot of fresh fish. But they said that most of the stock comes on Tuesday and Wednesday. So shopping from there on Wednesday might be a better idea.

They have a large selection in frozen seafood. Pack of prawns (prices €10, €12 -1/2 kg irish prawns, €20- 1 kg pink prawn) depending on type and weight. They have mixed seafood packs with a mixture of calamari, mussels. Also they have packs of frozen scallops.

I personally found the variety/stock of fresh/whole fish larger in "Fishermen" than it is in here. But I bought two standard size Salmon steaks for €4.30 whereas in "Fishermen" each steak of Salmon is €3.85 (same size). The salmon steaks were €9.99/kg and fillets were €14.99/kg. So it is a bit cheaper than "Fisherman".

Most of the other fresh fishes like cod, haddock, coley came in fillets.

Their smoked fish selection looked impressive. I bought a pack of 3 smoked piece of Mackerel fillets for just over €3. I cooked them tonight and were absolutely delicious. Smoked salmon fillets (one foot long) cost around €14.

Someone (probably in this thread) mentioned that they make good fish cake, which I was looking forward to. But today, they were out of that as well. Maybe I'll try them on Wednesday once again to see their full capacity. They said that they sometimes have ray fish but not always.

So for salmon steaks I'll probably go back to them. But the sardines and specially the herrings (full of eggs) from "Fishermen" were absolute treat.

Also, if you know the "Bengal Store" in the Westside shopping centre, where the Aldi store and an An Post branch is located, they also have a large selection of frozen sweet water fish imported from Bangladesh.

GerardKeating

mikebites wrote: »

Today I went to Galway Bay Seafoods. They have customer parking in front of the store. They did not have a whole lot of fresh fish. But they said that most of the stock comes on Tuesday and Wednesday. So shopping from there on Wednesday might be a better idea.

They have a large selection in frozen seafood. Pack of prawns (prices €10, €12 -1/2 kg irish prawns, €20- 1 kg pink prawn) depending on type and weight. They have mixed seafood packs with a mixture of calamari, mussels. Also they have packs of frozen scallops.

I personally found the variety/stock of fresh/whole fish larger in "Fishermen" than it is in here. But I bought two standard size Salmon steaks for €4.30 whereas in "Fishermen" each steak of Salmon is €3.85 (same size). The salmon steaks were €9.99/kg and fillets were €14.99/kg. So it is a bit cheaper than "Fisherman".

Most of the other fresh fishes like cod, haddock, coley came in fillets.

Their smoked fish selection looked impressive. I bought a pack of 3 smoked piece of Mackerel fillets for just over €3. I cooked them tonight and were absolutely delicious. Smoked salmon fillets (one foot long) cost around €14.

Someone (probably in this thread) mentioned that they make good fish cake, which I was looking forward to. But today, they were out of that as well. Maybe I'll try them on Wednesday once again to see their full capacity. They said that they sometimes have ray fish but not always.

So for salmon steaks I'll probably go back to them. But the sardines and specially the herrings (full of eggs) from "Fishermen" were absolute treat.

Also, if you know the "Bengal Store" in the Westside shopping centre, where the Aldi store and an An Post branch is located, they also have a large selection of frozen sweet water fish imported from Bangladesh.

Galway Bay Sea food in the docks have a "Fresh Fish" Sale next Tuesday and Wednesday (17/18 Nov 2009) 25% off all fresh fish...

carmex21

darn!
just spotted this....hee hee

mikebites

Went there on Tuesday. Tried their fishcake. In my opinion, it's ok but nothing special. Bought a fillet of monkfish (€8.26 after 25% discount), which was very fresh and very tasty. They also had whole hake, sea bass, herrings. In fillet section they had a lot of other fishes like cod, coley, haddock etc.
Did not find ray fish yet. Any suggestion, anyone?

Eeden

Heard there's a very new one opened in the Eyre Square Centre, same guy who does the fish in the Market (the stall at the back of St Nicholas Cathedral near Market Street car park. There always seems to be a big crowd at that stall. I'm told it's downstairs, near the butchers by the back door.

sf13

Where ever you decide to buy, Never take fish from the display section in the front of these shops. These shops will never offer 'fresh fish' but always ask for stock from the back freezer.

Fish is so good for you so I'd never try to turn people off it. But these shops don't buy from local fishermen, they buy cheap fish from abroad and still charge crazy prices.

Mrs OBumble

Eeden wrote: »

Heard there's a very new one opened in the Eyre Square Centre, same guy who does the fish in the Market (the stall at the back of St Nicholas Cathedral near Market Street car park. There always seems to be a big crowd at that stall. I'm told it's downstairs, near the butchers by the back door.

There is indeed. fyi, it appears that they don't open on Mondays.

philboy

carmex21 wrote: »

+1 for The Fishermen at Tesco. Great selection, beside the veg shop for handy fresh spuds and veg and near Tesco for vino!
score !

Has the new one opened in the Eyre Square shp cen yet does anyone know?

I for one will DEFINITELY not be bothering with this place. My mother went in and asked him for 5 fillets of cod with the bones removed. He hands out 5 miserable fillets with all of the bones still in them. I've been to Galway Bay Seafoods before 6/7 times and was always happy with the service & said I'd try this new place. Won't be going again. Pure laziness to not even be bothered to remove the bones.

passivehome

Flemings seafood offer a great service. They don't supply fresh fish but good quality frozen fish. Flemings seafood really know their stuff. Both Gay and Freda have always giving me recipes and tips on fish preparation. Small family run business, great quality. And they deliver it to your door! www.flemingseafood.com