Quality Seafood Market
Seafood market · North Loop
5621 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
Highlights
Fresh Gulf seafood market and restaurant with oysters
Fresh Gulf seafood market and restaurant with oysters
"There’s no “fish and chips” on Quality Seafood’s menu, but this decades-old seafood purveyor will whip up a solid version if you know how to ask for it. You just need to order the “Original Dinner” with Icelandic cod, then choose fries as one of your sides. It’s a departure from the pub-style classics across town, but the fish is some of the flakiest we’ve encountered. It tastes especially great with the thin layer of fried cornmeal coating it." - nicolai mccrary
"The deal: $1.25 Gulf oysters and $2.25 East Coast oysters When to get it: Daily, 4-6pm Choices vary from day to day, but generally expect to find at least half a dozen East Coast varieties (plus Gulf oysters). We like to eat them at the bar, which feels like it was plucked from an old fishing town where regulars post up on stools for long evenings filled with cheap beer. You shouldn’t miss Quality Seafood’s other great happy hour special: $0.35 peel-and-eat shrimp." - matthew jacobs, nicolai mccrary
"The Deal: $0.35 peel ‘n’ eat shrimp, $2 Modelos Quality Seafood is an Austin institution, operating as equal parts seafood market and restaurant since the 1930s. If you find a better way to spend $0.35 on a weekday than their peel ‘n’ eat shrimp, email us ASAP. A pound of crustaceans will set you back about $5, and the $2 Modelos are hard to pass up. Grab a seat at the bar and get comfy—there aren’t many better places to be at 4pm on a Wednesday." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion
"A staple of the North Loop neighborhood since 1938, Quality Seafood doubles as both a market and restaurant, meaning the red snapper, catfish, and oysters don’t travel far. The menu highlights include fried seafood platters, grilled mahi-mahi, and peel-and-eat shrimp. The atmosphere is casual and bustling, with a no-frills charm that’s been drawing regulars for decades. Pro tip: Order at the bar and get friendly with the heavy-pouring servers. If you need it, this spot offers orders for takeout." - Darcie Duttweiler
"Quality Seafood is half market and half restaurant, anchored by a bar that runs down the middle of the store. Portions are plentiful and the seafood is as fresh as you’ll find in Austin, short of whatever might be swimming around in Town Lake. Grab a dozen oysters and some peel-and-eat shrimp, then get any of the fried seafood baskets—we like the Go Fish since you can choose any three options." - nicolai mccrary
