Best in business smokehouse in the entire state of Alaska, in my view. Decades of positive experience smoking my reds and king salmon from the Chitina River. Highly recommended! As for the visitors who are not happy with the selection, I guess it is based on a misunderstanding. This business, first and foremost, is a smokehouse where you can smoke your fish or process the game, not merely a shop for smoked products. Sometimes they have plenty of salmon to smoke for sale, but sometimes they simply don't. Please have in mind that it is not that simple to get salmon nowadays with all these restrictions and limitations. read more

Friendly staff, allowed us to sample the fish and it was delicious! Definitely a good stop to get some to take home if you like real smoked salmon! read more

Pick up some delicious cold smoked salmon. There was a nice choice of several different flavors from Teriyaki to Tropical. Per bag the prices varied but it was roughly $10 to $14. Very impressive tastes. read more

Santa's Smokehouse - a cluttered office area - Smokehouse Near Me - Fairbanks, Alaska

What a wonderful experience! Exactly what we hoped for but never really expected!! Young man (to me anyway!!) was super knowledgeable and shared his expertise freely! If you are in the area and want to step back in time to the way things SHOULD be done - stop by Santa's Smokeshop!! read more

Best Smoked Salmon my wife and I ever!! Dakota was great by showing us all the products available , telling how the business is family owned and even providing a little taste before we actually buy! We'll definitely come back read more

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Great place to pick up some fish before heading home... I picked up some sockeye smoked in chillies and the other was herbs and rosemary .. and my wife wanted the honey ..all tasted great.. very nice people and really great to get a feel of alaska coming in here. read more

Santa's Smokehouse - Couldn't go fishing so I bought some from the locals.. - Smokehouse Near Me - Fairbanks, Alaska

Sad dirty place and two kids with attitude inside the store. Went there with high hopes to buy fresh fish to make poke to be told they are fish market without fish. With attitude from the girl behind the register I was pointed in the direction of "leftover smoked salmon" but we decided to just abandon ship. read more

Dakota thank you for your good service quality meats smoked my perks and Hamizan bacon they're super super good Shawn Coyle here and leaving a good rating for a good service... Go pro read more

If you're looking for exotic meat or fish this is the place to come. They also are a meat processor for hunters during the season. While we were there my son and I sampled legally harvested grizzly bear. Staff was very nice and the place was very clean. I bought buffalo sausages and also came home with some Caribou and Moose. Definitely a place to come for reasonably priced meet. read more

Do not pass by! The guy who helped us was amazing. He was funny and full of lots of information. The prices were good too!

I went to buy some things just for me to take home from my trip to Alaska. The shelves were about 25% percent full and there were bags partially opened with freezer burn in the trays read more

Not just a spot to process your caribou into sausage, but they also have packaged and smoked salmon of all varieties to purchase and take home. Plenty of samples too. On our way to the airport, we stopped by here to take home some foodie souvenirs and weren't disappointed! Prices were great and there were a huge variety of flavors with our favorite being the sockeye smoked with chilis. They'll include in ice pack if you have a long trip as well. Super nice employees. read more

Just came through from Nebraska to check it out, and hell, when they have it meat, they have meat, when they don't, they don't, it is what it is. Luckily came here right on time to grab some variety of sticks before they sold out. read more

Smoked salmon could be better, good prices on frozen crab and buffalo meat. Workers are friendly and helpful. Their game processing is decent; they did a good job cutting and wrapping but did not freeze the meat all the way through and I have found some fur in the steaks. read more

Did a great job filleting my king and reds this year. I go here every year to have them process my fish. Also all the meat that they sell in shop is amazing! read more

This place was recommended to us by the woman at our campsite and she definitely did us a service. There is a huge selection of different kinds of smoked salmon and there is lox available. In addition, there is a freezer full of other types of meet, including sausages. They also do game butchering/ cleaning but I can't really judge that. Both of the guys working there were super super helpful, explaining how to keep it safe on our travels and our trip back to LA. Our favorite stuff was definitely the smoked keta salmon strips that come in tons of flavor and are super convenient for traveling and snacking. Great place to pick up some delicious salmon! read more

James is the most helpful and friendly staff who helped us packed our almost $300 worth of smoked salmon for our trip back to Los Angeles. His explanation of the different types of Salmon make some sense to us and we were happy campers. Our family and friends at home are delighted with their gifts and we are pleased to to get quality smoked salmon for our snacks, chowders, dips, sandwiches etc.... James, you too cool man!! We be back and we can go check out the mountain sheep and Moose:) read more

Stay away from this place! Santa's Smokehouse would be wonderful, in a perfect world where nothing ever goes wrong. Short of that, take your business elsewhere. Back in August 2015 we relied on Santa's Smokehouse to overnight some salmon to Seattle, WA. That should have been the end of that, but as I mentioned earlier, this is not a perfect world; and the fish was not delivered as schedule. We contacted Santa's Smokehouse to make them aware of the situation and all we got from them was: "call UPS". We did, and after hours of telephone conversations with supervisor after supervisor in UPS we were able to get the fish delivered over 24 hours late. Unfortunately, this was not the end of it; in fact, the nightmare was just staring. UPS assumed responsibility for the delay but would not refund us the $75 shipping fee because we were not the shipper, Santa's Smokehouse was. Therefore, we contacted them again and told them everything was straightened out with UPS and all they had to do was call them and get the money refunded to them so they could in turn give us our money back. Well, this was back in August, it is now November 16, 2015 and we are still waiting for the refund. We call every week, leave messages for the manager, or owner explaining the situation; only to get a promise they would call us back by the end of the business day. Needless to say, they were all empty promises, we have not received a single phone call. So, off to the Better Business Bureau we go to file a grievance against Santa's Smokehouse for the unprofessional and dishonest way they do business and treat their customers. Again, hope and pray everything goes perfectly from the get go if you choose to do business with this company. Otherwise, you are in for a long and frustrating process trying to get them to make things right. read more

I was extremely disappointed in their customer service. It takes extremely long to receive your order and be prepared to be treated poorly. I recommend delta foods. The price is similar, much quicker, and much better customer service. read more