Always the best and freshest seafood, at a low cost. The shop may be a little outdated, but the prices are best. You will not find cheaper prices at any grocery store! read more

It's nice. : ) Good service, nice selection, nothing fancy and good prices. Thank you to the guys at the counter for helping us out. read more

best place to get fresh seafood. always super nice people and great customer service. Spanish friendly.

Great little Vietnamese market; simple with very good prices. Super fresh fish and the butcher Osmando scales and prepares them for you. Great customer service. We'll definitely be back. read more

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Located in city heights just east of the I-15 on University Ave. sharing the same small strip mall with Saigon sandwiches and other businesses. A great selection of seafood here for such a tiny place at near wholesale prices. We come occasionally for shrimp and the frozen boxes of tilapia. These come as individually frozen fillets- which for us, makes all the difference in the world. Take out only what you really need. Defrosting is quicker this way so you can prepare different ways with ease. So, one time I'll do lemon pepper, then blackened the next. Or, even just garlic and butter. We also occasionally will make a batter for fried fish tacos too! Tilapia is a very mild, versatile fish for cooking and the rest of the family does not like any fishy or strong flavors. I, on the other hand, do not mind this as long as its not overbearing. Store has been very clean and well organized every time I've been. They have live catfish, lobster, blue crab, fresh and frozen shrimp, clams, oysters and such that is delivered almost daily according to the manager. I'm definitely long overdue for a trip here, and I actually have plenty of freezer room right now. Be prepared though when you walk in, to be smacked in the face with strong, seafood smells. All I can say is, if you can't handle this, maybe you should shop elsewhere. Just remember, this is a fish market, not Bath and Body Works.. read more

Lots of great seafood. We purchased live dungeness crab and it was delicious. I love that they answered the phone and were very helpful.

I was in dire need of a ton of snow crab for a birthday party and found this place! Picked up 7 pounds just walking in, super easy. Everyone loved it and said it tasted great...so I'll definitely coming back here again. read more

Trang's Seafood Market - a pot of crab legs - Seafood Markets Near Me - San Diego, California

Best local , fresh seafood available. Clean, neat, prompt service. Wide selection whole, cut up, lobsters etc

Small fresh seafood spot, but so happy they had blue crabs. So hard to find. Come early for the crabs or call first cz they sell out quick. Affordable fresh seafood. read more

This place is terrible; the lady at the front was rude. I bought 6 red snappers, and when I got home, I checked the bag; they were all rotten. I would rate them 0 stars if the app would let me. read more

I made a quick first visit to Trang's the other day, just to get an idea of the setup and selection. Trang's is in the same strip mall with Café Dore and the Tamales Oaxaquenos ladies. The shop was smaller than I'd anticipated, but it seems to be run very efficiently. There are a couple of freezers up front, then a cash register, a deli counter containing fish and shellfish, and at the back, a guy cleaning fish. Oh, and live blue crabs, and some oysters and clams on ice, near the rear entrance. My first thought was that I prefer the larger selection I've found at World Foods and 99 Ranch Market. NOTE: I really miss the massive live tanks at the long-since-gone Vien Dong at Linda Vista and Ulric; live shrimp in a grocery store! But here's something: one of Trang's owners(?), Amanda, speaks perfect English, something I can't count on at the larger shops, and it's my sense that if I needed a special order, say, a 40 pound sack of live crawfish or a 50-pound box of live blue crabs, Amanda could make it happen for me. I am anxious to test my theory. ****************************** Café Dore: http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-dore-san-diego?hrid=Qs9Q7rgQfXEhpWDCt9oALQ Tamales Oaxaquenos: http://www.yelp.com/biz/tamales-oaxaquenos-san-diego?hrid=-KqP2nSbbiosi_DPKxBlng World Foods Market: http://www.yelp.com/biz/world-foods-supermarket-san-diego?hrid=hN8YemjyjDLPE3d9QVJ5Lw 99 Ranch Market: http://www.yelp.com/biz/99-ranch-market-san-diego read more

My go to for frozen green lipped mussels. I've ordered crab, crab legs, and clams from her which all were not the highest quality

Good place to find seafood for a good price. They carry a great selection of shrimp. Sometimes they have live shrimp which is hard to find. They also carry live catfish and tilapia. Depending on the season, they will have various mussels and clams. I usually go here for the live blue crab. Prices are good or comparable to other seafood markets. Very small and tight market. Being a seafood market, its not going to smell like fresh flowers inside. The customer service is excellent. Just be aware, the parking gets really busy here. It shares the area with other busy business establishments. read more

Trang's Seafood Market - Craving live blue crab - Seafood Markets Near Me - San Diego, California

I searched up where to get oysters on Yelp and this place came up. It's a small seafood deli type market in a small plaza that serves fresh seafood. It was my first time buying oysters from a market and this place was great. $12 dollars for a dozen of small oysters. I asked if they had ice for the oysters and they happily put some in the bag for me. They didn't have lemon but stores next doors did which I also picked up some Tabasco hot sauce. Nice local place for seafood and will definitely be coming back! Great service and great people! read more

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I love this place because they are close to my house and they carry live blue crab. A lot of places in SD don't have blue crab live. I called just a couple days ago and they had them in. They were a pretty big size and super juicy! They also helped me with the blue crabs to get them into the bag. So I don't have any complaints. They are a $1 or $2 more per pound than other places but I only get a dozen which came out to about $38 with tax, so its not that big of a deal. If you need seafood come here. read more

3.5 stars Friendly service. Good prices. Ok selection of fish. Store is somewhat clean. Note: per manager, all items are farmed as opposed to wild. read more

Staff super friendly and lobster was absolutely delicious!!!! Not to mention soo much variety!!

If you want blue crabs and tilapia, come before they open at 830 and get a spot in the parking area, coz this is a busy place and Trang's spot is small. Affordable and has great selection of fresh catch - shrimps, fish, clams, etc. read more

First, lemme just claim this : A lot of seafood options ( what I felt in love with), fresh ( that's worth the expectation), and clean( way better than what I thought)! I have struggled with the idea of living in a beach city without having any fresh seafood for too long until I found Trang. I had assumed the store was Vietnamese, till the owner told me she was Chinese, bummer ( jk). But the workers there ( I met a couple Mexican guys) were nice. I had read another review mentioned about a old grandma staring at customers, I saw her today, she was just as any other old Asian ladies. And believe me,those ladies are the signature of any Asian business:))) they are harmless and (sometimes ) nice and helpful! Very, definitely come back soon and recommend my friends to visit;) read more

This is the only place I found in San Diego with the biggest and baddest live Maine Lobsters! I've been going here for years now and will always for any fresh seafood! read more

Trang's Seafood Market - Seafood Markets Near Me - San Diego, California

Crabs were hit or miss. Possibly because i went later in the day. Small decent shop with good service. Surrounding area might be a bit sketchy bit other than that it was good. read more

They provided good recommendations and were fast and friendly. The fish cooked up deliciously. But, It seemed a bit untidy and there was a faint fishy smell in there (maybe to be expected). I wish I had known the difference between "butterfly" which is cleaned and sliced open and "filet" which is cleaned and sliced Into edible steaks of meat. Ask for filets of your whole fish. Also, clear eyes mean fresh fish. Never buy a fish with cloudy eyes. Everything looked fresh there. I just wish they would do a thorough cleaning and tidy the place. Maybe it's just too tiny of a location for them. read more

This is my new favorite seafood spot!! I used to always go to Point Loma seafood for shellfish, because the selection at most grocery stores is sparse and usually half-frozen, but that place is so over-priced. I was a little intimidated when I first came in to Trang's because literally EVERYTHING is in Spanish, all of the signs, everything, but the men behind the counter saw my anxious face and helped me find what I was looking for without me having to use my rusty, probably offensively horrible Spanish skills. The selection was awesome, and prices were right. I got 2.5 lbs of Manila clams for steamers for $12, and I think we have previously paid $25+ at PL. We kept them over night and made them for Valentine's day dinner, and I think out of the whole bunch only one didn't open, which is the best batch I've ever had. They also have lots of oysters, and a great selection of fish and shrimp and octopus, etc. I'll be back for sure. I just wish it was a little closer. read more

Just bought live Maine lobsters yesterday. Up until then I had never been here before so I didn't know what to expect. Well, not only did they have a large selection of great sized fresh live Maine lobster, they had them for a great price. I was in a bit of a hurry, but I breezed through and saw a good variety of fresh seafood including live crawfish, fish and shrimp also for reasonable prices. The staff was super friendly and I can't wait to come back. I feel like I've discovered my new local gem of a seafood shop! read more

Trang's Seafood Market - lobsters and lobsters - Seafood Markets Near Me - San Diego, California

Holy Mackerel! A real live fishmonger! This place has some of the best prices around and they have a really good variety of seafood. If you like shrimp, you are in for a treat. I think I counted about 20 different kinds, including peeled, head-on, head-off, giant freshwater prawns, and all different sizes. They have boxes of green mussels, octopus, lump crab meat, live crabs, live fish, live lobster, oysters, clams....and even crayfish. The refrigerated case has lots of whole fish and fillets. Again, the prices are fantastic. I got a huge 5 pound bag of peeled raw shrimp for about $22. And if you want soup, they have cheap fish heads. Yes, fish heads, fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads Roly poly fish heads fish heads, fish heads Eat them up, Yum! In the morning laughing happy fish heads in the evening Floating in the soup! read more

Pretty small mom and pop business that sells only seafood at very good prices. They had Canadian crabs on sale for $2.99 a pound. Not bad at all. They mustve had at least 20 varieties of fish and at least 5 varieties of shrimp. The grandmother of the owner was near the door trying to help customers in very broken English haha Located right next door to Cam Ky Bbq, one of my favourite Chinese eateries. read more

Pretty standard local fish market. The flies let you know it's fresh! ha! I always see tilapia and catfish in the live fish tank. Pretty good variety of shrimp and shellfish. Prices are also very good. Good place to stop if you decide last minute you wanna throw another shrimp on the barbie. They close pretty early too, not sure what time. Come in the morning for maximum freshness! read more

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Had some live Maine lobsters. About $13.99/LB. Huge and tasty. Turned them into a delicious dinner.

I am new to the area so I wanted to find a good fish market. Came by here and they have a wide selection. The tilapia is meaty and pink but it comes from China. While there are conflicting reports of the quality and safety of tilapia from China, I just avoid it because there are other alternative markets from which it is imported. Also, this market is too far away from where I live in San Diego. read more

Went to buy 8 pieces of fish and you pay by the pound. One of the Hispanic lady's that works there assisted my aunt and I. My aunt picked the fish she wanted as the lady bagged them because my aunt did not want her fish too big. The lady rudely said "lady, you can't be choosing your own fish!", mind you with the worst attitude ever! My aunt and I looked at each other shocked and trying to process if she really just spoke to us this way! So of course, coming from a family that doesn't let themselves, we fired back and said "we are in our right to pick the fish we want to get because we're paying for it! You're not giving it to us for free and we choose how much we want to purchase!" The lady then said we "caused" her to lose count on the fish she was bagging. Again, we responded back saying, "No as a matter of fact, NO! You lost count yourself when you chose to give us attitude and argue that we couldn't choose the fish WE were going to purchase!" I know she murmured her two cents about it to the other workers and what's upsetting is that they should've been the ones to tell her that she was wrong rather than sit there and stare at us as if they were talking shit in their minds about us! You wanna lose customers? Keep up the bad customer service and if the owners take customer service serious, I hope they address the issue and fix it!! read more

Staff was very helpful. There was a very pungent smell of fish in the market but what can you expect going to a very fresh fish market. They had so many options a case full of light catfish and another kind of fish I don't know! I came in for lobster and they happily let me know the fresh lobster would be in at 3pm on that day! I'm not sure it that is the standard time that was just my experience on that day. They helped me pick out a lobster and gave me an ice bag to keep it fresh on the way home! I highly recommend this market to anyone looking for fresh seafood and great service! read more

Got a bag of blood claims, place seemed decent. Went home and my usual recipe is to just steam them open. Lo and behold, of the whole bag, only popped open after 25mins. Not a good sign. After 40mins more of steaming none of them opened. The fish might be good, but I won't come back to try that out. Stay away from the shellfish. read more

Highly recommend Trang's. No frills fish market with good selection and reasonable price. Went in to check their Alaska crabs legs, very nice size (after first looking at the ones at Vons - looked and left). I ended up getting 4 nice clusters of the crab legs - then 2 "Canada crabs" that were in the live tank. (My understanding is that this is what they call Dungeness crab.) I was looking at the dead ones on ice, when the lady pointed out they had live ones in a tank. Worth it! The family really enjoyed all that crab! read more

spots legit ! not a huge selection but everything I have boughten from muscles to halibut steaks have all been very fresh and good !

One of the best places to get oysters in San Diego hands down. 55$ gets you 100 oysters! This place is a legit mom and pop seafood market, its a small store, but the prices that they have on their seafood is worth driving all the way up from the southbay of San Diego. read more

Fresh seafood and very good prices keeps me coming back every week.

This is an awesome place to buy your fresh seafood and live fish! I was at a nearby restaurant and randomly stumbled upon this place. It's a pretty small shop but the prices are cheap and they have a nice variety of goodies. Just imagine the seafood section of an Asian supermarket like 99 Ranch. read more

We visited Trangs because we wanted to buy live Maine lobster. We went there thinking the market was going to be big but the market is a really small place. They have a seafood counter which takes up the majority of the market. They have a large selection of fresh seafood. The smell in the market has a very strong fishy smell. I had to spray myself with body spray once we left the market to get rid of the smell that was stuck to my clothing. We ended up buying Live Maine Lobster at $13.99 a pound. There was an Asian lady standing on the back wall looking and staring at us...maybe she thought we were going to steal something IDK, I thought it was kinda weird. Will I go there again, prob not, I'll prob go a better, cleaner and bigger fish market read more

Friendly service, good prices, great selection. I've been here twice and will start coming every week for fresh fish.

I was craving blue crab, so i gave this place a call. The lady who answered the phone said yes, we have some left. 15min. later upon my excited arrival... Live blue crab. $6.99 lb. 3lbs later I'm cozy on my couch with a tummy full of fresh crab. read more

Trang's Seafood Market - 3lbs. of cooked Blue crab - Seafood Markets Near Me - San Diego, California