Quality Seafood Market
Austin, TX 78751-1412
Phone: (512) 454-5827
- Hours:
- Market hours: Mon-Sat 8am-7pm, Kitchen hours: Mon-Sat 10:30am-9pm
Editorial Review for Quality Seafood Market – by Nikol Lohr
In Short
The walls and ceilings are decorated with posters, paintings and pictures of everything under the sea. The decor will keep the kids happy, and the reasonably priced family platters will please parents. The generous dinners are inexpensive and come with fries, slaw, and some of the tastiest hushpuppies in town. Want to try your hand at your own seafood masterpiece? The adjoining market has anything you could want from the sea.
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Insider Tips
When to GoMidday is their busiest time, so you may want to opt for an early 11:30am meal, or wait till after 2pm to avoid the crowds.
The ExtrasQuality Seafood is an Austin institution and their T-shirt is a must-have; it reads "Today you could kick every mud-crawling politician out of Congress and usher in an era of open, honest government...Or, you could suck crawfish."
What to DrinkTry a selection from the wine menu.
User Reviews for Quality Seafood Market
10/22/2007 Posted by xacto
I normally do not write reviews of restaurants but I just can't pass this one up. A co-worker suggested going to Quality Seafood for lunch one day and I must say how disappointed I was with the lack of Quality food, service, prices, and taste could be experienced all at one place! When you enter you are greeted by the "Market" part of the restaurant which is certainly the thinnest seafood market I've ever seen. You know, the last time I checked, a fish market was supposed to have FISH. Bad first impression...then, continuing in line I looked through the menu, which appears to be well rounded but once you make your way to the ordering station the ineptitude of the staff certainly reflects the ineptitude of the ownership. (It's not the check-out girl's fault that this place is bad) The food: bland, bland, bland. The worst excuse for a hush-puppy I've ever had. Crab cakes that were all cake and no discernable crab, and high prices for scimpy portions. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place like the plague...on second thought, you might CATCH the plague here...so don't go.
Pros: Looks like a fish market on the outside
Cons: A poor excuse for a fish market
08/04/2007 Posted by hwt99999
I don't normally do these reviews, but in exceptional cases, I will. This place was exceptionally AWFUL. The worst seafood I have ever had. I have eaten much better (and for less) at Long John Silvers. I only gave it 1 star because I wasn't sure it would accept a ZERO STAR rating. For $15 i got.... a) 4 small fried shrimp.....overcooked to the point that they were actually chewy. b) 4 tiny fried scallops...not overcooked like the shrimp, but 1 was burned dark brown, the rest just overcooked c) 2 horrible crab cakes...mostly bread and filling. One of them actually had a rubber band inside. I've never had a chewy crab cake before. Of course, I've never had a rubber band-stuffed crab cake before either. All the breading was tasteless & underspiced. The half ear of corn boiled to the point of mushiness (I ordered corn bread...got corn). They serve margarine instead of butter...yech. At $3.50 or $4.00, the beer was overpriced. The house "merlot" for $4.00 was drinkable though. Best part of the meal was the salad. I should have stopped there. Anyhow, I'd avoid the place. Spend $6 and go to Long John Silvers. Or spend $40 and go to Trulucks. But I wouldn't go to this place.
Pros: house wine, the salad
Cons: the food
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