Sea Harbor Fish Market - Salinas

This is my 2nd time eating here and I remembered why I don't come more often. The chowder was cold, bland and overly thick from too much flour. The salad dressing's too much horseradish made Louie salad hard to enjoy. To top things off the waitress was rude, not a single smile or word out of her. She was an older asian woman, maybe the owners wife? Maybe she didn't feel well, or is just unhappy but why take it out on the patrons?

Awesome food! Better seafood than anything on fishermans wharf. I eat here everytime im in salinas. Next week i'll be in town and definitely plan on having a great meal here.

Horrible clam chowder salty and over priced. $8.17 for a small that was inedible.

They do not open til 10:30 now. Got there before they opened. Door was open and the place smelled bad. Lost my appetite. Did not wait

I wasn't that hungry but my friend and I needed a place to sit and chat. She got a side salad with blue cheese dressing and the steamed clam appetizer. Her salad was dinner plate sized and came with chunky housemade dressing. She probably has about 15 clams in a beautiful looking broth. It didn't come with bread so definitely order some to sop up the juices! I got a cup of clam chowder and a shrimp cocktail. I thought the chowder was excellent; not so thick, nice chunks of potato, large pieces of clam, smoky with bacon flavor. I would have added thyme, but it didn't need it. The shrimp cocktail was pricey for frozen shrimp, but the shrimp were juicy, not watery, and there was at least a cup of plump, cocktail shrimp. The cocktail sauce was awesome with lots of horseradish. Service was excellent and the ambiance is appropriately Ocean oriented. I will definitely be back!