130 Internatl Boardwalk, Redondo, Ca
(310) 374-2382

www.qualityseafood.net

http://www.yelp.com/biz/quality-seafood-redondo-beach

Located in King’s Harbor marketplace in Redondo Beach. Quality Seafood has been serving freshly caught seafood to the South Bay area for over 40 years. After hearing about this place and the prospect of some live sea urchin aka Uni, I made a quick weeknight dinner trip down.

Quality Seafood looks pretty much like what you would expect from a seafood market off the docks. It offers rows and rows of fresh seafood ranging from crabs, oysters, lobsters and other wild assortments that I’ve never even heard of. Unfortunately, our main attraction of live uni is something you’ll have to come try around noon since those aren’t caught in large quantities and are sold out by noon.

Lobster was the order of the night. You can chose from your select choices from frozen to hand picked live and frisky type. They were running a $15 summer special for a 1 2/3 lb Maine Lobster, corn and BUTTER! Kind of hard to beat so we went for it!

I’m not sure if it was due to the late night cholesterol feasting, but our lobster orders were steam heated in plastic bags. Kind of thought that was odd and unfortunately, it affected the quality of the lobster.

They also have an oyster bar with a large assortment of oysters from coast to cost. The banner says it all so try at least one oyster!

Clevedon Coast, Hamma Hamma and Miyagi oysters. Start from right to left as the Miyagis were very sweet and Clevedon tasted very oceany. Overall, they were pretty good. If you’re the type that’s doesn’t care about being ghetto fabulous, feel free to bring your own Tabasco sauce. Shrink wrapped Tapatio just doesn’t do it for me when it comes to oysters.

The lobster made for a pretty picture, but was a little disappointing. You know you’re not eating fresh shellfish when the shells bend and contort when you try to crack them. The meal was a little bland and not filling enough for a full dinner. Needless to say, if you’re driving all the way to Redondo Beach for some fresh seafood, leave the “summer” special behind and order some fresh seafood!

We walked around the pier to see what other bites were offered in the area so click here if you want to see some live sweet shrimp.

Special thanks to Christine and Christy for coming out!