Shark’s Fish & Chicken

The people are extremely polite and nice.
The staff is helpful.
I ordered Chicken Wings and they were very delicious.
I found out it is HALAL now!
I recommended this place to everyone!

If you like waiting for 30 minutes to get your food because they forget to cook your order and proceed to cook orders for the FIVE people who came after you, then come here. They will be rude in response and pretend that waiting for 45 minutes is normal for food that is supposed to be quick and easy. We ordered fried chicken and a combo for two people. When we asked them how long it would take, they said it would take 4 more minutes. 10 minutes later, we hear them arguing in the back because they can’t organize their orders. Overall, terrible, terrible service for poor quality food. Thanks for taking up my entire lunch waiting.

This place takes phone orders and tells you 30mins for your order. You get there and the order is not ready, not only is it not ready they tell you oh we are out of that item. Why wouldn’t you tell me that on the phone?
Now we are waiting on 6 wings to replace the order they ran out of and we are told it will be a 6 minute wait. The wait turns out to be 25mins.
Horrible service!

This is a low class fish and chicken rip off company that is solely out to get your money. The fish you are served is cut so thin so it gives you the impression your getting say 4 pieces when in fact it’s just 2! To fill up your plastic container, they will throw in cheap white bread, then worthless fries on the bottom, so it looks like you have a giant meal!!! WRONG!!! Way over priced for absolutely nothing. Tastes bad, most locations are dirty and run by middle easterners, so this may well be a united front company for sending funds to terrorist organizations, because you the infidel get screwed every time you enter this place.

I never thought I would ever dine at a place that had less than 3 Unilocal stars, but I did because it looked like a successful hole-​in-​the-​wall. I order the 3 choice combo: 2 catfish, 2 perch, and 3 jumbo shrimp for $ 13.40. The meal came with 2 slices of white bread, fresh fries, and cole slaw. I waited for about 15 minutes before my order was ready and the food was piping hot. The downsides are that the perch was overcooked and dry; the shrimp was slightly overcooked and could be seasoned more, but overall good. On the upside, the CATFISH WAS TO DIE FOR. It tastes fresh, moist, perfectly lightly breaded with cornmeal, and not greasy at all. It had some seasoning mix of garlic powder, salt, and pepper on top which is a great touch! Overall, this was too much food for one person, but good enough for 2 people to be full. Next time, I will just order the catfish fillets only and be on my merry way!

I too bought a groupon and was disappointed. First they have kids running the place. I waited over 35 minutes just for catfish tails. i am aware that they take a little longer to cook, but really. It was taking so long that the cook came out and gave me a free piece of fish to eat while i wait for my order. That order was for my mom who said it was good. i then returned the next day to use my second groupon and there were no more catfish tails. i got a catfish dinner all steak pieces and they gave me the smallest pieces of fish i have ever seen. It tasted okay a little bland so i had to put extra lemon pepper for some seasoning. No consistency with the food and wait time is too long. I don’t recommend this place to anyone, its unlike any other Sharks i have visited.

If I would of read the reviews first I wouldn’t have got the groupon. tiny pigeon wings with no meat I had 2 orders of the 4 wings with a 10.00 groupon and I still had to add money and the wings were so tiny .how is this place still open needless to say I was left mad and still hungry

Wow. Can I get my money back? I don’t know why I did it, but I decided to give you a try and get your buffalo wings. Ugh! These things are so bad. I am not sure what you are trying to sell but it isn’t buffalo wings. These things were worst than Little Caesars. I think I could get better wings from the 7 – 11 down the street.
Hey everyone, if you want wings… take a few more steps down the street and go to Mickey’s. Now those are some wings… Of course I don’t recommend getting sauce on them.
So Shark’s…can I get my money back? Really though. The deal is great… wings…fries…two slices of Wonder Bread… and a small serving of coleslaw that was comparable to KFC’s.
I would rather pay the price i did for your coleslaw than spend a red cent on those gross chicken wings. They were so bad I couldn’t even finish them.
Maybe these wings are left over from the prison across the street. Even they wouldn’t eat them. Yuck Yuck Yuck!
Bye the way your BBQ sauce is Ketchup! Gross!

Not worth the visit. Used a Groupon wanted fried mushrooms, sorry we are out. How about some catfish? Sorry we are out. Perhaps a gyro sandwich? Don’t have that either. Hmmm… Settled for the fish (perch) and there wing combo and a side of onion rings. Fish was so overcooked, chicken was tasteless and the rings are better at Burger King. I have second Groupon for this place. It’s not worth the trip back to use it!
The guy at the counter was nice but the food not to nice!

I got a Groupon deal for this place and I decided to use both my Groupon Vouchers today (one for lunch and one for dinner). The Catfish Fillet was really tasty, so I went back for dinner. However, I was given the wrong sauce for both orders: they gave me the Spicy sauce instead of the Tartar sauce I asked for… This place would be much better if the service gets better.

Small dried out wings fried in old grease then seemingly refried to heat up. Utterly disgusting. I miss the Sharks on State st. Never again, I promise you that!

Harold’s, JJ Fish & Shark’s Fish & Chicken. The Holy Trinity of delicious, greasy and VERY unhealthy food! Come here for the perch and quarter white (hot & mild), stay for the surly dismissive service and questionable clientele.
The fact that it’s right next to the prison is a very nice touch! Treat yourself to a Friday fatty deliciousness, but don’t come here too often or you will get fat! :p

I always forget that this place is in my neighborhood. I visited this location and had fish and shrimp. The food was so very fresh and the restaurant is very clean. I plan to visit again soon. However, a coworker ordered from here for lunch and they forgot one order. Supposedly, the owner or manager sent the dinner out but it was never received. When called, they were very rude and belligerent. The money was not refunded nor was the dinner replaced. Bad for business guys.

Everything is fried and a shade of brown. With that established, this place is exactly what you’d want out of it, lots of food, cheap prices, and delicious grease. Douse your plate in hot sauce, let your slice of white bread soak up the excess, and break out that Prilosec.

If there was a no star, I would choose that. I ordered a large catfish fillet dinner, and when the guy said «7 minutes» I should’ve known right then, but I went anyway because I was desperate for fish. Well, got there, and my order was ready, BUT, there was a guy in there selling bootleg dvd’s, who mind you, was also working in the back?! Ok, giving the street location and look, I can’t be too surprised… I GUESS! Anyhoo, I get home, and there are 4 small, and I do mean SMALL fillet pieces with greasy fries, and hard bread, all for $ 12 and some change. It tasted horrible, and I felt a little queasy afterwards. NEVER EVER WILL I PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM THERE, OR EAT THERE AGAIN! BTW, this was my second visit to this place. The first visit had fishy tasting catfish tails. STAY AWAY from this Sharks location.
Now, even though I live in the West Loop, I drive all the way south to 111^th and halsted to get my fish from that Sharks, because they are so worth every penny. I’ve been going there for months now, and have not been disappointed.
Sharks on 420 S Clark St needs to be SHUT DOWN!

If there was a no star review that is what I would of selected. We ordered our lunch for delivery and guess what after two hours of waiting THEY NEVER got here. We called and cancelled and the guy said the delivery guy left a while ago well guess what you said less than an hour for delivery. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FOR DELIVERY or anything else.

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM HERE… unless you would like to wait two hours for your food but hey you have been warned! Needless to say I was very unhappy with this establishment and their lack of customer service. If you want something for your lunch hour place your order at 8 a.m. otherwise you will be promised the moon and stars but come 2 p.m. you still have no food and a lunch hour gone to waste!
Hey Unilocal!There should be a negative star rating… and this place would definitely fall in that category!

Couldn’t really decide what to eat on a nice day so coworker and I started walking east at random.
We found Shark’s and their inexpensive menu. I should have known not to expect much from my gut instinct, but in we went.
The food was really greasy. I got the catfish nuggets and fried okra. Total with the fries and drink it was around 8 dollars. Not bad for fish I would say, but it just wasn’t that good. Also, my coworker’s mushrooms were nothing, but oil.
I liked the prices if the food were more decent, but the whole place just doesn’t give a good vibe.

Okay so we ordered through grubhub cause well we had meetings to go too and no time to get anything to eat, although a restaurant is on the lobby floor in our building… we get restless of eating the same things.
The GrubHub is a convenience as they can get food delievered from restaurants which normally doesn’t take deliveries. However, the food order was estimated to be delievered at 12:30pm cause we put it in early for that reason alone around 10:00am…well our delievery didn’t get there until 2:00pm :(
GrubHub admitted their mistake and gave us certificates for our next order but DAMN I was truly hungry!
Sharks — The food was good, hot sauce wasn’t hot enough (or so I am told).
Enjoy

I will give this 4 stars for sheer volume of delicious fried stuff.
Recently went for the first time after hearing rave reviews from some, and not from others. I selected the catfish nuggets and a side of hush puppies. First off, the portions are generous. the small side of hush puppies is nearly a two person affair. Secondly, the food is awesome. Nice cornmeal batter on the catfish with fine ground salt and pepper tossed in. Tasty french fries (cause I needed more fried stuff.). The hush puppies were sweet but not too sweet, with good flavor, not too much onion. Just awesome. Other co-​workers have had nothing but good to say about the fried chicken.
They also have about half a dozen kinds of fish, shrimp, mussels, all manner of chicken, and lots of fried appetizers — mozzarella sticks, mushrooms, wings, jalapeño poppers, etc.
You may want to call ahead, as everything is made fresh and can take a little bit to have prepared. But an added bonus — when I was in waiting for my order, Cheaters was playing on the TV hanging in the corner! Awesome!