Aqua Fresh Seafoods

I used to go to this place on a regular basis. Today was the first time I have been since the change in ownership. I was thrown by the new menu. I know it’s been a few years since I last visited but the prices? Also if I want fries with my fish, I’m going to a fish and chips place where they’re frying up cod. Got my order home. Bit into first piece of fish and tasted nothing but breading/​batter. In that whole piece I think I only tasted fish on half of the bites. Great disappointment. This used to be my go to place. I won’t return again.

Catfish fried to soft, fries fried to hard. Cooks need to cook the fish longer or get a better quality fish. Maybe it is because it is frozen fish. I’ll stick with JJ’s

Recently went back food was absolutely better I did ask them to fry my food a little longer and the portions of the meals were nice.

They are very friendly people, willing to please, that is where the stars came from. BUt the food was lacking to be desired.
I was disappointed, everyone tries to imitate soul food, but it is not always achieved, good try but that is probably why you don’t have the business you want.

Service was horrible. I went to check out this grand opening and the new owners are disrespectful and the taste if the good was very poor!

Service and fish was excellent!

Delicious different varieties of fish and friend to perfection. Also has a good selection of ice cream. Perfect place for a home cooked style lunch and dinner.

Do I have any fellow 80’s Soulbeat viewers out there? Well don’t ask, but BF-​Jayson came across an old school Soulbeat commercial for Aqua Fresh Seafoods in Oakland this past Friday & sure enough folks, that was our Friday dinner *tee-​hee*
LOCATION: On MacArthur Blvd close to Foothill Square area, & directly across from Church’s Chicken
Now that photo was stolen from Google-​Maps; although the street-​view looks barren, this street isn’t! I didn’t get a chance to take a pic ‘cuz MacArthur is just a busy street during the day. Yeah, it’s in the «ghetto» so prob not ideal spot to visit for the light-​heart or non-​Oakland folks, but if u’re up for it go for it. Now my review is only the 2^nd review of this place while 1^st review from our fellow foodie Unilocaler Victor G back in Jan ’08…guess folks don’t really travel these parts of Oakland. Personal suggestion on parking, just park @ Church’s Chicken directly across the street ;-)
RESTAURANT: Now the commercial from 1989 has a brotha in it, but it appears to be Asian owned (think the mom was cooking & son was taking orders). Few tables & bench seats inside, spacious & clean… nothing special on decoration

CUST SVC: Basically empty on a Friday about 5:40pm (we say their heaviest competitor is Las Palmas might be the reason why so empty; another one of our fav Oakland spots), young man was patient while we surveyed the menu above to fig out what to eat. Very friendly & helpful with letting us know how we could switch-​up an order, or what not. Placed our oder & waited prob 10-​min as mama-​san cooked the food. Pleasant & clean eatery really.
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MENU 4
…if u peeped Menu 4, yes, they serve ice cream up in here too ;-) Prob like 12 (basic) flavors… mama-​san a Hello Kitty fan too since son said his mom put the HK stickers next to the name of the ice cream label. Any HK/​Sanrio fan gets kudos from me… but we didn’t taste the ice cream, so no review coverage on that aspect of this business.
FOOD: Aaahh, finally… the food! Packaged up in a large pink plastic bag w/​a final price about $ 30. We got the 10-​piece order for prawns, hushpuppies, & fried rice
plus 4-​piece order of sole & instead of going w/​2-​sides, we replaced w/​catfish
Of course sliced bread came w/​orders (typical of a soul food joints) & option for packet of hot sauce & tartar sauce, which we took too. Now for me, I grew up eating rice breakfast, lunch, dinner, or whenever… BF points out funny we came to a soul food spot & got fried rice, it always just goes over my head I tell ‘ya. Anywho, the food was pretty tasty. Still warm traveling from Foothill Square Oakland back home to Castro Valley, prawns were large, hush puppies crunchy on outside but soft on inside, fish wasn’t heavily battered & tasted fresh/​soft to bite… fried rice was good too. Food supurb? No, but definitely good & worth trying out. Don’t know what kind of hot sauce they use, but it had some «heat» to it that we both liked.
END OF THE MEAL: We still had some prawns & fish left over that barely made the wkend really. Would we go back. Probably so… again, me & BF grew up in East Oakland, so some parts we don’t mind venturing/​revisting if food is good & priced right. Should you venture over here? That’s ur call… just keep ur visits in the daytime.

across from popeye’s, they sell seafood, ice cream and wings here
4 piece combos go for 6.34, 6 piece 8ish piece of buffalo, catfish, sole, i had the sole with 2 sides, french fries and potato salad.
the salad was very cold, seems to have come from the ice cream section, the fries were crunchy, turned mushy later. the sole was pretty good, lightly breaded with meal and fried.
3 stars for the wings, –star for everything else.