Alioto Lazio Fish Company

I really love this place. Ordered multiple times for overnight shipment to my family in Boston from San Francisco but decided to surprise them by bringing it myself. I called last minute at 10am to see if they had any available for carry-​on, they were able to put 4 whole (or 7 – 8 already cut) cooked then cooled crabs in a carry on box. Took my name, number and time to pick up. I drove down before my flight, they had temporary parking right out front, paid via card, and straight to the airport. 10 hour flight, crabs were still fridge temperature. Neatly packed, styrofoam box in a shipping box with frozen peas and corn inside to keep it cool was a nice touch. Even made makeshift handle. Surprised my family, they all enjoyed it. Will definitely order again.

Best deal in town for either fresh live crabs or freshly shelled crab meat. King salmon is great, too, when available. You can park right on their lot in front, so you don’t have to worry about that terrible Fisherman’s Wharf traffic and parking. The prices are the fairest in town, too. Please note: they close at 2:00 PM during the week.

Still love Alioto Lazio for fresh fish. You can’t beat it in San Francisco. Currently enjoying the steelhead trout at $ 13 lb. Great value and awesome flavor. 5 stars!

Reading all the great reviews about fresh cracked crab I was so excited to try this place. I called in and placed an order for 4 crabs to be prepared and payed $ 12/​lb … I didn’t mind the cost for fresh, sweet crab that I didn’t have to prepare. They prepared it in 30 minutes and when I picked up my order I grabbed the bag and did not open or check the product … bad move on my part since they cover the pieces in news paper so you can’t see inside the bag. When I got home to my dismay there was a mediocre spread of legs and pieces with black spots (some old and some not so old) that did not taste fresh. It was not sweet, tasted old and had black spots on 70% of the legs. Tossed $ 80 worth and won’t be going back.

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I have to give a huge shout out to alioto lazio fish company. I was tasked with finding fresh cracked crab for a surprise party for my parent’s and what do you know? I waited until the very last minute to do it. I called alioto lazio to see if they had anything last minute and sure enough they were able to pull through and hook me up with 5 outstanding crabs.
let it be said — my parent’s are both super picky about their fish (dad is from SF and mom is from the South). with that in mind, they were absolutely blown away by how fresh and delicious the crab was. i’ve had my share of fresh crab, but alioto lazio was hands down my best from SF.
awesome local business.
cheers.

Just tried the clam chowder and omg… honestly was some of the best clam chowder we’ve ever had! So sad we only grabbed one :(It had bacon in it so made it that much better. So be sure to ask for a condensed box of clam chowder before you go for 5 dollars, way better then the stuff you get right down the street!

I’ve lived in North Beach almost 20 years and buy in-​season crab from Alioto-​Lazio every year. The cooked, cleaned, and cracked dungeness crab just can’t be beat.

Welcome ²⁰¹⁴⁄₁₅ Crab Season. Just hit up Alioto Lazio this morning and picked up 3 good sized dungeness crab and some ice for $ 33. Prices are hard to beat and the staff was very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this place if you are looking for fresh crab in SF.

Lost a bet and had crab shipped to some Seahawk fans. A simple phone call, no muss or fuss, service was excellent. The crab, chowder and sourdough bread was delivered overnight express. The feedback from the diners was that it was perfect. In the past I’ve had crab shipped to the Midwest as a special holiday treat, Alioto’s service has always been the best.

There are two primary reasons to come here:
#1. Live Local Dungeness crabs.
#2. Support local small business owners.
We enjoy driving down the coast to buy our crabs off the fishing boats at Pillar Point, but this beats the drive. And we didn’t want to chance that the boats were going to sell out or skunk.
We purchased six live crabs for a dinner party out of town. The crabs were not only alive but very active. And they were about two pounds each. If you prefer, you can buy the crabs cooked.
They also ship crabs FedEx. Plus they sell other seafood. There’s customer parking right out front.
Only in San Francisco.

Always got some of the best fresh dungeness crabs here in the past, but this time I had to get them shipped to Honolulu for a special request from a relative who is in the last stages of her cancer. Well, they hit it on the nose: large fresh crabs, great clam chowder with the perfect loaf of sourdough bread! Best of all, the shipping went off without a glitch… mahalo, Annette and Angel, wishing you all well for 2014, M

This is the BEST place to buy live dungeness crabs in the city. Just like buying from the boats at Half Moon Bay, but without the long drive. The crabs are super fresh, very heavy and held in clean aerated water tanks. These are the 3 most important things to remember when buying live crabs.
So far every crab I’ve taken home has been well over 2 lbs and of outstanding quality. The ladies who work there are very helpful and knowledgeable. I learned that you have to cook these crabs for 30 mins. in boiling water — they’re that big! I also like that their prices are reasonable and there’s free parking in front.
I’ll definitely be back. Can’t wait to try their live lobsters and other seafood offerings. Best find ever!

Just picked up our beautiful crab and lobster for thanksgiving. Super easy in and out. There’s even customer parking!

The same buddy that turned me onto Tartine introduced me to this incredible nugget. I love crab but have never tried to buy live crab and cook it myself. The folks there are fast and great to their customers. It was so easy to get them and the price was amazing. They are great with questions and have plenty of options for your seafood needs but the extremely large live crab are the best!!!

Live crabs $ 5.50/lb. Why have I been driving down to Half Moon Bay for dungeness crabs all these years?
The ladies are super super nice and knowledgable. Kudos to ladies run business!

Great shrimp scallops fish and crabs! Totally worth it !

So glad Unilocal lead me to Alioto Lazio. Popped in here this weekend and got some fresh steelhead filets and a pound of large shrimp — came to $ 19. Small price to pay for great quality. I think this will be the only place I buy my fish going forward.
I don’t know if I’m up to cooking, or more importantly cleaning, my own crab, but luckily you can buy cleaned and cracked here too — this is exactly what I’ll be doing later this week for our valentines dinner.

This is the place for Dungeness Crab. Excellent for fresh or cooked crab. They also do wonderful shipping for you where ever you need to ship to. Also they can package for you to fly with your Crabs. Family run and they show it with excellent friendly service.

I just pulled a couple of Dungeness crabs out of the pot and broke off a couple of steaming legs and ate them. Man, there are few things as good as fresh, sweet crab straight out of the pot. My recipe: add crab boil and salt to the water; boil uncovered for six and a half minutes per pound timed from the water returning to a boil; cool slightly under running water; EAT!
So, why do I make the trip to the City to get crabs from Alioto Lazio? Really its just one thing: they handle them so well. You can go to Ranch 99 and get a crab and its fine, but its also crowded into an aquarium full of brown water where it can’t help but absorb some of the taste of its dying brethren. Or you can go here where they have really big (I think the tank area is 12 feet by 12 feet) shallow tanks filled with clean, filtered, well aerated water. The crabs are very much alive when you get them home and they taste just out of this world!
They also sell cooked crabs here, though I’ve never tried those, and they do sell crab meat, which I have purchased and its very good, too. They take credit cards. They ship crab anywhere in the states that FedEx will overnight to, though the shipping is not cheap.
Its great to be able to buy these crabs again!