Sun Fat Seafood Company

Got 2 small reds snapper and 2 dozen Marin Miyagi for 1 $ each. Great fresh seafood at fair prices. Good attentive service and the store is clean and doesn’t smell like old fish.

This is an excellent source for oysters! They have many varieties and very reasonable prices! The store is clean and the employees are very knowledgeable and polite. If you want to make your own oysters on the half shell, this is an ideal store! Their fish and crab and lobsters all very fresh too!

Great selection of live oysters (10+ different species), perfect to buy a bunch to go shucking or bbq! Friendly workers. The fish looked bomb too but we didn’t pick up any. They also have a freezer section of for all your assorted seafood desires. This place takes EBT as well, super plus.

Great variety of oysters and all at a fair price. We brought them home and shucked them ourselves. What a great treat. We also picked up some fish that we used for sushi. Yum!
I just wish it was easier to park nearby. It’s always hard to find a parking spot in this area.

My friend Kiko and I are always crazy about oysters, so we decided to have an all out oyster feast for my last night in town.
Our initial plan was to stop by the Mission Street Oyster Bar for their happy hour oysters, but got sidetracked after finding out Sun Fat had a plethora of bivalves to choose from that costs anywhere from $ 1 to $ 2.
That’s right folks, tanks and tanks of fresh oysters and clams! Up to 25 varieties of oysters to pick from!
— You handpick & bag ‘em yourself, then walk them over to the cashier to pay.
— Your fishmonger (they also have whole fish, sashimi, live shellfish and live uni here) will go through your oysters carefully to make sure you leave with only the good quality ones.
— Kiko and I thought we were pretty good at detecting a bad oyster, but we missed one.
Our guy threw out the bad one and personally selected another one for us without asking. Talk about great service!
TIPS when selecting oysters or clams:
— Give them a tap (you can even tap two oysters against each other) and if it sounds hollow, it’s a bad one. It usually means the oyster has lost too much of its precious liquor and is DRIED OUT.
— Never buy an oyster that doesn’t close fully, «gapers». It usually means it’s DEAD or dying.
— Never buy ones with broken or brittle shells either.
**If you’re unsure, just ask them and they’ll be happy to help**
We carried and walked our bagged oysters over to the Mission Oyster Bar and let them hang out for more than 1.5hrs while we indulged in happy hour, lol!
These oysters were so fresh that they still were okay and alive when we got home.
Here’s what we bought. I like to go for smaller ones if I’m eating them raw, the larger Pacific ones are best for grilling:
1) Shigoku Oysters ($ 1.65): These thick-​shelled, deep bowled oysters are basically Miyagi oysters that are grown in Washington.
— There’s a light clean taste to them with a subtle sweet finish.
2) Kumamoto ($ 1.95): These smaller Kumies don’t have a lot of meat, but are quite smooth going down. Mild brininess and fruity in taste.
3) Kusshi ($ 1.35): Meaty. The taste and texture reminds me of raw clams. We got 3 from Washington and 3 from Canada. They both tasted pretty similar.
4) Fanny Bay ($ 1.00): I picked the smaller sized ones since the larger plumper ones sometimes ends up being a bit too chewy. Tasted mildly salty.
5) Cherrystone Clams ($ 4.99/lb, about 3 to 4 clams per pound):
— The smaller the clams, the more tender and tastier they will be when eaten raw.
— These clams were simply delicious raw. Biting into these babies felt like I was kissing the sea. So salty and oh so good!
You’re probably wondering why there’s no pics, other than the Unilocal video?
I was planning on taking pics after we shucked and plated them but it would’ve been quite embarrassing. We basically butchered them with whatever tools we could find at home, a butter knife, a screwdriver and a hammer…
Guess I should’ve added the part about needing an oyster knife in the above tips list. Frick.

They sell fresh seafood from the tanks here, but don’t be intimidated! The seafood selection is great and the prices are the best rate I’ve been able to find in the city without starting to question how safe/​fresh the food is.
When I walked in kind of clueless on what I was doing, there were enough workers to go around to ask me if I needed help. They helped me approximate how many clams or shrimp would make up a pound’s worth. I didn’t realize until after looking up this place and reading their reviews that you’re supposed to bag your own shellfish. It was extra nice for them to come from behind the counter to help me out despite that! Kinda far from me, but will definitely try to come back sometime.

This is definitely the best place to go for affordable, fresh fish. They’ll even cut it the fish for you if you ask, and I believe it may actually be cheaper to do that rather than ordering it straight from the menu.
The sashimi they offered was extremely satisfying and I can’t wait to go back for more; their sushi rolls deals were good, too.

Got some shrimp for ceviche… very fresh and the workers there were very approachable

A lot of different varieties of oysters, I wanted to make baked oysters so I get the biggest size they have, the first time I got some very good ones and my husband loved it so much and beg me to make it again, but the second time is not as good as the first, some of them are very skinny. So I guess it depends on ur luck. They also have very fresh and rare fishes, staffs are very helpful and nice, the place is clean.

My go to spot for fresh crab and oysters. Prices are always fair, and they have a nice selection of oysters. You have to shuck them yourself of course.

This place never fails me. Stopped by to pick up different types of oysters, then headed back to Los Angeles. I have not found any place down south with the same variety.

Fresh, cheap, no frills.
We regularly come here for our fish. It’s fresh here (compared to Whole Foods, etc. which just has previously frozen fish) and as you can see by the pictures I posted, very affordable.
They de-​scale and filet the fish for you (or they can give it to hi whole of you prefer). Quick service, too.
I’ve gotten the salmon sashimi here too and just cut it myself at home, though others have said that they will also slice if you’d like.

This is the only place I will shop for my fresh clams. I always make clam sauce linguine every time I pick up clams. It’s gone up in price at $ 5.99 a pound, but well worth getting fresh and only 1 dead clam from this batch.
My dinner tonight was delicious and do not waste you time at any other place to get fresh clams still in a tank water.
I always buy my fresh oysters here too. The favorite is the kumomotos @ $ 1.65. each, but well worth it as… all so yummy fresh and delicious. They sell $ 1. each for some oysters from Washington or Canada and again are fresh and good too.

Love their scallops. $ 20/​lb and bought 5. very fresh and rich in flavor. delicious! My main motive was to get these since not many places (that I know of. at least. If you do know, please tell me. It’s always good to try new places) sell sushi grade. I got the raw ones that are sushi grade so yay for scallop sashimi~
geoduck…not so much a fan. $ 12.99/LB Even though it is live, I prefer the taste of K & C [in SJ. Did a review on them a while back]. It might be frozen, but their flavor is richer and sweeter. The geoduck here tastes kinda grimy and it doesnt taste «fresh». Yuck. I think I will stick to just scallops. maybe try the uni $ 6 each.
Service was really fast and friendly :) They accept card, but good luck finding parking in the mission!

Rented an apt for the weekend right around the corner from Sun Fat and it was the best decision ever. The seafood selection here is phenomenal! Stock up on oysters and make sure to ask for a shucker if you don’t have one handy.

Went here to get Oysters. They have a great selection, the prices are great and the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful! Also, for the area it is in, it is very clean.
They also seem to have a great selection of other seafood, which I will definitely be going back for. Would highly recommend this place.
The only negative is the parking in this are, if you know Mission, then you know its not easy.

There are several places to buy fresh fish in San Francisco. In fact there is another fish shop just across the street from Sun Fat. I’ll spare you the details but lets just say that fish shop B’s cleaning practices made me run out as quickly as possible.
Sun Fat on the other hand runs a spotless operation! Floors are hosed down daily, so there’s none of that lingering fish smell the next day. The tank water is crystal clear for the crab, lobster and clams. Each has their own section of tanks and are never overcrowded. Help yourself to the live clams and mussels. Most times they have live mussel but today they were frozen. Perhaps not in season?
If you want whole fish i. e head, fins and scales, no problem they’ll clean it then descale it for you upon request. If you’re like me and can’t be bothered with the head there are plenty of fresh filet options on ice. You’ll find plenty of options for every palette and pocketbook, from Tuna to Tilapia and everything in between.
Every member of the team is happy to answer questions about how best to prepare fish, so don’t be shy. There’s a small shelf with a few condiments like tartar and cocktail sauce that just might take your entrée to the next level. They even have Gumbo file, hmm maybe I’ll head back for some crab and shrimp. Gumbo anyone?

Amazing place for seafood! The oyster selection here is second to none and pretty affordable relative to other places in SF. Oysters ranged from $ 1 to $ 1.65. The $ 1.65 were for some amazingly delicious Kumamotos. We also picked up some clams that we steamed. All of the clams opened up for us, meaning that none were dead. The people who work here are nice and helpful, making sure that the clams and oysters we picked weren’t dead.
While we were here, we also took a look at the price of other seafood. It’s on the lower end of pricing for Dungeness Crab and other seafood. Definitely an affordable option for some fresh seafood.
Only downside is that this is in the Mission which in recent years, has been a total cluster.

Not actually the cheapest place to get oysters, as K & C Wholesale down in San Jose has them beat (10 dozen Kumamotos for $ 60???), but they aren’t too much more expensive. But you really can’t beat the variety here. They have all kinds of oysters here, from big, to small, to sweet, to salty, from all over the Pacific and the Atlantic. It’s only $ 1.00 for the cheaper oysters, and $ 1.35 for the more expensive oysters.
Which oyster was which and which one tasted better all kind of got lost in the jumble but they are all pretty good.
King crab legs were actually slightly cheaper here compared to All Shores /​Peninsula Seafood.
I also picked up Crayfish for $ 4.99 /​lb or something, and they ended up turning out really well in my spicy seafood /​crawfish boil.
The clams I picked up for $ 3.99 /​lb were also really good.
There’s also a variety of other random seafood that I didn’t look into, but it was all pretty unique.
Basically for all the shellfish, you scoop whatever you want into bags by yourself, bring it to the workers, where they will take it, count it, and give you a bill. They do take credit card (above some minimum amount) so no need to take out lots of cash!

I almost don’t want to write a review that’s how amazing this place is!!! FRESH fish & great service! I didn’t know you could walk into a fish market & not have reak of rank fish but this one does not!
This us where my fiancé and I almost always but our fish. From live crab to scallops salmon head, fresh sushi @ seaweed salad… This place is the real deal!