Pinder’s Seafood & Marketplace

Very good selection of fresh fish, especially the locally caught Cobia. Nice deli selections for salads, etc. Nice and friendly service.

Fresh seafood market, fish dip, soups crab cakes, conch fritters and all kinds of fish

From New England, lived on west coast of FL for last 14 yrs and just moved to this area. Husband a devout fisherman. Went to this fish market because there are not that many around that have fresh fish. We were hardly impressed. Really, you call this the best seafood market? Nothing looked that fresh to us. Prices were pretty high. We did buy a pound of Gulf shrimp that had a very strong odor of bleach when I opened it. Not impressive and quite disappointing. Not sure if this was just a fluke (pardon the pun) or they are just not up to par. Will try one more time and if it isn’t any better, that’s it for us. There is really no excuse for selling «bleachy» fish products. We will make the drive to Davie and stock up at Maryland Chicken which has some of the best fresh fish and prices around. Even the Restaurant Depot in Riviera Beach had some fish products that looked better than here, and way better prices.

The products and selection are immense, but the prices pretty high. $ 25/​lb for red snapper the other day. Can’t you get that in a restaurant, cooked and served, for less than that? Just my first impression.

They have a great selection of fresh fish. I was pretty surprised the first time I went there because it doesn’t look like much from the street but really is a great fish market. They always have the normal popular seafood as well as the local Florida fish that are in season.

Really disappointed with this place. Half the fish looks worse than Publix. I think they’re experiencing slow turns and have a quality control problem. I’ve just returned smoked fish today that smelled like cheese. It seemed the management was really indifferent about this issue. They asked me «well what did you do with the fish»? I answered, «tried to eat it but couldn’t because it was spoiled’! no discount, no care about the fact that I made a trip to buy it, a trip to return it on Sunday (closed) and another trip to return it on Monday. I’ll take my business elsewhere.

I always purchase seafood from Pinder’s. They have an amazing variety of fish and it’s always fresh and reasonably priced. I often go here for lunch for one of the freshly made soups. Since I discovered Pinder’s, I can’t buy seafood from supermarket anymore.

Mostly good stuff AND they are a buyer of fish from local fishermen. Personally, I almost always catch my own fish here in FL so I am spoiled. On the rare occasion I need to buy something, Pinders is the only place I would go.
I have to laugh at the person from Wash. Who panned Pinders because they didn’t like the Halibut or Salmon (BTW Yellowfin tuna IS pink. Only Bluefin or bigeye are red and yellowfin tuna is what most markets carry since it is the best tuna for cooking, as opposed to raw). Who in their right mind comes to Florida and gets Salmon or Halibut? Pretty ignorant. Try grouper, snapper, local shrimp, wahoo, dolphin (mahi), or thirty oer possibilities before you waste your time getting imported junk.
I rate them 4 stars instead of 5 because their imported fish is NOT that good. Always ask before purchasing what is in season locally, they are usually helpful in directing you. However, even their southern fish are imported sometimes so make sure you ask for locally caught fish only. Not only will it taste better, but it will last longer in the fridge.

SO. I LIKE FISH AND I’M FROM FLORIDA.
Saldy, we can not all be as cool as those from the Northwest. However, I have lived in Florida most of my life, and I have traveled most of the world (including the Pacific Northwest).
While we poor Floridians may not know a lot about totem poles or yuppie coffee houses, we do know fish. Pinders is, without a doubt, one of the best seafood markets on the East Coast. Their fish is beyond fresh. Of course since salmon and halibut are Pacific fish, it’s not going to be as fresh as local fish (grouper, snapper, etc). But for the other reviewer to pan Pinders based on her self-​admitted lack of knowledge about fish is just ignorant.
I have introduced many visiting guests to Pinder’s seafood — especially their best-I’ve-ever-had shrimp — and they have all raved about the quality and freshness of the fish.
I do not work for Pinder’s, nor do I know anyone who does. I just don’t like snotty people bombing someplace when they obviously have no idea what they’re talking about.
Sorry, Lanny, nothing personal. It’s probably best you just stay in Seattle where things are more to your taste. (And who in their right mind would put liquid smoke on fish!!! YUCK!!!)

SO. I LIKE FISH.
I like it so much, that I make my hosts buy some while I’m on vacation.
I came to Jupiter twice this summer to visit my dad before he had open heart surgery. Being that he was requiring a special diet, we agreed fish was the best option. My dad directed me to Pinder’s and suggested that I get a couple of liters of their lobster bisque in addition to whatever fish I chose.
I couldn’t pick any fish. I couldn’t do it. I’m a northwest native. I get the best cuts of the freshest fish on a weekly basis. You’ve never had fish until You have had the first piece of Copper River Salmon on the first run of the season. (barbecued with Maple syrup and liquid smoke — FTW)
I took one look at the fish, and was immediately turned off. I’d rather buy GROCERY STORE FISH from Publix. It was so sad and dried out. Maybe these poor Floridians don’t know any better, but Halibut shouldn’t be beige, Salmon shouldn’t be gray, and Tuna shouldn’t be pink. Now, I’m no fish monger, but shouldn’t be fish be displayed on ice? They had them in cooler cases, but the cuts of fish were all laying on those little pads they put in the bottom of steak trays to absorb the blood. That can’t be good for the flavor of the fish.
This just in from my boss (Who IS a Fishmonger): It’s not good for the flavor of the fish, But neither is letting it rot…
The bisque was OK though. Cream based SOUP was probably not the best choice for dinner in July in South Florida. Maybe.