Seafood City Supermarket

Thank you for selling these easy to make dessert! Made it for my family and friends. They absolutely loved it!

Worth the drive to purchase Asian items. Staff are friendly. They have a wide variety of goods.

I very much enjoy the fresh vegetables at Seafood City. I enjoy the variety and the prices are even better.
It’s also a great place to buy rice, lumpia wrappers, pancit noodles and coconut milk.
Paradoxically, I have never bought any seafood at Seafood City. There are plenty of other items that I very much enjoy.

Perfect place to find Filupino products. Also have good filipino food to eat and tou can buy fish, have them clean it then fry.

Always out of stock on items. Employees don’t help at all when u ask. Cashiers take forever and are super slow. Bathrooms are absolutely disgusting and never gets cleaned.

Basically come here for my fav fish of all time, the milkfish some might call it. A lot of local filipino stores don’t sell it, sadly. The price for everything gets an A for the most part, I don’t feel as if nothing is too expensive, affordable filipino food makes me happy!
I stopped in about 8, an hour before closing and ooohhh I picked up about 6 packets of the frozen milkfish. about $ 3 each for the single huge ones, uh ya score one for me!
The only bad thing about this place is that the smell of the store isn’t too poppin’ if ya know what I mean… and trying to find a dang parking spot in this place is terrible. Frustrating almost because it’s kinda too small and there aren’t enough spaces. In all, I only come here probably about once every couple months when I can when I’m craving something or my mom wants to go here. So, I don’t mind this location, especially with it being the closest one to me and a lot of people.

I had been a long time customer for this store. Today i got surprised by the behavior of manager @8pm 28^th Feb 2016
I bought some stuff on 19^th feb and today i had to return it because of some reason. The stuff was unopened. Manager said they won’t take it back as I didn’t have the receipt. I had my credit card details, I know it works in other stores like best buy and so others. So I kept my stuff there, Let seafood get some extra money by reselling to others.

I went to all Seafood City branches I. SD in one week. I was so surprised that they were all clean and do not smell like other Asian stores. All sales ladies are very friendly. Most importantly, they are promoting our event.

Though this place is named Seafood City Supermarket, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this place is full of all kinds of groceries: such as fruits, veggies, snacks, meats, and lots and lots of delicious and foreign (to me) Filipino products! This store was so neat and jam packed with all sorts of curiosities for the eye to enjoy. I was really pleased with how well the produce section was kept and how generally neat this supermarket was: especially in their seafood, meat, and produce sections.
Living true to the name, the Seafood City Supermarket had a wonderfully large array of different kinds of seafoods and their different cuts. I snagged myself a really nice package of salmon pieces for a nice price (way cheaper than my neighborhood Ralphs!), which was clean and fresh-​looking.
The only nag I really have about this supermarket is just how NARROW the aisles are. You can barely squeeze two carts through each aisle, which makes it awkward sometimes when there are two carts going in opposite directions. (Weird Mexican stand-​off commence!)
Overall, I loved walking around and looking at the wonderfully diverse and colorful Filipino goods in this neat, neighborhood market. I’ll be coming back if I’m ever in the area and am looking for a decent deal on produce and meats.

Aside from the ridiculous wait times for fresh meat, seafood, and check out. This is the place to go to for fresh fish, packaged meat and pork blood. I love how the pork belly is pre-​sliced and packaged for whatever Filipino dish you plan on whipping up. They also have fresh pork blood that hasn’t been frozen for that dinuguan you want right at the moment. Their prices are as low as can be as well. No wonder everyone and their Lola and their cousin are here.
If you come for pre packaged food expect only to wait in check out. Other than that, if you’re planning on getting 10lbs of short ribs, getting your pampano fillet and fried expect to be here a while.
Right next door is s chow King and red ribbon for your go-​to butter mamon and frozen chunky asado siopao. Stay on deck with your palootz pare.

Going here during the holidays is a way to test your patience. Oh Jesus give me the strength not to knock out an auntie stealing from my cart or pushing me aside to get the veggies I’m looking at too.
Yes, this is the place to get your Filipino staples at a pretty decent price. The veggies and fruits are a hit or miss. Some of them looked like they hung out in the box too long where its either moldy, brown, mushy and soft when it shouldn’t be. Gotta love the large family packs of longuinesa and tocino. You can also get some fresh fish that they don’t sell at your local Von’s or Ralph’s grocery market.
If you’re looking for some real Filipino delicacies, make sure you look out for the very large eggs called balut. Just don’t use those for Easter unless you want to scar a child’s life. There was also ube ice cream with cheddar cheese pieces in them. No joke folks, that’s how we get down with our ice cream.
Other than that, good luck with the parking because if you never experienced road rage before, you will driving around here. Why? Well, drivers don’t care about other drivers or pedestrians. Second, be ready to fight for the parking spot you have been waiting for the last 5 mins. Some folks don’t care if you have been there, they will swoop right in and take your spot the minute that car backs out.

The employees here don’t give af with customer service especially if you’re non-​Filipino. First off, it took them more then 30 minutes to cut my fish. What was messed up were the people who got their fish before me. Secondly, all the cashiers are mature women, and it takes them awhile to calculate. They also have this very apathetic look on their face even when there’s a sign near them that says, «Smiling makes a difference!!»

Maybe one of the worst places ever to shop. Discrimination at its worst here. Had a guy follow me around everywhere. Speaking Tagalog to the other employees who also then started following me. Giving such a bad impression on Filipinos and a leaving a hostile shopping experience. I would advise to avoid this store and goto another supermarket with better service. This was the worst.

Everything you ever want to satisfy your filipino food cravings.
I love ordering the fresh fish and having the butcher scale, cut and clean the fish the way I want.

So many fantastic ingredients that you can’t find in chain grocery stores, and at such cheap prices!
Green beans that are a foot long!
So many sweets I have never tried!
All the normal grocery store items plus more!
Fishy aroma throughout store!
This is due to the fact that the back portion of the supermarket is literally an indoor fish market.
My second time in, I bought a whole salmon. You pick your fish, bring it to the counter to get weighed, and then they can cut it into steaks for you. Sadly they do not filet the fish, only cut steaks. This was my mistake to have them do, because pulling out bones is WAY easier to do from filets than from steaks. If i buy a whole fish in the future, I would probably only ask them to remove the head, and I will filet at home.

I had Chinese food lunch with my Chinese (ABC) friend in Mira Mesa, where we talked about poor and rude service in Chinese establishments. After our lunch, I went to Seafood City to see what kinda fresh fish I could buy. After picking my fish, I brought to fish counter to weigh and got a number to wait for it to be cleaned. My number was 95, but I was dismayed they were only on # 54, and about 15 people standing around waiting. After standing about 20 min (I did not have other shopping to do), they were only on #58 and then after 30 min, I told the lady that I did not want my fish anymore. She went to look and I was about 3 – 4 fishes from end, but I do not know which end, and she left counter and started cleaning the fishes. There were only 2 fish cleaners. This was on a Tuesday, early afternoon, not busy weekend. I think in another 10 min she cleaned my fish, cos I told her I was never coming back! She said nothing.
On the way to cash register, yes I only wanted this one fish, I passed red grapefruit for 25 cents a lb, I thought pretty good. So I brought 3 grapefruits to cash register with my fish. When I was being rung up the man behind me got my attention and pointed to the register screen to show me that my red grapefruit was being run up as «Tamarind seed «for $ 7.29 !!! Oh no, I told cashier! !
The cashier looked at her long produce list of codes, and was looking in the «T» alphabet. I told her you need to look under «G». Cashier acted like she did not even know what «G» even was, cos she continued to look in wrong alphabet section. So I helped her find «G» on her list, and told her GRAPEFRUIT, RED !!! She found and entered «Grapes, Red». I told her NO. Geez, I can’t believe they hired someone who doesn’t know what a grapefruit look like.
Then she could not void it, and of course that Chinese man behind me who KNEW what a grapefruit looked like, FLED to another register. I told her to call her boss. She said «I’m sorry, I am new». Boss eventually came and after pressing about 80 different keys on the register (I am not exaggerating or being facetious), finally voided the Tamarind seed and the Red Grapes, and entered the right thing.
I felt sorry for the cashier, but they should have hired someone who knows what produce looks like. I can understand some uncommon things, maybe the Chinese grapefruit DO look like tamarind seed in China.
I will never go back to Seafood City again, even though 99 Ranch Market was on San Diego Union Aug 5, 2014, list of 11 food establishments repeated closed down for health violations, which the article was about roaches. 5 of the 11 were Asian establishments.

Seafood City for the uninitiated. Can be a little undaunting for some. But for others can be an adventure for the taste buds. Specializing in Asian ingredients/​groceries and Filipino cuisine. Seafood City has been in business for as long as I can remember in areas like Mira Mesa and National City. Pretty much the areas where there are a good sized Filipino population in the community.
Open early for breakfast, in the afternoon for lunch and late for dinner. You can have all of your meals inside Seafood City. They have cafeteria style tables and chairs for you to sit and enjoy your food. With separate areas to purchase food. You have a variety of choices to pick from.
Being in the AM with a friend. We both ate a breakfast which consisted of two eggs, rice, Chinese sweet sausage and a slice tomato. Included with our meal was coffee and we added a mango juice drink. We also split a whole tilapia stuffed with chopped onions and tomatoes.
The eggs were firm sunny side up almost hard boiled. Perfect with the rice and sweet sausage. The mango juice was refreshing. Coffee had good flavor and was hot. The tilapia was meaty but had a lot of bones to maneuver around. Very typical with this type of fish. It is best to eat with your hands if your up to it.
My friend and I left feeling full and satisfied. If your not used to eating this type of food. Take Prilosec beforehand or have some Tumms handy for later. My friend had bad heartburn later. Other than that, the food is flavorful, inexpensive and better than fast food because it’s better for you. Don’t forget the bakery in the back of Seafood City. They bake fresh pandesol all day. I bought some fresh Ube rolls to go. Yum.

6÷21÷15: 3^rd Stop– called to see if they had blue crabs. The Aunite on the phone said «Yes sir we have blue crabs» my friend ask how much they are per lb. she says «Sorry sir we cant give price over the phone.» So we leave Zion Market to drive to Seafood City… We get here and no blue crabs they sold out in the morning :(Ugh the Auntie lied.
Anyways Seafood city has a lot of good Filipino :)

The place to get ALL Filipino goodies all in one place. Not all Asian grocery stores are the same, each has an Asian ethnicity of it’s own. Seafood City caters more to the Filipino community. Once in a while I crave Filipino food and this is where I go to satisfy my cravings.
I love Philippine Mangoes and yes they have it, $ 8.99 for a box. Growing up in the Philippines I learned to cook Filipino recipes, this is the only place I can find tamarind soup base to make sinigang, mama sita’s kare-​kare mix and many others. All the chips I grew up loving are mostly here, not to mention most of the stores around are Filipino stores and restaurants.

Haven’t really bought anything at the market. They have a wide selection of hard To find Asian food & condiments. They have a variety of delicious desserts at the bakery and i usually buy coconen & ube ice cream. They have a eating are that sells boba and there’s always a long line for the food. It sure smells good, but I personally haven’t tried it.
We go to the chow king next door and get crispy chicken and my parents love halo halo. They recognize them by now lol. The staff is really friendly there. We are becoming regulars.