George’s Seafood Distributors

THIS IS A SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTOR FOLKS and has been for my entire lifetime!!! They will steam crabs and and shrimp for you but they are in the business of selling top quality seafood «to be prepared». This place supplies many of the top seafood restaurants in the Tidewater area.
It is my go to when «Rockfish» are running and whenever I want the best quality seafood in Tidewater!

Everyone here was very nice. They’ll prepare and/​or steam your seafood for you — we got blue crabs and shrimp. They ask you how heavy to go on the seasoning. The quality was awesome, although I highly suggest calling to see if they have female crabs in stock (female crabs cost about half as much as male cause they have less meat. They were out of females when we went. The males were more expensive, but delicious. Our shrimp was perfect too.
They have a wide variety of shrimp, scallops, and fish as well. I can’t wait to go back.
Oh and it’s all carry out fyi.

Yesterday evening, my desire for fresh fish for dinner brought me to George’s Seafood, and I must say a lot must’ve changed since fellow Unilocaler Fred came last year. When I walked in, there was no acknowledgement of me being there. When I requested assistance with my chosen option, the associate let me know I’d have to buy the fish whole. I inquired (since it’s a seafood distributor) if there was an option to have it cleaned and scaled. He advised no, since he was cleaning. To be fair, I will say they do close at six and it was about 5:40 when I went. I was about to leave but then asked if there were any pre-​cleaned and filleted fish options. He pointed to a different counter. I walked over to it. There was a huge puddle of water in front of it so I was only able to stand in one corner to view the available options. There was only 1 group of fish that was labeled. I was hugely disappointed since I make a point of supporting smaller businesses but the associate made it clear that he did not care about me as a customer. Going forward, I will have to satisfy my seafood cravings elsewhere.

It is a true seafood house, that’s for sure. You walk in and it is the expected ice bins showing off fresh catches of the day. They had my order (2 bushels of MONGO HUGE Gulf Oysters. Spent the remainder of the day steaming, eating and enjoying the best oysters I have had. Almost no «blanks» and they even helped me load them in my van. Thinking of having another seafood feast at the house I know where my first stop will be!