Foster’s Shrimp House

I’ve been going to Forster’s Shrimp House since I was a little kid. Foster’s knows how to do fried seafood. Don’t expect some kind of restaurant. Foster’s is just a store front where you order over the counter.
I have so many favorites. I love the big shrimp with dense breading then I top it off with their cocktail sauce that has a good bite to it. The scallops are a big favorite too. They’re sweet and juicy. It’s all fried, but it’s so good!

I wasnt super impressed with their shrimp. Ive heard so many good things about this place too! The sauce on the other hand was very good.

if i lived closer to fosters i would eat there at least once a week!!! i have been here about 20 – 30 times over few years, not once have i ever had bad food, the same great food every time. shrimp is awesome, perch lake or ocean is incredible, quality is
wife hates fish– but eats perch and shrimp, only at fosters, sauces are the best 2^nd to none!!! the owner does a great job to accommodate the fast paced world, to serve his customers as fast as he can, not being a fast food place. i wish i had a fosters near my home. kudos to the fosters shrimp house. A++++++++++

We drove by this place and wanted to try it so we did. We bought the fried shrimp and we took it home. I was so upset not one of the shrimp was deveined. I took one bite saw the vein hanging and I was done! Need I say more!

I love this place its delicious and convenient. Shrimp is always fresh and lake perch is wonderful too

Supposed to be open but they were closed at 1215 pm

I stopped at Foster’s Shrimp House on Friday afternoon. They were just opening, so maybe that had something to do with the quality of the food.
I ordered the $ 8.99 shrimp dinner and was disappointed at every item. The coleslaw came in a container about as big as the cocktail sauce container, the fries were average, and there were maybe 8 of the smallest pieces of shrimp that one could find — and they were burnt.
Very disappointed over all.

Okay so I feel like in the name of total honesty here, I have to admit that when I decided to try Foster’s, I was instantly comparing it with another fried fish joint I like to frequent in the city. With that being said, my current review is completely unbiased as after tasting the food here, it didn’t touch on other similar joints.
I ordered fish chips (they use turbot rather than cod like most places do), clam strips, zucchini fries, and catfish. It was all cooked rather quickly and came with my choice of tartar sauce, as well as regular or hot cocktail sauce.
Took the food home, and was a bit turned off by the flavor of their tartar sauce. It was extremely tart and almost curdled as if it had gone a little off the wayside.
The fish chips (wth is a turbot, anyways?) had this weird sweet taste to them that I wasn’t fond of. Also the fish chips themselves were quite small and really not ‘meaty’.
The clam strips and the zucchini fries tasted EXACTLY the same, except that the zucchini fries seemed to have some italian dried herbs on them.
All in all, this place was extremely subpar. I just can’t think of anything that stood out about it. Looks like I’ll still be taking a drive closer to the city whenever I have a fried fish hankering. Sigh.

Best Shrimp and Fish Chips anywhere! The secret is in their Signature Breading which they have been using ever since they opened.

Having lived near UIC in my younger days frequenting the ghetto fried shrimp shops in the area, I had a craving for some fried shrimp so I looked on trusty old Unilocal and decided to try this place out. This wouldn’t be the first time that other Elites have led me astray.
We entered into a run down looking storefront with an old lady busy reading a book at the front counter. We asked what was popular and chose shrimp, fries, and other side items. She then proceeded to the rear to prepare our order. You can look through to the kitchen and see a TV and other items that don’t necessarily belong in a kitchen and it looked rather disheveled. I figured I would just ignore that as long as the food tasted good.
Then I saw her reach in to a freezer and pull out our frozen meal then dump them in to oil. My heart sank and I knew that this place wasn’t the gem I was looking for. I kept an open mind and took our meal home and tried it out. Much to my disappointment, all the food tasted like each other as well as other items on their menu. It must have been ages since the oil was changed and I can understand why. The lack of customers and presence of only one employee shouts the general disapproval of its past patrons.
If you want overpriced frozen seafood, you have found your place. If you have taste buds that work, don’t bother coming here.

Go to Dons Dock. Fish chips were pre made from the chest freezer and the shrimp were hiding someplace in the back.

Found this gem of a place when trolling Unilocal.Went there yesterday when my husband had a hankering for calamari. The fish balls are awesome. They are all fried and not disappointed at all. Does not too good with my cholesterol but i didn’t care. You can actually taste the meat, whether its fish or shrimp or something else. We try to patronize family owned places in the NW suburbs and they step up the place. We like it!

Oh. My. God.
It’s been far too long since I’ve been here, but stumbled upon other reviews and I just HAD to comment.
Great fried shrimp. Large, juicy, hot, and, well, greasy, but who cares! Yum!
If I were still in the area I’d take out a bag of fried shrimp every time I drove by. I’d be fat (well, fatter), but happy.

Talk about a random find in the ChiBurbs. This place is a cash register with a fry-​o-​later. They’re known for their shrimp and seafood. While a sign on the wall says they do offer fresh shrimp at market price, the emphasis is clearly on the fried goods.
My wife and I split a pound of fried shrimp and some other fried side items. It was pretty good, but a little on the expensive given that it’s just fried-​food takeout. It’s better than going to LJS to get fried seafood, but don’t expect to get any delicately prepared seafood at Fosters. It’s fried goodness start to finish. If that’s what you’re looking for, then definitely drop in. I’ll be back when I get the hankering.
A couple of interesting notes: no tables/​seating, credit card is $ 15 minimum, but that’s not hard to hit when 1lb of shrimp runs $ 13.

I’m about to turn 26 and my family has been coming here for nearly 20 years. Foster’s fish balls (what we call them in my family) aka fish chips are on my list of last meals I would eat for my last meal. The oil, breading, quality fish/​shrimp, are all perfected and absolutely delicious. Just grab some food to go as they do not have any seating. I’ll usually order, pick it up and eat it in the car in the parking lot because I can’t wait to get home to chow down. I had a southsider that knows fried food try this place out and it got his stamp of approval so it’s on par with any fish fry place I can think of. Every time I’m in the area I’m stopping by.
Be sure to check out all the old Bulls memorabilia as proof to how long this place has been making awesome food.

Wow this food was bad! I’ve been to numerous places in my life and this place is up there where I question how are they open serving this crap. I ordered about $ 25 worth of food, got shrimp, calamari, fries, cole slaw. The shrimp and calamari were taken out of freezer from a bag that looked like it came from grocery store frozen section. So now I’m paying for frozen fish not FRESH fried fish. And this is what they supposedly specialize in? Everything is weighed so think you will get any extra fish or hook up on frozen fish! Fries are frozen too… no fresh cut fries! Guess that’s also too much work.
I would of been better with Long John Silver down street. If you go, you’ve been warned!

You can not go wrong with a pound of shrimp from Foster’s.
Foster’s has been in the same place for over 30 years. The Shrimp is outstanding. You can also buy fresh seafood here. The price is not bad compared to other like businesses. I suggest calling 10 minutes prior to getting there. Or you can wait 10 minutes once you are there.

Great place for take out! A pound of shrimp and a pound of fish chips for 4 adults with a few sides… Plenty of food. Very fresh and their breading on the shrimp and fish is crispy and delicious! Also, the young lady that prepared our food, was very courteous and washed her hands after handling our payments. So glad we tried a new place!

What a great find! I have driven past here for 10+ years and I kept thinking that I could buy fresh seafood here to bring home and cook. Well, last night, I found out that you can, but the even better part is that they have great, cooked to order food to take home and eat.
To share between four of us, we ordered a pound of shrimp, a pound of fish chips, fries, onion rings and mozzarella sticks. We had tartar sauce, homemade cocktail sauce and homemade SPICY cocktail sauce. The spicy was my favorite and a real treat! It didn’t burn, but there was a slight bite to it that kept me wanting more. It was just the right amount of food (maybe a tiny bit too much) and it was all cooked just right. The woman who served us weighed out everything before she cooked it, washed her hands in between handling the cash register/​money and our food, she was informative and extra-​pleasant.
It’s not a fancy place by any means. It’s a simple concept with extraordinary carry-​out. We might just have to head back again this weekend!

Had a taste for some fried shrimp and this place came up on Unilocal.Simply put: they satisfied my craving and I’ll simply have to go back.
They are a bit pricey ($ 13.50/ib of shrimp) but the shrimp are nice and clean and the batter is very tasty. They also have homemade cocktail sauce. They’re also extremely quick: about 3 – 5 minutes to fry up some seafood for ya.
Other things on the menu: catfish, scallops, perch, calamari, spicy curly fries, chicken tenders, etc. You can also get dinners which include slaw, fries, and cocktail sauce.
I really wanna go back for the catfish, hopefully Foster’s is good a pickin out them there bones!