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Nice area with plenty of options for your seafood dinner.

One of the last bastions of DC's past. A must visit for tourists. Parking is very difficult due to the surrounding construction.

Salmon burger! YES!! Not too fishy, fresh, made to order, soft bread, food sauce!!

Love going here. Amazing fresh seafood

The lines were outrageous to get ur seafood cooked.

Fresh fish, oysters and blue crabs

The quality is great and most of the service is good but be particularly careful when watching for the crabs you paid for get graded. The crabs I the troughs have already been graded for sizes. Some of the workers will try to grab boxes out of the freezer, boxes that have only been field graded, to the prepare your order. MAKE SURE YOU ONLY GET CRABS FROM THE TROUGHS AND YOU SEE WHATS GOING IN YOUR ORDER.

I was here on a trip this January (MAGfest 2025). The seafood here is godlike. My only regret is not trying out the crab legs.

Great variety and everything fresh

Sad place where live animals are treated incredibly poorly. But most of it is already dead and lying on ice. It stinks and it's just unappetizing.

The seafood market here has higher average prices compared to local fresh seafood markets, possibly because it targets tourists and due to the high rental costs in DC. I tried buying some to taste, but was quite disappointed with the quality of the crab and snow crab — they weren’t fresh and were overpriced.

Best place in DC for fresh Variety of fishes especially if you enjoy beyond just salmon

Tons of options and people who are more than willing to help!

They had black sea bass!!!Always on point. Scup,Tautog,croaker,spot......they've got ample variety of fish.

A great place to buy fresh fish and other seafood. At the stands you can buy fresh oysters and prepared fish to eat on site at the bar tables! Great!!

Always fresh. Employers are knowledgeable and helpful.

Chill place to get some steamed shrimp.

The Municipal Fish Market at The Wharf is a must-visit for seafood lovers! Fresh catches, a wide variety of crabs, shrimp, oysters, and fish — all at reasonable prices compared to typical D.C. restaurants. The vibe is lively and authentic, with friendly vendors and a strong local feel. Whether you're buying to cook at home or grabbing a quick bite like steamed crabs or fried fish, it’s a great waterfront spot for quality seafood. Just be ready for some crowd and a bit of a “market” smell — part of the charm!

A very pleasant place to visit with the family. The Municipal Fish Market at The Wharf offers a unique culinary experience, perfect for seafood lovers. There’s a wide variety of vendors selling fresh fish, crabs, oysters, shrimp, and more. Even though it’s an open air market, the place is surprisingly clean and well maintained. Prices are very reasonable, making it a great option to enjoy fresh seafood without spending too much. Definitely a must visit stop if you're in the Wharf St SW area of Washington, DC.

Fun place with tons of choices on fresh seafood.

I’m deeply concerned about the experience I had at the parking space at Municipal Fish Market on Friday 4/18 at 4.10pm. After showing my paid receipt, a staff member in a white polo uniform attempted to charge me a second time—something that could easily deceive someone unfamiliar with the process. When I firmly explained that I had already paid and would not pay again, he then asked me disrespectfully to tip him on the parking fee, which was completely inappropriate and unprofessional. What made the situation even worse was that, after I declined to tip, he made racially insensitive comments about China—despite the fact that we are not even Chinese. This behavior is unacceptable on every level and reflects very poorly on the management and oversight of this facility. I hope action is taken to ensure respectful and honest service for all customers, regardless of background.

Quick stop along the wharf for quick oysters or chowder. Feel it was mostly a place to get seafood to prepare at home. Although felt entirely touristy. Excellent value. Didn't see any drinks being sold.

Service is not always top notch....but the food sure is

Very fresh seafood, affordable price, and good taste. The oysters are sweet and the crab bisque is delicious.

Fresh oysters on the half shell. Maryland crab soup. Standing at a table looking at the river on a crisp evening. What could be better.

Must try is are their crab cakes, fried shrimps and fried fish. Try their scallops and oysters, too. And if crabs are in season - the Maryland Blue crabs are a must ry- get to get messy!

Very good little place, thank you 🙏

Had a fun time. The food was good.

Best ice-cream place in St ives , large portions loads of delicious flavours served by a lovely helpfull friendly young lady grace who didn't rush us when we were trying to decide which flavour

Very fresh seafood, I like their baby octopus, it’s delicious when steamed. The male blue crab is very plump and the meat is sweet. They also provide open oysters, which taste great and not fishy. 6 for about $11. The lines for cooked seafood are usually longer than the line for oysters opening.

If you want overpriced thumbs on a scale price, this is not what it used to be. I miss the days you can get fresh and cooked different types of crabs and get cocain for 100.00. Those days are long gone, no more cocain .

Food was good, just happened to find this place while visiting

It has been taken over by Jessie as solo vendor. A lot of the ‘charm’ is gone. There were boxes being delivered and when we looked at them all the boxes of seafood were from last year or longer. And all except the shrimp were from outside of the country. 😔

Small but neat & cute. More sitting area & a couple of outdoor activities would be good.

Great local and historic spot to grab a bit or bring it home, ton of local seafood and the option to have it cooked on-site! Very unique, very delicious and such an experience!

Lot's of people but just enough for a great time.

Phenomenal choices of fresh or cooked seafood!!

Great food great seafood great clam chowder on the ones and reasonable price

Omg, this place is of my bad foodie list. Coming here for multiple years, it had improved alot, the ruined fishing smell had reduced and some sellers had left, giving the place a sense of community again. Don't hesitate, go visit. It's a historical gem in the DMV area. You will love!

Bought rainbow trout here– yum. Baked with flour and seasoned salt and served with risotto. This market has been here for decades and it's worth visiting.

This fish market keeps getting worse and worse. Years ago they had a multitude of smaller family-owned shops with great prices and great service. A few years ago they only had two companies working down there, and then when Captain White's left there's only one remaining there. I guess it's okay for those that live down there or the tourists that are just walking through and visiting, but it's a far cry from what it used to be.

MY FAVORITE PLACE FOR CRABS!! I love Jessie Taylor Seafood awesome raw seafood, soups, and much more!! They will cook if you want the seafood, steamed! Thank you

My favorite spot for years!! A DC staple

First and foremost, they are friendly and I appreciate that! Customer service 10/10, I recommend! Everything is always fresh and reasonably priced. I’ve gotten crabs and salmon steak from them. I order hot food recently for the first time and it was all yummy! Definitely go support! PS they always have a capital on crabs, which is a plus!🤌🏼

Wow, any kind of seafood you can imagine, raw and cooked, including steamed crabs!

The place is very beautiful and has a variety of fish and other marine species I visited this place in 2014, and it is one of the places that I loved very much

Helpful people and cool set up. Must see.

I went on a cold rainy day so as expected there wasn’t much to see or do, the seafood does look pretty good and even with the bad weather there were plenty of customers. I wish they had a little tarp or sort of shelter so customers could eat there even on rainy days. The seasoning they offer is cajun and its a bit spicy. I also love that they give you cocktail sauce with the shrimp. Delicious! Also, beware of parking. The guys that walk around charging for parking will charge you more than what you pay at the garage.

Didn't buy anything from here but it seems really fresh

Reasonably priced seafood. A good place to get the freshest seafood.

Had some blue crab here for the first (and last) time in my life, wow. years later, i still remember it, so delicious

Very nice fish market. Beautiful walk along the river.

The fish market is located on the northern end of the Wharf in DC. It is quite an interesting place since the stalls are all boats. The fresh seafood is located on one side and the cooked seafood on the other. It looks like you are able to buy fresh seafood and get it cooked on the other side. There is also another food place at the far end of the wharf. We were wanting to try the crab but trying to hammer crab in the cold was something we were concerned about. You are only able to get crabs by weight.

This area has changed a lot. It has been upgraded for tourist and that's nice in many ways. The fish market was excellent. However I do miss the fact that they would have had competition in the years gone by. But again the fish and products they have were really really good and excellent service. The prices were pretty .

So nice I had to get the oysters twice. Fresh seafood market right on the water. The crabcake sandwich was surprisingly large and super flavorful. It was a bit pricey honestly but not surprising with the location. There are tall tables in the middle for you to stand/eat.

The fishermen were super kind and efficient getting everyone their seafood. You can get raw or cooked seafood as well! Def check them out.

Variety of fresh seafood to choose from. My aunt made fisherman’s soup with everything we bought and it tasted amazing!

Fantastic location, knowledgeable workers, great service, and better food!

Just two rows of stalls with limited food choices. The prawns were fresh though.

Great selection of fresh seafood and eatery.

Seafood+ non seafood lovers, this place is for you. They have what you see at the buffet. The only difference is that it's fresh off the water and the price. If you want the freshest fish, crabs, crab legs, shrimps, etc... This might be the place for you. Ps. Parking is charged by the hour on the spot, or you can find parking on the streets(spaces may or may not be hard to find). ✌️✌🏾✌🏽

This was amazing to see. So many varieties.

I needed to have some crab and oysters while back in the city. Taylors delivered both. Somewhat sad to see that they are the only fishmongers left on Maine Avenue.

The price increased significantly after the renovation

Great experience.Fresh shrimps and crubs and hot lobster and club soup.Delicious at a good price.

Large selection of seafood. Prepared meals and chowders

Great deala on crabs and seafood!

not a fan of their crab soup. The fish n chip is great and big portion.

Thoroughly enjoyed my softshell crab sandwich. $25 and got two crabs. Staff is friendly.

Love the seafood always have some great selections on shrimp

Quite a good food market experience which pretty to an Asian setting. Softcrab and raw clams are ready good. The clam soup doesn't have any meat.

After an evening walk-through, as the stalls were cleaning up and shutting down shop, I had set my heart on soup the next day. Although it was only 10:30 in the morning, so kindly, they brought out the soups so we could have a small, hot bowl as we strolled back along the Wharf. The Maryland Crab soup was a fantastic brunch, just as I suspected! That place is awesome and the folks working there are great!

Monopoly makes this place a tourist scam. When I moved to DC area many years ago, this place was just a pure finish market and we liked to buy Maryland blue crab here for 3 -4 times per year. There were some different merchants sell crabs and we can choose the one with best quality and price. But now things are changed. This place has only one merchant sell crab, so they didn't care the quality of crab anymore. Last Saturday I went there and find they display their female crabs are meaty and full with roe. So I purchased half dozen. However when I am back home after 35 mins, 2 crabs already dead and all six crab are almost empty with no much meat and roe. This merchant also sell fish but they don't remind you if they provide cleaning service. I bought one fish but I found it is with scales on it. I can bought the same fresh fish at Wegmans with less price and cleaning service. To sum up, this place is no longer a real fish market any more but just a tourist scam. I am so sorry DC area residents lose this place to purchase the high quality blue crab.

Grew up with my parents going to the fish market.

This is a really great fish market. They multiple stalls on floating barges, selling a plethora of different kinds of seafood. I think it’s really interesting seeing all the different kinds of fish and shellfish available for sale. The fish is very fresh and the fact that the majority of it is floating is really cool.

It was nice lots of seafood options

Worth seeing even without eating anything because there are all kinds of things from the sea there, especially crabs 🦀 I've never eaten the animals and don't know how. So there was only one soup, but it was also very good. Fair price

love love love make sure u get freshed steamed crabs amazeing

Nice to get away from the The Mall area

They were so helpful and kind. Can't wait to go again.

Great! Clean! Very busy but each company has a system in place so the lines aren't long.

So fresh and everything was amazing

It was great! So many types of fresh fish, crabs, shrimp and more. Friendly staff and fair prices, but $7 for a medium lemonade tea is a little pricey. Huge oysters and sweet crab. They have tall tables for you to eat from, but no chairs or shade. Grounds could have been cleaner and there was a strong fish smell.

Great fresh seafood of all sorts.

Small place with not a lot of alternatives

Best thing we could have done was get jumbo crab legs while visiting Washington!!

Female server was so incredibly rude and condescending for absolutely no reason, definitely won’t return

Great food, amazing atmosphere. One of our go-to Saturday brunch spots when we were dating.

Curious place to go to, to change a little from American food. You can eat right there, they sell it to you cooked or they cook it for you on the spot. The issue is that the weather is with you and that it doesn't get too hot or rain. It is outdoors.

Perfect place for fresh seafood

I haven't been here for almost 30 years...brought back memories.

Delicious food, the bad thing is that the plates fell on the floor, they picked them up and continued using them as if nothing had happened.

Absolutely loved it, trued Osters, clams chowder, crab chowder.Food was delicious. This place has good ambiance and decent prices.Nice view to the river.

Came here to the Municipal Fish Market at The Wharf — AKA the DC Fish market, on Saturday afternoon. First time here. There’s short term parking right outside for $8 for half an hour, which is crazy expensive, don’t do that. I talked to the guy outside, he said there’s a parking garage in two traffic lights for the Wharf where they validate parking, and it’s ends up being $2, a lot cheaper. Thanked him and went straight, and then took a right at the sign (see attached photo). The garage rates say $6 for an hour, but ignore that price as that is w/o validation. Went inside and parked in a fuel efficient only / low emission spot, because I drive an EV which does not even take fuel, so it seemed to check all the boxes. Anyway you can walk and take the elevator where the sign says it goes up to The Fish Market at Wharf. There once you are done with shopping, the person sitting behind a desk will validate your parking, and it will be $2 for a max limit of an hour. So, don’t dally too long. I have also included photos of the fresh fish they have. They have a wide selection and most seem decently priced. Be aware that lot of fish such as Mackerel seem to be boned, but boneless is only available as filets which is on the right side, near shrimp and crab section. These are not shown in the photos, but the filets are at the bottom shelf, easy to miss if you are just skimming it. I ended up getting the rainbow trout and sockeye salmon filets after much deliberation. They were pretty decently priced. I think around $9/LB for the trout and $23/LB for the salmon, or something like that. I got 0.7 LB of the trout and 0.9 LB of the salmon, for a little under $30. Not too shabby. So anyway, I got the fish and checked out w/ Apple Pay. I made sure they packed ice and double wrapped it, as I was driving an hour back home. I will adjust the rating once I try the fish and taste it. As it is, I’m rating down due to a little confusion on my part, trouble deciding, and also the parking which was a stressful factor and which was not free. Street parking was free and was suggested, but the one right outside the Wharf is illegal parking and tickets can be given. So overall for my first time experience at the Wharf, $2 for parking w/ validation is not bad, however as mentioned rating down due to stress involved, and will adjust review once I have tasted the fish (filets) that I got.

I live here 🙏🏾 so I know all the fishermen I have bought seafood 😋 came home to cook it and then even shared samples with them

The crab legs were DELICIOUS and cheaper than a dinner for 4 at a seafood restaurant. Plus: everything was FRESH! We'll definitely be back!

Delicious and fresh seafood! I love those fresh seafood. Visited on Sept 1 2024

Great place for fresh seafood! Includes both raw fish and cooked seafood

Amazing place to get seafood dinners! You can get everything from seafood chowder to fried scallops and more!

Great selection of seafood and fresh fish.