Pearson's Port

Been coming here for years and realized I never left a review. Freshest seafood you can buy straight from the boat. Service is incredible. Family run business and everyone is super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend the shrimp during shrimp season and the spiny lobster during lobster season. The scallops are also amazing and reasonably priced. When they do have fish, it is fresh and can be used for sushi. I wouldn't buy my seafood from anywhere else. Would give more than 5 stars if I could.

I absolutely love this place. Everything about it their fish is always so fresh. And the customer service is amazing. Thank you for my Christmas ornament and the cooking instructions.

Hidden treasure of OC. The best and affordable place to get crabs that you can bite through their shelves with your teeth! I have visited Pearson's Port for 10+ years and they always carry freshly caught crabs. I mainly buy crabs from here after getting tired of going to Dory's Dock early in the AM and long lines.I steamed my crabs with beer and lemon with half an inch of water in low medium heat. You don't want to drown the too much water or high heat or all the juices will come out . Turn them upside down so you can keep the juices in their belly. Always pick female because they have more fat and eggs most of the time. Add lemongrass stems too if you like the flavor. Call before heading out and ask them what they have so you don't waste time driving all the way to Newport and come home empty hand. It's near Fashion Island. It is a little hidden but your map should be able to guide you there. Parking - you can park right in front and walk to the cute little store floating on the water. The sea breezes were so refreshing out there.

Stopped by on a whim and scored the best spot prawns, yellowtail sashimi, and swordfish steaks!!Spot prawns are fighty even after hours in the fridge, tasted phenomenal with little soy sauce and wasabi. I pigged out on 2lbs. Drools Yellowtail sashimi is very fresh and yummy.Swordfish steaks are very tasty grilled as well.Overall, a fantastic haul. Definitely a redo, especially for spot prawns!!!

best place to by fish in Orange County. It is all sushi quality........no place to eat, it is a fish market. But the best of the best. A bit pricier but worth it

A multigenerational family fish market. My in-laws would get fish and live crab here over 40 years ago. This is the place to get local spiny lobster, Santa Barbara spot prawns and the freshest fish at fair prices. When lobsters are in season, I'll call and have them hold some for me, when I arrive in the afternoon they will prep and clean them for the grill so the are the freshest ever.

If you've never been here, you need to put it on your short list. This is an absolute gem of a little fish market, and just one of those places that I feel fortunate that we can still enjoy. To say that the fish is fresh is an understatement, as it doesn't really get any fresher than this. You could go three times in a week and they would have different things each time according to what the boat caught that day.

I have been looking for a place to buy spot prawns without having to wake up early and line up at 4 am. Not sure how I missed this place before but it popped up on my online search. They post their weekly catch on Instagram. I'm not sure anymore how much the spot prawns are at Dory but I'm willing to pay a few dollars more to not wake up early and be treated respectfully rather than as if customers are a nuisance. I've called Pearson a few times with questions such as how many scallops are in a pound and they are always patient, polite, and helpful. They also wrap everything up nicely on ice! And they accept credit cards! On to the seafood. The first time I went there I bought spot prawns, clams, and fish. The latter was for my friend and she was it was very fresh. The prawns and clams were delicious. For a surf and turf with my friends, we got prawns - delicious as sashimi and also steamed. We also fried the heads like they do in the Japanese restaurants. clams - little neck clams were huge and so good scallops - sashimi and also seared. These were some of the best scallops I've ever had Fish for sashimi - tuna, salmon, white tail. This was also fresh but I think we didn't do a good job slicing it The seafood here is incredibly fresh and delicious and very fairly priced. I also feel like they are really honest with how they weigh their seafood because I felt like we got tons. There's hardly a line and they have normal hours- open Thu-Sunday. I have no idea why this place isn't more popular. I'm also half afraid to say anything because if the word gets out there will be lines and lines, but I love these small family run businesses that are proud of what they sell.

This was a recommendation from a Lyft driver and I am so glad we found it. It's a priceless gem with amazing live and fresh seafood. We found our new crab, lobster, clams, tuna and shrimp go to place. Amazing time we had that night for dinner. We love that is a 3 generation family run business - truly one of a kind

Best place for live seafood like crabs, shrimps and fish from west coast local ocean.