Visiting the Sydney Fish Market

Known as the largest fish market in the Southern Hemisphere, I had high expectations for the Sydney Fish Market.  Visited by both locals and tourists, I’ve heard that the market can get very busy later in the morning, so most people seem to suggest going around mid-morning if possible. 

The fish market is very easy to get to as the light rail station stops a short walk from the entrance. Once inside, I realized that the market is actually not that big.  Aside from the stores that sell fresh seafood, there is also a café and a grocery store and a few restaurants, but that was pretty much it.  I guess my expectations were a bit skewed because the only other fish market I’d been to before was in Busan, South Korea and that place was massive, with rows upon rows of seafood.  Here, it was basically organized into two main stores, and the prices were pretty much the same between the two competing stores.

I started at the Marketplace Café, as one of my main reasons for coming here was to try the doshis.  They had so many different kinds and all of them were decorated in such an attractive way!  I ended up getting a doshi as well as a taco and although both were delicious, I definitely preferred the doshi.

Next, I explored one of the stores in detail and there was definitely a lot of variety, including some species of seafood I hadn’t heard of before.

I definitely couldn’t leave the market without trying some sashimi.  The prices are definitely very reasonable if you want some fresh seafood.  However, one thing that was a bit of a letdown was that they charged me $1 for this wasabi soy sauce mixture.  It had too much wasabi for my liking so I didn’t even end up using it, but was surprised to find out later that I had paid $1 for it!

I would definitely highly recommend visiting the Fish Market for brunch or lunch as you can get really fresh seafood for a very reasonable cost.