In a trendy Cleveland downturn location, they are marketing frozen breaded crab cakes with an unusual markup as fresh crab meat.. After living in the DMV for over 30 years, I was extremely shocked to drive an hour for this disappointment. I don't normally write reviews. However, something needs to be said when merchants exploit products under false pretense.
Andrew Salopeck
Been walking past this stand for years and since I'm not a huge fan of fish never bought anything but always took a look to see what they had to offer. Yesterday my Fiance mentioned we should do crab legs soon and we weren't too impressed by the selection at Heinens or the price. Surprised her this morning by making the hour drive to the west side market to get fresh crab legs. We got 3 clusters of snow and 3 king crab legs. Let them defrost in the fridge for a few hours then boiled them. THEY TURNED OUT ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! This will be our new years tradition from now on, and the only place we will be going is Kate's. Thank you!
ROBERT ROY
Responded to a much ballyhooed promotion of “fresh never frozen” lobster meat for holiday ordering. Showed up to claim our order, and were informed that only frozen was available. Anyone even moderately accustomed to lobster consumption knows the lower quality of frozen vs. fresh. Nobody died and nobody is going to jail here, but at best we have a colossal fumbling of fulfillment on a premium product, and at worst, well, bait and switch comes to mind. This business has a decent reputation, so perhaps the takeaway here is that it’s ok for WYSIWYG purchases, but it doesn’t seem to be ready for prime time in the special order arena.
ANB
I LOVE KATES FISH THEY DO NOT ACCEPT EBT ONLY TIME IS WHEN THERE FISH IS LOW AND THEY CUSTOMER SERVICE IS SLOW DONT JUDGE PEOPLE BY LOOKING AT THEM KMOWING THEY RECIEVE EBT I WATCHED HOW HE ASKED A LADY DID SHE NEED HELP BECAUSE SHE WAS SPENDING CASH MONEY BUT DIDNT ASK ME DIDNT WANT TO HELP ME I KNOW WHATS THIS IS ABOUT I REMEMEBER WHEN NOBODY USE TO EVEN GO KATES BUT THATS THE ONLY ONE NOW IN THE MARKET I WILL NOT SIT BACK ITS WRONG PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE RECEIVE EBT
Daniel Parker
Stand sold me dead mussels. I contacted them via email providing photos of the issue and was told it's my problem and they accept no responsibility.
Amp
Great sea food. Lobster tails, scallops, and Argentina Shrimp were excellent!
Jairaj Ranchod
Great selection and quality.
Lanny “Madame L” A
Im from the Louisiana Gulf Coast & 1 thing I know is fresh fish. Very pleased with selection and purchase that I made. Found Kate's at Westside Market.
Mike Z
You can’t go wrong with Kate’s fish. I love their selection of fish and other seafood but today I put them to the test. I grew up in Maryland and am used to live blue crabs some of the best crab cakes in the world. I’ve been wanting good crab cakes so I bit the bullet and bought a couple at West Side Market today. These are hands down the best I’ve had outside the mid-Atlantic. The crab meat is good and there is more crab than breading which is hard to find in Cleveland.
Empress of Louisiana Vodou “Madame L”
Im from the Louisiana Gulf Coast & 1 thing I know is fresh fish. Very pleased with selection and purchase that I made. Found Kate's at Westside Market.
No I do not recommend anybody of color giving Kate fish any business I stood there today as though I was invisible no one saying I'll be with you shortly (NOTHING),employees are rude very disrespectful they give you eye contact but then just keep doing whatever they're doing money is green not black "I pity the fool.
Samantha Basille
Always a great stop, the staff is super knowledgeable and friendly.
Evan Collins
I was impressed with their selection. The vendors were incredibly helpful. The salmon I purchased was fresh and tasted wonderful!
Nick H.
Can't beat the price and the quality i went to a local grocery store and they were charging 5 more bucks a pound for walleye than Kate's and Kate's walleye was extremely fresh. Along with even their ocean perch it was cheaper and looked way fresher.
Jill Petty
This is my go to for smoked salmon and/or smoked salmon spread. Again out of salmon and no salmon spread again but I’ll be back! It’s delicious
In a trendy Cleveland downturn location, they are marketing frozen breaded crab cakes with an unusual markup as fresh crab meat.. After living in the DMV for over 30 years, I was extremely shocked to drive an hour for this disappointment. I don't normally write reviews. However, something needs to be said when merchants exploit products under false pretense.
Been walking past this stand for years and since I'm not a huge fan of fish never bought anything but always took a look to see what they had to offer. Yesterday my Fiance mentioned we should do crab legs soon and we weren't too impressed by the selection at Heinens or the price. Surprised her this morning by making the hour drive to the west side market to get fresh crab legs. We got 3 clusters of snow and 3 king crab legs. Let them defrost in the fridge for a few hours then boiled them. THEY TURNED OUT ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! This will be our new years tradition from now on, and the only place we will be going is Kate's. Thank you!
Responded to a much ballyhooed promotion of “fresh never frozen” lobster meat for holiday ordering. Showed up to claim our order, and were informed that only frozen was available. Anyone even moderately accustomed to lobster consumption knows the lower quality of frozen vs. fresh. Nobody died and nobody is going to jail here, but at best we have a colossal fumbling of fulfillment on a premium product, and at worst, well, bait and switch comes to mind. This business has a decent reputation, so perhaps the takeaway here is that it’s ok for WYSIWYG purchases, but it doesn’t seem to be ready for prime time in the special order arena.
I LOVE KATES FISH THEY DO NOT ACCEPT EBT ONLY TIME IS WHEN THERE FISH IS LOW AND THEY CUSTOMER SERVICE IS SLOW DONT JUDGE PEOPLE BY LOOKING AT THEM KMOWING THEY RECIEVE EBT I WATCHED HOW HE ASKED A LADY DID SHE NEED HELP BECAUSE SHE WAS SPENDING CASH MONEY BUT DIDNT ASK ME DIDNT WANT TO HELP ME I KNOW WHATS THIS IS ABOUT I REMEMEBER WHEN NOBODY USE TO EVEN GO KATES BUT THATS THE ONLY ONE NOW IN THE MARKET I WILL NOT SIT BACK ITS WRONG PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE RECEIVE EBT
Stand sold me dead mussels. I contacted them via email providing photos of the issue and was told it's my problem and they accept no responsibility.
Great sea food. Lobster tails, scallops, and Argentina Shrimp were excellent!
Great selection and quality.
Im from the Louisiana Gulf Coast & 1 thing I know is fresh fish. Very pleased with selection and purchase that I made. Found Kate's at Westside Market.
You can’t go wrong with Kate’s fish. I love their selection of fish and other seafood but today I put them to the test. I grew up in Maryland and am used to live blue crabs some of the best crab cakes in the world. I’ve been wanting good crab cakes so I bit the bullet and bought a couple at West Side Market today. These are hands down the best I’ve had outside the mid-Atlantic. The crab meat is good and there is more crab than breading which is hard to find in Cleveland.
Im from the Louisiana Gulf Coast & 1 thing I know is fresh fish. Very pleased with selection and purchase that I made. Found Kate's at Westside Market.
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No I do not recommend anybody of color giving Kate fish any business I stood there today as though I was invisible no one saying I'll be with you shortly (NOTHING),employees are rude very disrespectful they give you eye contact but then just keep doing whatever they're doing money is green not black "I pity the fool.
Always a great stop, the staff is super knowledgeable and friendly.
I was impressed with their selection. The vendors were incredibly helpful. The salmon I purchased was fresh and tasted wonderful!
Can't beat the price and the quality i went to a local grocery store and they were charging 5 more bucks a pound for walleye than Kate's and Kate's walleye was extremely fresh. Along with even their ocean perch it was cheaper and looked way fresher.
This is my go to for smoked salmon and/or smoked salmon spread. Again out of salmon and no salmon spread again but I’ll be back! It’s delicious