The Fish Factory

I’ve been going here since I can remember and I’m talking from since I was a kid! However I won’t mention my age, but I’m no spring chicken, so I’ve been visiting a looooong time. It’s only a stones throw from where I live and it killed me almost when I moved interstate a couple times as I couldn’t find anything close that compared.
Such a huge range of seafood! From whole fish, that if you wanted gutted or filleted they’ll do it for you and also will hand you the scrappy offcuts so you can make stock or whatever. No mess in your own kitchen, you beauty!
They also have a huge range of crustaceans and shellfish and all the iddy biddy bits like oysters, mussels and scallops. Not to mention all the different sized octopus and squids.
One part I wish I could throw myself over and allow my skin to take over the aroma is the smoked fish!!! I freaking love smoked fish!!! I grew up on it as my Popsie always got some for Easter and Christmas. My parents also smoked our catches (usually Tommies) when we were kids. It was from then that stemmed my smoked fish addiction. All of their fish (apart from the smoked sliced salmon, I think!) is smoked on premises.
You know this place is fresh when you see the workers out the back doing the sorting/​filleting etc. However, there are a few fish that obviously gets imported but they label that to let consumers know.
I’m off now to make a delicious seafood chowder and oysters Kilpatrick using what I bought today for my hubby’s valentine’s day meal. Yep I’m a good wifey!

Like to browse for the freshest seafood and pick out exactly what you need? The variety here is amazing. Every time I come to the Fish Factory I see something new.
If you are after a whole fish you can find a great variety here and the staff will fillet the fish if you need. The oysters are delicious and freshly shucked while you wait; plus there is a decent range of live seafood if that’s what you’re after.
The big tip is to buy your seafood frozen and take it home in an esky and keep it in the freezer until you need it, especially around Christmas. I do this every year with my prawns, they are generally a little cheaper than right before Christmas when demand seems to push up the price.

I actually don’t eat one bit of seafood, but my parents and friends and family always go straight to the Fish Factory for all their fishy needs, especially at Easter and Xmas.
During these busy periods in the year, there is mountains of every type of fresh seafood, plenty of staff and early risers stocking up for the holidays.
Caught locally and well priced, The Fish Factory is very popular throughout summer and during the year, especially for bulk family/​event buys.

I love fish, unfortunately my hubby does not, which means two things;
A. I don’t get to eat it often
B. When I do eat it, I can afford to splurge a bit.
The Fish Factory offer top quality seafood for a good price. The smell of seafood is strong, but not that fish smell you need to be wary of. This smell makes you want to buy everything.
I brought prawns and mudcrab here last week for christmas, and they were lovely. The best kind of seafood is the sort you don’t need to do much to to make it taste great.

This place is just plain incredible — biggest range of seafood I’ve seen anywhere in Adelaide — everything so fresh, too, including live mud crabs. It’s a long way to go for seafood from home, for me, but boy it’s so worth it. It’s probably good it’s a bit of a trek as my wife and I tend to go on a spree when we get here — last trip was a mud crab, scallops, prawn meat and some fresh ling fillets.
I tossed those scallops in a hot pan with lime, chilli, garlic and ginger. Now I think about that and I’m figuring I’ll have to head back out here to do it all over again once Christmas is over.
There is an abundance of parking here — one of the benefits of being in a factory in an industrial area, I guess.