Desporte & Sons

Good food, great prices, good selection of fresh seafood. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Wow, daily specials when chef is in are worth stopping in for. Walk in a get hit with the smell of gulf fish. Food prepared with pride. will be back again and again… When the chef is in Tues through Friday.

This place is absolutely amazing. Finally got to try the Gator sausage on a bun. And it hit the spot! A small little spice added to the sausage. I can say if you can’t handle the smell of seafood then this might not be the place for you to sit and eat. Just order and go if you can’t handle it. I love the fresh seafood smell. So it didn’t bother me. The cooks are awesome as well. They educate you about the food they have available. Also, they had these amazing eggrolls filled with jambalaya. These are so good! Not sure who thought of this evil idea, but I salute you sir or mam! Definitely coming back for more before I get out of town. No complaints with the prices. I’m not sure about the hours. Just call before going to make sure the deli side is open. They have fresh seafood in the market as well that you can buy. If I lived here I would definitely buy from them. 5 stars with ease.

Simply Fresh Seafood — shrimp, oysters, soft shell crab fried — It’s perfect. I did not try the fresh fish but will next time. The staff was great. The chef is Timothy will fix it just like you want it. Great lunch !!

Excellent seafood served at the local fish mart. Don’t let the décor fool you; there’s a real chef in that kitchen.

Great stop for lunch from Po boys to fresh catch. Good food, good people and good value. Plus you can get seafood to and cook yourself

All of the 5-​star reviews are correct, but as you may know, I RARELY give 5 stars. Biloxi has some good food, and this is one of the best places for lunch or a snack. Yes, it’s casual (and NO, it is not a «dive.» Just CASUAL). I have had the gumbo, fish po-​boy, and various specials (usually creole-​inspired, grilled fish with a shellfish stuffing or topping). All have been quite amazing. Fish spiced and grilled perfectly, seafood fried crisp and medium-​rare in the center. This is ESPECIALLY important for oysters, and they flash fry like a pro. In fact, the head chef is a pro, and quite a gentleman, hand-​delivering my last to-​go order to my table.
As a seafood market it is clean and well-​stocked, with tons of Gulf seafood on display. And no, the crawfish are NOT from China. (Note: I do NOT order or buy or eat imported seafood at any time). All local/​regional.
CONS: Well, they do close sometimes ;)

This is the best seafood I have ever had. Super fresh food and a friendly staff, make this a great place to visit over and over again. I recommend the Amber-​fish plate, the Chef puts the perfect seasoning and cooks to a heavenly tasting goodness. Thank you Desporte & Sons for the best sea food I have ever had.

I love this place. I wish it was bigger but if I can afford the wait time then I will!

The al a carts food here is delicious and perfect for lunch! The fresh seafood is also good and fairly priced. I’ve been there a few times now and they do not disappoint. 5 star!

Wow! Awesome dive to eat or get takeout. Very casual. The seafood is as fresh as you can get it and the cook’s recipes are amazingly yummy.

The real deal! Homemade honest deliciousness. Alligator sausage Poboy — fried jalepenos amazing!

Closed Sunday and Monday… soft shell crab poboy was great!
Seafood platters was plentiful (just bring your our slap ur mama)
Cole slaw was good (vinaigrette base)

This place is a fresh seafood market that also serves food… they get pretty busy at lunch… po’ boy are great… you can’t go wrong

With temperatures in the 50 ‘s outside and fresh boiled crawfish inside, with that wonderful smell of crawfish boil seasoning, it’s a 5 star top notch stop.
You can special order your crawfish with corn, potatoes and sausage (supplying your own) for a feast that’s sure to make you howl. Getting your cold fingers on hot tails (crawfish tails that is) is worth the wait, usually about an hour for special orders.
This is definitely my go to spot for crawfish and fresh shrimp. Customer service is awesome and the personalization received is fantastic.

Desporte & Sons is a small seafood market, the restaurant portion is called JR’s Deli and it’s inside on the left after you walk in. It’ll maybe seat 20 and it can get busy at lunch so expect to order it to go.
The first time I tried this place two years ago I ordered the a soft shell crab dressed with lettuce and mayo on a bun. I remember this vividly because it was so good my hands started shaking.
Today I ordered the same sandwich as a po’ boy and although my hands didn’t shake this time it was still good. The bread is as fresh as I remembered it to be. I also ordered a pound of crawfish. It came out immediately, seasoned to spicy perfection but I was disappointed by how lukewarm it was. I would’ve preferred waiting a few minutes if that meant that it would’ve come out hot.
Staff is super friendly and there are free refills on sweet tea; I’ll be back the next time I’m in Biloxi!

Um wow! The shrimp is AWESOME!!! If you aren’t into peeling dead prawn of any kind, then this isn’t for you. It so fresh and in a fish market of all places.

For one last lunch in Gulfport/​Biloxi, we found DesPortes & Sons. We had actually driven buy it the day before but it was closed on Monday. The place is a fresh seafood market that also serves food. They do a lot of carry out, but there are a few tables and we managed to grab one. The place held real promise with lots of local workers and business people coming in.
I had to try gumbo again. This was a large serving and was so hot at first I could not even taste it. As it cooled, I began to sort out a medium brown roux style with no tomato. It had very tiny shrimp only (or were they crawfish?), no crab, oysters. I really thought it needed more depth of flavors, perhaps more sweetness form vegetables and more spicy heat. I will say that as it cooled, I appreciated it more and more. My final judgment is that it is good, not great, probably 3 to 3−½ stars.
Ms T had crawfish étouffée which was very herbal (probably thyme). That overwhelmed any seafood flavor. My fried shrimp were very small, but seasoned well. They really had too much batter coating for their size, any shrimp flavor was lost to the coating.
I liked my Jambalaya Egg Roll. It had a lot of onion in the rice based stuffing, but it was good. The hushpuppies were fried very dark and were also oniony.
DesPortes & Sons did not live up to the promise for us. The food was OK, but not above three stars. We just did not find any of the items to four star rating. We agreed we would try other places first before returning.

We decided to walk here from the Beau since it was close enough… about 15 blocks… definitely not a bad lunch spot if you’re tired of casino food or want fresh seafood.
We ordered the boiled shrimp, cup of seafood gumbo, catfish special with potato salad and crawfish etoufee and grouper from the market which they fried and made into a poboy with 2 sides for 4 dollars more. Best items were the boiled shrimp and potato salad (which has bacon in it).
I’d definitely come back again next time I’m in town.

In the last TWO weeks I have returned to Desporte’s for crab étouffée THREE TIMES. I’m not a big fan of Cajun cuisine because much of it is centered around tomato based sauces, which I don’t like. I’m not sure if crawfish étouffée is considered Cajun or French, but it is a creamier soup than gumbo… It’s delicious. And Desporte’s is just amazing. I got it on a whim the first time, took it home, refrigerated it until dinner and heated it up… And ate the whole cup within 2 minutes!!! Some sort of voodoo magic happened in those 5 refrigerated hours. That rice just soaked up all of the crawfish and mushroom juices. It was just spectacular. I got it again a few days later and then a week later for one of my «neighbors» in Temporary Family Lodging at Keesler AFB. I hope I got him hooked too =)
Barring any seafood allergies, you must MUST try the crawfish étouffée!!!