Burhop’s Fish & Seafood

Bought a large and very very expensive whole lobster over the weekend of the 4^th. asked that it be cut in half and the claws cracked. all well and good. i should have suspected the lack of attention to any sort of detail when the package was handed to me sloppily and wet. when i got it opened at home, the lobster was wrapped haphazardly in two pieces thrown together in plastic, and the tomally was left oozing all over the packaging and inside and outside of the lobster. it was a total mess and needed much attention before grilling. For the amount of money we spent, that no one asked if we’d like that removed (yes please) and that the man who waited on us did such a poor job of wrapping, and cleaning the whole lobster was just shocking. This wouldn’t have happened when the older staff worked here and they are sorely missed. Buying the lobster here was a first, normally we just get crabcakes at this store. Too many other fisheries that do pay attention to detail. this purchase was a total mistake.

I never knew this place existed until my mom and I came here to pick up crab cakes for Christmas Eve. Burhop’s employees are so friendly and all of the fish looked incredibly fresh. The crab cakes were a nice treat and not too bready. Hope to come back here soon!

Burhop’s is overpriced and really lousy customer service.
Went in a Thursday night because my friend lives close by. There was some sort of a concert going in the middle of the parking lot, which I guess is a regular Thursday Night thing at Del Largo. When I came in, the bearded guy behind the counter kinda curtly asked «Can I help you?» and so I stated that I’m looking for either trout or whitefish, to which he replied: «Oh… Your here to pickup fish?»
Yea, why else would I be here?
So, go and get my trout; Lake Superior Trout at $ 9.99 a lb and Farm Raised Idaho Ruby for $ 14.99 lb. Couldn’t get what I needed of one so I had to get both.
And… This stuff isn’t particularly well scaled. For $ 9+ a lb, yea, I like my fish scaled and properly dressed. And the guy behind the counter is telling me «It’s fine… No we don’t scale».
WHAT!!!
Begrudgingly, he did better dress the fish, but with obvious disdain and attitude.
Fish was perfectly fine. Made lovely pan-​roasted trout fillets with an orange and sherry sauce, hair-​covert and almond and saffron rice. It was very good.
Hey guys, I’m sorry it was 7:30p and maybe your hrs were being extended, but from the moment I walked in, it really just felt as if my money wasn’t wanted nor needed.
I’m going to stick with Sea-​Ranch on Lake St in Wilmette. MUCH nicer customer service, providing sushi dressed and quality fish for about the same price.

This place has the best Fresh Seafood in Chicago. I have been coming here since 2001 and haven’t found a better place. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and more than willing to take the time to educate you on their huge variety of fresh fish and the suggest ways to prepare it.

The best fish market I have ever been to!

Burhop’s is THE specialty seafood store in the area. You can count on everything being fresh and tasty. My family has bought its fish almost exclusively at Burhop’s since I was a really little kid — that’s probably at least twenty years, and my family eats tons of seafood — and only had a bad experience once. (That once involved my mom cooking a whole Dungeness crab, smelling the air, declaring it ‘bad’ and dumping the whole thing straight in the trash without further comment. So it is possible that my mom was just having a bad day, which is not Burhops’ fault.)
The place, while full of fish, hardly even smells fishy — it just smells clean, like the oceanfront. Their lobsters and crabs wander around in a large pool made out of rock with a waterfall aerating it. Now if my fate were to be boiled alive, I’d at least want to spend my last days in that tank rather than in any other tank I’ve ever seen lobsters and crabs kept in.
The employees are so helpful and will treat you well whether you’re a seasoned fish chef or you ask stupid questions like, ‘does this go in the oven?’ They have a good selection of marinades and sauces that they’ll recommend to go with whichever fish you choose. There’s nothing bad I can say about this place. And for the quality it’s really not that insanely expensive.

My boyfriend is a chef, so when we decided to make a variety of shellfish for a small dinner party last night, he wouldn’t go anywhere other than Burhops. Since it is on the North Shore, I was worried about high prices and pretentious customers. I was wrong! (Thank God). We bought 3 dozen mussels for only $ 12 and 3 dozen oysters for about $ 20. Unbelievable!!! Even better, we got them back and opened them and they were all alive! (you can usually expect that a few will be dead; of the dozen I bought at Whole Foods a few months ago half were dead). The man who helped us was so nice and helpful — they didn’t have quite enough of the cheaper oysters we wanted so he threw in about a half dozen of the more expensive variety at no extra charge. He also boxed everything up and asked if we wanted the shellfish on ice. They have an incredible variety of fresh seafood that is all very well priced. They also have a freezer full of pre-​marinated and seasoned fish fillets that look DELICIOUS. Burhops Cocktail sauce has long been a favorite of mine and my boyfriend’s family, its thick and has a perfect amount of horseradish. YUM! Burhops also has a small grocery section with some excellent looking Asian seasonings and sauces as well as other random delicious looking things. You can leave the store with everything you need to make awesome seafood. Check it out!!!

Little known secret: Burhops will take any kind of fish from the cooler and grill a fish sandwich for you, outside on a charcoal grill. The sandwiches come on a big fluffy bun with lettuce, tomato, onions and your choice of mustard or red pepper sauce. I go with the red pepper sauce. The also throw in some coleslaw, I recommend the oil and vinegar slaw, its tastier and healthier than the creamy stuff. The whole process takes about 15 minutes usually, and you can call your order in in advance. Depending on the kind of fish you choose it will cost you between $ 5 and $ 7. I don’t know if they still do the sandwiches during the winter months or not, but you need to check this out.
Besides their lunch service, the seafood and wine selections are both excellent. I highly recommend their in-​house marinades, as well as the mango salsa; the staff can tell you what will go well with what. The staff is knowledgeable and friendly, they treated me like a true regular after only my third or forth visit.