Sanders Fish Market — Restaurant in Portsmouth

Bought a bunch of lobsters to take to friends in Michigan. The guy who helped me coordinate this (I think his name was Will) was amazingly helpful. I would have given 5 stars, except for the incredibly rude female employee who loudly and agressively snapped at me to get out when I first walked in with my coolers. Apparently they limit the number of customers to 4 at a time due to COVID. This is reasonable, but it was not clearly posted nor is the shop set up to easily count the customers from outside. And there is NO reason to be that rude. If I find out that she, in any way, owns part of the company, I will not be back. Otherwise, I'd be more than happy to have Will wait...

Bought a 2lbs bag of PEI mussels. I asked for ice in the bag. I live at 20 minutes from your store, went directly home, put the bag in the refregirator. The next morning thé refregirateur was smelling terrible (bad fish) I open the net bag in the sink 80% of the mussels were open and the smell was horrible. I put plastic gloves on and throw the whole thing directly in our outdoor garbage covered bin. I have been buying PEI mussels for ever at diverse stores never had such an experience. That’s my complaint….now solution, have an expiration date somewhere and get rid of on the latest...

I was here in March and we ordered two lobster rolls and a cup of chowder. The sandwiches were out of this world--- a toasted brioche roll chock full of fresh meaty lobster. The chowder was fresh, hot and delicious. Sandwiches come with a small bag of top quality chips. Drinks are available in a cooler. My friend also bought halibut and salmon cakes from the fish case to take home for cooking later.. . reportedly they were the "best ever eaten". This place only has a couple tables, and they offer 4 seafood type sandwiches only. A great place for a...