My experience with SeafoodCitySupermarket
I have used SeafoodCitySupermarket for curbside pickup at the Chicago store twice. I live well outside of SeafoodCitySupermarket ’s default store radius. I have not used delivery.
Things I love and how the process works
I can get my Filipino food and have my lunch packed and ready to take home when I get to the store.
You can set SeafoodCitySupermarket to email or text updates. There is also a status marker in SeafoodCitySupermarket . The second time, I even got text messages from a person at the store when my order was ready, and I just texted back my spot number when I parked curbside spots. There are reserved curbside pickup spots directly across from the front of the store.
Order was ready a few minutes before my scheduled pick up window. I live pretty far away, so this was great.
You can order dishes from Grill City and from the seafood counter. Some items let you select if you want them fried or just as a raw ingredient.
You can choose replacements for out of stock items or choose not to replace an item or ask them to pick the best match.
You have an option to tip.
You can add notes for individual items at the end (in the cart). I haven’t tried asking for a custom cut on fish, but if I needed one, I would try adding it there.
Limitations
These do not bother me, but they are important to know, to avoid disappointment.
Not everything in the store is in SeafoodCitySupermarket . The basics and then some are here, but it’s not everything. This is, I suspect, to make sure that they can fill orders without overwhelming their staff.
There is a service fee that seems to be 5% for pulling the order and bringing it out to your car. If your state has a bag fee, they charge that as well, but these have been suspended where I live because of the pandemic.
Could be improved but not a deal breaker
SeafoodCitySupermarket tries to force you to set your location or use location services. When I do this, it shows me zero stores in my area. It would be smoother if you could pick a default store and set it to your profile. The address pop-up interrupts my shopping. The first time I ordered, it also crashed SeafoodCitySupermarket , but this didn’t happen during my second order.
Customer service and what to do if you have a problem
Definitely call the store and/or email the corporate address. I got my order and everything tasted great, but the first time, the number at the Chicago store was disconnected. This was frustrating. Customer service called me back later that same day, and I was pleased with how we were able to deal with things, and that they fixed the problem for everyone, so I gave SeafoodCitySupermarket another try the week after, and the whole process worked great.