The fish market is located between Nampo and Jalgachi metro stations and is a cool sight to see. The market gets seafood from all over the world including giant crabs, all kinds of shellfish, octopus, squid, fish and even lobsters from Canada. We would recommend to any seafood lover to come here. The first floor is all fish market and you can buy seafood here to bring upstairs to cook. If you pick your own there is a table setting fee at most restaurants that is at least 5000 won. If picking out seafood stresses you out (like us) you can go to the second floor for a meal. All the restaurants we had had a similar menu but not all are good as we found out (we are at Jacky's and found it wasn't the best all around). The restaurant we had tried had chewy sashimi and that ruined the meal for us and we felt if we did our research before or looked for a big crowd of foreigners (or locals) we would have had a better meal. The one side also offers good views of the sea and we ate on the backside near an escalator door so do your research and find a good spot! The seafood meal came with complimentary sides and a lady near us had a giant whole crab. The grilled clams platter we got was good with buttery clams, tender scallops and good mussels. The small platters are good for two people and you can get a couple of items and decide if you want more. All the sides that come out are included and all serve a similar experience with kimchi, leafs for wrapping, sauces, Korean pancakes and a nice spicy fish head soup. Our meal started with an appetizer including a hot octopus and prawn for each of us and we were very excited for the rest. Some of the restaurant vendors are very pushy but we picked one that had an English speaker employed and he answered a lot of our questions about the market and we decided to give it a go. The meal cost 111,000 won and we wish it had been a bit better considering the cost so again we'd recommend doing some research as not all restaurant stalls are good. The rest of the second floor has a dried seafood market. The rest of the floors don't have anything exciting and are filled with offices and community spaces but the top floor has an observatory and out back there is an "I love Jalgachi" sign.

This is our second visit after a few years and this time round we came for dinner. There are many stalls on the ground floor to buy what you want to eat, and these included snow crabs, king crabs, prawns, lobsters, flat fish, eels, oysters, clams, etc. the fishmongers will clean the seafood for you depending on how you want these cooked. They will also recommend and bring you to a stall on the upper level where you pay a charge for consuming the food as well as the cooking costs. If you buy the seafood from the stalls on the upper level, the selection you want might not be available but the price quoted is all inclusive. Rice, noodles, drinks and alcohol, etc, are charged separately. Generally, the food will be fresh but do note that prices are not cheap, and there might be issues with communication so you might want to ask about the prices and costs.

Walked the first floor, marvelled at all the different types of fish (many eels/eel lookalikes), saw a wriggling eel being caught and prepared for a customer. The restaurants and dried and/processed seafood shops are on the second floor. As observed by other reviewers it does look well set-up for tourists with enthusiastic staff trying to tempt one into their restaurant for a meal. Easy enough to get to via the metro, with BIFF Square nearby.

We were overwhelmed by the array of choices on the ground floor. There were so many stalls to choose from and all looked the same. We finally settled on one but communication was a problem. You choose the seafood and the style you want it cooked, and someone will bring it upstairs for you. I guess each stall holder is affiliated with a cooked stall upstairs, so you don't have to worry about being overwhelmed a second time by the choices you have.

This is an interesting, if smelly, experience. The indoor fish market is huge and teeming with sea life, including huge crabs, octopus and more. As you would expect, the smell is pungent, but it is still worth a visit. You can purchase fresh fish and take it upstairs to be cooked for you. The outside area offers great views of the fishing shops and skyscrapers beyond. The market is free to enter. Worth a visit.

Really wide variety of fresh cut and live seafood here - many of the same items but there are hundreds of stalls all around. A few small street eateries around the area. The displays of the fish are the most interesting we felt.

We popped to see this fish market as people kept telling us about it and at one pont in our touring about we happened to be in the right local area to stop by. Its only a short wondering through the fish market visit so you dont really need anymore than 3 minutes but it is worth seeing as its very different to a UK fish market. Manly because all of the fish and other aquatic animals are all alive and swimming about waiting for their fate. Its potentially disturbing in that regard but also amazing to see the various fish and squid and so forth that is available in the Korean territory. Definitely worth a brief stop I think

The main restaurant facing the sea was closed and we went to the smaller market next door. Menu was in picture with pricing based on size. Ordered almost all for 6 pax and food was cooked in front of us and was really fresh esp fish, octopus, shell fish, etc. Ordered fresh oysters which were large, sashimi abalone which was hard but crunchy and sashimi yellowtail fish. Very pricey at 420,000 won.

If you have any interest in fish or shellfish this should be on your list of places to go . The old market area with brightly coloured red and yellow umbrellas or the newer market area with tanks full of fish and squid served by ladies in bright aprons . Head up to floor 2 to get your fish cooked or venture to the old market for a fried fish lunch at a very reasonable price . Go-to floor 7 for views across Jagalchi harbour .

Busan's famous fish market is basically a bunch of small outdoor stalls and a large modern building. In the latter, live fish swim in tanks on the ground floor, while you can have them cooked upstairs in one of the many eateries. The fish market is impressively clean. It's amazing how you can hardly smell all the tons of fine fish, neither the live ones nor the dead ones. There are some great photo opportunities, but the market isn't particularly charming. We chickened out and had fish cakes at a restaurant across the street - a decent, though not unforgettable experience.