Mr. Shark Fish & Chicken (Chicago Style) Durham NC
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About Mr. Shark Fish & Chicken (Chicago Style) Durham NC
Mr. Shark Fish & Chicken (Chicago Style) Durham NC serves Chicago style chicken and fish from a unit in a strip mall on S Roxboro St. The menu covers fried whiting fish, catfish filets, and deveined shrimp, alongside chicken wings, fried mushrooms, fried okra, hush puppies, cole slaw, and mac & cheese. Food is made fresh from scratch, so orders can take a while to come out, and the counter gets busy regardless of day or time. It operates on a walk-in basis and opens Tuesday through Sunday, closed Mondays. Phone orders can be hard to place, since calls sometimes reach a full voicemail.
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention fried catfish, chicken wings, mac and cheese and hush puppies.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention fried catfish, chicken wings, mac and cheese and hush puppies.
Customer Review Summary
Fried chicken draws the most consistent praise, described as crispy with seasoning reviewers call a perfect touch, and best catfish also comes up repeatedly alongside well-liked wings. Sides get mixed reactions: hush puppies and cole slaw are enjoyed by some, while one reviewer calls the mac and cheese mushy and flavorless and suggests dropping it from the menu. A trout dinner left one reviewer trashing over half the meal due to breading described as fried too hard. Complaints also include a 10pc whole wing order whose sides turned out to be one serving instead of the four promised, and a phone line reviewers say goes straight to a full voicemail. Despite this, several describe the food as cooked fresh from scratch and say it's worth ordering ahead since the small strip mall spot gets busy.
Customer Review Summary
Fried chicken draws the most consistent praise, described as crispy with seasoning reviewers call a perfect touch, and best catfish also comes up repeatedly alongside well-liked wings. Sides get mixed reactions: hush puppies and cole slaw are enjoyed by some, while one reviewer calls the mac and cheese mushy and flavorless and suggests dropping it from the menu. A trout dinner left one reviewer trashing over half the meal due to breading described as fried too hard. Complaints also include a 10pc whole wing order whose sides turned out to be one serving instead of the four promised, and a phone line reviewers say goes straight to a full voicemail. Despite this, several describe the food as cooked fresh from scratch and say it's worth ordering ahead since the small strip mall spot gets busy.
Featured reviews
- David Green
“Discovered this place by accident because it’s kinda tiny and tucked in between a lot of other stores in this strip mall. Recommend ordering ahead because when it gets busy…it gets busy! But there’s a good reason for it - they actually cook the food fresh from scratch.”
- Alisha Sturdivant-Garner
“I don’t really leave reviews, but this food was amazing! I will definitely be back.”
- Daniel L
“I ordered the catfish and ten shrimp combo. Catfish is filet. Shrimp are decent size and appear to be deveined. Hush puppies were okay. Appears to be frozen seafood battered and deep fried.”
- Alesha Carmon
“Love the food and the prices! I am not sure what is wrong with their phone. You can never get through to place an order and it goes to a voicemail that is full. Everything is great! I just wish they do better with their phone situation.”
- Jackie Nichols
“Always great! Always busy no matter what day or time. Best catfish I have found in North Carolina and the wings are always done right.”
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
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“Best chicken in Durham NC Chicago style chicken and fish Fried food”
- ReservationsWalk-in only
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