If you're craving fresh seafood, there's no better place to find exactly what you want than an establishment dedicated to serving up the best fishy fare. No matter if you live along the coast, near a large body of water, or in a landlocked state, you can find high quality, delicious seafood at the drop of a hat, from creamy clam chowder and jumbo crab cakes to flavorful cedar planked salmon or Southern-inspired shrimp and grits.
According to a list compiled by Cheapism, the "best seafood restaurant" in all of North Carolina is Good Hot Fish. This Asheville eatery was praised for its "warm, soulful" fare and "perfectly-fried fish." Popular dishes at this beloved restaurant, per Yelp, include the fish sandwich, trout bologna and blackened fish, to name a few. As one reviewer writes: "best fish sandwich I've had."
Good Hot Fish is located at 10 Buxton Avenue.
Here's what the site had to say about the best seafood spot in the entire state:
"Top Chef alum Ashleigh Shanti is doing incredibly special things at Good Hot Fish, a modern fish camp in Asheville. Her warm, soulful Black Appalachian cuisine is a marvelous breath of fresh air in a city that could really use flavors like these. You won't find more delicate, perfectly-fried fish for miles. Maybe anywhere."
Check out the full list at Cheapism to read up on the best seafood restaurants in the country. For a meal that's more land than sea, you can see our previous coverage of the North Carolina restaurant that serves the "best burger" in the state.