Where to eat lionfish?

Hungry for lionfish or ready to try this delicious fish for the first time? Ever wondered what lionfish tastes like and want to satisfy your culinary curiosities? Contrary to what you may have been told, lionfish is not poisonous and is safe to eat where it is served!

Create a demand for lionfish by asking for it at your favorite seafood restaurant and always eat lionfish when it is on the menu!

Support the restaurants, stores and other businesses that sell wild-caught lionfish at these fine locations (when available, it’s getting harder for restaurants to keep lionfish in stock recently):

Caribbean and Latin America

 Scary Dragon Roll from Lionfish at E Sushi Shap in Aruba

Anguilla BWI

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba

Bahamas

Belize

Bermuda

Lionfish Ceviche from Paradise Moon in Bonaire

Bonaire

Carriacou

Cayman Islands

Colombia

Curaçao

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Honduras

Jamaica

MexicoLionfish Ceviche from La Perlita in Cozumel, Mexico

Panama

Puerto Rico

Saba

St. Kitts and Nevis

United States

Alabama

Seared lionfish on jasmine rice and kale with a mango jalapeño jelly

Seared lionfish on jasmine rice and kale with a mango jalapeño jelly prepared at Georgia Sea Grill

Connecticut

Florida  (Please note: Many seafood distributors have a hard time keeping lionfish in stock, so most of these restaurants serve lionfish when available, please contact in advance.)

Eat Lionfish at these Restaurants and Markets

Georgia

Louisiana

New York

North Carolina

Texas

Have you seen lionfish on the menu in other locations? Please let us know and send us an email. We do our best to complete a bit of research on each restaurant before adding them to this page. If we cannot verify through their website, social media pages, review sites, photos, etc. that they serve lionfish when it is available then we usually will not include them here.

Updated October 9, 2022