Quote Originally Posted by lastchance View Post
Aren't tilapia really good eating fish?
In my opinion, they are OK. A lot of fast-food type restaurants that serve fish sell Tilapia. This is typically what's in a fish taco at places like Ruby's in the West and low budget Mexican restaurants in the East. More up-scale places will usually have more expensive species of fish. Tilapia can be farmed very densely, and so they are economical for food.

To me they are somewhat bland and usually have at least a mild fishy-taste, but are not objectionable. The texture is a little bit rubbery compared to something like cod, walleye, or flounder, which I consider more flaky. I've read articles that complain how they don't have nearly the nutrients, particularly omega-3, that fish like salmon have.

I've never caught and eaten fresh tilapia, so my experience is chiefly the farmed mass-market variety and may be quite a bit different compared to wild fish.