FishWorks (Piccadilly)

Top-class food let down by poor service.

We were celebrating my birthday and thoroughly enjoyed the food. I had mussels, sea bass and Eton mess and was pleased with every course. My companion had the tuna and creme brulee and was complimentary on both, especially the brulee. Cunningly the sweets come with optional glasses of recomended dessert wines. Naturally we fell for this !

The only disappointing feature was the sometimes poor service with long waits between courses only ended when we were able to catch any passing random waiting staff.
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7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Had dinner with the Mrs on Valentine's Day. Thought seafood for a change. Walked in but was told that my table was given away since I had booked for 19:00 despite having it changed to 20:00. The gentleman showed us to a table after waiting for 5 minutes and gave us our menus. Ordered some wine to begin with, then the starters with fish soup. Was not that impressed to be honest but thought the main would make up for it. Had the tuna steak accompanied with some garlic potatoes which I found was quite a small portion. The steak was well done but a tad bland. Ordered two more glasses of wine and asked for the dessert menu but didn't order. Bill was about £100.

I would go again when they start putting a bit more taste in their food. The environment was quite noisy and with music playing on top of that. If you feel like seafood and dining alone, good choice; otherwise look around a bit more. Luckily I had a few surprises up my sleeve for that evening, because if I were to rate it on just the restaurant, it would be very poor indeed. Very pleasant staff though.
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6 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 6
Tuesday, February 15, 2011