Fishworks (Swallow St)

Not impressed.

We booked a table for 9pm. We were running a bit late, and called to say we'd be there by 9:15; "no problem!" When we arrived we were told there would be a five minute wait for the table, which given we were late was fair enough. We were ushered to the bar, where five or six other groups of people were also waiting for their tables.

Unfortunately the wait was just a little bit longer: we, along with the other people who were waiting, finally got seated at about 10:15. The starters turned up at 10:40 - the bread we had ordered to stop our stomachs rumbling while we waited got lost somewhere and arrived five minutes later than the starters. (They did apologise for that and said we would not be charged for it.)

The starters were probably good - "probably" because to be perfectly honest we were hungry enough by this point that we would have eaten anything.

Then came the main course. The grilled lobster had the consistency and flavour of latex, and the chips that came with it were soggy. The seafood platter was better - nice clams and mussels - but the selection of oysters in it was not what we'd ordered and they were pretty tasteless anyway.

When the bill arrived, we had been charged for the bread despite having been told otherwise. Our waiter (who was perfectly pleasant and was the one good thing about the restaurant) apologised profusely and removed it - but it was a bit late, really.

We'll definitely not be going back.
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Thomas
Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Sunday, April 27, 2008