Fish Market Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Best service I have ever received in a restaurant."
• "We were seated by Nikos who was attentive and very friendly."
• "The service was second to none."
• "The seafood was extremely fresh and the service was excellent."
• "Service attitude was good overall."
• "Three female waiters were friendly, prompt and kind."
• "Staff were very helpful, always attentive."

Cons:

• "Brunette lady who greeted us at the door and took our drinks order on the evening of 30th July was somewhat rude."
• "Service was a bit cold and our waitress couldn't properly explain what some dishes were which left us googling a bit."
• "Food took forever! We had to ask them twice after we finished our mains and wait for 20 min until someone finally stopped polishing glasses and give us some attention to clean our table."
• "The waiter then proceeded to knock over a glass of wine, shattering it and cutting my mother's hand."
• "Unfortunately the staff well and truly let them down! Rude, unhelpful and very unprofessional."
• "The service was a bit sloppy (they got the order wrong two times)."
• "The service was disappointing. we were told that we couldn't sit inside as it was fully booked, despite there being about 15 empty tables."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The sharing platter is actually huge and a lot of food for two people, the crab was delicious."
• "Just fresh tasting fish."
• "One of the beat places I have been to - food was brilliant (fish pie literally melted in my mouth)."
• "The food was great, very tasty, high standard of quality."
• "The cod which was absolutely beautiful! Fresh, full of flavour and perfectly seasoned."
• "Absolutely delicious fish. I couldn't get enough of it! My friend ordered lobster, and I had a taste of that. Also delicious!"
• "The seafood starters was so fine and the fish itself was tasty and fresh."

Cons:

• "You do not get a lot for what you pay."
• "There was nothing fresh about the food served. Prawns gone off and foul tasting and the mackerel tasted like they've been in the fridge for weeks."
• "Surprised by the amount of sand found in our food - unpleasant to feel teeth grinding on dirt."
• "I got food poisoning, had the tuna, tasted extremely saltey when I was eating it at the time."
• "The king prawns for main course were tasteless. No flavours at all."
• "For a specialist seafood restaurant, the fish was below average, mussels were dry and there was no portion control."
• "The trout was almost on the bland side, and you could barely taste the garlic in the broccoli, chilly, garlic side."

Value

Pros:

• "The prices are affordable."
• "Ordered 3 courses from the set menu with the bottomless bubbles. Worth every penny."
• "The set menu is excellent value."
• "Brilliant service and deals with 2 or 3 courses plus unlimited bubbles for £35-40 per head and the quality was amazing."
• "The set menu is great value at £15/£20."
• "Better than average food, amazing value to money."
• "We opted for the Evening Standard menu which was good value at £15 / £20 for 2 / 3 courses and a glass of wine."

Cons:

• "Expensive for what you get except possibly for the tasty fish and chips."
• "Too expensive for quality of food."
• "£8 a fresh oyster when there are places in Hackney that will have them for £2.50, also fresh."
• "Left with a feeling of poor value."
• "Quite pricey overall as a special was £20-30, a cider £7.5, and desert £8."
• "For £28 I would have expected more on the plate than just a Tuna steak and half a lemon."
• "However, the drinks and starter dishes were well overpriced."

Ambience

Pros:

• "We sat outside because of covid rules and it was very well managed, it was covered and with heating."
• "The restaurant was centrally placed in London but had fresh fish well cooked available as well as a few meat courses."
• "The ambience is very relaxing."
• "The atmosphere was very pleasant, atmospheric lighting, not too dark."
• "The atmosphere was really pleasant, you won’t feel like you’re in a super fancy restaurant so you need to act posh."
• "A very pleasant atmosphere with interesting design."
• "Fish Market is a lively yet cosy restaurant. It feels like a restaurant-meet-bar-meet trendy pub."

Cons:

• "Quite a small space with very close seating."
• "Just beware if you plan to come on weekends or evening as it is super noisy!!!!"
• "The restaurant was a bit too cold though. Maybe because the door was open and I get cold easily anyway but it didn’t spoil my evening."
• "The inside decor is a bit drab and boring."
• "Advertised as a seaside themed restaurant but other than a small boat & plastic crabs on the bar there is nothing 'seaside about the place."
• "Also the décor was a bit Spartan not really that welcoming."
• "Only criticism: some better lighting on the steps outside would be a good idea."