Fish, Wings and Tings Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The owner makes the hot sauces himself! I loved the tamarind."
• "Great food, quick staff and extremely spicy hot sauce."
• "The food was super delicious, fresh and made with love!"
• "Jerk chicken was tender and balanced."
• "The jerk chicken is full of wonderful flavours. Sweet, sour and savoury."
• "Shrimp curry was lightly flavoured with coconut and the shrimp were juicy."
• "The Coconut Curry Prawns and the Jerk Chicken... tasted amazing."

Cons:

• "Food used to be nice in Boxpark croydon but ever since the new chef it is now overly salted to the point it is completely inedible."
• "The chicken of the chicken roti lacked flavour and food was tepid."
• "The weirdest thing was the £7 glass of rose I ordered. It... wasn’t wine. It was honestly just cordial."
• "The prawns were done beautifully, but the rice and peas were hard and the coleslaw was a bit on the warm side."
• "The rice was tasteless and dry."
• "Food was decent not authentic curry mutton but it was ok."
• "The chicken curry was very bland with two boney pieces of chicken and the rest was potato and chickpea."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was ok but understaffed."
• "The entire staff was friendly, especially our waitress."
• "The service is quick and efficient."
• "The greeting was very warm and the service was spot on throughout our whole meal."
• "Staff were very friendly and joking and laughing along with us when we paid."
• "The staff were smiling and helpful."
• "Very friendly and helpful amazing staff, didn't have to wait long for food."

Cons:

• "More expensive than similar places around town."
• "Service was alright and no fuss."
• "Service really wasn't great as they were so busy and clearly short staffed."
• "Service was a bit sloppy as it took quite some time for someone to take our order."
• "Rude and un-attentive staff at brixton."
• "The service was mediocre because we were sitting inside and instead of giving us the priority, it was given to other people who came after us."
• "We then waited about 20 minutes after asking for the bill outside in the cold and rain."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Wonderful little restaurant. Yes, it's very small inside but they make it work."
• "Lots of like-minded people winding down and enjoying good food and relaxation."
• "The atmosphere is great and always find a spot with constant people coming and going."
• "It was a pretty windy day so sitting outside was fun but we ate well and the tunes were lively."
• "The place is a vibe! The music is banging, and staff are incredible!!"
• "Great vibe, friendly faces could have sat there all day."
• "Really friendly and helpful staff and a great laid back atmosphere."

Cons:

• "This restaurant needs new management, a new chef the food is disgusting and new staff members who do not mislead their customers."
• "Location can be a bit overwhelming just because it gets so busy."
• "Sadly full of irritating hipster types talking loudly trying to prove to the brown folks in the cafe how enlightened and cultured they are."
• "It was very tight to accommodate more than 6 people and you couldn’t come with your friends if it’s not a date."
• "Unfortunately the bins for the market were crazy overflowing and that created a rather unpleasant smell."
• "The tables for 2 are very small and cramped."
• "Service really wasn't great as they were so busy and clearly short staffed."

Value

Pros:

• "Reasonable prices....food is delicious authentic Caribbean cuisine."
• "Our food came quickly and was reasonably priced."
• "Nice combination of flavours. Great value for cost and the amount served up."
• "Good portions, well priced with a nice friendly service."
• "The quantity and price of the portions are very reasonable."
• "Lovely, friendly staff and good prices."
• "Great value good."

Cons:

• "£12.50 for a tiny piece of chicken and masses of rice."
• "For the portion size that I got I did not think it was worth the £14 I paid for it."
• "Food was good however, i did not appreciate the very small portions when using the takeaway service, the size did not equate to the price i paid."
• "Prices have gone up a bit recently so I marked down by one star."
• "This is not very good. Heavily overpriced and not the quality of Caribbean flavours you would expect."
• "Food was amazingly overpriced - got tiny amount of rice and prawns for £16 and looked as though I was getting someone else’s scraps."
• "The prices charged for food and drinks are ridiculously expensive."