Rockfish Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The salad was fresh and well put together."
• "The batter was first class, it was crispy and tasty."
• "Mushy peas were the best I’ve eaten."
• "Tasty fish and chip lunch with extra chips if requested."
• "We really enjoyed the portion sizes and quality of all the seafood."
• "Really fresh fish and the chips were great."
• "Fresh fish was delicious and the chips too."

Cons:

• "Served a piece of poorly cooked fish the size of 2 fish fingers, and a child portion of chips that were of similarly poor quality."
• "Cod very oily with dry chips, vinegary ketchup and watery tartar sauce."
• "The calamari, instead of tender and flavorful, resembled fried zucchini more than squid."
• "To start we both had scallops, again, poor."
• "The fish was soggy, and the batter was overdone."
• "Luke-warm chips, tiny portion of chips hidden under the small piece of fish."
• "A whole cuttlefish? Alright if you like a rubber texture and want to exercise your teeth."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff exceedingly friendly and helpful."
• "Nice atmosphere and good table service."
• "Amazing food, amazing service."
• "Service excellent especially Joanie what a credit to the restaurant."
• "Staff are always very polite and attentive."
• "Service was great, smiley and welcoming, with fast response to service. (Especially the young lady on the upper floor)."
• "The staff were really helpful, we needed to move our lunch booking up as my daughter wasn't feeling 100% and they did this with no problem."

Cons:

• "Away from the food and service, a very noisy stag group spoilt the evening."
• "We were ignored at our table by the waitress."
• "The lady who served us was rude and clearly took a dislike to us."
• "Went into the takeaway tonight... not once did she even attempt to acknowledge me."
• "Waited an hour with only our drinks being brought to the table."
• "Service was a bit off hand...... felt ignored by the serving staff."
• "We were not acknowledged, even though she had to walk past us, to get the table condiments."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The decor & ambience was bright & happy."
• "With outdoor seating across the street from the restaurant and with a view of Dartmouth it was well worth eating here."
• "The atmosphere was perfectly relaxed and relaxing."
• "The place was warm and cosy with nice nautical theme and kids drawings on the ceiling."
• "Beautiful river-side location."
• "A lovely atmosphere."
• "Restaurant had a lovely chilled vibe and great service."

Cons:

• "However on a recent visit the experience was pretty awful... our gluten free member of the group was left without food completely even after asking twice."
• "What a shame, getting too big and taking their eyes off the customer."
• "Booked a table months ago... only to be called a week in advance to be told my table was cancelled."
• "Busy on a Friday night, but well laid out tables allow for small or large groups."
• "The staff appeared to ignore it despite it being so loud and rowdy."
• "Lots of empty tables not cleared, not interested in serving, laughing amongst themselves."
• "We were still waiting to be attended to, people coming in after us were being served."

Value

Pros:

• "Food was very good which worked out perfectly as no other restaurant was open at 5pm in Dartmouth."
• "The prices were extremely reasonable."
• "Bottomless chips (?!) totally reasonable prices."
• "Fish actually Caught on the day inexpensive for the the quality."
• "The food is always excellent quality and the staff are very nice."
• "A little pricy, it must be said (£13 for cod and chips) but I didn't mind because the meal was so enjoyable."
• "Good menu and beautifully cooked."

Cons:

• "Venue is pretty cool - kids will like it... Food was pretty average and quite overpriced for what I thought was average fish and chips..."
• "Drinks also overpriced."
• "Rather expensive."
• "surprised at high cost of fish and chips expected good portions unfortunately disappointed average fish well cooked fresh tiny dish chips warm overall £40 bad value will not be returning"
• "Food is very tasty but in my opinion a little overpriced for the size of the portion, chips charged separately, should be included when you're paying £23 for a handful of scampi."
• "I can't believe that, I paid ￡10 more for two dessert which are other table ordered."
• "Food is mediocre and overpriced, i.e., £26pp or on average £16 per dish exc drinks and side."