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| - I didn't realize that this is more a sit down place where people take your order... my impression was that you line up and place your order, and pick a table while food gets brought out to you .. but i was wrong!
The place is small and there are a few 2-seaters along the front, with 4 tops in the back. Everything is cooked along the front pass so you can see all the action. Not a lot of space but lots of cooking happening. While fries are bring deep fried, there are also platters resting as order gets filled up.
At $12 for one piece of fish, it may be a little bit pricey but luckily it was tasty and comes with a few items that you may not be able to find anywhere else.
We got the mahi mahi which was very lightly battered, not overly crispy and not soggy either. The batter did not separate from the fish which happens way too often. In terms of batter, we selected the cajun spice - a first where we can select the type of batter for the fish. We asked for a recommendation on what sauce we should eat it with and went with the jalepeno ranch (*a first away from traditional tartar). Lastly, the choice between creamy or vinegrette coleslaw - one would feel like royalty with all this customization! Everything tasted great - the ranch definitely had an awesome kick to it and blended well with the spice of the batter. The fries were okay... but had some good potato beneath the deep fried goodness. The coleslaw was not overly sauced and had some good tang and crisp.
We also got a crab cake (I really did not want to ask whether it was real or canned), and it was steep at $7 / 5 oz crab cake....when it arrived, I'm not sure it was actually 5 ounces. It seemed over cooked as the outside looked charred and dark in colour. The cake was thinner than I would have liked, although the taste on the inside was quite pleasant. I thought there would be a bit more flavour but not overly disappointed. Maybe for the extra dollar, it would have been better to get the actual sandwich, which comes with lettuce, tomato, and the bun.
A TV in the back was playing classic movies... thought the hockey game would air but no biggie.
There are a lot of fish and chips places in the area... I'm glad I checked it out and will come back but have to scout out the competition first!
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