We did a walk down the Oss stretch and narrowed down our night of dining to Libretto and Fishbar. It was a tough choice but when we found out it was an hour wait for Libretto it was an easy decision.
The staff are really friendly and sat is quickly. We had a good look through the menu and decided to get sashimi, grilled octopus, scallops, fried smelt and fries. Everything sounded amazing and that's were amazing stopped.
We were started with the sashimi and it wasn't bad at all. It wasn't the best sashimi I've had but it wasn't bad.
The fried smelts came...but I wish they were in the fryer just slightly longer as they were almost golden crispy but not there. They were still my favourite seafood dish as I love fried smelts, especially when they are golden brown or just crispy.
The scallops on corn was absolutely fantastic, wait actually it was just the corn. I'm not sure what was in it but it was damn good. The scallops were good but the corn was that much better and really took over the dish as the scallops were slightly overcooked.
The octopus really deflated this review. There was no flavour to the octopus except for whatever the grill tasted like. It was not a nice flavour is all I can say.
Unfortunately for us, the items we ordered on the menu ranged from bad to great. The second unfortunate thing was the item that was great, wasn't something the restaurant should be good at and that is seafood! The corn overshadowed the whole meal which sucks as I do love seafood.
I'll probably give this place one more try but at the rate they charge it's hard to keep trying until you find great items...shouldn't every item be great for the price range the restaurant has set for itself?