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| - If you like bad nursing home food, then you will love King's fish house. Seriously, they are minutes away from being on Kitchen Nightmares. When we arrived, it took almost 10 minutes for our waitress to greet us. I had just said that if we wait another 5 minutes I was going to walk out, we were 2 minutes away from that when she arrived. She was very apathetic and it was obvious she was just going through the motions. We were served some extremely sour, sourdough bread. For the record I enjoy sourdough, but this was almost inedible. After consulting my seafood watch card, I settled on the Parmesan crusted Alaskan Sanddab. I chose garlic mashed potatoes and mac and cheese as my sides. When my meal arrived the fish was piping hot and the sides were stone cold. The fish was not too bad, there was no seasoning and really no lemon sauce which was disappointing because it would have actually been a good dish otherwise. Unfortunately, it was a bland, slightly oily mess. I could almost hear Gordon Ramsay screaming about the lack of seasoning. The mac and cheese was not only cold, but completely flavorless. The garlic mash was OK, but nothing special. My husband had the fish and chips. I am pretty sure the cod was frozen and the fries again were edible, but nothing spectacular.
Our waitress was not very friendly, but she went through the motions. I did observe her playing with her mouth and lips after I had eaten, which completely grossed me out. I observed another server push a falling knife back onto a plate with her chest, this plate of food was full and on its way to a patron. Again I could hear Gordon screaming in my head, "Just set the plate down!"
Kings is a dinosaur in the dining world. They are stuck in an era that no longer exists. People want flavor, not food that they can cook themselves at home (and a better version at that). The place was almost empty on a Friday night and many of the patrons were very senior. Kings really needs to modernize if they hope to survive in this foodie city.
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