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| - I just got home from a late lunch/early dinner at Sea. Fish n Chips. I'm pretty disappointed. While it wasn't dreadful, it definitely won't have me returning.
First, the food. I ordered the "Jaws" meal, with the halibut as my choice. "Jaws" comes with 2 prawns, 2 scallops, 2 oysters, fish, slaw, and chips. Sounds great, right? Well, not so much. I received a TINY spoon of slaw, a handful of chips (honestly, about 12-15 pieces?) and the seafood. The chips tasted as if they had been fried in old oil. Not very good at all. The prawns and scallops were decent enough, the fish was a TINY portion though (i'm guessing 2 oz. TOPS, which when paying the premium for the big meal with the premium fish, I expected a bit larger) -- the fish portion tasted fine, but I am dubious as to if it was actually halibut. (I used to manage a Fish n Chips place -- I can identify fish by taste/texture. It was more akin to cod or a haddock -- not dense like halibut usually is...hmmm...) The oysters though? There was something definitely off with them. I was actually frightened to eat them for fear of becoming ill later.... and I am not one to be persnickity usually. The "off" oysters now brings me to my next issue with Sea.... the service.
The service was friendly enough, but the server was completely inattentive. We were one out of the 2 tables in there and they didn't appear to busy with take-out service or anything. Both myself and my dining companion ordered coffee and we waited a very long time before being offered a refill. When we received our meals it was still awhile before we ever got more coffee, and she dropped our plates so fast that we couldn't even catch her to ask for more. (where she was off to, I have no idea... like I said, we were one of two tables) We never got any sort of quality check. I was waiting, and waiting, hoping she'd come by so I could let her know about the strange/off oysters, but nothing.... I finally went to the counter and told the young man, because the server wasn't even IN the dining area. (??) The response? "Really? Huh. That's weird. Let me get your server." (I would have apologized...???) The oysters were replaced with 2 other prawns, which was ok. But it was frustrating not having a check-up shortly after food was dropped.
I'm in the service industry myself. I am actually VERY forgiving with less than stellar service if I can see the server is overwhelmed with tables, or appears to be in training or whatever. Our server at Sea. just seemed to not really care one way or another. When she was at our table she was "friendly" I suppose, but I felt like there was no actual SERVICE.
Given the disappointment in food (value and taste), and service, I don't think I'll ever be back. Wouldn't get take-out either.
No wonder the place was pretty much a ghost town.... :-(
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