I ate here this past weekend with my girlfriend and her father for dinner. We called 2 days prior to our visit in order to try and get reservations at 7 PM. It didn't exactly work out for us since it was a weekend night and we ultimately decided on the 6:30 PM reservation whenever that or a 9 PM was offered instead. I can't say that I have ever really noticed Dish before even though I have to have been past it before. It's a fairly nondescript building on a corner a couple of streets off of Carson. We arrived right around our dining time and were told that we would have to wait a few minutes for our table. The restaurant is pretty well divided into two different areas with one side of the restaurant being the bar and the other side a dining room. Whenever we walked into the dining there was only one other couple inside and so I ended up being confused about our wait other than trying to get us to order drinks. At least it wasn't a long wait I suppose. The dining room itself was fairly small and I think that it could maybe seat 30 or so people. Overall the whole restaurant was pretty unassuming and the only real thing that I noticed about the dining room were some bottles on a shelf on one side of the dining area.
For dinner we all decided to split the Crostini alla Scamorza which was toasted ciabatta bread with smoked mozzarella, prosciutto, mushrooms and fresh basil while my girlfriends father also opted for the pasta e fagioli. While we were waiting for the soup and appetizers to come out, they provided us with some pieces of bread as well as an small vessel that had some balsamic on the bottom and olive oil on top. It was good but I was surprised how much of a bite the olive oil had in it. After a short amount of time both the crostinis and soup were delivered. The crostini looked like a cheesy bread but ended up tasting more like a cheesy bread on steroids. While the tops of the crostini were covered in delicious prosciutto and cheese, the mushrooms on top gave it some good earthiness and the basil a good flavor. Sadly there were only three crostinis as I am sure that I would have liked some more of it. For our dinner entrees I ordered the Tagliatelle ai Funghi which was Fresh tagliatelle with shiitake, portobello, oyster, pioppini and cremini mushrooms in extra virgin and garlic with spinach, basil and Parmiggiano Reggiano while my girlfriend went with the Linguine ai Frutti di Mare. Whenever they were brought to the table I thought that the portions looked a bit small but the bowls ended up being deceiving as they were deeper than they looked. My girlfriends dish came covered in many different types of seafood which you would expect and tasted really good. Mine was also excellent and I loved that the noodles were cooked al dente and were a bit denser than I had been expecting. It also carried much of the same flavors that I so enjoyed with the crostini and before long there was nothing left on my plate and I was full. My girlfriend and her father both commented on how much they enjoyed their meals and we all left satisfied.
The bottom line for me is that I will definitely be heading here again in the future. I like that almost everything about it is low key and yet it still provides excellent food while also being cheaper than I had originally expected.