So after visiting the Sea Life Aquarium in Tempe, I suddenly had a hankering for seafood ^_* haha well actually my bf made reservations on Opentable beforehand so it wasn't quite so sudden. So we had reservations for 7:15pm but we were a bit early and usually restaurants allow for early incomers to be seated but since they were quite busy we actually had to wait till 7:15pm..which is fine.
The place looked like your usual seafood and grill restaurant..not much uniqueness in it's arrangement or setting...dimly lit with bar in the center, booth seating on the right and table seating on the left. Didn't really have much of a Seafood/Oceany feel to it but eh I guess I didn't expect it to be like Joe's Crab Shack or something. After-all this is a "fancier" place.
I thought the service from the hosts and our waitress was very friendly and great but on the other hand, the manager wasn't how I expect them to be. So there was this older Caucasian couple that was also waiting to be seated...and we were standing close to them...the manager walks by, smiles and welcomes them and tells them they'll be seated soon...I was thinking that we would get the same nice friendly greet and welcome from him but he didn't even smile or say hi. I felt offended because we were customers too...and shouldn't you greet your customers all the same way. Not only that but he walked passed us several times before we were seated without a greet or smile....I just felt very insulted. My bf and I look quite young and we are Asian....I'm not saying he's races but I did feel he was prejudice. -_-
Well anyways on to the food.....the food was decent, nothing to really rave about...the half order of Louisiana Oysters were pretty good, my Louisiana Red Fish Filet Sauteed with Jonah Crab and Lemon Chive Butter Sauce was made very well...I specially like the crab and the Lemon chive butter sauce went very well with the fish. On the other hand my bf's Broiled Swordfish had a very strong oceany salt/fishy taste..which some might not be fond of....and it wasn't served with any sauce. Although it did come with a side serving of Crab and Avocado Salad which was better tasting then the fish. The side order of Sugar Snap Peas was also somewhat of a disappointment since it too lack taste.
Overall, I didn't really have a super spectacular dining experience at this restaurant. Hopefully the other locations of Wildfish Seafood Grille are much better. The bill came out to be around $80...seafood is expensive but I was also paying for quality of service, food and atmosphere of which I didn't feel like I got my bf's money's worth. =/