Mussel Bar Fremantle, 4.5 stars

Mussel Bar Fremantle (The)

Fremantle

4 stars

24-07-2007

What a great location, down of the water. It was a cold and windy night when we went, being inside and looking at the weather was just heartwarming. The Ambience is this place is just relaxing and all the tables get a great view, they have done a great job.

We all tried a different mussels dish and all where first rate, the mussels are the small, sweet and nicely cooked and sauce is delicious and rich, the chips were also some of the best chips I have ever had (and I have had a lot of chips!). A point to note might be the spicy scale. We asked for medium which was on the mild side for us, we will try hot next time we go I think. (Update: Little Creatures Mussels are even better, the experience is very different)

Service was overall excellent. Service is such a difficult thing to get right. The service during the usual service events was excellent, the ordering, the delivery and removal of plates all very nice, with a good level of personal interaction and professionalism. If there is something they could improve it is the service outside those usual service events. For example, no one offered us more water or more wine (which we did not want but still when the bottle is empty is nice to asked). The table next to us spilt a glass of wine which resulted in a fair amount of activity at the table, no one appeared to notice although several servers where around, someone should have been there with a towel to assist. Service is difficult balancing multiple tasks, for me to get 5 stars there could be just a little more attention to the room outside the normal service events and beyond the 20 things that I am sure is going on inside all of the servers heads on a busy night.

Overall we will be back I, perhaps on a nice warm day next time.