Fish at the Rocks, Sydney

Nice, Local feel, busy on Monday night and friendly service.  Fresh pasta of the day was amazing, fish and chips less so.....

When I want to share a starter, I want to SHARE a starter - so please don't split it on 2 plates, let me share the plate.

http://www.fishattherocks.com.au/

Cicerello's Fish and Chips, Fremantle (2 stars)

Really Really ordinary to poor overall.

It is great sitting out side on a sunny day but otherwise $30 for Fish and Chips here is just poor.

These places really need to lift their game.

Go to Little Creatures.

Broadway Fish & Chips,Nedlands

130 Broadway Nedlands, 6009

Great Fish and Chips, as simple as that. One of the best on Perth for sure based on my experience.

Big portions of chips also so be careful when you order.


Phone: (08) 9386 2341. Close at 8pm most days

Kailis Bros Fish Market & Fish Cafe, Leederville, 2.5 stars, $60 for 2 inc wine

The fish is fresh and our dinners are tasty and the service timely; so why do I just not really like this place?

Is it the atmosphere? bright and beige.
It is the formulaic service from young characterless teens?
Is it the 95 year old next to me gumming a poor lobster?
I am not sure, somehow there is just no life here.

That said my food was excellent as was the wine. The old small grip here is the oysters where not well shucked.


Open: 7 days, B-L-D, 9443 6300

Joes Fish shack, Fremantle

After an initial slow start..I have a rule that if I don't get serviced for 10 minutes I just leave, got very close to leaving

Once over that hurdle overall food and service where excellent, this place is quieter than the competition (Kailis) and probably better, although a more expensive also

Clancy's Fish Pub, Canning Hwy, 2.5 stars - (08) 9364 7322

Food

• Unfortunately our food experience was average to poor. The fish cakes are just ok, tasty, but dry with no real texture. A good guess would be manufactured and bought in. The squid rings where better but really not sensational. (beer is good)
  
• Take 2 - next time around had the toasted fish sandwich. Not good. Not Toasted, tasteless frozen fish, not much mayo. (beer still good)
  
• Take 3 - fish and chips. Not bad, better than the fish sandwich, good chips. (beer is good)
  

Fun

• Beer choices are excellent. I will be back for a drink, if not to eat
• Take 2 - confirmed - drink here - eat at the Thai up the road

Feeling

• No complaints about the service, it is mostly self service, but the bar service is good and the food arrives within a reasonable time. Everyone seems friendly. Service is to often a issue in Perth and not so much here.
• Atmosphere is good and busy and relaxing
  
• The decor is a little off putting I am really not sure about the paper mash fish wall hangings. They probably looked good in the classroom of the kids that made them. Here they are just odd, not cool kitsch, odd.
  

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.