F.I.S.H by Fish & Co. (Part II)

After my first dinner at F.I.S.H, I had the chance to dine at F.I.S.H again yesterday and found the waiting queue really long. However, I think a 20-minute wait was still acceptable since we were kept busy deciding on what to have. Also, I noticed that tables were cleared pretty fast when we had a table of customers leaving and the group next in the queue was moved in almost immediately.

Service was great like the first encounter but again, waiting time for the food was pretty long. It took an interval of 15 minutes for our 2 starters to arrive and another 25 minutes wait for our mains. While we were waiting for the mains to arrive, other servers walked past our table without much of a 2nd glance but there was this staff who came to us to inform us that she had checked on our orders and apologised for the wait. Unfortunately, I did not manage to note her name down but I must say that I appreciated her initiative in checking our orders instead of waiting for us to ask.

The staff were as upbeat and enthusiastic as they were on their 2nd day of opening, which was good to see. There were some Fish & Co restaurants that I went to where the staff lacked the enthusiasm and friendliness that were present in other outlets.

I liked the bruschetta with smoked salmon this time as it wasn’t over-toasted but still retained that crispiness. My partner however, preferred it to be toasted for a while more. We were disappointed to find that the seafood calleloni and our all-time favourite, Mermaid Freeze, to be unavailable. It gave us the opportunity to try another freeze (Jungle Freeze) which tasted good but I’d still prefer the mango-carrot combination of our favourite.

I ordered the Char-grilled Cod Fish with Lemon Pesto and thought that it would be good if the lemon sauce could be a little more tangy to make-up for the fish’s lack of flavor.

Overall, apart from the waiting time, the overall service encounter was great. It was good to see that orders were no longer mixed up and the staff looked less frustrated. Given that we went at about 8pm, I suppose the wait was expected but a near half hour wait for our mains was a little too long, in my humble opinion.