dallas fish market

be careful about using dallas fishmarketfor a company party. we had a contract and confirmed 45 minutes before showing up only to find they had lost our reservation and had given our room away.

tried the dallas fishmarketfor first time & it was one of the best meals ever. tried the beet salad, ceviche appetizer, scallops, salmon & duck entrees.

the menu is fish, obviously, with a raw bar and a sushi bar as well as full entrees and, this being texas, some big slabs of beef.

the staff brought over the amuse, and it was a devilled egg just like at the dallas chop house–yes, they have the same owner. except at the fishmarket there is no glass of sparking wine and the egg doesn’t have the white truffle. prices here are better, too.

i ordered a salad and sushi, the bandlers both had more traditional entrees. luck prevailed when the the waitress came to tell us that the hot dishes were ready but the sushi wasn’t–they didn’t want to serve only the two of them, but they didn’t want the food to get cold, either. would i accept a complimentary bowl of the lobster bisque? why yes, indeed i would. turned out to be the very best lobster bisque i have ever had the pleasure of slurping down.

then my sushi came. i have complained about both high prices (dallas chop house) and tiny portions (porta di roma) on this trip, and sa

being a true advocate for the poor, it’s always a first priority to inform citizens as to whether a place is kind of affordable or off-the-chart unobtainable. for a restaurant to get away with hurting poor people’s feeling with high prices, there needs to be relevance. questions have to be asked. is our server going to massage my feet between apps and entree? will wine be accompanied by a shirtless buff hottie feeding me grapes before and after every single sip? these are important questions dallas fishmarketneeds to answer. it’s the right thing to do. my heart hurts a little each time a restaurant charges for a side. why can’t every restaurant be sweet and include a little this or that on the entree plate? this never happened in the 80′s. entrees came with a side in the good ole’ days. now customers have to pay $10 for a side of mushrooms? this ups t

birthday celebration. my beautiful wife, denise and i went to the dallas fishmarketto celebrate her birthday last night. we made our reservation on line for 7:00pm. we arrived at 6:50 and were seated immediately at a table for 4. the room was dimly lit but had a view of the street so you didn't feel like you were sitting in a cave. the décor is upscale and the restaurant was clean. unfortunately, the lavatories were in need of attention.
katy, our server, was very prompt and friendly. she brought my wife and i our waters and immediately returned with complimentary glasses of champagne to toast her birthday. it was dead on 7:00pm when katy took or order. i then ordered my wife a glass of wine and myself a cup of unembellished black coffee. my wife and i find most portions to be too large for one person, so we usually split a main entre. we ordered the surf and turf (steak on garlic and onion mashed potato), one caesar salad and the asian sautéed vegetables. she returned shortly afterwards with individual sharp cheese and chive biscuits with a butter and honey spread. which went quite well with the clean smooth house coffee. it's nice to have a good cup of coffee that is not over roasted or so strong you need to have your teeth bleached afterwards. she said the coffee was an italian blend called lavazza. a little later katy returned with complimentary lobster lollipops. at first i thought it was due to my wifes birthday. but looking around i could see that other tables were also enjoying the lobster lollipops as well. which were somewhat like a small lobster corny dog on a stick. the main entre arrived at 7:30 short the asian sautéed vegetables. since it appeared that we might have over ordered we cancelled the veggies. the steak was cooked as ordered, rare. it was tender, tasty and not over seasoned, great balance. after we had finished katy returned to remove our plates and to present my wife with a complimentary crème brule with red and blue berries adorning the top. the final bill was $78.37. this is a restaurant i would recommend and will be returning with friends again.

don't waste your time!. service was awful! slow, slow, slow! got our drinks order wrong twice and the waiter changed his tip amount (had to find out on bank statement) because we did not leave him more than 15%.never had overcooked scallops (pretty rubbery) and crunchy risotto. the fishmarkettower was really good as was the lobster corn chowder, but everything else was sub par and overpriced!

horrible experience. i read about dallas fishmarketin "d" magazine. their recommendations are typically spot on, but this one was way off! we went with a large party to celebrate a birthday...what a disappointment! the waiter was rude, the selection was limited and the prices were high for what you get. as the food was served, one of the valet persons came and asked for our parking tickets stating "because otherwise you will wait one hour for your car after dinner". the checks came almost immediately after that, without ever offering dessert, coffee, nor an after dinner drink! i would fire the waiter who did not offer ever single guest dessert! there are lots of great places to eat in dallas; this just is not one of them.

not all that. it is great to see the revitalization of downtown dallas with the lofts, condos and new restaurants. however, what i don't understand is what ever happened to the 5 star restaurants dallas use to boast about?
this restaurant has a great chef and the food is good. yet, the lack of professionalism from the management to the serving staff is sad. a lot of thought was put into this venture; yet they forgot the one ingredient that made the mansion on turtle creek a 5 star restaurant/hotel and that is the service and knowledge that kept that restaurant on the 5 star list for many years.
what happened to good, old fashioned 5 star service? it appears that restaurants attempt to hire kids and turn them into experienced wait staff. service is an art and very much lacking in this restaurant owned by mike hoque.
why are the managers of such caliber so young and inexperienced? if it is due to the fact that they don't want to pay professionals then they are missing the mark. old addage is that you get what you pay for. in this case the dallas fishmarketfalls short.
i will not go back there until i hear of better everything as it's not worth the price to listen to one of the managers scream at staff. this is better served for behind closed doors. not in front of the patrons....