I have to applaud the chef for having done a most excellent job on the fish and chips. The fish was cooked well and possibly the best I have encountered. I wish my wife had an equally pleasant meal. She ordered a house salad and the mussels from the menu, asking for the dressing on the side for the salad and no tomatoes in the sauce for the mussels. The salad was mostly the hard white part of the lettuce that many people discard, but she did not make a fuss over that. She tolerated it expecting that her meal was going to be over the top. I mean, how can you mess up mussels? My meal arrived about ten minutes before hers. Her meal arrived WITH tomatoes in the sauce. She sent it back and the server said she would make sure it was done right the second time. By the time it returned, I was finished my meal. The tomatoes were gone from the dish, an "Ave Maria" moment. That was soon to be dashed when she dipped her first mussel into the sauce and tasted it. The sauce was SWEET! My wife is diabetic and counts her carbs carefully, ordering fish with a lemon, garlic butter sauce to offset any other carbs in her meal. Bringing it to the attention of our waitress, the young lady said it was a lemon, garlic, and butter sauce and wasn't sweetened. But my companion, a very accomplished cook herself offered to let the young lady taste it, but she declined. She told the waitress that it had a sugary sweetness to it, a thing that was not on the menu. The institution did remove the mussels from our bill, but it was a meal disaster. I did not mention, and should, the espresso martini that she was served. There were chocolate candy sprinkles around the glass's edge as one would expect salt around a marguerita glass, but the sprinkles were also in the foam of the drink and the liquid. Additionally, it was a very poor espresso martini altogether as a taste of it revealed. Who expects candy in an espresso martini? The meal was slow, incorrect, and unappetizing for my wife. She deems it a complete disaster and left hungry and ill-tempered. My marguerita was exceptional and between that and my fish and chips, my meal was fine. I only wish my wife's experience had been equally satisfying.
Food was great. Server, Megan (I believe), was terrific. She gave great suggestions and was very friendly. Maitre d was polite and helpful. Solid place to enjoy a good meal.