Hot and Hot Fish Club

Amazing dinner, I had a mock-tail a salad and short ribs.

10/10! A great place to celebrate a birthday or anniversary.

Excellent service. Food was perfect.

The atmosphere is upscale and sophisticated. The food presentation is nice. However.. everything was way too salty. Drinks were nice and or dinner was saved by a great chocolate souffle!

This is my favorite restaurant in the city. We've been several times and each time has been perfect. The food is always delicious. We usually sit at the chefs counter, but reserving a table is worth the experience as well.

TLDR: This was the WORST food and service I've ever experienced in my life. BHM has great restaurants (Bottega, Chez Fon Fon, etc.). Go to them instead. Food ----- Bone Marrow: Bone marrow was undercooked. Risotto was undercooked but had good flavor. Short Rib was flavorless and overcooked (10x worse than buying $3 Short Rib from Trader Joes). Grouper Crudo: Nothing special. Flavorless. Dish didn't leave me wanting more. Swordfish: Worst fish I've had. Very undercooked; 2nd waiter saw it and took it back immediately. You couldn't even cut through the fish. It was cold in the middle. I didn't think you could screw up sweet potato, but they somehow managed to do that too. The wild mushrooms were good though and added some much needed salt to the dish. Steak: We got the steak because we couldn't eat the swordfish (and thought to ourselves no way they can screw up steak). We asked for medium rare. It came back rare, no flavor, you couldn't cut through the steak. He said it was Wagyu, but that was not Wagyu. It tasted worse than $5 steak from Walmart. Everything else on the dish was messed up too. Egg was overcooked. Potatoes again undercooked. Broccoli Rabe was bitter because they hadn't done much to it other than steam it (come on do better if you're going to charge $45). Drink: I don't even want to get into it. Just mid. Dessert: We asked them not to bring it out because everything else we'd had was poorly cooked. We didn't want an undercooked souffle. Service ---- Waiter: I'll caveat this review on service with saying the 2nd waiter who took back our food was nice. But I was surprised by the attitude 1st waiter and head chef. The 1st waiter rarely checked on us. She didn't pace the meal well, and she'd forgotten about the crudo until we reminded her about it (even though she said it tastes better with the bone marrow). When we asked her to return the steak, she argued with us that we should eat it and it looks good. She brought back the check and charged us for the 2 dishes we returned and didn't eat. So, I asked to speak to the chef. Chef: The chef came in with an aggressive attitude, arguing the dishes were cooked well and that we couldn't get food poisoning from them (lol). Most restaurants I go to will happily take back and void a returned dish (if not the meal), but having us pay for dishes that were poorly cooked and returned is surprising. Anyways, we ended up paying and left. Sometimes, you go out to eat and feel robbed. This was one of those times. Btw, the other table next to us also didn't enjoy their experience. They said they would've preferred even going to North Italia (chain restaurant) over this place. I have a lot of pride for how good the food is in my city, and I'm disappointed with this restaurant which is lauded as one of our top options. Anyways, here are some other places you can go to: 1. Bottega (cafe) 2. Chez Fon Fon 3. Niki's West . . . 15. Cheesecake Factory . . . 99. McDonalds . . . 1000. Hot and Hot Fish Club

Food was very good. Recommend the bread service, short ribs, and soufflé.

We had a group of seven people. The service was excellent! Drinks were creative and delicious. Our courses came out timely and correctly. I highly recommend this restaurant .