Virona Restaurant & Grills — Restaurant in Abu Dhabi

The fish market is located indoor and in the center of the building, so make sure you walkaround to choose your fish/prawn/calamari etc in fish market first then you go to the restos affiliated with it. Dont go straight into the resto. There is no live stock, all frozen and you can bargain with the seller, fun! The produce is fresh and clean so please be gentle when you bargain with the farmers. This time I tried order from Ameera stall and have them cooked in Virona resto. The service is quick, the staffs are friendly, the food is good. They grill the prawn and fish alright, not overcooked. The location is clean. I like it! However, for the first timer like me, I'm expected that they'll brief me in advance what sauces that they have. When I'm about to finish, I just found out that they have many variations of sauce for the grill! You can see in my pics, they only use 1 type of sauce which is red sauce. I'm disappointed why the waiters did not offer me options prior..because it's boring when you eat many with one sauce only. That's the only negative I had. Overall, it's a good experience.

There are many other restos in fish market so I'll definitely try other ones.

Raw produce (fish prawn): 115aed (after bargain) Virona resto: 25aed (table reservation) + 25aed (cooking service per kg) + 15aed...

Highly recommended restaurant in the Mina Fish Market! The food was good and the price was reasonable! They have set menu that is a lot for a big group and has ala carte also for small group like ours.You can only ask for half kiko of whatever you like but they are still a lot! I liked how they grilled the sea bream and how it complimented the biryani rice.The calamares was soft and just the right amount of saltiness.The mussels though was a bit bland and was not topped with enough cheese. What I liked best also about the place was the service and cleanliness.It was not smoky as others and they maintain the cleanliness of the table.The staff were also nice and not intimidating.They let you eat at peace ;) The place was a bit busy but they won't let you feel you need to hurry up unlike in another restaurant we went to before were they already started cleaning up while we were still eating.Here,they let you enjoy your stay and the staff attends to your requests right away.Kuddos to Cherry also for assisting us so...

For the sake of God do not come to this place. Ordered pasta with seafood: shrimps were raw and not cooked; squid was hard, couldn't even chew; there only was one mussel and it was already open, no one shall eat already open mussels with no shell. Left the plate pretty much untouched. Ordered some sort of squid soup with cheese: it was supposed to be just squid and vegetables, but it had spines, even tough squid do not have spines. Did not finish this thing either. They wanted to make me pay full price, but after talking to the manager I paid half price. One could think they didn't deserve a penny, but they did cook (somehow and somewhat) and wasted resources so I decided to give half the money and let it go. Just save yourself some time and skip this whole fish market and go eat some shawarma...