Islanders Fish Restaurant Essex — Restaurant in Castle Point

My husband and I went here and sat down at a 4 seater table. We was asked to move to a table for 2. I questioned why and she said the tables were for 4 people. There was 5 empty 4 seater tables in front of us. I looked behind me and saw approximately 5 or 6 tables which were 4 seaters. 2 of those tables had 2 people on one each table, I the said so why are they allowed to sit 2 on a 4 table and she just shrugged her shoulders. When we left all the seats were still available. So much for moving us for the so much needed tables. To fill the four seaters they needed 32 people which didn't appear. When you are spending £35 for a meal you should be able to sit where its more...

I must say how disappointed I was with our meal. We ordered 2 pukka pies 1 small cod and 2 portions of chips. The chips were ok, pretty much as they used to be under the old ownership but a varying degree of portion sizes between each one. The thing that I didn't like was that the pies and the fish were all just about luke warm. We only live round the corner and normally our food would be piping hot. While I waited I did hear a customer order some curry sauce for his chips and he asked for it to be well heated as the last time it was too cold. Its not difficult to get these right. After all the previous owners did. Come on guys. This used to be our favourite chip shop but...

Go to Louis (believe the same chain) or Brunos (at the sea front), I will be in future, I just go to islanders as I can walk there but the others are worth the drive and will be the option going forward

Twice I've asked for anything other than chips alone - once for battered halloumi, and unfortunately received half of that and half battered sausage, and this evening I asked for a sausage wrapped separately to the chips, got home and it was all in together. Neither difficult asks, unsure why they werent adhered to Another time one of the staff ate a couple of chips they wrapped them, likely thinking I didn't see, I'm not argumentative so didnt say anything, but was a...