The Fishwife Restaurant — Restaurant in Portland

Pretty ok. I had the fried seafood combo dinner. Salad with blue cheese dressing was very good. Bread served before dinner was not warm which would have helped it out a lot and tasted salt free. Bread doesn't need a ton of salt when it's made but if it's made without you will notice.

Wife had clam chowder which was ok but underseasoned. Very very thick which some people like and some don't. It was a little thick for my taste but I probably would have been happier just getting a bowl of chowder.

Dinner came with green beans (excellent) and garlic mashed potatoes. Not great definitely needed more butter and cream, and to be served hotter, better seasoned. over bland aside from strong raw garlic flavor (which I like, just needed some help from other components).

Fried cod was good. Scallops were ok but they kind of remind me of what you get from a happy hour basket at a bar (frozen and friend). Prawns were excellent but they only give you 2. Oysters I didn't eat, I gave to my wife but she said it was good.

2 dinners, 2 baskets, one cup of clam chowder one glass white wine, one diet Coke, $81 plus tip so about $100 (ok $97). Price would have been fine if either better quality or larger portion but I felt it was middle of the road on both.

Service ok but they were busy since it was a Friday night so that probably made it slower...

I will start by saying, I was very excited to try fishwife seafood restaurant.. But with disappointment I did and it was HORRIBLE. I ordered a basket with waffle fries 2 shrimp, two small pieces of cod, 2 undercooked horrible tasting oysters, for $16.50 there wasn’t even enough to satisfy me..might I add, on line it says the same basket was 12$ and she charged me 16.50 saying that was an “old menu” which is the one attached to this google add. Anyways, that’s not the worst of it.. I got my food and it was cold and under cooked, soggy, and made me sick.. puky sick.. when I called back the restaurant to get a refund the lady hung up on me very rudely, then called ME back and said she talked to her manager said that they would refund me my money only if I brought the food back in. At this point I had thrown it away and I explained that to her, She asked me to dig in my garbage and get it out. Annoyed, I did it anyway and brought it back along with the other order on the ticket.. They refused to refund me all of my money! Which came to a total of 31$ for two orders and the other order wasn’t even touched, because my food was undercooked I didn’t want to chance giving it to my kids. sad excuse for a restaurant and learn from me. Don’t let all these fake...

Adding to my previous review 10/15/19- Another wonderful dinner. Excellent quality food and terrific service! Much friendlier/more efficient than the downtown Portland fish houses. Our table had: Pan fried Oysters Rockfish Poached halibut Clam chowder w/bay shrimp Everything was delicious! Perfectly prepared and timed correctly so we could enjoy each course. We didn’t have room for desert, but their homemade choices looked inviting (think cobbler w/ice cream) 😊. We will most certainly be back.

Previous review 3/19 Absolutely wonderful restaurant! I had the poached halibut (1/2 portion, lunch basket, with salad). It was amazing, the texture was such that it practically melted in my mouth. There was very little seasoning, which I like.

My friend had the grilled oyster basket (with fries and slaw). She said that it was wonderful. I snuck a waffle fry from her plate, excellent.

The server was friendly and very patient (it took us awhile to decide/order). I highly recommend Fishwife.

Oh, and since other reviewers complained about price (my dish was 18.50$). I’ve paid 40$+ for similar...