The Blue Fish Kitchen — Restaurant in Redwood City

We were so excited to see a highly rated five-star review for a local Fish and Chip place near where we live.

We love our fish and chips, and anytime we travel to a new location if fish and chips are on the menu, it is our job to make sure we try them LOL. So, you can see, the excitement of how much we looked forward to trying out a new place.

The location on the water was very nice and relaxing. As someone else mentioned, the music could have been a little quieter.

First off, the good news was the fish in the fish and chips, as well as the fish in my wife’s fish tacos, was very fresh.

That is where the good part ends. While the fish and chips had very fresh fish, the coating on the outside was like a cornmeal coating. That made it soft and soggy, not the soft and soggy that comes from oil that is not hot enough, but just a different type of batter. Not a batter I have ever seen on fish and chips.

Separately, the tartar sauce had nothing resembling what a real tartar sauce is. Tartar sauce has dill, dill pickles, and vibrancy that adds and complements fish tacos or fish and chips. Not sure what this was, but kind of sweet, and icky tasting.

Again, the fish was fresh, which is a very good part. But at the end of our meal, sadly, we both threw both of our entire $47.56 meal away.

I would give it 1 star, but since the fish was very fresh, I...

I ordered the fish tacos from the Kitchen. First, I'd like to say that they were pretty good. Copious amount of fish. It'll fill you up. But there were two things that didn't sit well with me. First, they are blasting pop music to where people would normally sit to have lunch. I wanted to have a quiet conversation with my friend, but had to walk away because we could hardly converse over the music volume. Clearly, even the cook could feel that it was too loud, because he turned the volume down to take a phone order—only to turn it back up after he ended the call. Second, I paid $18 for 3 fish tacos. This is a FOOD TRUCK, not a sit-down, dine-in, cloth napkin kind of restaurant. That's a bit steep in my book. But if you don't mind the noise and what you pay for the food, then the Blue Fish Kitchen is your...

I was just here today (6/14/2024) and it was a wonderful experience. I came with family, some local, and others out of state. I had the mixed platter and the clam chowder, my son had the calamari, my mom had the fish sandwich, and my aunt had the fish tacos. All of the food was fresh and delicious. In addition, their lemonade was freshly squeezed. They had some oldies playing (songs from my mom’s generation) and it was on point. Had a view of the water and will try to be back during my...