Grillfish — Restaurant in Washington

Starting this off by saying the quality of the seafood itself is outstanding. I ordered buffalo shrimp as an appetizer, 4 small pieces of fried shrimp in a sauce (what seemingly tasted like store bought buffalo sauce mixed with cream?), for $20. I was at least expecting jumbo shrimp but those points aside the shrimp was high quality. For my entree I ordered scallop piccata (fresh pasta) and it was divine. Scallops were cooked perfectly as was the pasta, and they weren’t too heavy handed on the lemon. My friends ordered the seafood soup, and pasta with basic marinara. It was okay.

Service however was absolutely horrible. I want to preface this by saying everyone at our table has been in or currently is in the industry, so we are especially kind to wait staff (attitude and monetarily, we all usually tip 50%-100%). Our waitress (I believe her name was Katie, older blonde) was super attentive with her other tables, who ordered alcohol and were older and more nicely dressed. Chatting it up, checking on them frequently. She came to our table a whopping 2 times. Once to take our order, and another time to run my friend her soup. We had refills on our waters several times but it was always from hosts/SA’s. Our other dishes were run by hosts, and a host had to get us utensils mid meal and get us boxes AND cash us out. Once she saw us writing the tip and boxing all we got was a “Sorry” as she was passing by our table with no eye contact. It’s also worth noting the restaurant was only a little under half capacity. I understand some restaurants operate with a food runner system where anyone runs anything, but she didn’t even check on us at all. Definitely feel we were profiled because we were dressed down, young, and didn’t order alcohol. Really a shame and honestly put a damper on our...

Took my fiancé here for his birthday & I’m glad I did. We’re both foodies & we were not disappointed by the food. The calamari w/ the ginger sauce was a great combination I fell in love instantly. The shrimp Alfredo was delicious as well & the shrimp were nice & large. The Red Pinot wine complimented my pasta well. My fiancé enjoyed his meal the fries were seasoned well & he doesn’t eat scallops, but he really enjoyed those as well. Food was fresh & cooked to serve because it was pipping hot, but so good you move it around your mouth until it isn’t hot anymore. My fiancé received a complementary dessert & it was delicious. Bananas with ice cream a caramel sauce & nuts. Was a perfect combination & topper for a delicious meal. (The best things in life are free =) Our waiter he was a little ehh. We had to ask for the same thing 4x. We requested bread, a hot glass of water, different drinks & he forgot. Didn’t get anything, but the straws we asked for 10000x. He was nice don’t get me wrong, but he wasn’t on his toes that night. The bathrooms nice set up because as women we love a nice full body mirror, but they didn’t look all that clean. Toilet unflushed, seemed like someone missed the toilet when going because the base was wet, smell was tolerable, but I’m glad I only had to wash my hands & fix my clothes (no place like your own restroom at home). As nice as the place was I did expect better up keep of the restrooms. We were greeted when we came, as well as when we went & overall it was a good...

My boyfriend brought me here for date night and I LOVED the place. We had reservations but we were late, like late late. We walked in and ask is there anyway they can seat us and the manager Jay says yes (+1). We sit down and immediately start going over the menu because the kitchen is closing, but our waitress April doesn’t rush us and takes her time going over the menu and drink options with us (+1). I’m not the kind of person that takes pics of food because I’m ready to eat, but trust me when I say the presentation was on point (+1). I ended up going with an assortment of tacos (the shrimp were my favorite) and my BF went with the crab Alfredo and it was DELICIOUS! Once we finished dinner we ordered more drinks, which were good as well and then all of a sudden Jay comes over with shots for us just because (+1). Did I mention we were late and they were closing and that they still treated us like we were their first customers of the day?!!! Now for my aesthetic folks, there’s lot of photo ops here because the decor is unique and all over. Not to mention it’ll definitely start a conversation. Unfortunately, ladies I didn’t make it to the bathroom to see if it was photo worthy but don’t let that deter you. Please go see my girls Jay and April they were truly a pleasure. I promise you all that you’ll enjoy the food and atmosphere. Whether you’re dining alone and working or enjoying a date night, you won’t be...