Jamie W.
Yelp
Oh how I wanted to be writing a raving review, but I just can't. Staff was very friendly. The young man behind the counter asked if we had been there, and when learning we had not, recommended the Cod Basket and/or the Shrimp Basket. We decided to take his recommendations and ordered one of each to share (with my youngest daughter today).
Food is made to order, which is always a plus, and we were able to add extra fries since we both declined cole slaw (there is a $0.50 upcharge).
Food came out quickly, and nice and hot. Fries are actual potato slices, thin and crispy on the outside. Fish was two fair sized pieces. The issue was the grease dripping off the bottom and making the breading on the bottom very soggy. My little paper tray was half full of grease (they have a paper down, so that prevents it from leaking). Unfortunately, that meant that a good portion of my fries were also swimming in the liquid. Not appetizing, and not very tasty when you expect crispy fries and breading. The fish itself tasted good.
Shrimp were good - a few a tad overcooked and tough, and the breading had a slight flavor of possibly baking soda? Not sure if it's what they clean the shrimp with or what might be in the batter? Not a bad taste per se, but just not exactly pleasant either.
They offer an array of sauces you can serve yourself, including tarter, ketchup, Jax sauce, Remoulade, & maybe one other? Neither of us cared for the Jax sauce - seemed more like a salsa? But the Remoulade - OMG - amazing. Tangy, spicy, just yumminess.
For the price I know if a few other spots I'd rather go where the food is more consistent and plentiful.
Now for the dropping of a star from 3 to 2 - one of the employees, a young man behind the counter (not the one in a mask that had greeted us), wiped his arm and hand on his nose, twice, and then proceeded to take food and put it into baskets without washing his hands. I just happened to look up as he did it, and waited for him to go in the back to wash up. No such luck. It was very disheartening to see his total lack of knowledge that what he had just done would contaminate anything he touched at that point. Regardless of whether he was going to touch food or not, after wiping your nose on your hand and arm, you should be washing your hands, period. For that reason alone I would not return.