Bill M.
Yelp
Delivery price hike WARNING!!
I was saddened to notice that Sea Witch ADDS approximately three dollars to EVERY piece of fish you buy when you have food delivered by Skip the Dishes, etc. $3 more than the price on their website. $3 more than I assume you pay if you call Sea Witch directly and order and pickup yourself.
I recently ordered 3 pieces of fish, no French fries, and some breaded mushrooms, and I paid over SEVENTY DOLLARS!!!
I DO understand that Uber Eats and Doordash etc are really messing over the restaurants, taking up to 30% of the cost of the order from the restaurant, but I paid ten dollars more charged by Sea Witch for this order, PLUS a $4.49 delivery fee plus tip of over five bucks, so getting delivery from Sea Witch cost me twenty dollars on top of the normal cost of the food.
I'm sorry, but this is too much - and this BUGS ME!
Update: This place is usually amazing. Great fish and the BEST rings you will ever have - anywhere - by far, and they now have deep fried breaded mushrooms, and they have AMAZING tartar sauce, and dill dip too. (Hey guys - how about adding some Shrimp sauce/seafood sauce?)
I changed my rating back to 5 from 4, because they are USUALLY great. It's just too bad that on Friday and Saturday evenings they are too busy to cook their onion rings - because those take up way too much space in their busy deep fryer at those busy times. And - sadly, they don't deliver the amazing onion rings - because they turn from the best you've ever tried - to soggy during the delivery trip from store to your home. Shame.
Updating my review again: I hate inconsistency. And it bugs me that one time this place is GREAT - OUTSTANDING - and the next time the service and food is - meh.
The second last time I was there I was just blown away. The onion rings were BY FAR the best I've ever had - anywhere. They were AMAZING. And the fish was great too. Great batter. Excellent. About the best you can get - but, then, the last time I was there - things were not nearly as good. My last visit found the batter (on rings AND fish) to be very thin - and disappointing. (I asked the cook about this on my way out the door - and got a lame response: "maybe the humidity in the air ....")
And the SERVICE! I just have to vent a little. I gave my order to the woman who seats people, and didn't see the waitress nearly enough for her to notice that I probably would have liked a refill on my water glass - that didn't come until I was finished my meal.
I know I'm whining - like Trump whines like a 'whiny little #$%^' but don't you just hate it when the food is spectacular one time - and you go back and it's NOT the next time?
Previous review:
I've been back a couple of times, and waited longer than I thought necessary for food again on one of those visits.
The first time I had the onion rings I was amazed. They were the best I've every had - anywhere. They were crispy on the outside and hot and moist on the inside. Absolutely wonderful.
Unfortunately - the second time I had rings they were not as good. But they deliver them to your table on a unique stack piled like the tower of Pisa with a stainless steel rack that piles them high - but I immediately dump them into a smaller pile to TRY to keep them bunched together so they stay warm long enough to eat a few of them. (Because - like most food - when they are no longer hot - they are no longer ANYWHERE CLOSE to being as good.)
I tried the trout. Didn't like it - but if you like trout it just might be good - I can't really say.
Their fish is among the best I've had compared to other places.
And the food is fairly expensive.
Update: I went back again - and the waitress was helpful about the onion rings getting cold VERY quickly - and the Halibut was nice - but I STILL don't understand why it takes so long for them to prepare the food. It seems to take them 15 to 20 minutes to drop a little fish in the fryer. I just don't understand. Still - great food.
First Review:
Good fish - and I GUESS the fries are 'good' - but I didn't like them. They are obviously prepared fresh from potatoes that I guess they cut daily - but I found the fries a little undercooked and maybe that's what good fries are supposed to be like - but I much prefer fries from many other places.
The fish was nice - but the wait surprised me. It was about 20 minutes - and I don't know why it takes so long.
Prices were fairly high - but watch out for the Halibut. They've got it on the menu as *mp - meaning Market Price - which means - ASK - or you may bet an unpleasant surprise. I heard the couple beside me being told that the Halibut was $17. I'm not sure if that was fish and chips or fish only.
The place seemed a little smoky. Not from cigarettes - but from the fryer. Maybe a little better ventilation might be nice. I'd hate to think what the clothes of the people who work there smell like when they go home.