Fish & Co

The service is horrible and the food overpriced and bland. The staff always seems to be busy with administration and not too bothered with customers… or maybe they are pretending not to see you. Membership has so many terms and conditions as to make it useless most of the time.

Fish & Co has been in Singapore for as long as I can remember. But haven’t been back since my college days, when we would go to the Fish & Co glasshouse! They have expanded their menu to cater to the health conscious, they even have a menu for 500 calories and under!
They jumped on the «high-​tech» wagon and now hand customers an iPad so that the customers do the ordering themselves. Sadly, as someone who is familiar with UX best practicies. This user-​interface needs some work. It requires alot of drill down to get your specific order done and the only way to get back to the main menu, is to drill back up.
The table we were seated at was meant for 12 and it was a square shaped, rather a long table whereby people on both ends can’t even see each other.
For a weekday lunch hour, it wasn’t packed, in fact, it wasn’t even half full, in comparison to swensens on the other side of NEX, which would have a snaking queue outside.
Both serve similar western fares for about $ 20 (after GST + service charge) with main course and ice cream desserts.
1. Grilled White Fish with Ebiko $ 16.95++
Instead of the typical fried fish and chips, I tried to go with something «healthier», or at least I was convincing myself that it was indeed healthier. The fish tasted okay, nothing special. The grilled cheesey topping with the ebiko was nice, although the ebiko had a dark orange exterior and was definitely frozen for a long time. The sides were beancurd and coleslaw. I loved the coleslaw as it had raisins in it! I was very full from this main course alone!
2. Clam Chowder soup
Somehow they forgot to serve everyone their soup, so after I was done with my main course, they served me the soup. Which I barely finished. It was thick, didn’t taste like it was straight out of a can. Nothing great, nothing bad.
3. Tiramisu ice cream
I was almost at my limit after the soup and here comes the ice cream! There was only one flavour, tiramisu. It had nuts in it and it tasted like the normal king’s ice cream.
The lunch menu also came with a drink which I had an earl grey tea, you can pick fizzy drinks as well. Now I know why people flock to swensen’s for lunch instead. You get so much more value there, especially if you order a sundae. However, here at Fish & Co, you do get a drink and a soup as well.