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Fish Face

Overall Rating

6.3

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132 Darlinghurst Road
Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Phone (02) 9332 4803

 

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Fish Face Details

132 Darlinghurst Road
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Phone (02) 9332 4803

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Limited Offer: 3 Months free!

Cuisine

Seafood

Chef

Joshua Niland, Leif Ibrahim, Evan Burgess, Koji Nakamara

Opening Hours

Dinner
Mon to Sun 6pm - 10pm

Serves

Dinner
Take Away

Average Meal Price

$50 - based on one entree & main course only

Prices

Sushi from $7 for 2 pieces
Entrees $12.00-$14.00
Mains $33.00-$40.00
Desserts $9.00-$16.00

Bookings

Reservations for the first hour only. (6-7)

Licensed & BYO

BYO Licenced for Beer and Wine
Corkage per person $5.00

Seats  34


Special Features

Child Friendly
Outdoor Dining
Wheelchair Access

Specialties

Premium Fish

Payment Types


Mastercard Visa EFTPos
Mastercard Visa EFTPos

Notes

Sushi Chef's: Michiaki Miyazaki, Tomokazu Hashido

 




Overall Rating              6.3  
 
Food                7.2  
Ambience                6.1  
Service                5.6  
Value                5.5  

 

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Awards

Awards 2009   SMH Good Food Guide 2009 - One Chef's Hat
  2008   SMH Good Food Guide 2008 - One Chef's Hat
  2007   SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - One Chef's Hat

 



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Overall             Recommended
Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 6 Value 6

 

Dropped into this restaurant as our original restaurant was booked out for a function. Had been meaning to try it out as it had received a chef's hat. They definitely know how to cook their seafood!. My seafood bisque was packed with flavour and the fish was perfectly cooked.

Our waiter though attentive did forget to bring out my latte with my dessert as I had asked and just assumed he had got it right, so service though friendly was a little hit and miss. Cosy place for two and maybe up to four but very overpriced and heavy handed with the olive oil. However, they really do know how to cook a fish.
 
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mtran  -   See my reviews 6reviews, 26 June 2009
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Overall             Average
Food 8 Ambience 5 Service 1 Value 5

 

Perfect example of a place that needs to realise how steep the competition is in Sydney. They cook a sensational piece of fish but I find it hard to understand why they must be so pretentious, it's simply off-putting and unnecessary to be so in one's face. Very loud and crowded atmosphere.

Recently stopped accepting Amex, interesting that they think they can afford to reduce the service they offer, but service was never their forte so shouldn't really be surprised. I'd rather go around the corner and order Onde's spectacular fish and chips, or one of their other fish alternatives, without the attitude and at a much more reasonable price.
 
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bhw92k  -   See my reviews 6reviews, 25 May 2009
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Overall             Recommended
Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 7 Value 8

 

Great great food. 4 of us had to wait 30-40mins but it was well worth it. Small place but something different and its all about the quality fish.

Starters great, amazing fish rolls to start, so so fresh. All of the mains were great, particularly the trout in filo, very tasty. Deserts were fab also.

BYO very disappointing, 5 dollars per head was crazy. 60 bucks for an average bottle of wine jumps up the bill for all. Expensive night for a byo but great food, well worth the wait and a busy buzzy place to visit.
 
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cneale  -   See my reviews 4reviews, 17 May 2009
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Overall             Highly Recommended
Food 10 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 5

 

Food was absolutely sensational. We shared 3 entrees and one main. The sashimi scallops are a knockout. Sit at the bar! You get all the action from the kitchen and get to talk to the chef.
 
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pepico  -   See my reviews 1review, 03 May 2009
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Overall             Not Recommended
Food 1 Ambience 5 Service 1 Value 1

 

Bad value, bad service and bad food. I have now been here 2 times in as many weeks. Once dine in and once t/a neither experience was any better than the other. The fish was dry whilst eating in and no point eating when take away. Chips were blahhhhn.
 
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jpugh  -   See my reviews 2reviews, 31 March 2009
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Overall             Below Average
Food 6 Ambience 5 Service 1 Value 2

 

We went for Fish Face for the first time last night. We were pretty lucky that we got a table straight away. The service was pretty bad considering the price that they charge for the food. We asked for a cooler for our wine. but it never arrived. It was so hard to get the waitresses attention. When we finally got the other waitress attention, the cooler arrived when we almost finished our bottle.

Food was a bit slow. They mixed up our order. I can't remember what it was.
Instead of fish A, we got fish B instead. Waitress said it tastes the same anyway.
We said that's ok. When the food finally came, but we didn't see our side order of hot chips. Apparently they forgot about it and we were told they'll be ready in 30 seconds.

One of the main that got mixed up was tasteless considering the price tag of $39!
It was 2 tiny pieces of crispy fish with onions and potato. Hot chips finally arrived when we had finished our mains. The waitress took away our main plates and cutleries and we were left to eat hot chips with our fingers. Definitely will not come back ever again.
 
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xander_syd  -   See my reviews 4reviews, 30 March 2009
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Overall             Below Average
Food 5 Ambience 5 Service 3 Value 4

 

I tried Fish Face again after some while. I was not impressed by my first visit, but was prepared to give it a go again. However, things have not changed. The sashimi plate was good. Probably the high point of the evening. I had the (famous) fish and chips. The fish was too dry. Flathead is a succulent fish. I don't know what they did, but mine was bone dry. One shouldn't need to resort to the tartare for moisture. The chips are ok. Maybe a little too big. They verge on being wedges.

If they were half or two-thirds the size, it would be better. Overall, portion size is good. That cannot be faulted. The real sting, however, is the price. The fish and chips are expensive. You expect better quality for the price. I have had much better fish and chips, several times in Sydney, for half the price.

The other meal was the kingfish. It was good. And the pancetta works well. Beetroot is a little too sweet. But overall, a nice dish. The wine list is not extensive at all. That might have to do with the size and storage issues. But if that is not the case, don't charge people $10 per bottle corkage. It is inappropriate. Fine if you have an extensive list of wines from which patrons can choose from. Not if you don't.

Service was well below par. It was slow and the wait staff were terse. FF needs to lift its game here. And please don't try and offer patrons the obligatory $5 glass of sparkling water. Tap water is fine. Offer it as an option. Overall, not a great dining experience. I would not recommend FF to people new to Sydney. I know people have different experiences, but I cannot vouch for it.
 
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DSJ  -   See my reviews 1review, 12 March 2009
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Overall             Recommended
Food 6 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 7

 

Good fresh produce, the fish and chips was a bit disappointing, chips were smothered in salt and not able to eat, flathead was tasty but small portions, not great value at $30. Dessert was sensational.
 
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karen1975  -   See my reviews 1review, 30 January 2009
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Overall             Recommended
Food 5 Ambience 9 Service 7 Value 7

 

Been here a few times and really really good. Great food, when dine-in anyway. Take-away personally I wouldn't bother again. After calling for takeaway and being told it would be 10 minutes we turn up and no one has any recollection of our order so we have to wait another 20 minutes and pay $44 for two serves of fish and chips only to open then 5 minutes later and they are cold and hard and contain only 2 tiny slivers of fish. Was very disappointed and felt quite ripped off.
 
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jasoooooooon  -   See my reviews 4reviews, 21 January 2009
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Overall             Recommended
Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 7 Value 6

 

Excellent food and service ok from waitress although maitre d' a bit terse. Good wine list.
 
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Deborah Halla  -   See my reviews 1review, 04 November 2008
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