Wildfish Seafood Grille, Scottsdale, Arizona, Seafood Restaurant Details

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I like this place, and their seafood seems very fresh. Let me start by saying get the lobster bisque here, I literally still dream of it and it is one of the menu items that would rope me back in here. It is perfectly flavorful and savory, yet at the same time still maintains that lobster taste but creamy at the same time. Now as for the main course you can't go wrong with the Chilean Seabass, I mean it tastes like butter once you start eating it but it is made Hong Kong style and I am more of the fan of crispy outside and nice and buttery inside. The service was great, the calamari was just so so and another downside of this place is that it can get pretty pricey. But overall still some great seafood, and out in the middle of the desert too.

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Ambiance /aesthetics of the restaurant are average at best; it lacks elegance and distinction. That is not a problem of course if food and service are outstanding, but that is not the case here.

The service was adequate but our waiter was not knowledgeable about the menu (or food and beverages in general) and hence unable to make useful recommendations. If he was still in training, one would expect him to be accompanied by a more seasoned colleague - that would be the norm for a restaurant serving fare in this price range.

One of our party ordered the sea bass (after reading rave reviews about it on Yelp - strange) and although it was served on top of a tasty broth, the fish itself was completely flavorless. The chef would be wise to pour that broth over the fish while cooking.

The lobster bisque was highly mediocre (for a great lobster bisque, try A Different Pointe of View at Pointe Hilton), and the blue cheese in both the olives in my martini (brought to the table the first time with a lemon twist by the way, even though the cocktail menu specifically listed it as a blue-cheese stuffed olive martini) and as well on the wedge salad, was simply too pungent. Cheese that intense destroys enjoyment of other flavors. What can be done with blue cheese that is overpowering? Mix it with a milder cheese. But our overall impression was that no one is tasting the food before sending it out at Wildfish. And clearly no one is taking the time to fully develop the wait staff.

* A note again regarding our waiter and the cocktails at this restaurant... Our server had clearly received little to no training and lacked even a basic familiarity with fine dining concepts. He actually offered to leave the martini with the lemon twist at our table and simply return with olives. And I had ordered it "slightly dirty!" LOL! Worse: the martini he did bring back, while bearing the correct garnish, was among the worst blue cheese olive martinis I have ever tasted.

I will say that the lobster tail was good for Phoenix (difficult to find truly sweet, tender lobster here) but that alone is not enough to compensate for the myriad issues we experienced. For the price, I can't recommend this restaurant.

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Good service, good food, good location...can't go wrong coming here at all!

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We had a fabulous experience eating at this great restaurant! We chose to eat on the patio, and we had the crab cake and the lobster bisque, both great! We both had the Chilean Sea Bass for our entree and I would definitely order that again! Our service was fabulous and we will be back again!!!

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Was in the mood for some seafood 6 o'clock on a friday night. Saw this leave the mall after a movie. Only reason why I gave it 4 stars os because they only take reservations so we only got to sit at the bar. Luckily the 3 guys behind the bar we great! The lobster bisque with cognac is probably the best ive had in Arizona. If you havent had oysters before I recommend going here. Theu have oysters with fresh horseradish, cocktail sauce, lemon and amazing white wine vinegar with shallot juice. Definitely try this place out but call and make reservations before hand.

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Fin fanatics can choose from a "large variety" of the "freshest fish in the desert" at this "attractive" Downtown/Old Town Scottsdaleseafood chain link that also boasts an "excellent" wine list; "friendly" service, a "lovely" raw bar and "reasonably priced" happy hour make up for surroundings that are "often noisy."