A few Saturday nights ago, Matt and I, armed with a Groupon, tried Iron Fish by Pescado's. Pescado's owns a few seafood restaurants around the greater Richmond area, (Pescado means "fish" in Spanish). Ironfish is sort of a spin-off, I suppose, and is brand new located near Glen Allen. Anyway, Pescado's is rumored to be great, so I decided we needed to give Ironfish a try.
Be forewarned, this place does not take reservations. I don't know about you, but my idea of a night out on the town does not include sitting on a bench in the cold, starving, waiting for food. I loathe it. Ninety-nine percent of the time, we always make reservations. What's even more annoying is that when I called a week ahead to make reservations, I was told they accepted call ahead seating, but when we "called ahead" they told us they stopped doing that...as of that night. Bummer. So we went early and avoided what would have been a heinous wait judging from the line that formed later on.
Now on to the restaurant. It was very cute. I loved the decorations which were chic and sophisticated. The lighting was nice and I also liked the booths and chalk boards that lined the restaurant. We started off with a bottle of red wine and some bread with olive oil.
I ordered the "Mundi from Down Undi" which is barramundi, an Australian sea bass. It came with curried roasted corn and kiwi salad, corn bechamel cream puree, tarragon roasted eggplant, and chili/basil mashed yukon gold potato. Overall I thought it was tasty and I liked the texture of the fish. I was especially interested in the basil mashed potatoes, which I thought would be ruined by the basil but were actually delicious.
Be forewarned, this place does not take reservations. I don't know about you, but my idea of a night out on the town does not include sitting on a bench in the cold, starving, waiting for food. I loathe it. Ninety-nine percent of the time, we always make reservations. What's even more annoying is that when I called a week ahead to make reservations, I was told they accepted call ahead seating, but when we "called ahead" they told us they stopped doing that...as of that night. Bummer. So we went early and avoided what would have been a heinous wait judging from the line that formed later on.
Now on to the restaurant. It was very cute. I loved the decorations which were chic and sophisticated. The lighting was nice and I also liked the booths and chalk boards that lined the restaurant. We started off with a bottle of red wine and some bread with olive oil.
I ordered the "Mundi from Down Undi" which is barramundi, an Australian sea bass. It came with curried roasted corn and kiwi salad, corn bechamel cream puree, tarragon roasted eggplant, and chili/basil mashed yukon gold potato. Overall I thought it was tasty and I liked the texture of the fish. I was especially interested in the basil mashed potatoes, which I thought would be ruined by the basil but were actually delicious.
Matt had the New York strip. Yes, he got a steak at the seafood restaurant. However, I didn't blame him because honestly, there really wasn't too much of a selection to choose from, even when you took the specials into account. But no matter, he enjoyed it although he said they overcooked it (he ordered it medium rare). It was served with the same mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and a grape tomato salad.
Finally, we decided to split a dessert. Again, there were only about three items to choose from, and what do you know, they had Kahlua tiramisu. It was great - nice coffee and liqueur flavors with a rich, creamy texture.
Overall, I think it was a nice restaurant but they are still ironing out some kinks. I'd like to see a bigger menu selection and any decent place really has to take reservations in my mind. If you do decide to go, maybe opt for a week night or plan on being there before 6:30pm. Bottom line: with so many other restaurants we haven't tried closer to home, we'll probably pass on going back.
Overall, I think it was a nice restaurant but they are still ironing out some kinks. I'd like to see a bigger menu selection and any decent place really has to take reservations in my mind. If you do decide to go, maybe opt for a week night or plan on being there before 6:30pm. Bottom line: with so many other restaurants we haven't tried closer to home, we'll probably pass on going back.
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