Flying Fish
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 728-8595
- Price:
- $$$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Seafood 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-2am, Sat-Sun 5pm-2am
Editorial Review for Flying Fish – by Hannah Levin
The Scene
The ambience is consistently warm and welcoming, from the buzzing open-air kitchen to the romantic balcony seats overhead. Soaring pale-yellow beams separate the clean-lined dining room from the beautiful, bustling bar. Gregarious servers are knowledgeable and gracefully attentive.
The Food
Owner and chef Christine Keff richly deserves the national recognition she's received for her quirky, creative kitchen and passionate commitment to organic ingredients. Seasonal offerings might include lobster ravioli scattered with black trumpet mushrooms and napped in a decadent lobster cream, or perfectly grilled scallops with a delicate porcini glaze. Briny Manila clams studded with spicy chorizo and briskly seared ahi tuna are reliable mainstays. Adventurous diners should go for the show-stopping rockfish, served intact with the bright tang of pineapple-anchovy dipping sauce, while the fish-phobic can opt for comforting buttermilk chicken and mashed potatoes.
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Insider Tips
When to GoReservations will always make an evening go more smoothly; call at least 10 days in advance.
Where to SitSolo diners should opt for the comfortable bar seats, which offer equally impressive service and a bird's-eye view of the kitchen.
The ExtrasThe restaurant offers seafood cooking classes with its chef every few months; call for details.
Save MoneyOyster happy hour is from 5pm to 6pm every weeknight at the bar--at 25 cents per oyster, it's a steal.
User Reviews for Flying Fish
04/17/2008 Posted by Tifflynner
I was very disappointed. We wandered Seattle looking for a decent seafood restaurant. We searched on our phone for good reviews and this had the best we could find. Menu is printed different every day. I got Halibut and my husband got Salmon. He enjoyed his dish and even offered to trade but I didn't like either of them. I was very disappointed. I paid $25 per plate which I know is somewhat reasonable but I would have appreciated even a salad with dinner at that price. I indicated to the waiter that I was not pleased but he ignored me and even made comments when we left that "I can see you enjoyed your dinner" which he knew wasn't true. We did recieve a small quarter-loaf of cold hard-to-chew bread with very bland butter to start the meal off. I obviously wasn't very impressed with that either. Overall I think it is overpriced and perhaps the staff is not kept as happy as they should be. I was very sad that we spent $70 on a dinner that I so thoroughly did not enjoy. I did have other great dining experiences at Benihanas the night before. If you're going to spend that much money it's a much more worthwhile place to go.
Pros: table was comfortable and place seemed clean
Cons: not a good value, dish did not blend together well
03/31/2008 Posted by ebjohn3
My girlfriend and I came here to celebrate our birthdays and for the Dine Around Seattle menu. Our overall experience was mediocre. We had reservations for 7:30. When we arrived we were told we would be seated within 10 minutes, yet there were 4 other parties to be seated ahead of us. We were shown to our table 35 minutes later, and would have relaxed at the bar had we realised we weren't next on the list. The atmosphere was good, and I would recommend for a date. For the 'small plate' I ordered the green curry clams and while the clams themselves were good, the watery curry sauce dripped off the clam once you picked it up. My gf had the beet salad and was pleased. For our main course we both ordered the blackened Albacore tuna. We both puckered from the salt on our first bite. Apparently, it is wok seared in a soy reduction. I don't know about you but regular soy sauce is salty enough for me without being reduced. They promptly returned with two steaks that were seared in the pepper rub, but with the soy on the side. I commend the service, but the result was lackluster. The steak lost all of the salt and some of the flavor, and simply tasted like blackened pepper. For desert my gf ordered the chocolate tart with banana cream. It was definitely good, the chocolate was rich, and covered with a toffee crisp. I had the coconut mango parfait. The bottom layer was coconut which had a very subtle flavor and was almost bland, like they forgot the sugar. Then there was a tart lemony gelatin layer. The top layer tasted of ripe mangoes and is probably where the missing sugar from the bottom layer ended up. The food service was fast but our waitress seemed busy and did not provide much interaction. We would not likely return to Flying Fish to eat again.
Pros: Ambience, Location
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