ate at Tin Fish in Tinley Park last week... (apparently there is a location in Oakbrook as well..).
It was pretty disappointing.
Its somewhat of a nice place, but the menu is a little cheesey, in that their specialty is they have a number of fishes cooked various ways served with various sauces... the menu present this in a TGIF's style '1. pick your fish 2. choose your preperation 3. choose your whatevers' ...
The special that night was grilled Halibut served on a bed of mashed potatoes and some other what nots.... My SO ordered this... I ordered Swordfish. After finishing appetizers, we waited over 20 minutes for our food. The server came by twice and said it was "coming right up" ... (The table next to us literally ordered after we had our appetizers and had finished their entrees before we even had ours).
Eventually the food came... My swordfish came and was excellent. The halibut, however, was not so much. It was completely rare inside, which might be good for some types of fish, but this was just nasty and stringy... We asked the server if this was normal, she said yes its supposed to be served rare, and offered to "throw it in the oven" for a few more minutes if we wanted. We turned down her offer (having waited 20 minutes after our apps were finished, we were just hoping for an eventual exit), but then as more of it was eaten, the innards of the fish were not only rare, but actually cold and completely stringy inside. I'm not sure if this was a kitchen mishap (someone forgot to make it, and threw it on at last minute), or what?
Is it at all normal to serve
halibut rare? I'm all for medium rare in fish, but rare just seems like an odd match for halibut. I assume in some instances (at a really really nice restaurant with really fresh top grade fish) it might be OK, but in this case it wasn't either and nor does it seem like the the type of entree you might serve this way..
we ordered desserts, one of which was OK and the other tasted freezer burned. we didn't say anything.
When the check came, they had comped our deserts (which totaled $8 ), yet the $30 entree was still on the ticket .. we asked for the manager, and he basically said "thanks for letting us know" but didn't offer to do anything-and he was a jerk too