The Fish Pot

Ate at Fishpot in mid-December, 2009

Food, as on previous visits over many years was faultless & excellent.

Restaurant was not particularly busy and service was on the slow side but more than acceptable. We never rush to eat!

What was unacceptable was the way in which the bill just appeared on the table during coffee when we would have been quite happy to have ordered more drinks.

Not a nice way to finish the evening and left us with the feeling of "you`ve had your food now pay and go".

Needless to say further bookings we had made over Christmas and into the New Year were all cancelled
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Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 4
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

We took a table of 13 to the Fish Pot on the 27th December 2009. Had a nice dinner but we were seriously let down by the service. When we finished dinner which was quite a legnthy process those of us non drinkers left leaving five at the table finishing off their glasses of wine!!! We would have been no more than 10 minutes and it was only 12.15 baring in mind they did not seat us until 9.35 pm!! The staff removed the tables from in front of us making us have to get to our feet to drink the last of our wine standing up. We were positively disgusted!!! we had just paid them 1,600 dollars for dinner and a 100 dollar tip!!! We would not go back there if you paid us!!! Worse than that we are now locals having just purchased a house here on the island!!
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Chris Ballard
Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Sunday, December 28, 2008

My new husband and I visited the Fish Pot on our honeymoon in June 2008. Because it is the off season in Barbados, we felt we would have no problem getting a table without reservations. We showed up to a less than half full restaurant so we knew we could get a table, yet the host inside acted as if it were a chore to seat us without reservations. While it was supposedly so difficult to "find" us a table, there were many many other tables empty for the entire 2.5 hours we were there.

Anyway, we got past that bit of rude service, and received excellent service and wonderful food throughout dinner. The excellent service ended when the wait staff removed our plates from the table after we were finished dining. We each still had most of a martini left, so for the first 20-30 minutes we waited we weren't too bothered. However, when we sat for another good 30 minutes after finishing our drinks, we both became very aggravated that we had not been even acknowledged for the last half hour. As I mentioned previously, the restaurant was still half full at best, so it's not that the wait staff was extremely busy. It is for this reason that I give the service a 2 out of 10. The middle of our dinner was wonderful, but the greeting and the ending was not indicative of a nice restaurant. I want to emphasize once more that the food at the Fish Pot was excellent, but the service was the worst for us on the island so far.
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Laura
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The restaurant is marvellously located, on the water's edge- and the sound of the waves as they came ashore was soothing and relaxing. I found the decor and furnishings enhanced the atmosphere.

The service was excellent, some of the best I have encountered in Barbados restaurants. The waiting staff was extremely attentive, cooperative and polite.

The food was very, very good and well-presented. Let the name, though, stand as warning for those who don't like fish. Most of the menu was fish and seafood, with prehaps one/two selections each of the usual meats.

By Barbadian standards, the restaurant is somewhat off the beaten track (unless you are resident in the north of the island). Since most accomodation is in the south and west coast areas, this may also apply to tourists. But its well worth the trip.
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Gayle, Barbados - View all reviews by this user
Wednesday, February 13, 2008