Fish Streat

Was around Tebet area, ended up hungry after tagging along my boyfriend on his basketball session (him due to basketball and myself due to waiting). I’ve been curious about this place since many has given good reviews (and of course its uncostly price) so we hailed a cab and went straight here.

Food and beverages: 4/5
Woah. I know all the hype around this joint but I didn’t expect it to be this good. We ordered Fish and Chips, Cheese Melted Sauce, and Thai Tea. Both fishes were fried to a golden crisp yet still maintained to be soft inside. A hair’s breadth from Fish & Co. Fish and Chips was topped with buttermilk and came with an option of french fries or curry rice (here my boyfriend opted for the curry rice that unfortunately wasn’t served fresh) while Cheese Melted Sauce was powdered with what I assumed to be chili powder and it came with mozarella coated spaghetti. The cheese was plenty to the point it was nauseating but the pasta was okay. I had hoped that the cheese would be on top of the fish but turned out otherwise. All in all both dishes were satisfying. Thai tea was nothing but average, sweet but average. The fish itself and generous portion made up for all the downsides though.

Price: 5/5
Big-sized, great taste, AND cheap? Fish streat’s pricing is one of their selling factors that contributes to the long line of people wanting to savor this seafood. Fish and chips is sold for IDR 29k, Cheese Melted Sauce IDR 38k, and Thai Tea IDR 15k. Less than 100k for two person is a great deal indeed.

Ambience: 2.5/5
Located in Tebet Timur, it’s not hard to spot this outlet, with its large ‘Fish Streat’ signage in bright lamps. This place has minimum decorations (only a few wall posters), small tables, dirty floor, a couple of fans, and air-con. Dominated by white, this place has blue streaks and orange accents to contradict the plain-ness. Very small compared to the ever-coming customers. Should clean the floor more often and probably expand? Or add little decorations to make the place a little more eyecatching.

Service: 3/5
With the overflowing customers, they should’ve made the waitlist more organized. I came in not knowing whether I should sit right up or whether there was a waitlist that I have to queue, since no waiter/waitress were standing by the door. Damn chaotic. It turns out the waitlist-waitress was standing next to the cashier and the waitlist was written on a piece of cardboard. Cardboard, not paper. All the staffs were all over the place and not wearing the same colored shirt so its hard to differentiate between the staff and customer. It wasn’t long until I was seated but they could be more well organized.

Highlight: Fish and chips is so delish! 90% similar with Fish&Co. Worth to try.