California Fish Grill

First time going, also the last. Their online website was hard to order from (especially making the sides custom to the way you like), so I ordered by phone. When I get there, there is a LINE out the door of people waiting! I even saw 4 cops show up to wait, and they left like not even 5 minutes later after showing up! And I was STILL waiting to be helped at the counter for my pick up! So I show up, they help me, and I get my food. I go to my car and I realize they forgot my tartar sauce, so I go back. More time waiting and I finally get my sauce. When I went to eat it at work and open the box, the diced zucchini was missing!!! It wasn’t in the box! The fries were there, the calamari and fish were there, but no zucchini!!! And I PAID for a 2 side dinner!!! (Receipt is here) ^^^ Taste wise: The tartar sauce was trash (very bitter, just couldn’t enjoy it), fish was bland tasting and could have been crispier, and calamari was very tough to just enjoy (could have had the red sauce to go with it). Clam chowder was delicious and the dynamite fries were also good to eat. Price: Okay for your quantity of food but could be lower Service: They’re too packed. They need like a 2nd or 3rd restaurant to disperse the work. Also more attentive servers and people who check the mobile/phone orders. I know anyone would hate having to go back because something important was missing (even sides or sauce - I know I can’t live without my sauce!!) Parking: SUCKS. In the middle of a MALL. If you’re going there for pleasure & shopping - it’s all good parking for you if you want to walk far. But if you’re going to pick up food before work or for lunch at work - nope! Forget it! I was almost late to work because of this place!!!

Pleasantly surprised with good food. Clearly displayed origin of seafood made it easy to make my choices too. Side fried shrimp was very nicely fried - crispy and tasty coating. Sauce that came with the fried shrimp was very good also. Service was good too - courteous and welcoming. A bit of dilemma on actual score, not quite 5 bit 4 is definitely not enough. Well, my craving to try other sauces and seafood choice is tipping it to 5. Till next time.

We're more than happy & thankful for the invite for lunch in this resto by our long time friends! They got several choices of meal to choose from & prices are reasonable & this is one of our new fave place to go to for our fave "fish & chips (rice as alternative)" & best part is that, we don’t need to drive that far jz to satisfy our craving for one of our fave foodie! Love the ambience of the place & great crew gives you service w/ a smile! We'll surely see you sooner than expected! Keep up the great work! Stay safe & healthy & best of care everyone! God bless us always 🙏 ❤