Wildfish Seafood Grille

Wildfish. Hmmm. Caught the day before and shipped in? From where? I want to know. So a bunch of us chefs got together at Wildfish because one of our chef friends was celebrating a bday and well, she loves the place. So we all head over there. My wife and I pull up and it's like being in Beverly Hills only we're not in Beverly Hills we're in Newport Beach in a quaint lil shopping center. Upon entering we're greeted with a nice smile and asked if we'd like a table. We say politley say thank you but we're all set. We meet up with some friends at the bar and on this night and I can only speak for this night the place is hopping with a crowd in their 50's or older. Now I'm in my early early 40's and my wife is younger but this was old. Anyway, who cares right? It's about the food and ambience and service right? So we get distracted because some other friends are at the bar and well hey I'm always up for a good martini. So we proceed to have a drink but the bartender is slammed. Once we get his attention he takes care of us and can I just tell you I probably had the best damn lemon drop martini in my life there. 5 times! even. Although one time someone else made it and I could tell because it wasn't good. We then proceeded to have the crab cake. Amazing! So light and delicious...it fell apart to the touch. My god this was one yummy crab cake. You get one jumbo lump cake and it is enough. Damn good. We also had the Hawaiian Poke of Pacific Ahi Tuna with Toasted Sesame Crisps...now this my friends we've seen before. Like a 100 times. It's everywhere and at WF it didn't really taste all that great. It was ok. Our friend had a shrimp cocktail pretty old fashion because he is again "old" fashion and he likes it that way. We on the otherhand love trying new and exciting things and we want to see new and exciting things. The ambience in this place is very nice and it's set up very nice. We loved the water dripping down the columns, the booths are nice but what really got us on this place was the outdoor patio with a bar. That was awesome. Fireplace and all. Touche WF Touche! Hey we'll be back to try other dishes but I highly recommend you go on any other night than Thursday.

VERY EXPENSIVE AND SMALL PORTION. ALL CUSTOMERS WHO WATCH TV AT THE BAR HAVE A NECKACHE. YOU HAVE TO LOOK STRAIGHT UP WHERE YOUR NECK CANNOT EXTEND ANYMORE TO WATCH SPORTS.NO HEALTHY DESSERTS. THAT IS WHY THE CHEF ARE HUGE