We went over to Islamadora Fish Company last night for dinner. We had expected a long wait, but were pleasantly surprised that we only waited about 15 minutes.
However, once we sat down, the wait REALLY began. We got the alligator appetizer, which came 35 minutes after we got our table. It was overdone, tough and almost inedible. For dinner, I got the Fish and Chips, which were one of their “specialties”. The waitress had to ask me if I wanted fries with my Fish and Chips. Ummm…if not, it would just be Fish, wouldn’t it? It was OK, but nothing to rave about. Just plain white fish in a rather bland batter with (again) overdone fries. Served with tartar sauce, no malt vinegar served with it. At this point, I was too hungry to care.
Karen got fried catfish and fries. It was fried in a cornmeal batter which made for a munch crunchier exterior. In fact, if it hadn’t been burned, this may have been pretty tasty.
Everything at Islamadora was overcooked, even the kids chicken nuggets and corn dogs. I can only imagine some underpaid schmoe coming in from an all day fishing trip on the James River leaning over the fryer hood and trying to catch a bit of shuteye while our dinner merrily burns away.
From start to finish, our dinner took 1 hour and 40 minutes. I watched 4 tables that came in after us get served, eat and leave while we waited. Ridiculous.
On the upside, the kids really liked the big fish tank. It held their attention for about 15 minutes, then we had to plug them into their iPods to watch SpongeBob.
Color me unimpressed.