Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe

01/24/10

Disappointing Food

by Mirasola at Citysearch

We went to Fishbone's today for lunch and we're expecting a good meal given some things we've heard and reviews we've read. We were so thoroughly disappointed with the food that it moved us to write our first restaurant review ever.

The meal started off with their bread and herbed butter. This was actually the only thing that we did enjoy because the butter had some nice flavor to it.

We ordered calamari for an appetizer. The calamari was decent, but I was a little surprised to just receive a plain plate with cocktail sauce when the appetizer costs $11. For this price, you would expect at least a garnish and nice presentation. It looked like something you would order from a diner presentation-wise. One plus about the calamari is that it was perfectly cooked and tender; we just didn't find anything special about the flavor.

For the entree, I ordered jambalaya. It looked good when I received it, but I was very disappointed when I actually tasted it. There wasn't really much there in terms of flavor. It almost tasted like they just threw some andoille sausage, shrimp, and tomato sauce over rice.

My girlfriend got a bowl of the seafood gumbo. She was trying gumbo for the first time and didn't even want to eat more than a bite. I offered to switch plates with her, but she didn't like the jambalaya either given my description above. The gumbo did not taste like anything I've had before. It was mediocre at best. We took the leftovers home but I don't even think I want to eat it, and I'll usually eat anything even if it's not that good just for the sake of not wasting food.

I would describe the service as adequate. Our server seemed to just fulfill her duties at the minimum, even though it was during a slow time. I expect better service from a restaurant with such highly priced items.

The menu was large, especially because of the sushi section. It may seem overwhelming to some. I personally did not have a problem with the size, but feel like other people would.

Overall, I will NEVER go back to this restaurant. We spent the rest of the afternoon making jokes and pointing out to other restaurants saying "we should've gone there instead."

• Pros: Not much, good atmosphere?
• Cons: Lackluster food

04/05/09

Unprofessional Bar Staff

by kg5678 at Citysearch

After visiting for the Final Four games, I will NEVER visit this Fishbone's again. I have visited the one in St. Clair Shores multiple times and loved everything, and expected the same from this one. However after a while of watching the game, the bartenders came over and said "Here's your tip" which we found out from someone else was that he thought we tipped $0.75 on a $40 bar tab. We never even had a bar tab! I paid cash for each round and tipped. This was very unprofessional and not acceptable in my book for how a bartender at a nice restaurant should act. Even if that had been true they wouldn't have deserved a tip, since a tip is earned. Then to top that off as we walked out the door to leave one of the other bartenders ran out after us and called us inappropriate names. We don't even know the reasoning behind their actions because he ran back inside and they all refused to talk with us. Which means they know that we did nothing wrong in reality since they wouldn't discuss their issues with us. Wouldn't go back if you paid me unless those bartenders were fired.

• Pros: Good location
• Cons: Very disrespectful bar staff

03/03/09

Good food-kinda pricey

Contributor at Citysearch

I came here for cocktails but i ended up havin dinner-i had the shrimp appetizer-so good-my entree was good-worth the money

06/12/08

Down hill.. not like it used to be.

by VguptaIsGay at Citysearch

This place has gone WAY WAY down hill from its former glory days years ago. Service was terrible, the food was bland, and sloppy, and those fun plates of various hot sauces.. all gone.. I would never go back, and our entire party left with thoughts of "thats it?" and "that was terrible".

Avoid.. its not the Fishbone's it used to be.

• Pros: Location is good
• Cons: Food was bland, prices high, service SLOW

06/11/08

Great Food/ Fun atmosphere, great drinks great service.

by crumbie at Citysearch

We visited fishbones for my birthday. Our server was great, none of this rude stuff the others spoke of!!!

We had great drinks! Hurricanes! Great Food (bbq shrimp appetizer- TO DIE FOR) Excellent food!!! And our service was great, never an empty glass, never an overused ash tray!

Highly recommended!!!