How do you know it’s not good if you’ve never been?
My issue with H Salt is that they use frozen fish. As in, they dip the frozen fish pieces into the batter and fry them (I’ve seen them get the fish from the freezer and dip it). We’ve actually gotten fish from them that was still cold in the center (more than once, unfortunately). Their clams and calamari are premade frozen ones. They don’t make those in house.
I still go to H Salt for the fried clam strips and hush puppies, but for fish and shrimp, we prefer Hook’d. It’s much better quality.
I tried a “basket of catfish nuggets” at California Fish Grill, and they were very good. Light batter, not oily, and big, fat nuggets of fish cooked properly.
It’s in the Fox Hills Mall parking lot, part of the new building that includes a Starbucks and Trader Joes. It was pretty busy and the food people were eating looked pretty good.
Apparently it’s an upper-scale fast food chain.
California Fish Grill
6150 Slauson Ave,
Culver City, CA 90230
Their El Segundo location sucked big time. Tried it only once about two to three years ago. “No respect for ingredients” is what stuck with me. The place stunk of seafood past its prime. The people behind the counter were pretty rude or just didn’t give a heck.
I think the majority of their seafood is sourced from farms and swai was all over the menu. Just my opinion, but when I see swai listed, my expectations drop significantly. Even still, the food was very disappointing.
I’m not a fish eater, but I do remember they served fried catfish and offered salmon and cod (or was it pollack?) too (my kids love fish).
It’s a sit down fast food place, so I wouldn’t expect them to offer halibut or ahi tuna at those kind of prices. People who want to spend $10 or less on a seafood plate usually don’t mind eating swai.
@Bookwich and @boogiebaby, I’m sure you folks had good experiences there. And again, I only tried this place once. Every place is granted bad days. But that once left me so down on this place that it’s a no-go on my mental list. It just had all the suspect signs of not really caring about the food they made.
We were shut out at The Counter (it’s on the same street/block) and I didn’t feel like driving anywhere else, so we walked over there. Had I known it was going to be so disappointing x 5 (of us all hated it), we would have gone elsewhere.
Is that a H Salt Fish and chips? Also, how about Ralphs. Friends to me Ralphs on Labrea and Rodeo(i think) does some mean fried fish.They said all of them fry it though.
