Pittsburgh Fish Mkt

 dress is the same.. the food is way better than the monteray

 Brian Z. wrote:
 >
 > I've heard good things about the Pittsburgh Fish Market in the
 > Doubletree, but I have a couple questions:
 >
 > a) comparison vs. Monterey Bay if anyone's been to both
 >
 > b) dress / ritziness
 >
 > Thanks for the input!
 >
 > Brian

 Brian Z. wrote:
 >I've heard good things about the Pittsburgh Fish Market in the
 >Doubletree, but I have a couple questions:
 >
 >a) comparison vs. Monterey Bay if anyone's been to both
 >
 >b) dress / ritziness

 I've only been there once.  The food was most excellent, but I found the
 service to be below average for a restaurant in that price range.  As for
 ritziness of dress....a couple steps below what you would see in a place
 like LaMont seemed to be the norm.

 I've never been to Monterey Bay, so I can't comment on that.

 One drawback of the PGH Fish Market, besides the service, is that the
 entire restaurant is non-smoking.  You have to go to the bar if you want
 to smoke, so forget about ordering your food and having a cig while you
 wait, and don't even think about finishing your excellent meal and then
 kicking back to relax with a cigarette.

 One more comment on the service...it wasn't terrible, but I certainly
 expected it to be better.  I've only been to the Fish Market once, though,
 so perhaps we were just unlucky with the waiter assigned to us.

 -Damon.

 While the Fish Market isn't a _bad_ restaurant by any means, I
 personally don't think it's nearly as good as Monterey Bay.

 The fish at Monterey Bay is fabulous - my husband says the Ahi tuna
 there is the best he's had in this city, and the crabcakes are amazing.
 The selection is enormous - all of the standard fish you'd expect, plus
 many of the more exotic types not usually served in Pittsburgh
 restaurants. The service is very nice, too.

 In comparison, the dinners we've had at the Fish Market were just about
 average - nothing special. Somtimes the fish didn't seem to be as fresh
 as it could be, and there were a few times that the food just didn't
 taste good (i.e., the polenta served as the base for my mahimahi was so
 incredibly salty as to be inedible). I've also found the service to be
 lacking. Waiters disappear for long stretches of time. In one instance,
 we asked for some spoons to stir our coffee, and the waitress came back,
 flung down 9 spoons (note that there were only four of us at the table),
 and left.  Not exactly the epitome of good service :-)

 Hope this helps!
 -jennifer

 Brian Z. wrote:

 > I've heard good things about the Pittsburgh Fish Market in the
 > Doubletree, but I have a couple questions:
 >
 > a) comparison vs. Monterey Bay if anyone's been to both
 >
 > b) dress / ritziness
 >
 > Thanks for the input!
 >
 > Brian

 I HAVE EATEN AT BOTH MONTERAY BAYS AND THE FISHMARKET.  THERE IS NO
 COMPARISON...THE FISHMARKET IN THE DOUBLETREE IS, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, A
 MUCH BETTER RESTAURANT THAN THE BAYS.  I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO COMREHEND
 ANYONE'S FINDING THE BAY AN EQUAL, OR BETTER, RESTAURANT!  THAT'S LIKE
 COMPARING WENDY'S WITH MORTON'S STEAKHOUSE.  NOTHING IS COMPARABLE...THE
 SELECTION OF BOURBONS AND WHISKIES, BEERS, AND THE WINE LIST AT THE
 FISHMARKET ARE OUTSTANDING (I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE PALMEYER UNFILTERED
 CHARDONNAY AT THE FISHMARKET); THE SELECTION OF APPETIZERS, THE MAIN
 COURSES, AND THE SIDE DISHES ARE OUTSTANDING; THE DESSET LIST IS NOT
 OUTSTANDING...AND YET IS IT SUPERIOR TO THE BAYS'.  THE FISHMARKET IS
 EXPENSIVE. JUST THREE WEEKS AGO, DINNER FOR THREE, WITH THE PALMEYER
 CHARDONNAY, A ROUND OF COCKTAILS BEFORE DINNER, AND SEVERAL SNIFTERS OF
 COGNAC AFTERWARD WAS AWARDED A TAB OF $512.00  HOWEVER!  I WAS MORE
 COMFORTABLE WITH A $512.00 TAB FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING RATHER THAN
 SPENDING $111.00 AT THE MT. WASHINGTON MONTERAY BAY FOR DINNER FOR TWO,
 WITH A FAIR BOTTLE OF WINE (THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE) AND A HALIBUT FLOATING
 IN A BOWL OF THICKENED ORANGE JUICE.
 THE FATMAN

 Brian Z. wrote:
 >
 > I've heard good things about the Pittsburgh Fish Market in the
 > Doubletree, but I have a couple questions:
 >
 > a) comparison vs. Monterey Bay if anyone's been to both
 >
 > b) dress / ritziness
 >
 > Thanks for the input!
 >
 > Brian