Little Fish

This review is not about food, or the place overall. It is about a single, really crappy, experience of crappy service. And while I don’t believe this one experience is reflective of the place, I feel it is important for establishments like this to pay attention to details and people they hire.
When my mom comes to town, we usually pick a night, a bottle of white and head over to The Little Fish. We have done it for over four years now and have always been satisfied. As usual, when my mom was coming over I made a reservation a few weeks in advance and we were excited to head over and have a good meal.
Upon arrival we got sited right away, and then got asked to move to the table next to the outside window (got asked for a good cause).
Well, right underneath the window was a vent and cold air was blasting to our feet. I brought it to our waitresses’s attention, and she said that there was nothing she could do, and it is simply a draft from the open entrance door. I pointed out that the door is closed and a cold air is clearly blowing pretty hard. All she had to say is — we put a space heater up on the window. That did not negate the fact of cold air blowing to our feet. Mind you my mom is in her 60’s and it was far from ideal to have her sit in the cold air. When I asked to be relocated, our waitress said that everything is taken, and she can’t sit us anywhere (two tables around us were paying and getting ready to get up) and we will have to wait. She did not seem to be interested in accommodating us at all. We found it the easiest to get up and leave.
As soon as I stepped outside I saw that the outside basement entrance was wide open and the vent we were sitting next to was simply blowing outside (20 F) air to our feet.
Conclusion: don’t lie to your clients. You clearly knew where the air was coming from and it clearly had a simple solution of covering the basement vent so outside air does not get to the restaurant.
Owners, Pay attention to people you hire — they are the face of your establishment.

Little Fish is very quaint and maybe seats at most 15 tables. I went on a Monday night and by 9, my table was the only table filled. The kitchen is out in display and you see flames in the kitchen as they make magic.
I started off my meal with the scallops – it had a lot of interesting flavors and the scallops were cooked to perfect. There was truffles on top of the scallops which was delightful – a little warning: the truffles like little slices of brain.
I was with two others and we shared the scallops and the octopus. The octopus was a bit charred on the ends which I particularly didn’t care for – however the rest was cooked where it was chewy and soft enough for me to bite into.
As my main dish, I got th

I wish I would have wrote this review sooner, we visited at the end of September for my wife’s birthday and it was awesome!
This is a «must visit» for anyone in the Philly area. Everything was fantastic from the service to the food.
I know this review is lacking details, just do yourself a favor and book a reservation!