The Italian Club Fish in Liverpool

We were seated in the upstairs private room which lacks the atmosphere and buzz of the main ground floor dining area. Ordered our starter and mains and from the “something to nibble” section of the menu the breadboard with olives. It was disappointing to receive the breadboard at the same time as the starters. When I mentioned this at the end of the meal I was told we should have asked if we wanted it before the starter! The starters were okay. Mussels marinara was nice with a good tomato sauce but could have had more flavour. The scallops were served with black pudding but on a huge bed of salt which was a surprise. I ordered the lemon sole from the specials menu. It arrived and had no veg or anything. Apparently I should have ordered sides but to not be promoted by the waitress taking the order is disappointing. Having known I was paying over £22 for a bland piece of fish in a fairly bland sauce and without sides I may have chosen something else. My wife ordered the halibut which was served in a mushroom sauce that was far too strong for the fish. We were very disappointed with the meal but the wine was lovely and we appreciated the gesture of taking the wine off our bill.

Fabulous food, there was a 15m delay with main course and as a result they gave us a couple of free cocktails. 10/10 service

Amazing food and service. Nicest fish stew

I treated my nephew and niece to early dinner on Monday 16th September, 6pm, the atmosphere was electric, so busy and everyone happy. We had an amazing meal, the fish is so fresh and fabulously cooked. I promise you this is one of the best fish restaurants I’ve ever been to. The staff are fantastic, so helpful and friendly. I really recommend this restaurant.

Nice enough. Have to be a fish lover to eat here. Expected more based on reviews.

A large menu of seafood. There is also a small section of meat dishes. Fantastic seafood cooked with great ingredients. Great atmosphere and service. We had the fishcakes, bruschetta with crab, and arancini, with mussels, pasta etc All delicious!!

Excellent food that was tasty, innovative and homemade. Our waitress was brilliant, friendly and nothing was too much trouble.

The mixed seafood pasta and lobster pasta were both delicious. 10/10.

Excellent customer service, i was attending for a waitress, her name is Lucia, she was so kind and professional with my friend and me, I recommend this restaurant.

This is a great restaurant right in the centre of Liverpool with a lovely, relaxed atmosphere. Visited here a few times & it never disappoints. If you are a seafood lover, this is the place for you. Great food & great service.

Heerlijk gegeten in dit kleine gezellige vis restaurant. Eindelijk een echt restaurant en niet een keten restaurant. De sharing platter was heerlijk en lag vol vis. Aardige bediening ook.

I do like the lobster, but I am very unsatisfied with the price of the hot seafood sharing platter is wrong on the menu. It shows as £90 per couple on the menu but the waiter told me it is actually £90 per PERSON! I asked the waiter twice and he told me it is I need £90 per person……

We are on a Monday mid afternoon, so it was pretty quiet. The food was delicious.

Recommended by hotel receptionist and we're so glad we went there. Friendly, prompt service (without being at all rushed). Excellent food nicely served. Generous portions so I could only manage a scoop of ice cream (but even that was excellent) afterwards but husband had the tiramisu. Service charge is added automatically but husband tipped on top of that as we'd had such a good visit. We'd return to Liverpool just to eat there (or to try their other restaurant and bakery).

The last time the four of us went to dinner, we were treated differently by a waiter. We sat down for almost twenty minutes. He refused to give us the menu and pretended he couldn't see us. The guests who came after us immediately gave the menu enthusiastically and pretended not to see us even when they were standing next to us. Finally, another girl gave us the menu and apologized. I often go to this store, but the restaurant is not good at the management of the waiter and I think he is a racist. I feel very disappointed, and will not go again in the future.

Ah this place never disappoints! Incredible seafood, always so fresh, cooked perfectly and generally all round amazing. We came for my birthday lunch and brought our baby, the staff were amazing with him making him laugh and interacting with him and being so great and attentive with us throughout our visit. Honestly could not fault a thing. Just perfect! Excellent choice for birthday lunch!!! At the end they brought out a birthday plate with a slice of cake (not requested by us) because my partner had added to the booking that it was my birthday. Sweet gesture, lovely cake, love love love. Can’t wait to come back

We had our wedding reception in the private function room upstairs. It seated 26 of us comfortably. There were 3 small children running around and 2 other babies. The staff were very friendly, accommodating and couldn't do enough for us. Everyone single one of our guests said how amazing the food was.

Lovely food, great menu and a lovely atmosphere I always enjoy myself and the food. However sometimes, the lack of utensils can take away from the experience sometimes when dealing with crab claws etc. Buy lovely al in still a lovely experience xx

Lovely restaurant, the food was amazing - gratin oysters, fish stew, bruschetta and they also did a vegan pasta option. Good service and nice size portions

Very delicious seafood pasta, and the desserts are also very good.

I had a meal here with a friend, and the food was great a little pricey and smallish portions but but overall good value and enjoyed the experience.

I don't know what to think about this place - it's the first time I've had to return a dish. I ordered mussels (large portion), but they smelled so strange that I was afraid to eat them. I have eaten mussels many times in my life in restaurants all over the world and they have never had such an off-putting smell. The service was extremely nice - the waitress immediately replaced my dish with another one I chose from the menu, but the order remains suspicious to me. Looking at other opinions of people who got poisoned here, I would advise you to be careful.

We booked for my nephews birthday (21st) . Food was beautiful ! I had Risotto and family members got different dishes that were 👌🏾. Benny was are waiter and he was so attentive and could not do enough for us . Thanks to Benny and the food we are definitely going to be returning again . Loved my Margarita's 🥰. Benny ended up feeling like family at the end of the service . Pleased we chose this place , food was 👌🏾and Benny and the team go far to make you feel very welcome. Thank you Benny , we will be back for sure 🥰

Excellent Fish Restaurant. Menu choice - very good. We had the spaghetti with seafood and could not fault it. Decent portion size. The only reason I did not give 5 star rating was we had to wait a long time for our mains and when we arrived the table was not ready (which we pre-booked) - other than that, it was great. I would still go and visit again, as the quality of the food was outstanding and cooked well.

What a lovely place. Took a chance on a walk in and made the right decision. Had the Carlingford oysters to start with a house white wine, and then one of the specials of the day: Halibut with garlic spuds and chilli samphire. Not disappointed... Tiramisu to finish (home made). Superb.

Ordered seafood risotto delivery. The rice was still raw and hard, and the crawfish were not fresh as the meat was mashy and sticked onto the shell ( I understand they were frozen but frozen crawfishes can be fresh too). The broth was extremely salty. I couldn't taste the umami flavour of the seafood, it tasted like nothing but salt. If I ordered this in the restaurant, I would have the dish sent back sure. £23 for a inedible seafood risotto is expensive. Extremely upset about it right now.

Fabulous place to eat and spend some time relaxing in the city. Great quality food, not too expensive and all in all no negatives at all

The food and service was good but unfortunately the oysters gave me food poisoning which put me in hospital.

It's our first year anniversary on the 28.04.24 been married for 12 months ❤️❤️ we took a train into Liverpool and headed off to the, Italian Club Fish Restaurant in Bold street Liverpool, were our table for two was booked, I must say the food we both had was just amazing, so lovely, and the service from all the staff was a credit to the restaurant. Thank you so much everyone for making our first wedding anniversary a place to remember for the rest of our lives. Peace and Blessings.❤️❤️🙏 Sheila and Clive from Southport.😊💐🌹🌺

Stumbled across this gem of a restaurant in the heart of liverpool. Welcomed in by kind and accommodating staff. Started with 6 oysters and Prosecco- the fresh oysters were excellent. Next my father had the fritto misto - which he thoroughly enjoyed, although he said he could have done without the chips! but he’s weird like that. I had the cioppino - very filling and great flavour with tonnes of sea food. Wine was also delicious! Would definitely come again to try more dishes and would recommend to any fish lovers out on the streets of liverpool!

Brilliant food!!!! What a lovely cosy restaurant. Staff are lovely and very helpful. I had the fried oysters to start and my wife the Calamari and prawns. Both absolutely lovely. My wife said the best Calamari she has had. For main I had the mixed Seaford pasta, my wife the half lobster pasta both were really really tasty. Ignore the comments on not being fresh because it absolutely is !!! For dessert, the Nutella and nut tart, again amazing, first time here but will not be the last!!!

If you like seafood this restaurant is a real gem. The food is out of this world made even better by the warmth of the welcome by the fantastic staff. Whenever we are in Liverpool we make sure to eat here

Best around, honestly, you won't get better. We have been going here for a long long time and truly I can't say a bad word about this place

lovely Saturday afternoon here with my love. Oysters the highlight though was nothing that didn't hit the spot. All the team there were on point. will return soon

The food was very good but falls shy of excellent for the price. One of the waiters was great and the others functional. Slightly felt as though they were doing us a favour by being there and minimal pleasantries. The spaghetti was particularly good. The mixed fish grill lacked any real flavour. Desserts were nice enough.

Good night, apart, from, food, large, king, prawns, where, very soft, and smelly ,the haddock looked great,but,smelt of amoia, I eat ,a lot of fresh fish it was disappointing, when you get served fish, which is out of date, and calamari, was poor frozen, you can't call your self a fish restaurant ,with poor ,quality, food, not a good idea,.

The food overall is great, however, the seafood can better fresher. We can smell some of the clam. The prawn meat is not fresh, we just can tell. Overall it’s not so bad.

Great food and lovely staff 👌 good value for money.

Great little restaurant, with good service and a great choice of fish on the menu.

Great restaurant with lovely choices of fish. Not cheap but worth it.

Visited here with my husband midweek after many recommendations. The restaurant was quiet but had a nice atmosphere. The staff were very friendly and attentive. I ordered swordfish for my main, I mentioned to my husband that it didn’t taste very fresh and one bite tasted funny so I left the rest. I was very ill all night, definitely won’t be visiting again!

Lovely restaurant on the top end of bustling bold street. If you like sea food this is an excellent place to try. Food was brilliant, staff fabulous & very friendly, atmosphere was great. We loved everything, can highly recommend here. We will be back

Great meal. All 4 of us enjoyed our selections. I went for mussels and seabass, both very good, we’ll be back for another visit.

Visited here for Mother’s Day the starters were lovely the main wasn’t very nice the pasta wasn’t cooked and there was no fish in the dish, the server gave us dirty looks which was weird, we never said anything at the time I just don’t go back no smiles from staff miserable never again

very nice italian seafood restaurant. would highly recommend the oysters gratinate.

Lovely meal out . Fish perfectly cooked and tasted great. Staff were very attentive. Definitely recommend this restaurant.

Absolutely as good as I was told it would be!

Great Italian themed fish restaurant We had the fish daily special and the moules both good Could have standard Italian as well Good service

Great seafood with Italian twist and good service

Excellent food. Wine list has changed, bring back the Vermentino.

We 3 enjoyed a delicious range of fish dishes. Good service . Book ahead as the place gets busy .

Gorgeous food & vino..we’ve been here twice now & we’ll be back 100% ..lovely place to celebrate our wedding anniversary..

Mixed sea platter is outstanding but scallops are not good enough

Just outstanding. Never found a fish restaurant to match this. Gran Fritto Misto is superb

This restaurant was recommended to us by our daughter and we were not disappointed The food was beautiful and pipping hot Great value for money Loved the ambiance and decor Worth a visit

Excellent Valentine's Eve meal. Really tasty Cozza alla marinara and Sea bass and Cod in batter.

Usually great food but this time service was dreadful Didn't come for our drinks order ,she forgot we were there , then waited an hour for our second couse and the restaurant was almost empty Half the clams in our meal were closed so couldn't eat them and chef argued about the amount we said were closed when there shouldn't have been any on a £24 meal Then they had the cheek to add service charge of £6.55

Been before and will keep returning really enjoy it there

Love this place. Menu is amazing. Plenty to choose from. Husband chose the halibut and said it was the best meal he has ever had. everything is so fresh and the service is proper old school, you leave feeling looked after. Worth a visit. We will be back. If you bag the window tables its a nice little view too. Busy corner of Bold st.

Excellent sea food with fresh fish specials. Our go to place for fine dining when we are in Liverpool.

It all started so well. Welcomed by polite staff. Seated before time. A good list of specials. We shared 6 oysters with Prosecco, perfectly fresh and not too big, followed by tuna tartar, again fresh and nicely flavoured. Then the mains, I had tagliatelle with prawns, the pasta was overdone and all stuck together, prawns were delicious though. My partner had the special Red Snapper risotto. The fish was actually slightly burnt, and the risotto was overdone. There were also some very chewy strips of squid, not really edible. The sauce flavour was too bitter. Sides of Samphire, too soft and overdone, and fries slightly shrivelled. I think the food was overcooked and left waiting. Finally, we had vanilla ice cream, a shot of expresso and Amiretto, lovely, but you can't really mess this up. Staff throughout were great. We complained about the risotto, and it was removed from the bill, and we were given a free glass of wine.

I went there a few days ago with a last-minute booking. Staff were helpful to squeeze in a party of four. I had high expectations, thinking of the Italian flavours we could have there. We ordered the hot skillet and the seafood platter. I must admit, if you didn't order the grilled fish of the day or pasta, the rest of the menu was all fried and tasted a bit the same. I would have liked to see grilled octopus instead of boiled and then passed through the grill. I also wouldn't bother with chips, just ask to swap them for salad. As for the oysters, you get only one variety, but the waiter couldn't tell us the origin which was a bit surprising. We ordered them anyway, but they didn't hold up to my expectations either. In terms of environment, I like the decor, but the restaurant gets quite noisy. This was probably down to loud customers, but it still made a bit uncomfortable trying to shout in order to have a conversation. I'm not saying I wouldn't go again, but I'd try on a less busy day and I would only order from the catch of the day next time.

I have to say my wife and I love this restaurant, and the food is superb. My only issue is the price of some of the dishes at Club Fish. I spent 15 years working in the catering as a chef, so I'm very aware of the GP on pasta dishes. However, there's GP, and there's taking the mick. I'm also very aware of the rising costs for restaurants, and the hide costs many customers don't see. Charging over £20 for a Carbonara is a little on the steep side. With a 2 course meal(2 x starters and 2 x Mains) for two covers, with a bottle of wine and one glass of wine coming to £140 (including service charge). This means Club Fish has now become a special occasion venue and no longer a weekend treat. As I've said the food is amazing, but you can get the same quality of food for the same price or less in and around the multitude of restaurants on Bold Street. Do try Club Fish, but check the prices before you book.

Great seafood, really fresh and well cooked fish. I had the halibut and 2 sides, with drink it came to just over £33. Really good service.

This is one of the best fish restaurants we have visitedin the uk. The fish is cooked to perfection and presented in well and the interior is very homely and unpretentious. The staff are attentive and polite without being overbearing and the food is honestly priced. The scallops were stand out perfection. We will return .

Very disappointing. Visited for the first time for my wife's birthday. She is a big seafood fan, so this should have been perfect..... BUT..... a number of issues: 1. No recognition of the fact it was my wife's birthday 2. The service was unbelievably slow - it took over an hour between our starters and main course 3. At no time did any of the staff advise us there was a problem We were given a 15% discount off our bill, but there was little appreciation of how bad the experience was. On the plus side, the Oysters were amazing. The rest of the food was ok, as none of it was very warm. Sadly, we will not be going back.

What has happened to The Italian Fish Club ? We went on a Thursday evening which unusually was far from busy, and the food was well, just average, certainly well below their usual standard. New Year Blues? Change of Chef? £25 for a very small portion of halibut with some cold chips for me and my wife got a child's portion of some mushy goujons. The staff spent most of the evening wistfully looking out to the Bold Street footfall hoping for more customers. They will have to work a little harder to retain their customer base, which up to recently was extremely loyal. I hope our disappointing meal was a one-off. We shall give the restaurant one more try, but after that......... probably not. Sad, it used to be our most favourite restaurant.

Great place for a lovely Italian meal

The food was amazing - absolutely loved it - definitely worth a visit

Stumbled across this place. The restaurant front caught my eye,very pretty. Myself and my friend had lunch. I had the vegan puttanesca! I have been to a lot of Italian restaurants,all I can say is this was the nicest Italian food I have eaten. Will definitely be going again❤️

A cosy place at the top of bold street, perfect if you’re wanting pasta and seafood. Their platters and ciopinnos are so good. Everything is full of flavour but not too heavy. They can run out of things (fresh oysters etc) so just be careful if you go a bit later on that some of the fresher/ special stuff may have been sold out.

Went for a meal evening time, at first the main host was great and helpful. We had a waitress with a very distasteful attitude, and came home in the night only to throw up the food that was had. Both me and my fiancé could not do anything the day after or move far from the toilet to be sick. Won’t be coming here again.

Perfectly cooked pasta, delicious fish, great service and desserts to die for: Cappuccino cheesecake and tiramisu, wow, utterly scrumptious!

Very expensive to expesive not worth it at all. The staff was ok the food was decent corect but deffiently not worth 280 pounds for 4 adults and teo kids that had just chips.

Been here a few times this year and had some of the best meals we’ve ever had, absolutely brilliant every time and every dish we’ve had has been amazing. It has fast become our favourite restaurant

Amazing food and service. The mussel pots are to die for. Some more authentic music would be nice. Some of the best seafood I’ve had in the uk.

Christmas Late Lunch with friends (Six of us) - Superb all round experience The restaurant looked great and our table which we had booked was in a great spot by the window. Service - fantastic. Attentive at the right level, timely and dealt with all our queries regarding the menu The food was suberb, a great selection, beautifully presented, well prepared and most importantly tasted fantastic. Good sized portions too, and certainly not overpriced Overall highly recommended for whatever occasion of eating out you want to enjoy. There was a slight query over one order, but it was sorted quickly, quietly and to all of our satisfaction - what more could you want from a restaurant - well done Maria and Gold Star Thank you Italian Club Fish for a brilliant pre-Christmas meal/occasion

Had our staff Christmas meal here last night and all I can say is delicious 😋 the food is out of this world and can’t say thank you enough we all left full and happy! Staff amazing as always thank you 🙏🏼

Food here was really good. The fish was fresh. We tried multiple dishes and we liked all of them. Highly recommend this place.

A year on from previous visit. Been repainted and a little too bright but food, drinks, staff still exceptionally the best!

Impossible to fault. Excellent food with great service in a lovely atmosphere. Fresh fish was amazing, and the sanfire with garlic and chilli a great accompaniment.

Terrible experience and a complete waste of a precious Saturday evening. We ended up walking out, having waited for over an hour for two main courses. Even getting a drink or ordering a starter of bread and olive oil took half an hour. None of the staff gave any explanation while we waited. or even looked interested when we said we were leaving. The couple next to us, from London, had waited for two hours, they said. So embarrassing for Liverpool, which has so much to offer. We were seated upstairs, which offers nothing like the downstairs experience, where previously we had lovely meals in the past. If you do book, don't go upstairs, it's so cramped, you feel like YOU are the sardine!!

Had an absolutely amazing experience for our sons birthday, the food was absolutely delicious, came piping hot which is a bit of a bug bear for me, could not fault a thing and we are looking forward to our next visit!

Staff shocking really thought they were a cut above the customer

Absolutely delicious and great staff

Calamari a little dry, otherwise everything else is excellent! Authentic Italian, ingredients are fresh. Service is friendly! Must go!

Food was hearty in portions and delicious. However there were a few things that could have made our experience better. -Despite having an 8:15pm booking, our table wasn't ready for us when we arrived and we had to wait 15 minutes. In addition, we had to wait over 45 minutes for our main courses to arrive, and had to chase the waiters. -A few of the menu items were out of stock which was surprising as it was Saturday night and we thought they'd stock up well enough for a busy night. All in all, would still go back again as the food was great.

Atmosphere and decor were very nice

I've been here 3 times on special occasions always great food and excellent service I've even recommended to my son who had the same experience.

Final meal for our trip to Liverpool. Had'nt booked, but they were more than happy to give us a table once one became available .. that turned out to be within 15 minutes. Roseario (hope thats correct spelling) was very welcoming and service and banter...

A very disappointing visit for what was meant to be a birthday celebration. The meal started with loud maintenance work being done on the bar which was very distracting. Prior to ordering our food, my husband asked where the fish was supplied from (he works...

Superb restaurant. If you love seafood and you're in Liverpool make a visit a priority.

Italian Club Fish - there for lunch. The place looked great and the food was really good. Huge portions - all great - until one of the waitress started making coffee using the espresso machine. Fine for a couple of coffees but this went on...

Fantastic Food and service ,small but good space!

We went as a delegation, 10 of us, and every individual had an exceptional meal, we all left happy and enjoyed the food, the service and the setting. I will recommend the Oysters and Fish and Chips.

I hade the special tonight , John Dory with clams and Fettuccine, I have never tasted anything so amazing! It was a Monday night and it was really busy too which was just great ! It’s the best restaurant in Liverpool

Food 08/10 Portion 09/10 Food presentation 10/10 Atmosphere 10/10 Service 10/10 Food variety 09/10 Price $$$

We wanted dinner before going to the Empire, walked up Bold St and ended up outside, we didn’t think they would be able to fit is in on a Saturday night with no reservation but they did! I was so happy as it smelt amazing!...

Me and my son walked in around 9.15pm after recommendation . We had a beautifully freshly cooked meal of lobster with spaghetti and I had sea bass. We both enjoyed very much and highly recommend it. Not the cheapest meal but not disappointed at all.

Excellent food with generous portions and a lovely relaxed atmosphere. Will almost certainly be back again on next visit to Liverpool