05/06/09

Pass this place up...fake Cajun

by coyfront

Don't go here if you're expecting Louisiana-style Creole or even Cajun food. I'm sorry, but Fat Fish just fries long-dead crawfish, etc, and subsidizes it with standard dipping sauces. The food is not anything special - very standard fried fare. That said, they do host live music from time to time...which I suppose is a good cultural mark.

• Pros: live music, rarity in cleveland
• Cons: poor food

01/11/09

Not bad at all

by 2342342

Test review, this is the 1st review which I am writing to test out this Facebook connect stuff. It will be replaced with real content shortly.

• Pros: Good location
• Cons: Crowded

09/08/08

Awesome food, amazing drinks, great music!

by hawaii5oh3

I went here for the first time the other night. Not only was the food amazing but the bar was one of the most spacious and fun places to sit in the restaraunt. Not only did i get some great appetizers but i also got to enjoy the live music with front row seats! The bar staff let me know about some of the great happy hou changes they are making in the near future...i for sure will be attending!! p.s.... take your parking ticket in from the garage above...they will validate it for you and you get a huge discount!!

• Pros: Music, Food, Location, and staff!!!
• Cons: NONE!!!!

11/13/06

Fun and good food

by cristiel

This place has such good food. This place is great for a night out. My husband and I love coming here and the food is awesome. GO HERE!

• Pros: Good food, Good service
• Cons: If you go on a weekend, you'll have to pay a cover and/or wait.

04/11/06

Expected a lot more

by silversalmon

The wait staff was very nice and the atmosphere wasnt bad. But you cannot eat atmosphere. The food was absolutely horrible, if you have ever been to New Orleans you would understand that the food would not be fed to dogs. Straight to the swine trough.

• Pros: Wait Staff, Atmosphere
• Cons: Food, Food, Food

12/18/05

One of the best

by puablo

Fat Fish Blue continues to be one of the best reasons to make the trek from the suburbs to downtown Cleveland. Fantastic food, great blues bands for low cover, and cheap adjacent parking make it a no-hassle excellent restaurant to go again, and again, and again.

• Pros: Wonderful food, music, $2 parking
• Cons: expensive drinks

05/11/05

Am I in Cleveland or New Orleans?

by magskoehler

What an amazing night my entire group had at Fat Fish Blue!!! Normally, my law firm hosts Happy Hour Partys at Fat Fish Blue, so, I am there early after work. This past visit we came to see an amazing blues band. The ticket price was ONLY $5!!! Our service was wonderful ans so was the food. The chef is very talented! He even came by our table to see how dinner tasted. Talk about being treated with kid-gloves! What a fun place. The parking was only $2! There in no place like it in Cleveland! Bourbon Street right smack in the middle of Cleveland!!! I'll be back for Sunday Brunch!

• Pros: great live music, amazing staff, heavenly creole food
• Cons: none, none, none

12/23/04

Mardi Gras Anytime!

by cynna66

I absolutely love FFB, going there is always a treat! I highly recommend the Catfish Lollipops served with their jalapeno sauce, it's complete heaven! Also would recommend the Carpetbagger dessert to share with your date. It's divine!

• Pros: Great service, Quick seating, Good live bands
• Cons: , downtown location

10/27/04

Jambalaya and spices from the bayou are just part of the heat at this Delta blues palace.

by Contributor

The Scene
The sprawling horseshoe bar and bistro kitchen fill a two-story concrete hollow. Lots of windows face the street, and potted greenery gives the impression you're eating in a Rousseau jungle. A stenciled Cajun catchphrase orders you to "let the good times roll." It has a party-central reputation: Think blues, barbecue and Bourbon Street.

The Food
The kitchen knows the difference between Creole and Cajun--one is an upscale Louisiana approximation of French cuisine; the other is a down-home style of cooking made up of swamp bites. Better, it doesn't fall into the scorched-earth policy of dousing everything in liquid fire, then blackening it. Employees perform a zydeco reel as they deliver trays of pecan chicken with Jack Daniel's sauce and bowls of Big Daddy's gumbo.

05/23/03

Work in Progress

by akinr

Great cornbread but the blackened catfish was burnt not blackened, and had too much salt.

• Pros: inexpensive