Rockfish (Westheimer)

3736 Westheimer Road
713.961.3474

When Rekha was training in Dallas, she often went to a restaurant called Rockfish. When I ate there, I enjoyed the large selection of fish and the excellent crab. One opened on Westheimer, just east of Weslayan just a few months ago.

When we went, this Rockfish looked just like the one in Dallas, only smaller. We were seated in the relatively busy dining room near a table full of teenage girls. I looked up at the chalkboard specials to find only a chicken special and a salmon special. I thought maybe the list of seafood would make its appearance on the menu. I was wrong.

Rockfish, the self-proclaimed "seafood grill" barely had any seafood! They had tilapia, salmon, catfish and trout. We tried the overcooked, improperly de-veined shrimp cocktail and felt cheated. $7.50 for 6 small shrimp! I felt better across the street at Smith and Wollensky where we paid $5.00 per huge shrimp. They also had crabcake (painfully devoid of crab--if I remember the Dallas restaurant correctly) and a few other seafood dishes. This seafood grill also serves chicken, ribs and steak.

Rekha had the salad with tuna. The salad came out with overcooked tuna. Do you know how bad it sucks to eat overcooked tuna? I had the catfish po-boy and Boston clam chowder. The po-boy tasted okay. The clam chowder tasted fantastic. It even came with one clam still in the shell!

I wouldn't mind coming here for lunch, but dinner deserves more fabulous food. I respect Rockfish's decision to go down-market, but won't be coming back because of the move. There are just too many Mexican seafood restaurants in the same price range that rock harder.