Seafood Restaurant in the Napa Valley

Yesterday I finally got a chance to lunch at Go Fish Restaurant in St. Helena. This is chef Cindy Pawlcyn's third restaurant in the Napa Valley. Her first, Mustard's Grill, was among the first quality restaurants in the valley. Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen is a casual restaurant that I wrote about on March 27, 2006.

While the food was good at Go Fish, this is my least favorite of Cindy's three restaurants. We opened with raw oysters, which were delicious. The onion rings were as tasty as those featured at Mustard's Grill. My crabcake sandwich was about as good as it gets on the West Coast. My dining companions enjoyed their fish meals. However, a $21 dish with a lonely piece of swordfish in the middle and no sides is a bit pricey. We didn't taste any of the sushi or sashimi, which looked quite good. However, the prices were higher than I am accustomed to paying in San Francisco.

The service was alright, but we waited a bit to be attended to and it took awhile for my companion's wine to arrive.

While I would not discourage anyone from dining at Go Fish, it will not be among the first restaurants I recommend to Napa Valley visitors.

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