text: Arrived here for a fish fry on Friday May at around pm I attended the dinner with three friends one of whom happens to be a professional fisherman from Alaska He fishes primarily for cod and salmon and supplies several very well known restaurants with his bounty His fish is top notch and without compare truly great stuff nnHe wanted to try Wilsons as he does not supply them with fish and is always looking for opportunities to expand his distribution footprint in and around the areann Huge space Shockingly huge rectangular in shape the building is at least times deeper than it is wide n Bar runs the entire length of the buildingn Nice selection of taps and bottles availablen Was quite surprised to find Abita Strawberry on tapnn Tons of televisions our hightop had its own TVn Very noisy due to all of the televisions goingnn All tables were dirty staff was not too good about wiping down after people leftn Our server was quite gruff not terribly helpful largely absent and forgot to bring refills of drinks and watersnnSo all of that stuff aside let us talk about the fishnnTwo options for fish piece or piece deepfried cod No baked cod and no other fish varietals nn The cooking area is in plain view of the entire restaurantn You will leave smelling like a deep fryern We watched as our fries sat and languished on plates for a good minutes while the fish cookedn We watched as our completed plates loitered in the cooking area for another minutes after the fish was done our server was busy running around helping other tables while the fish satand sat and sat n Before we were finished eating our cranky server began clearing a space directly behind us so that they could setup for karaoke That is all well and good but the guy kept bumping stuff into us the bar stools do not have backs he was like a bull in a china shopnn Batter on the cod was delicious if not quite salty Violet L is a salt fan and she even commented that it was overly saltyn The cod itself was dry slightly chewy and meh My fisherman friend said it was jerkylike He was however quite impressed as were all of us by how well the batter clung to the cod The two components were very well bondedn I thought the batter had a taste similar to KFCs original coating salty with a bit of pepper I suspect that those who truly enjoy this fish fry are mostly in love with the batternnI did not try the slaw the roll was your typical cafeteriastyle white bread rollnn Inexpensive four of the piece cod dinners with a round of drinks was nnIm not sure why Madison Fish Fry likes this place so much Perhaps we got a bad round of cod along with bad service Fish that sits after being cooked never bodes well and while I believe in second chances the overall experience left me quite sour so it may be difficult to return in a timely manner