Matt's Fish Basket

I was at the Seattle Armory for the Irish Festival on St. Patrick's Day. This was a good opportunity to try Matt's Fish Basket for some fish and chips. Matt's is one of the food stalls in the armory selling fried seafood in a counter service environment. The facility has little parking, but there are several garages and street parking nearby.The counter has a traditional nautical theme common to fish and chip shops with a limited menu focused on deep fried seafood baskets. On my trip, I chose the cod with chips. The food was served a little slow, but it was served very hot from the fryer. It came with a large serving of good slightly seasoned fries/chips which went well with the tartar sauce and ketchup.The fish had some issues. The fish was a bit tough and chewy which made it difficult to eat, although the batter was delicious. I was able to salvage it with some malt vinegar.Seating was generous with space shared between the other restaurants. It can easily get noisy with the hard surfaces. There are also shared restrooms near the shop, but enough of a distance to be a little inconvenient. Matt's is a standard mall food court type fish and chips shop. They are not the best, but they serve the masses visiting the Seattle Armory and Space Needle.

We loved this place!! My family was in Seattle for the Women's in Trades fair. We stopped by the food court for lunch. Matts Fish Basket stood out because of the crab fries! Glad I chose them because they were perfect! Crispy fries with tasty fresh crab. To die for. My husband got the seafood poutine, it was perfect! 10/10 highly recommended. We will be back soon!

TL:DR - Lots of food for the value. Fries take up most of the actual container. Shrimp and sauce were quite good. But this is just too much of a good thing. You couldn't eat it as a sandwich with how big the shrimp were, and just all the oil and fried batter was too much and made me feel sick. All in all, if you're used to fried foods, you'll love this spot, otherwise it won't sit well.-------------------------------------------------------------------I think you'll either absolutely love this place or never want to come back. I'm pretty much in the never want to come back camp, but I can easily see other people really liking it.To just break it down bluntly, you get a HUGE amount of food for the price. Pretty much the entire takeout box was filled with fries, and my shrimp po'boy was on top. So you'd barely be able to close the flaps if you took the entire sandwich out. So again, this may be a reason to come for some. The fries themselves were delicious, crispy and crunchy, perfectly seasoned. The shrimp on this po-boy were HUGE. I mean, each one was literally the height of the bun it was served on. You couldn't even close the bun, I had to eat one shrimp by itself, lay them all sideways, and they were still spilling out of the bun. The bun was perfectly toasted on the inside, nice and soft in the middle. The sauce for the shrimp was delicious as well. The shrimp itself was about 1/3 batter and 2/3 shrimp meat, which is pretty good.All that sounds great right? So what's the problem? Well the problem for me is that it was just too much oil. Between the heavy sauce, large amounts of fried batter, and then the ungodly amount of fries on top of that. I barely finished any of it, I just felt sick from all the fried carbs. I started taking the batter off most of the shrimp, scraped off most of the sauce, and only eating about a third of my fries and felt super slow and heavy the rest of the day.So if you love greasy food and it doesn't bother you, you may love this place. If fried fast food is a once in a while treat, this may leave you feeling nothing but regret.

Not at all impressed. Maybe I have had to much great chowder in my life.My husband and I stumbled into the city center probably about an hour before they closed and we were famished. We selected Matt's because we really wanted some good chowder. First off, the menu is misleading and states you can select an "add on" with any entree. We tried to do so but were told our "selections" don't count as entrees - it would be a good idea to note what is considered an entree on the menu.The "garlic bread" that was served with our soup was in no way real or local garlic bread. I suspect it came frozen from a grocery store and microwaved.Two small soups, two beers and two frozen pieces of garlic bread later, $55.00. Crazy! And they also tossed in a side of attitude the second we walked up to the counter from the female employee for free.I definitely would not go back and, to boot, we had AMAZING chowder for less at Pikes Place two days later. But more on that in a later review.

We needed somewhere to rest our feet and recharge so we decided to take a break at the Armory and grab a bite! Matt's was a nice little find! The portions are pretty good for the price! And the fry on everything was perfect. Loved that they had a sampler basket so we could try everything. Their shrimp were also huuuuuuuge!!!! The fried oysters were definitely my favorite though, but everything was delicious. Also what a happy surprise to find they serve dole whip!! A great unexpected treat! Don't skip out on it!

Great fish and chips. A nice, thick beer batter, made in house and to order.The only "negative" part was the time it took to get our order but there was only one cook working on a Kraken game night.Will definitely be back

This is located in the Armory which is the food court near the space needle. Interestingly this is the only one with a 4+ star review so I chose this.The portion is huge. I really mean huge. When I ordered the seafood basket I had no idea how big it is. There are two pieces of everything so far $20+ is not bad. You get 2 fried fish pieces, 2 fried prawns (they are huge) and 2 oysters. They also pack a lot of fries which is not bad but it is just fries. I was glad the lady taking the order reminded me that the portion is large so I didn't try the clam chowder. This is just decent gesture to warn customers so I'm grateful. Relatively speaking this place is not as crowded as the burger place next door but I think this is better if you like seafood.

Visiting the Sakura Festival in Seattle, this place totally blew us away from our expectations!Not in a conspicuous place, nestled to the left of the staircase going up to the Armory, there were plenty of tables although there was a large crowd dining then.Not cheap eating, we thought at first, but when the food was ready to be picked up... wow!When do shrimp become prawns? These were some giant shrimp! Well breaded but just cooked on the inside. Delicious!The mussels were an appetizer and just delightful with a choice of sauces.The crab over fries.... I'll eat this every day. Just yum!Fries were good but with fries in almost every order, we could not finish it all. Once cold, the oil saturates... so tip: eat fast!Highly recommended if in the neighborhood!

Seattle Science Center.......Don't waste your budget at this one.....service is nonexistent....guy is full of himself, and the quantity is a joke. I thought the Kabob place was bad.......Only 1 sauce for 2 orders.....$.75 more after spending $60.....no customer appreciation whatsoever.

Thank god we made it in time! Visiting Seattles Children's museum and came across Matt's fish basket. And want to SINNNNG the praises of Jorge the gentleman who not only help me order enough/tell me I was ordering too much food but also being AMAZINGLY honest and helping me order "hooked-up" stuff off the menu so that I wasn't paying full price. He could have totally not said anything and I wouldn't have known any better but Jorge literally got me so much bang for my buck.We got the sampler, seafood poutine, crispy mussels and clam chowder. My kids ate EVERYTHING. The food was SOOOO DARN GOOD. My 6 year old and 3 year old finished EVERYTHING on their plate without argument.But it wasn't just that the food was good, I really deeply appreciate Jorge's customer service. Best customer service I've had in a VERY long time. Not only did he help me charge my phone (didn't bring charger with me) but he gave my kids soft serve... I cannot express how thankful I am and how happy he made my kids.This man deserves a raise. I'm serious, if he doesn't get one I'm 100% sure his kindness and gifts with customer service would be deeply desired everywhere else.