Kennedy's of Goswell Road Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The quality of the sea bass was great, it was cooked perfectly so the texture was smooth."
• "The best pies I have ever eaten, The steak, mushroom and port pie is f**king incredible."
• "Fish and chips were hot fresh and delicious."
• "The food is lovely, reasonable portions, cooked to perfection."
• "And the food is so tasty and so fresh!!"
• "We had cod which came thick beautifully cooked fish with the crispiest batter I have seen in years."
• "The fish was one of the best I've tried in this side of London, fresh, crunchy, tasty and very big."

Cons:

• "Overpriced for the quality you get."
• "The fish and chips takeaway I had here was dry and not crispy."
• "The crust was very oily and the cod fish was mushy (probably either undecooked or improperly defrosted)."
• "The cod was tasteless and did not smell fresh."
• "The salmon was not chargrilled, it was grilled too, and it didn't taste fresh."
• "I've tried their (fried) cod & chips and haddock & chips previously and haven't been impressed - rather bland and tasteless."
• "The portions of cod were tiny - a couple of bites and it's gone - and tasteless to the point of questioning whether it actually was cod."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff couldn't have been nicer to us."
• "Always fresh. Service always QUICK and no-nonsense."
• "The staff were so friendly and fun! Andrea (our waitress) was so lovely - she even gave us a small desert on the house for our anniversary."
• "The service is excellent and staff are welcoming and polite."
• "Service and speed of the deliveries were awesome."
• "The waitress was authentic and really friendly."
• "The staff on the other hand are extremely friendly."

Cons:

• "I waited over an hour and with the just eat app it wouldn't tell me if the driver would deliver it sooner or later."
• "Service was fine at the beginning but had to search for a waiter in order to pay."
• "Service didn't pay attention to some of the order."
• "The waitress was also awful, she seemed very moody and ill tempered."
• "Now I was bewildered by how somebody as unprofessional as that became manager in the first place."
• "The young guy that served me was very apologetic and embarrassed but the manager and chef were standing at the bar and couldn't be bothered to even acknowledge the problem."
• "Questioned the bill as charged £8.50 for a sausage in batter & chips, but none of them wanted to listen, just kept saying the bill was right."

Value

Pros:

• "Had a delicious and more than enough fish and chips portion and a glass of wine for less than 10GBP."
• "The food was delicious too, great value for money."
• "The food is always on point, good portion sizes and always tasty."
• "The price is also very reasonable for being in central London."
• "Superb fish'n'chips, good value for the price too."
• "The portions were much bigger than we expected, so it was an excellent value."
• "The price is also very reasonable."

Cons:

• "Almost spent £20 for a standard size fish and chips."
• "A bit on the pricey side but well worth it."
• "Feel that this has changed hands & gone downhill. To eat in the restaurant now has become outrageously expensive & not as nice as it used to be."
• "They have increased the prices by charging extra £1 for the mushy peas and reducing the chips serving."
• "At £12.95 for the cod and £3.49 for the chips (large) it represents an appalling and expensive longed for fish and chip dinner."
• "Seems reasonably priced except £7.50 lunchtime eat in price advertised for cod and chips does not include service charge."
• "We ordered and paid £5 extra for a large piece of cod but the piece we received was tiny!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "It is clean and had a nice and pleasant atmosphere."
• "The restaurant was very well kept."
• "It's a proper, old-fashioned, down-to-earth place for proper locals to get an honest, good meal."
• "The atmosphere is quite and relaxing."
• "Busy, buzzing place but with a relaxed atmosphere."
• "The ambience is well preserved and a lot of attention is put into small details."
• "The restaurant is clean, the staff friendly and the prices again the reasonable for being where it is."

Cons:

• "This place came highly recommended, and the food may be good, I cannot say. But this experience ensures 2 things. 1. I will NEVER go there again. 2. I encourage and will always encourage that people do not visit such a business ever again."
• "Seats at rear of restaurant not that comfortable if there for some time."
• "The tables were sticky."
• "Not for couples and not for children either, as it is too small and space is very limited everywhere."
• "It would be better to just be closed on a bank holiday."
• "Burnt food and rude staff."
• "They have ZERO customer service and ZERO concern for their customer."