Plattens Reviews Summary

Category: Fish and chips takeaway Wells-next-the-Sea

Address: 12A The Quay, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1AH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441328711249

Rating: 4.1
based on 231 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Cod and chips cooked just right."
  • "Best gluten free fish and chips ever! The chips are divine and I'm not even a chip lover."
  • "Beautifully fresh fish, and light, golden batter."
  • "Very tasty cod and chips."
  • "The batter on the fish was light and crisp and the chips were crisp and fresh."
  • "The fish & chips were great the batter was super light, with lots of tender fish inside."
  • "The fish was cooked to perfection wrapped in a light crispy batter with proper chippy chips."

Cons:

  • "Worst fish n chips I’ve ever had. The fish was dry and tasteless, and the batter was horrible."
  • "An extremely overpriced, overcooked and tasteless experience."
  • "Luke warm food, cod dry very small possibly frozen. Scampi full of oil. Portions small. Very overpriced. Awful chips, not fresh."
  • "The fish was overcooked, dry and tasted awful."
  • "Fish batter was greasy. Chips were stale."
  • "The fish was rubbery certainly not fresh."
  • "Fish was small and dried out and the bread roll was stale and hard."

Service

Pros:

  • "Good COVID practice with track and trace."
  • "Amazing food. Excellent customer service. Reasonable prices."
  • "The staff were very friendly and helpful."
  • "Really good service with lovely friendly staff."
  • "Friendly, helpful, efficient service."
  • "The young man who served us was juggling things very well considering the amount of multitasking he was doing."
  • "Staff were lovely, and they even gave my dog some treats while we waited for our take away order!"

Cons:

  • "Overpriced, service (jonah) was unenthusiastic and took ages."
  • "Our server seemed to be struggling with getting support from her colleagues."
  • "There must’ve been a good 15 minute window where no orders were called but yet they continued to take them which caused a huge backlog."
  • "There didn’t seem to be any organisation or help to try and get us our meals."
  • "Unbelievably rude member of staff."
  • "The manager did very well at Ignoring me 3 times, very Obvious we were unimportant to her."
  • "Service wasn't as bright and cheery as we've experienced in the past."

Price

Pros:

  • "Not to pricey 5.10 GBP for a large portion he made chips for 1.30."
  • "£50 was a fair price, as it was all very good."
  • "I thought the prices were fair in today's day and age."
  • "An excellent piece of haddock. All at a good price."
  • "Had a lovely meal at Plattens, ordered a small portion of cod & chips and a cappuccino which was really good value for £6.60."
  • "I personally felt our meal was good value for money."
  • "Large cod is genuinely large & reasonably priced at £10 with chips."

Cons:

  • "Very disappointed at the price v quality."
  • "Prices have steadily increased here, sadly now quite an expensive option to dine in."
  • "An extremely overpriced, overcooked and tasteless experience."
  • "Luke warm food, cod dry very small possibly frozen. Scampi full of oil. Portions small. Very overpriced. Awful chips, not fresh."
  • "The price is awfully high for the size of the portions."
  • "Only downfall.............£40 for two lots of cod and chips with curry sauce !, WOW !"
  • "Wow how expensive for fish and chip, 17 pounds for two people to have a medium cod and chips to sit in."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Unusual layout but clean and tidy."
  • "Great location, overlooking the sea. Wheelchair accessible."
  • "A short wait to be seated and we were able to get a window seat, cool sea air while eating."
  • "Nicely decorated rooms and bathrooms."
  • "Good looking inside with one of the walls displaying huge water tanks with both tropical and cold water fish."
  • "Very clean seating area, tables cleaned when people vacated them."
  • "Restaurant was really nice overlooking the harbour, loved all the fishing decorations that gave it great character."

Cons:

  • "Shadow of its former self, could not get sit down service because they had some form of event going on upstairs."
  • "The place is a mess when you walk in."
  • "Most of the Tables were full of box,s and other waste."
  • "The place was a mess and appeared to be run by teenagers who thought it was funny to swan about doing whatever they pleased as opposed to serving waiting customers."
  • "Our table was not clean and had battered fish crumbs all over it."
  • "Oh the upstairs toilets were filthy."
  • "Dirty tables were walked past by staff for up to an hour without taking away dirty plates."

Ordering & Efficiency

Pros:

  • "Food was served quite quickly."
  • "I found the screens to be a great way to place your order and the service was very quick."
  • "It's super easy to order from the screen and the queue moved relatively quickly."
  • "The queue moved quickly, staff were helpful and it was hot and tasty."
  • "Extremely quick and efficient service."
  • "New Self order screens on wall make it look quick and easy."
  • "The lads behind the counter were super friendly and helpful and the service was really quick."

Cons:

  • "Waited 50mins for our order when they weren't even very busy."
  • "After putting our order in through the new self service touch screens we had to wait over half an hour for our order."
  • "We also had a considerable wait for the food, much longer than I would have expected given the food we had ordered."
  • "Waited nearly an hour and a half for a table for 4 adults and 2 children."
  • "The new touch screen order system MUST be re-evaluated."
  • "We waited for 30 mins to be acknowledged and seated when there were empty tables."
  • "We had to wait over an hour for our order."

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