The Harbour View Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Highly recommend this place for the beautiful fish!!"
• "Regular sized cod and chips mushy peas etc and the best we've ever tasted."
• "Super friendly staff, very nice food."
• "Crisp and flavoured batter with fresh big chunk of fish!"
• "Fish is really fresh and chips cooked to perfection."
• "The flesh was bright white, firm and very tasty."
• "The fish was cooked to perfection in a crispy batter."

Cons:

• "The chips were tasteless bland and the staff are rude."
• "The batter on the fish was substandard and covered in grease."
• "Fish was way overcooked and very dry.. Chips...some soggy and some still raw."
• "Food was greasy and nowhere near the standard I would expect from here."
• "Disappointing visit. The chips were old, dry and tasteless."
• "Awful anemic chips that were tasteless."
• "The whole meal was dry and tasteless."

Portion Size

Pros:

• "The small cod is massive!"
• "Portions are enormous, can easily share one large cod with 2, probably even 3 if you aren't big eaters."
• "Huge steak like fish in a light batter, we struggle to finish a portion between the two of us."
• "The fish was so big that it literally smothered the chips even right up to the box corners!"
• "The fish was absolutely enormous!! Would satisfy two people easily."
• "You can definitely share one portion of haddock and chips between two people."
• "The large fish was 'enough for two or three people'."

Cons:

• "Tight fit for seating."
• "There was a long queue outside in the rain."
• "They ask for payment in the restaurant before the food is served which was odd."
• "Paid £28.60 for large fish and chips 3 times and garlic sauce. Waste of money, in my opinion."
• "Large fish and chips £9.30 nothing large about it, standard if anything."
• "Worst chips ever. Anemic under cooked soggy, boiled in oil rather than fryed at a higher temperature for longer."
• "Parking is very limited."

Service

Pros:

• "The cafe is decorated beautifully and the cleanliness is second to none."
• "Staff are so friendly and we're brilliant with our 3 year old son."
• "The service was spot on."
• "Very busy but fast and friendly."
• "The staff are friendly and efficient, it was very clean, prices reasonable, great music, and the food is absolutely fabulous."
• "Staff were helpful pleasant and polite."
• "Staff were friendly and helpful and producing first class fish and chips."

Cons:

• "Table not cleared for 20 minutes and had to ask...... again, not in the know'."
• "The service in here is really bad dont care about customers also 3rd time in a row I been in ran out fish that's bad that for a fish and chip job that's ment to be popular."
• "The service in the take away is abrupt and unfriendly as well every time you visit."
• "The server was quite rude, and said that it wasn’t possible to take it back."
• "Staff cleaned around us whilst they finished."
• "You're going to put yourselves out of business."
• "Staff had to stay behind but never made us feel it was an issue."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Another super lunch with friends. Excellent food, service and value for money."
• "Love the theme and decor too, a firm favourite."
• "Value for money unbeatable. Highly recommended."
• "Prices are very reasonable and fish portions are large, you won't be leaving hungry."
• "Good quality food at a very good price."
• "Price Inc a pot of tea /coffee and price was very reasonable."
• "Great value."

Cons:

• "You have a note on your wall to say why your prices have gone through the roof but you say no compromise on quality."
• "Also, £14.00 for a take out for my meal was ridiculous!"
• "£18.40 spent today (2 small cod and chips with mushy peas) Fish was way overcooked and very dry."
• "Paid £28.60 for large fish and chips 3 times and garlic sauce. Waste of money, in my opinion."
• "Hugely overpriced and not even able to put your own salt and vinegar on."
• "Too expensive."
• "Overpriced for what it is now."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The restaurant itself is spotless and decorating is a very high standard i loved the decor!"
• "A very clean fisheries, with a small car park to the side, but also an overflow car park behind that, as well as a beautiful grassed area with tables overlooking the pretty harbour."
• "Beautifully decorated restaurant. Bringing the harbour inside with photos and nautical prints everywhere."
• "The staff are really friendly, and the restaurant is really clean and nicely decorated."
• "They must have the cleanest toilet in Northumbria and it smelled good too."
• "Foods Delicious, huge portions and a very clean restaurant."
• "Excellent fish n chips etc at this immaculately clean restaurant."

Cons:

• "The woman serving looked stressed and very unhappy we asked for a large portion to share."
• "Travelled to the area to buy, guided by the reviews, safe to say I won't be returning."
• "The quality from this shop has gone down so far it's frightening."
• "Food wasn't very good we had the carvery wish we hadn't the food was luke warm the beef was all fat."
• "Unfortunately in the last four months, the fish does not taste as good as it used to be."
• "The batter on the cod was dreary and the cod was quite obviously defrosted."
• "Food tasted of old burnt oil."