The Harbour Seafood Restaurant & Takeaway Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food, as always, was lovely - freshly cooked and beautifully flavoured."
• "Every dish we sampled was a testament to culinary craftsmanship, steeped in tradition yet embracing modernity."
• "Simply the best fish and chips I've ever had! Delicious cod with a light and crispy batter, served with unlimited chips (literally unlimited!), peas and coleslaw."
• "The food was perfect and everything was so fresh! Best fish and chips I have ever had."
• "The food is amazing - great quality of ingredients, very well cooked and the dishes are nicely served."
• "Really enjoyed my grilled hake and chips."
• "Superb fish and chips! Incredible taste at great value."

Cons:

• "Starter was forgotten, drinks took a long time to arrive."
• "After waiting 20 minutes for x2 cheesy chips... they were cold."
• "The onion rings again had a heavy batter that overpowered them."
• "The lobster was horrible. Dry, bland, not flavour at all."
• "It felt like a pricey canteen. Smallest piece of hake I've ever encountered."
• "Some of the main course fish platter was over cooked too."
• "The starter calamari meant to be fresh but either was not that fresh or way overcooked."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was excellent. All the staff members were very friendly, pleasant and polite."
• "The service was efficient and friendly."
• "Service is always fab and quick."
• "Friendly, helpful staff."
• "Staff friendly and accommodating."
• "The staff were very attentive making sure we had everything we needed."
• "The most nicest and attentive servers we’ve met in a long time."

Cons:

• "We arrived and someone had taken our table we booked, so we had to wait."
• "We waited a good 10 minutes to be seen at a very quiet time whilst staff seemed to stood around chatting."
• "Took a long time to be cleared and get the bill."
• "Waiting staff were inflexible."
• "Very slow service and had to walk out to pay as never brought the bill."
• "The service is appalling and let down the whole experience."
• "We will never know as we walked straight out and spent money somewhere that greeted us with a smile."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely place. We had a lovely harbour view window table."
• "Visited in August 2022. Great atmosphere. Amazing murals on ceilings."
• "Great location, and interior decor."
• "Overall a friendly atmosphere service and environment!"
• "The restaurant is in the old fish market building that has been thoroughly modernised giving great views out over the harbour through floor to ceiling windows."
• "Great atmosphere with a lovely view :)"
• "Fantastic setting with views of the harbour, comfy seating and pleasing interior."

Cons:

• "The decor sadly taints what was a lovely airy atmosphere that blended in with the water front."
• "The decor of the place is a little tacky."
• "Now its somewhat odd artwork of mermaids and graffiti style art writing of 'Love Harbour' everywhere."
• "Tried to eat inside- fully booked except for a table without a view - green plastic floral pillar."
• "It was very cold inside as well, which brought the atmosphere down."
• "A nice, modern conversion of the building provides comfortable dining."
• "Imagine my surprise when we arrived and waited a few minutes to get a 'better' table that turned out to be sat in front of the scaffolding and empty paint pots!"

Value

Pros:

• "All the mains come with unlimited chips as well which made it even better."
• "Great tasting, cooked to order, good portion size and did I say great tasting!!"
• "Fairly priced and thoroughly recommended."
• "Very good lunch deal includes a rather enormous fish and chips, homemade tartare sauce plus a choice of soft drink for £10."
• "Very competitively priced, we had the late lunch special."
• "Top quality Fish and Chips! Everything was perfectly cooked and tasty!"
• "Amazing fish and chips, very competitively priced."

Cons:

• "The only set back is the price. My meal plus coke cost £16 so this is not the best place for broke college students like me."
• "£9 for starter and £14 for main, expected very high quality food. Seemed average like any fish and chips on the barbican."
• "I found the prices a little too expensive we payed about £70 for what you see in the picture plus 3 drinks."
• "Definitely not worth the price."
• "Overall spent £41 on two meals and two drinks which I think is quite excessive!!"
• "£60 for 2 calamari 2 burgers and 2 drinks."
• "£39 for 3 times sausage and chips, 2 cans of drink, and 1 fish and chips."