Golden Hind

Never thought I'd say it but I was disappointed when I ate here last week. Well, maybe I am being a bit hard on the great staff at the Golden Hind as my only complaint was that they only had cod or haddock and not my usual skate. It was a quiet night, granted, so I can understand why they didn't get in too many 'exotic' fish. Instead, my cod was cooked to perfection in golden batter and the chips were as always, spot on. Helped down with a gherkin and a cup of tea, I left there forgiving them for the lack of skate and looking forward to my next visit.

I almost wish I lived in the area so I could frequent the Golden Hind more often
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Andy
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, May 14, 2009

The reviews I had read of the Golden Hind and the positive comments I had heard from previous diners, prior to dining there myself - I hoped promised to be a very pleasant fish supper. Luckily I was not disappointed...to begin with, we had scampi which was just a a small portion of 6 in bread crumbs, a little less than I would have liked- but shortly after our main course arrived which was good ol' fashioned cod and chips.

At first glance I had a feeling that the portion presented to me on the plate would not fill up my greedy little gut as there seemed to be not so many chips as I would have liked. This was because the battered cod was so big it took up the majority of the plate space.

However not too undetered, I proceeded in getting tucked into my fish supper that I had almost starved myself all day for. The batter was as crisp as it can get and the cod was as tender as you like - absolutely delicious. Even the lashings of vinegar I had doused my cod in accidently, didn't make the batter go soggy.

As for the chips, who needed anymore chips when actually the ratio of fish to chips was perfect. By the last mouthful I was absolutely stuffed. This turned out to be a triumphant meal and what I like about this restaurant is, you go in there hungry, you get fed a fantastic meal, you feel comfortably stuffed and you leave - and you can do this within half an hour as the service is so quick, not to mention friendly too!

Yum yum - I will 100% be going there again.
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Vivian
10 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Monday, March 23, 2009