Golden Hind

Excellent batter - more like tempura than the thick, greasy stuff so many places produce - chunky chips and top notch mushy peas. The fish (I had haddock) was generously sized, and there was plenty of mushy peas, but a few more chips would have been nice. The tartare sauce (if that's what it was supposed to be, rather than remoulade) was a bit bland, though - to my mind it needed more 'bite'. Also, I'd have preferred a proper mug of tea to just a cupful. But, overall, the quality of the food is very high and the service is very good. It is quite expensive though for what's essentially "just" fish & chips (but then, I'm judging it against takeaway fish & chips outside of London).
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Jon Wallis
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 5
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Dreadul chips. Why? Gloriette cafe on Marylebone High Street do excellent, crisp chips so I eat there instead. Wish I could take their chips to Golden Hind to eat with the fish. I feel this place is living on its reputation, not living up to it.
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dee
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Food 5 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 10
Friday, July 03, 2009

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
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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
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Monday, March 23, 2009

i go to the golden hind at least twice a month.i have never had anything but perfect fish every time doesn't matter if you have cod. rock. skate it is always

cooked to perfection. the staff are really frendly. i can't recommend it enough

go and see for yourself
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barry
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 12, 2008

The food was excellent and the service was outstanding as well. The owner Dimitri really makes it special. We'll be back.
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ANTHONY
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Went here today for dinner after looking at reviews the previous night and arrived with high hopes. I wasn't disappointed. I ate cod, chips and mushy peas, whilst my brother had scampi, chips and mushy peas. The fish was fresh and tasty, the batter perfect and the mushy peas were great. The chips were not bad but not fantastic unfortunately - I think for the best chips they probably NEED to be fried in beef dripping.

The tartare sauce was fantastic and the tomato ketchup pleasantly tangy.

Those two plus a couple of canned fizzy drinks came to 22.90; quite decent.
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Ibrahim Salha
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Saturday, July 26, 2008

I was on a holiday in London, so i wanted to eat a real fish and chips. Heard about this place here. Everything is true, it is a very friendly place, the food is just perfect. The only negative that it is closed at the afternoon (maybe from 3-6) and on sunday. We arrived at 3pm and was just invited in with a friendly smile, that no problem, just take a seat. (we were the last guests) We ordered rock salmon and large (really large) haddock with chips + 2 orange juice, payed 21.10 so it was not too expensive i think. I recommend it to everybody!!
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Tigermed
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, July 26, 2008

This is me second review of the place and I thus concede to the fact that this is the best chippy in the Central London. As it's BYOB, we brought along a decent Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc with us. My Rock Salmon was fresh, delicate and sweet; as were my dining companions' plaice and cods. We all agreed the batter was nonsuch and without a hint of greasiness. Don't forget to order the mushy peas and book ahead for Friday night dinners. Service was friendly and unrushed.
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bellaphon
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Read about this place on here, checked it out, great little place, lots of food, would eat there again.
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shotfire - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, July 09, 2008