Restaurants

It has an attached takeaway shop, but Seafresh is very much a restaurant. The contemporary design of the brightly lit room includes a glass wall emblazoned with the restaurant’s logo and long brown leather benches. These are filled with well-heeled families and elderly gents in pin-striped suits. The menu leans towards more high-end fish fare, with rope-grown mussels and dover sole nudging the £20 mark. Even the more basic options come at a mark-up of around £5 more than the takeaway next door. Still, there’s no skimping on portions: salmon fillet was a brick-sized hunk of fish; a seafood platter contained so much smoky-flavoured grilled skate wing, haddock, cod, lemon sole, calamares and meaty king prawns that it spilled over the edges of the plate. Sure, it ain’t ‘cheap as chips’ – but if you’re willing to pay the prices, you’ll be rewarded in terms of both quality and quantity.

Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2008