Priscilla’s Restaurant — Restaurant in England

Me and my partner ate at Michelle's in August 2023. A cosy, family-run restaurant serving lovely food at a good price point. Booking in advance in essential, they are only open Thursday to Sunday and do a small number of covers each evening. It really is a small restaurant with an intimate vibe and it was lovely to be able to chat to the family who run the restaurant during and after the meal. The service on the whole was excellent and extremely friendly, particular shout out to the young lady who did a stellar job serving us.

Now onto the food - we both opted for seafood (both for starter and main) and it was excellent. The crab bisque starter was absolutely packed with flavour and the mackerel pate was also very nice. No complaints there. For mains we both ordered the monkfish in a creamy sauce and the fish was cooked to absolute perfection, and an excellent sized portion for the price. The monkfish was presented in a very nice and refined way, although slightly at odds with the vegetables/sides which I would describe as more rustic. Regrettably, the truffle and parmesan chips we ordered were too dark on the outside (oil too hot/cooked too long) and I couldn't taste much truffle/parmesan.

For dessert we both opted for affogato and unfortunately this just didn't really work. I'm not sure why but the ice cream was extremely hard and never really melted, possibly the freezer was too cold, or there is too much clotted cream in the recipe - shame as the taste was delicious. In terms of drinks, there is a good selection wines at very reasonable prices.

On the whole, we had a lovely time. Not everything was perfect but the gripes were fairly minor, and I do believe this place has the potential to be truly outstanding if some of the rougher and more rustic edges are sanded off. I'd certainly return if we visit...

Booked this restaurant after reading all the good review. When we arrive we were the first person arrive at the restaurant and they sit us near to the WC.

We order a chowder and scallop. Chowder was sweet and i found a tiny hair in it while eating. As i eat is just sweet taste and very dilute with cream,it is not pleasant at all. I carry on as did not like to make a fuss about it. Scallop was ok given the price and you get huge portion for it.

And when the main arrive i was looking forward to taste it only to let down eith huge dissapointment. I order the this week special a lobster dish. The description was cheese sauce bake with bread crumbs with lobster. Sound delicious. But it taste horrible,as i dig in to eat instead of lobster it was filled with tiny prawns and a few piece of lobster bits which taste mushy and not fresh at all.The sauce is actually some cheese flavour water so dilute and watery and was not edible at all. I have to leave the dish,and they have the audacity to charge this dish for £34. The salad on the side was bitter and no dressing.

The other dish we order was hake,it says bake with cheese. Again is just not very nice and with some sad looking vegetable on the side.

Is a shame because it has high review and we actually books months before our trip and was really looking forward to this. We left with huge dissapointment and it leave a bitter taste after consider we pay for alot of money for food that taste so horrible...

Booked a table for my family (at a time convenient for the owner) due to us bringing our two young children, only to be turned away when we arrived.

We were asked if we could "leave the push chair outside", to which I replied, "what with the children in it?". She then began to tell us that our 5 month old daughter could sit in a highchair, because apparently her 5 month old granddaughter can - thats a lie. We were then told "well why don't you go and try the pub over there, they might let you in with a buggy", pointing us kindly in the opposite direction.

We ended up going home and having a takeaway because everywhere was full.

I have given it a one star rating as (it's the lowest you can give) but actually the old blonde lady was quite entertaining in the way she made us feel...