The seafood guy by 1998 Cafe — Restaurant in Nottingham

Dinner. It serves authentic Hong Kong inspired cuisine. On arrival the place was full,but they managed to squeeze us in.The restaurant was very busy and with most of the clientele from the chinese community,which is always a good sign. It was almost as if we had been transported to downtown Hong Kong.

It's been a long time since we have seen a menu like this.Approx 14 pages of pictures to choose from. With a lot different dishes that are not on a usual chinese restaurant or takeaway menu. There's no prawn crackers or chips🤣 We were looking forward to our usual go to drink of lager with our meal but guess what? Unfortunately they only serve soft drinks and various teas. After ordering, we sat back and watched the other diners enjoying their food while sipping our fanta and coke. Our order was The snack platter. Typhoon shelter fried king prawn. Flaming chicken hot pot. Garlic & vermicelli steam scallops. Char-siu rice with soy sauce chicken. We didn't realise everything would arrive at the table all at the same time. As it was very busy, it did affect the service of the food a little. We should maybe have asked for the platter to be served first. Whilst the Flaming chicken was the show stopper, our favourite dish would have to be the King Prawn dish. The portions were very generous and had to admit defeat for the remainder of the food to take home. If you want to try an authentic Hong Kong experience in Nottingham make sure you go with an empty stomache. Unless you have a huge appetite as you won't leave...

Had a wide selection of dishes between 5 of us. Crispy squid was good but didn't come with a dip,when I asked for soy sauce he brought Worcestershire sauce as he said it would be a better accompaniment, I disagreed so he brought soy sauce; a chilli soy would be best actually. My husband enjoyed the shallots with vermicelli. We got a free octopus balls with our beers,my husband liked them but I thought they were odd and squidgy! My son ordered crispy lemon chicken,it wasn't that crispy, although the lemon sauce was OK. They forgot his rice. His girlfriend had chicken and rice which she liked,it was quite flavoursome. My daughter ordered katsu chicken which was quite nice. Lots of chicken and rice,decent flavours but no finesse. The morning glory was fresh and lightly cooked but had a slightly unusual sauce flavour. We ordered one with tofu,they brought one without and 20 minutes later brought another,without tofu..we didn't ask for it, we sent it back. We also ordered a pomfret fish in black bean sauce and it didn't arrive so we had to ask again,they'd forgotten it,when it did arrive it was quite nice but the sauce was watery( possibly defrosted?) We also had to ask for our drinks and water a couple of times. Altogether it was fine,the service was okay,friendly staff but slightly forgetful, although it was quite busy. Would we go again? Probably not which is a shame as its a 5 minute walk from...

Had some of the best food I have ever eaten last night @theseafoodguyuk. I was a bit doubtful as there have been a lot of gushing comments on Insta about this place. But it lives up the hype... Phrases like hidden gem are overused... But this is the full treasure chest. Every dish was delicious and the portions are full plates not small plates, meaty ribs, fat scallops everything perfectly seasoned I love Sichuan spice and thus was up there with the best . It's definitely not just seafood either lots of chicken, beef and pork dishes . But the seafood is amazing, my mate and I agreed we are heading back very soon for the whole crab which we didn't have cos we wanted to try a few different dishes. Reports from other tables were that it was sensational. There are pictures on the menu so you know what to expect but they don't do the food justice. The food for the two of us 3 big dishes plus rice was less than £40. We had leftovers and are both big eaters. We got a decent bottle of wine to share which was reasonable too. They have some great meal deals on with mains, drink and rice for about £15 and cheaper at lunchtime. It's less than 10 minutes walk from Nottingham Station and you get beautiful views up to the Castle as you walk there. The staff are lovely and helpful if you are stuck on what to choose....