Castle Point
Douro Valley

Douro Valley

United Kingdom, SS8 7AY, Castle Point

Steak • European • Portuguese • Mediterranean


"We walked in at our allotted time. Stood for a couple of minutes while being ignored by staff busying themselves with making up tables etc. Waved toward a table in the corner. Not auspicious but ok. Drinks order taken, we just opted for a litre should have made more than 1 and a half glasses each of white sangria. Which consisted of some chopped apple and orange some white wine not chilled and Ice. Was a bit underwhelming really. We were not really feeling the love at this point. We had some olives and bread and butter. The butter was the pre packed single portion variety. No oil or vinegar etc. We ordered mains. My partner had the seafood stew special which was served with some rather lifeless bread, but the stew itself was excellent. I had a mixed meat skewer with some extra king prawn. Was asked if I wanted hot piri piri which I did. It came up with a rather disappointing salad a little equally disappointing rice, and some excellent if sparse fried potatoes. The prawns turned up 5 minutes later. The meat was good the piece of steak was tough and chewy but flavourful, though the piri piri was all but absent. I think with the prawns the cost was around £25. The prawns were over salted We both had a dessert which was OK. A coffee and a Portuguese take on Amaretto which was excellent). By this time and having had to fight to get the attention of the lad laying up tables in order to order, and failing we were served by a lady who was pleasant and attentive. Overall for £120 with a tip, for 2 it was underwhelming, it may just have been that night after all the Christmas madness. We will give it another go soon and see how it is. But for now, it’s average service and despite the excellent fish stew. Average food."

Bruno's Fish And Chips

Bruno's Fish And Chips

31-33 Eastern Esplanade, Castle Point, United Kingdom

Fish • Cafés • Seafood • Fast Food


"After reading some of the reviews, thought we’d give this place a go, it’s local too, so within walking distance. It’s a nice looking chippy, down near the seafront, plenty of tables if you wanted to eat in. Lovely big counter and plenty of staff on hand, staff were polite and helpful. Menu is pretty big, plenty of options, and although some people have moaned about the prices, I thought they were actually pretty reasonable, especially compared from my old chippy. Ordered fish and chips and a couple of saveloys, was served in a box, ideal for eating on the front. Thought the chips were really nice, decent sized portion too. Sadly the fish and savs weren’t as nice. The batter on the fish was decent, but the actual fish tasted old, and it was really dry, considering it was cooked fresh, I was quite surprised. It was a good size, so maybe a little overcooked? It’s a real shame, maybe it was just an off night, I will go back and try again another time, the spicy potatoes looked really good, so maybe I’ll give them a try next time. As I said, lots of different options, so I’m sure there’s something for everyone. Fingers crossed for next time. EDIT Went back again the other night, ordered the special spuds, and wow they tasted as good as they looked, will come back for more of those soon! Massive portion of chips, great chips again, proper chippy chips and a couple of nice crispy battered sausages! Stars increased to represent my 2nd visit, thanks for a lovely meal!"

Dansk Cafe

Dansk Cafe

48-50 Stadium Way, SS7 3NZ, Castle Point, United Kingdom

Cafe • Vegan • British • Breakfast


"I’ve taken a few days to write this review as didn’t want to write it when angry! Took my daughter , daughter in law and there newborns for breakfast as a treat, we placed our order my daughter ordered a full English asked for her bacon to be well done (crispy I ordered Welsh Rarebit, daughter in law an omelette. Full English came out with anaemic bacon I got a croque monsier omelette was perfect. We called the waitress asked for the bacon to be cooked to how we ordered said mine was wrong. She took mine away left the mushrooms , took the bacon but left the rest of the breakfast on the table, (bacon came back still not crispy so again was sent back and by this time the rest of her breakfast was cold and the scrambled eggs had made the toast soggy beans had a skin on them so breakfast was not eaten. When they came to clear the table my daughter pointed out that the breakfast was ruined was ASKED if she wanted to see the manager, the chef came out (manager? asked what the problem was said he would remove it from the bill which we said was a nice gesture as paying £15.50 for something that could not be eaten was a bit much, I then pointed out that my order was also wrong and that I was left with the mushrooms he replied yes I did hear that but I was on pastry I’ll also remove that…Then off he went! Within minutes he came storming out said he had spoken to the waitress that we got what we ordered( I don’t like to be called a liar! He done a complete 360 told us our breakfast was COMPS to get out not come back as we don’t like their food! I replied I was more than happy to pay for what we had eaten and our coffees again in front of all his customers told it was COMPS to GET OUT!!! So a word of warning if you go there and something is not to how you ordered please be aware they cannot take criticism and this is how you are treated!"