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Watch House

Watch House

1 The Square, St Mawes TR2 5DJ, TR2 5DL, Truro, United Kingdom

Soup • Fish • Bistro • British


"Excellent, gourmet level food in a humble dining room with 4 booths and just 14 other chairs, staffed by friendly, helpful servers. Note, the name has changed since the previous review written in 2010. The 'Old ' has been deleted. The restaurant is now The Watch House. Google map the location. The address says Truro but the actual tiny seaside village is St. Maws. Use the public parking just to the right of building. The car park sign is obvious. 75 parking spots available. Then walk 200 yards to the eatery. My meal: delicious sweet potato purée. Slightly spicy with chili oil. Liquified with coconut milk. Croutons in a side cup to top onto the soup. Fish was whole sautéed plaice in clarified butter topped samphire capers. Adequate cup of chips on the side. Fried correctly and delicious. Wife 's meal: roasted tiger prawns, spicy exterior, juicy meat. I was a little surprised that the portion of 6 shrimp was considered a meal, as my plaice dish was comparatively huge. Also, shrimp came with no sides. So for £20 This dish is overpriced. But Barbara was satisfied. She ordered an extra side salad for £4. It was sparkling fresh. Small selection of locally made beers (by the bootle, no,casks), wines and a few cocktails on the menu. I had an ale made in neighboring Penryn, it was satisfying. Barbara had a glass of South African Pinot noir. It was passable at best. (I 'm a wine snob from Northern California) Verdict: good food, excellent service, not cheap. Meal described above price was £55. You can eat more economically. Fish and chips will set you back £14."

Positano Sa1

Positano Sa1

J Shed Arcade, Kings Rd, Swansea, United Kingdom, SA1 8PL

Pizza • Pasta • Welsh • Coffee


"I rang at the beginning of January to book a table for my daughters 16th birthday on February 10th. I booked for 24 people and paid a deposit of £5pp. In the week leading up to our visit I had a phone call on the Monday asking for my preorders as they were not asked for when I booked. I quickly got all the orders in and emailed them to the address I was given. I didn’t receive a reply to my email to confirm so tried to ring the restaurant all day Wednesday and Thursday with no answer. I started to panic. So I tried again on the Friday and finally someone answered. She said the head chef had been unwell so they couldn’t open and today was the first day they had reopened. She checked that they had my preorders and said everything was fine and they were looking forward to seeing us tomorrow. At 1.45pm on the day of my booking I received a phone call to say that unfortunately there was a problem in the kitchen and they would have to cancel my booking. The bloke then went on to say how much business they would be losing this weekend blah blah blah, at no point did he say sorry! At no point did he offer any kind of compensation. It was only when I asked about having my deposit refunded did he mention that and proceeded to tell me he would do it when the venue was back open. That’s no good to me!! He asked me why I was so angry??!! He told me there was nothing he could do!! If there was a genuine problem in the kitchen surely they’d know about it in the morning when they were prepping for their 12pm opening?? So why was it nearly 2pm before they rang?? This whole situation was handled so badly and with no apology offered by him. It wasn’t a meal for 2 that was being cancelled (although that would still be out of order) it was a table of 24 who were celebrating a special birthday!! I then had to try to book somewhere that evening so my daughter wasn’t left without a celebration meal with her family. Thankfully we found somewhere and we had a fabulous night! Judging by previous reviews on here we might have had a lucky escape with it being cancelled! I can’t review the food but I can review the attitude and lack of professionalism by the individual that I had to deal with! I think he might need a refresher course in customer relations!"