Neil's Restaurant

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 More
Apr 27th, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 Recommended dishes Scallops Main, Scallops with Vegetables More
Apr 24th, 2023

Arrived at Neil's on a cold, wet Saturday night, our first visit to the restaurant & to Sidmouth. The restaurant was busy & continued to fill up during the 2 hours we were there. The decor is calm & comfortable. We were warmly greeted & seated , our wet coats taken away & we were given menus. A bottle of tap water was already waiting in an ice bucket at the table. So a very good start. The menu is a set 3 courses for 39.95 & as you'd expect from a fish restaurant, reflects local produce. We were asked what we'd like to drink & chose a well priced bottle of South African chenin blanc. This arrived swiftly & after tasting, proved to be ideal with our meal. I could have chosen any of the starters to enjoy, but went with tempura crevettes with soy & sesame dip. My husband had smoked mackerel with horseradish cream. A plate of sliced bread arrived, which was plain home baked white & tomato flavoured. I would have preferred not to have butter pats wrapped in foil, but I'm picky! The starters were delicious & enjoyed by us both. 0ur mains consisted of scallops with mushrooms & bacon for my husband & pan roasted John Dory with mussels & samphire for me. A dish of sugar snap peas, carrots, broccoli & green beans & another of fried potatoes were brought to the table, to accompany our main courses. The mains were beautifully cooked & presented, especially my John Dory, which came away from the bone, with ease & tasted beautifully succulent. My husband's scallops were sweet & flavoursome too. Having cleared away our plates, & looked again at the menu, we chose our desserts, vanilla panacotta with rhubarb d ginger compote for me & rum & raisin icecream for him. My panacotta was beautifully set & the compote had a strong kick of ginger. Good strong double espresso coffee followed. Overall a fabulous meal, which without service was 107 for the two of us. Not expensive for the quality & service we received. We would definitely recommend Neil's, he is obviously a chef with skill who loves what he does!
Apr 19th, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 More
Apr 15th, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 Recommended dishes https www Neilsrestaurant Com Menus, Scallops Main, Brixham Lemon Sole More
Apr 2nd, 2023