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Fish Central

Address:149 Central Street, London EC1V 8AP
Tel:020 7253 4970
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Website: Visit Fish Central website
Price: £27.00Wine: £10.95 Champagne: £23.95
Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 11.30am-2.30pm 5-10.30pm (Fri-Sat -11pm)

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Black leather chairs supplant the regulation plastic & increase the comfort levels at this bright, family-run fish restaurant, sited on a shopping precinct in the no-man’s land between Clerkenwell & Angel. Yet despite an interior resembling that of a trendy seaside café, Fish Central retains the honest appeal of a neighbourhood chip shop (albeit an upmarket version). Fans return here for fish that’s fresh, simply presented & keenly priced. Kick off with char-grilled sardines with tomato & herb salsa, or perhaps mussels à la tarantina with a white wine & spicy tomato sauce. Next, pick your species & order it deep-fried, grilled or cooked in matzo meal. Fancier options might include grilled skate wing with beurre noisette & caper butter, or one of the blackboard specials. The short wine list is pitched at inexpensive quaffing & contains a limited selection of half-bottles.

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Junglefresh.
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Junglefresh. ( Male, United Kingdom )

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I eat at this “restaurant” (actually an upmarket fish and chips) about twice a month.
Why ? Because although the address is unprepossessing and the actual place quite stark and plasticky, the fish is top-notch. Fresh. Tasty. Cooked expertly. Great variety. OK, not the sort of place you would linger at or take anyone for a romantic evening (or lunch) but it is clean and the service friendly if sometimes oddly dispraxic. I challenge you not to like the “gratinated” rock oysters, or the Scallop starter. Same goes for the Roast Cod with roast mediterranean vegetables, the smoked haddock in flaky pastry and mushroom sauce, or any of the fish dishes come to think of it. The wines are limited, but the Muscadet is far from the awful stuff it used to be and is very good value. The entire meal is in fact hard to beat in terms of value for money.

March 2009
Overall:8
Food and Drink:9
Service:4
Atmosphere:3
Value for Money:9
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HP ( 30s, Female, United Kingdom )

Fish Central is a great place if you need to impress guests with your local knowledge. The setting is hardly picturesque…the restaurant nestles on the edge of a concrete plaza surrounded by high rises but inside is inviting, bright and bustly. Most of the clientele are local – no tourists, lots of family groups and always a number of cabbies. The banter between other diners and the waiting staff give you the surreal impression of being on set of some Italian gangster film…the Cypriot mafia, if there is such a thing! The menu is a decent length and there are always specials, reassuring in a restaurant where the emphasis is on the catch of the day. The straight forward fish dishes let you choose how you want it cooked (from grilled to battered) and there are a number of sides, from bead and butter to mushy peas. There is something to suit all budgets, from cod and chips to sole and lobster and the prices are to be reckoned with.

October 2008
Overall:8
Food and Drink:8
Service:8
Atmosphere:8
Value for Money:9
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