Posted by Noli on July 10, 2005, 8:44 pm, in reply to "Crab and Winkle WHITSTABLE" Tourist Trap There are some good dishes at the Crab and Winkle but they are few and far between. The restaurant survives on day tourist trade into the harbour. Some of the platter dishes are an absolute disgrace for a place that clearly seeks to make mileage from its position above a harbour and the Augustine fish-sellers because they feature deep-frozen and compiled seafood when every other decent restaurant locally serves it fresh. If you're after decent seafood in Whitstable, almost anywhere else will give you better - from the sublime Wheeler's (no chance - it's booked a zillion years in advance) to the Royal Native Oyster Stores (best main restaurant in Whitstable), the Hotel Continental (same people but better fayre than C&W) or a few pubs which also offer better. The C&W is really a prime opportunity that's done very poorly and very lazily. I only wish our local papers would get off their arse(s) and give this place the review it deserves. With a good slap around the chops for complacency, a decent couple of chefs and a shot in the arm for the boring wine list, this could be the place it should be... [16 Jan 2005 15:17:55]
Yes, very spotty. Food tends to scorte well (usually) and service very poorly. Here's a recentish notice from the web:
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