Bryce's claims to be the premier fish dining venue for fresh fish in the south. A brave claim as it's located in the heart of deepest, darkest Surrey a fair distance from the sea.
I have a friend who loves seafood and so we headed off together in search of pescatorian perfection. The restaurant is located in a small Surrey village and is slightly hard to spot - we managed to drive right past it the first time through the village.
It wasn't terribly busy when we dined, which enabled the staff to be nicely attentive. We dined in the restaurant though they do serve a cheaper menu in the bar.
The menu is exclusively seafood, so beware if you're a carnivore of vegetarian. No such problems for me and my friend and we settled on crab risotto and langoustine bisque for starters and red mullet with ginger broth and scallops en croute for our mains.
The crab risotto was nice but the dish could have done with another element, maybe some texture to break up the fact that every spoonful tasted the same. The langoustine bisque was again nice though I'm not the substitution of langoustine for the traditional bisque seafood ingredients brought any freshness to the concept of bisque
The red mullet had an oriental foil to play against - this worked well for quite a strong fish to be balanced with the ginger. The scallops en croute was really not a success in my book - odd use of such a magnificent ingredient as sweet scallop.
I applaud Bryce's for its ambition, bravery and skill in keeping a pure seafood restaurant going for 16 years in its little village location. However, due to price and remote location, I don't see myself rushing back to eat here anytime soon. The food was above average rather than stellar read more