Proper fishmonger with exceptional quality fish, service second to none and they are a pleasure to…read morevisit. People should realise how fortunate they are to have such an exceptional fishmonger in their midst.

A proper fishmonger who also sells game,rabbits,duck,pigeons etc.One of a dying breed…read moreunfortunately, where else can you buy brown shrimps,whole smoked mackeral and for example,Turbot or Brill in medway? The staff really know their stuff and as well as taking orders for less common types of fish or seafood, will prepare it to any specific request.Well worth a visit.

If you're in Whitstable and on a budget, there is no better place to visit than here. This is a…read morereview for Wee Willies, not the Crab and Winkle restaurant upstairs. Wee Willie does a thriving trade and was full the entire time we were there on a Monday lunchtime. So I imagine at the weekend, it's rammed. It's a fish and chip shop and a market in one. So you can buy your fresh fish if you're staying in the area and cook it yourself or buy some takeout. We started with a portion of whelks and a 'best of the ocean' fake crab sticks, which cost about £4.80, quite a bit pricier than the wholesale place down the street but decent and tasty. We followed this up with a fried fish platter of deep fried prawns, whitebait and calamari for £5.20, a portion of chips, two mini wine bottles and a garlic butter kipper in a bun. Pretty decent and tasty eats for under 20 quid. It wasn't the best food we had all day, but a good place to fill your fried food craving. Get the fish and chips, it's huge! There's bathrooms and more seating in the back, just follow the route all around.

This is a nice fish and chip shop, you do have the option to eat in or take away here which is…read morealways nice after a long day of shopping lol. The food a quite well priced and the amount of food you get is good as well. The place doesn't look great inside or out but is always a nice atomsphere. The only thing with the resturant is the waiter or waitress is always very quick to take your order, but some times they are too quick.

This chippy offers quite a large selction of foods (kebabs, fish, chicken, burgers - even battered…read moreMars Bars if youre so inclined)! Is reasonably priced..I usually go for the Haddock and small chips and it comes in at £5.10. The portions are pretty massive though and I always struggle to finish them. Staff can be a bit offish - especially if you deign to ask for something else (such as Haddock) which isn't in the hot cabinet already. Not open Sundays.

Just a standard local fish and chip shop…read more Wide range of food and reasonably priced too. Recommended!

Dangerous pieces of shrapnel shoot past my head as I down my fourth oyster. Ptiiiiing…read moreshhhhwwwwtttt. Tfoooooow. I duck and sway. Note to self. Paintball goggles needed next time. It's like the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan. But with crab shell not bullets. Now that's the sort of restaurant I want to dine in. One that isn't a restaurant at all, but a shed. With service at the front and kitchen roll on the table and mahoosive platters being carried out from the kitchen laden with squeaky fresh shellfish and seafood. And each table bursting with people who have totally entered into the spirit of the place, crab cracker in one hand, Bounty Extra absorbent in the other, and for those lucky enough to have three hands, oyster in the other. This is the type of place where three hands are a bonus. Diners are invited to bring their own bread, because The Company Shed doesn't do bread. And you can bring your own alcohol too although they have a lovely selection themselves. The staff are young and energetic and spend their time bringing you more mayonnaise or wiping up after you because you can't help but make a mess when you eat here. It's down and dirty and you may leave with a four inch piece of crab shell embedded in your skull millimetres from your cerebral cortex. But as long as that's not the part of the brain that deals with eating, job's a good 'un. This might not be everybody's cup of tea, although by the size of the queues I'm not sure that's true. If you rock up any time after 12 on a weekend likelihood is you won't get in at all. It's first come first served and after that they put you on a list. They open up at 9am and last service is at 4pm. The Company Shed is situated on Mersea Island. The Island itself isn't much to write home about although a walk along the marsh land is nice and if you're into birds you're in like flynn. But If you're within a hundred miles of The Company Shed, my advice is get yourself down there. Delicious fun.

his pandemic has a lot to answer for especially for not allowing us to have our days to the coast…read moreand our visits to this oasis of fresh seafood. Luckily my partner noticed that they had started a delivery service to our area. Needless to say she was on the internet with an order of two crab and seafood platters, 6 massive tiger prawns and 6 local oysters for me. It arrived dead on the time that they stated and was so fresh. Every item was delicious, especially the oysters. However, we still look forward to a visit to Mersea and sitting in the Shed. It's unique, in a seafaring way,

great quality meat from a family business. The deli is great and they also cater for summer bbq…read moreparties. i've been to two such events and I must say I was very impressed. They cook it in your garden and provide all the food. Nice. The shop itself is very clean and well presented. The staff are very helpful and give you really good advice. It's nice to see a family business survive in these difficult times.

Pricey but great local deli. Knowledgeable and friendly staff who know their business. Wide and…read moreintersting choice of meats and cheeses and other lovely goodies. Long established and for a reason! Could open slightly later to catch commuter trade on the way home.

as the name suggests, you should really come here for their native oysters which are available only…read morefrom sep to apr. at other times you can expect home grown rock oysters instead. the freshness of their seafood is key. no fancy service, no fancy setting and not even fancy cooking. simple fare but guaranteed freshest ingredients. my smoked eel starter was delectable, served with a creamed horseradish on toast. the mussels were also really sweet and fresh leaving behind a broth so yummy that you need to polish it off with their bread. the pan fried scallops as a main comes as 8 plump roe-in version. simply grilled with shallots and white wine. the whole portland cock crab is a favourite with my friends. simply steamed and served cold with all the creamy crab roe laid on it's shell. my whole roast local wild sea bass with garlic and rosemary, was fresh but tasted just ordinary though. the barn like setting and big windows facing the north sea makes for a casual and relaxing atmosphere. on a sour note, our fellow diners at the next table were the party spoilers! they were a table of 2 elderly couples who were whiners!! they kept sshhing the kids in our party!!! in our humble opinion, we were not the only table with kids making noise and they certainly were within normal tolerance level. on top of that, the acoustics of the place didnt helped and was definitely not build as such. they even have the cheek to complain to the manager but the manager rightfully pointed out that they are indeed a family friendly business after all. in case you are wondering about the oysters, they were not in season when we were there and hence the silence.......

I'm torn on how to review this place. There were ups and downs about my experience here…read more The setting is simple but quite nice. It had wooden tables, sometimes covered with red-checkered table clothes. Each setting had a candle and it was fairly quaint. As a Canadian who wanted to leave the crowds of London it was perfect. Paired with an awesome guy, the entire evening was incredibly romantic. The service was prompt, friendly, and quite attentive. The highlight of the evening was our glass of wine and their Rockerfeller (sp?) oysters cooked with cheese. Best oysters I've ever had, hands down. I ordered the crab, and my date had the local sea bass. The fish was cooked properly and was quite fresh. It's quite a large fish, so you better be dedicated to flavour of fish and only three baby potatoes when you order it. Because ultimately it was quite simply marinated. The crab was done... differently. I don't know if it's a British style of cooking crab, but to eat the crab cold felt like I had lost some of its flavour. Another reviewer said that creamy roe was placed in the shell, I'm not sure if that's what it was, but it was pretty plain. In fact both of our dishes were fairly plain. Ultimately I think you should come here for oysters and fresh food, but I'm not so sure the prices were completely fair. But you can chalk that up to my igloo-maple ways!

Basically, they are awesome. We were in Whitstable for an oyster excursion and hopping from place…read moreto place when we spotted a young man shucking oysters and serving them to two tables plonked on the side of the harbour. They had a list on the wall of all the seafood they had and some prices. I wasn't entirely convinced, but my dad who is much more intrepid than I, suggested we pull up a seat next to a man and his dogs. We managed to order a round of half dozen oysters and a half of new zealand mussels. It came to a blindingly cheap £4.20. Holy wow. Those were the cheapest, freshest and best oysters we had all day. The young man explained why, West Whelks is the wholesalers providing fish to the area. We decided to try some cockles and more mussels so ordered another round, £3.80, for those. Oh man, oh man, this is the stuff I live for. Sadly then they closed up shop for the day. I was gutted as was hoping for another dozen oysters. But I am so hoping to go there again. It's a MUST if you are in Whitstable. A proper family run place, best value for money in town.