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| - Billingsgate Seafood is fantastically fresh. We had some lovely halibut for Easter Dinner from this purveyor, and it lived up to it's price and reputation. Tonight I'm writing about the cafe, the Lighthouse Cafe, the small 10 or so table attachment to the fish store.
My husband gave it 3 stars overall because he didn't think the ambience was worth more than 2 stars. Yes, it is 'cute' but when we went in at 7ish (I didn't get home from work until 6ish) the tables were a little sticky, there were napkins on the floor under the tables also sticky floor and we weren't qutie sure whether it was table service or not.
It's not. Hint, go to the counter on the right and order your food, then sit on down.There will probably be a menu at one of the tables you can look at, but seriously, go online first to pick what you want to eat because from the tired faces of the staff, this place can get really busy on a weekend!
What that little cafe lacked in ambience, even Mr.Critical had to admit, it made up for in Fresh, Tasty Food. The fish was excellent. He had hablibut fish and chips and even though I was kind of angling for a bite, he gobbled down that thick cut perfectly deep fried halibut all by his own self. Not a bite to spare for his willing to trade bite for bite wife!
That's okay, I'll try some one day since we're going back, he said. And that means it's very good and very affordable.
Now, for the Yelper's choice. $8.95! Only $8.95 bought me an Oyster burger stuffed with two of the largest, juciest, most tender, fresh oysters I've had since leaving BC! And they were Pacific oysters, too! The menu says they come with tomato and lettuce garnish. Mine came with just Iceberg lettuce nad when I saw it I wondered a bit. Okay, not gourmet lettuce but the bitter of the iceberg, and the crisp finished that burger with a generous dollop of creamy, slightly dill flavoured tartar sauce.
Now I added fries for $2.00 more and a cup of slaw for $1.00 more just to try them. They Oyster Burger is just that a Oyster Burger, not a platter. The Fish and chips come with slaw and fries. The fries were well cooked and if there was salt on them it was a minisucle amount. Good news for my not-so-salty freinds who like their blood pressure lower.
The slaw was light and had just a little oil, maybe and was served with a lemon wedge on top. Mr. Critical wasn't fond of his, he likes creamy coleslaw. I liked the crunch and fresh taste of the lighlty flavoured slaw. It complimented the fresh taste of the seafood.
I finished my meal with a sense of sasifaction. I had found a place that was affordable where Mr. C could chow down and not break his piggy bank open to leave a tip!
There are a lot of good things on the menu at the Lighthouse. Crab legs, Lobster Dinner, Fish and Chips, Fish burgers, OYSTER and chips (yummedy Yum!) A couple of things to remember. It's free parking for 3 hours in the parking lot (which is close to the Stadium). It is next door to that cute Cat Place (for cat lovers). It is also open until 8, but I'd recommend a take away and a quck drive over to nearby EdworthyPark. That's what those little hot bags you can buy in the grocery stores are for!
I'll be writing about this place again, but until then, Yes To the LIghthouse for your Friday Night Fish fix.
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