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Review: Banny's, Colne
9:07am Tuesday 30th September 2008
IT’S a classic on the British menu — so when you serve fish and chips it has to be right.
The fish should be “meaty”, the batter thin and crispy and the chips chunky and grease free.
And the onus is even greater if you trade as a fish and chip restaurant, like the newly-opened Banny’s at the end of the M65 at Colne.
Happily for diners, the cooks in the kitchen have obviously been to fish and chip training school, for the cuisine was just as it should be.
Maybe they’ve even served time at the local “chippy”, because our haddock arrived faster than you could say “salt and vinegar?”
Grandma would have had a fit paying £6.95 for such a meal, but the 208-seat restaurant is smart, decked out with a nautical flavour, although the atmosphere, to me, was rather sterile.
Each meal comes with side dishes of garden or mushy peas, bread and butter, a pot of tartare sauce and a wedge of lemon.
The choice is somewhat limited — there’s scampi, too, or plaice goujons, a selection of pies, or a jumbo sausage.
Starters include prawn cocktail at £3.95, seafood platter and soup, with desserts at £3.75. Just a word here about the staff. I reckon they all have to take a personality test as part of their job allocation —they’re very friendly, helpful and eager to please.
Another feature of Banny’s, on the new multi-million pound Boundary Mill site, is the huge, colourful aquarium in the foyer, where you can sit and watch the tropical fish swimming aroundin style – before tucking into one of their close relations!
>> Verdict
The staff are friendly, helpful and eager to please Banny's, M65 Junction 14, Colne.
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jaye_uk_2001, colne says...
5:50pm Sat 6 Dec 08
We arrived at 4pm and the restaurant was about a third full so very pleasant for a meal with friends. We, again, thought the food expensive £6.50 for cheese & onion pie, chips and beans and £5.95 for steak pudding, chips and peas and £6.95 for haddock, chips and peas.
The food arrived within 5 minutes of arriving at the restaurant and to be fair was piping hot and well presented but we felt rushed and again the food was only average. We also felt that the portion sizes were very small, just spread out on large plates. Tea, bread & butter was not included and added quite a bit to an already hefty bill. Drinks are also over priced.
All in all the food is only of the quality served in a decent fish & chip shop but at over inflated prices and to be honest it just isn't worth it, especially when we were leaving the restaurant less than 30 minutes after arriving!