Reviews
What carlitas likes about West Whelks:
We just keep going back to this stall, over and over again for plates of Oysters, so cheap and so very fresh and delicious. The cockles are also excellent. I'll be going back to Whitstable just to eat more oysters from this excellent business. View all feedback. What Lesley E doesn't like about West Whelks:
We ordered a combination of hot and cold seafood dishes. Unfortunately, the hot dish was not good. The fish was frozen and lacked flavor, and the batter was too thick. One of the prawns was mostly batter with no actual prawn inside. It all seemed processed and unappetizing for the price of £6.50. The cold dish was slightly better, but it contained cheap imitation crab sticks. Overall, considering this restaurant's re... View all feedback.
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Sit down by the quay, decide upon your seafood choice and enjoy. The oysters, cockles and whelks are fabulous. Enjoy !!
Enjoyed seafood here many times but one of the staff , a middle aged bloke really gives customers dirty looks even as they handing money over, no need for this,...
read moreDuring a lovely visit to Whitstable harbor, we popped into West Whelks on the advice of a local and enjoyed some terrific fresh fish! This little place is just...
read moreTerrific friendly people, full of valuable local advice and history, as well as superb local whelks and oysters.
I learned to eat oysters here this year! Never liked the look of oysters and refused to eat them. But this year (our group visits Whitstable harbour yearly to f...
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read moreI strongly advise avoiding this restaurant. The supposedly lobster tails were actually a strange white substance with orange coloring. The scampi was terrible a...
read moreThere has always been Wheelers restaurant, originally sourcing oysters from Cornwall and storing them in tanks of Whitstable waters before serving them. At leas...
read moreWe ordered a combination of hot and cold seafood dishes. Unfortunately, the hot dish was not good. The fish was frozen and lacked flavor, and the batter was too...
read moreOysters are okay but don't buy anything else. Fake coloured Lobster tails. Good location and Lovely staff.
Great Oysters also Fresh whelks if you arrive early in the morning you will see them shucking the whelks.
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