Green’s of Whitby

Fine dining in comfortable surroundings.
We went here for dinner on Saturday evening, 3 starters, 3 mains (one of which local lobster) and a bottle of wine for just over £100.00.
The staff are friendly and knowledgeable and the chefs presentation is excellent.
The owners should be proud.
Well worth a visit.

We ate in the Bistro on a quiet Sunday evening in June and had a pleasant but average supper.
The menu at Greens offers something for everyone with a wide ranging menu (the cooking possibly suffers from having such a extensive offering). We decided that our chances of having a tasty supper would be increased by keeping it local so we went with the fish dishes.
Our starters were fine if unexceptional. The salt and pepper squid was well cooked and nicely presented. The salmon pâté could have done with a little longer out of the fridge to make the most of the smokey flavour and the texture of the fish. As with all of the dishes we tried there was a one size fits all to garnishing the dishes and we were quite fed up with cress by the end of our meal — it’s really not necessary if it doesn’t add anything to the flavour or some pleasure to the eye.
I had the fish pie for my main course which looked good, had a decent filling and came with a nice salad on the side. This was a tasty pie and a dish I would recommend. B had the local «special» of turbot fillets which came with roasted tomatoes, asparagus, salsa verde and new potatoes. It looked quite pretty on the plate and the individual components were tasty enough but it lacked something to pull it together as a coherent whole.
I was stuffed by now but B managed to fit in a portion of the ginger parkin which came with toffee ice cream and a serving of sauce on the side. This was her favourite dish of the meal which tells some kind of story as she is not normally a dessert girl. The cheese selection looked very good with some interesting local selections.
The wine list is quite small with some decent bottles and is reasonably priced. We had the Boco do Monte from Galitia which was a lovely wine and was drinking very well at £25.
A word of warning about your table choice in the bistro. The three tables at the back are very near the kitchen and the «pass». If you have one of these tables you will suffer from the hum of the extractor fan — not enough to make your supper unbearable but still very noticeable above the chatter in the room.