Kwizeen
49 King Street
Blackpool
http://www.kwizeen.co.uk/
This restaurant is an amazing little place, serving food you wouldn’t neccessarily expect. Forget all images of seaside greasy spoon cafes, this place is a gem.
Location and Interior: 4/5
Well of course with this restaurant being roughly an hour and a bit away from my house it was never going to get top marks for location, even so it is certainly worth the travel. It is hidden away in the streets away from the hustle and bustle of the sea-front, but that does mean this restaurant is missing out on a lot of potential custom. My personal belief is that this place would easily make a killing in Liverpool, but it does seem to do perfectly well in it’s current location.
Atmosphere and Service: 5/5
This place is small and intimate and the waiting staff never forget about you. The owner and the chef came to speak to us to check that all was ok with the food, and it was all perfectly charming.
Menu and Food: 5/5
If I could have given more than 5/5 I would have done. The menu changes depending upon seasonality and they always have a good selection. Most of their food is sourced locally. I went with my family to Kwizeen, and we each ordered a different dish so we’d have a selection to try from, and none of us could say that anyone dish was the least favourite. They were all fantastic, from the ostrich in chocolate and chilli sauce to the crab souffle with Morecambe Bay garlic shrimp, to the pheasant, to the suckling pig. We struggled to go with dessert but in the end two were ordered, and they were again superb.
Value for Money: 5/5
Yes Kwizeen is more expensive than an average restaurant, but for food this good it’s definitely worth the price. To be honest with the food they have, I’d have expected them to be charging a lot more.
Website: 5/5
Great design on the website, displaying the current menu, information about the restaurant and details of awards it has won. It would be nice, as I know they have a Christmas party menu and a New Years Eve menu for those to be displayed on the site as well.
Special Offers: 3/5
Kwizeen doesn’t appear to have any special offers on it’s website, nor does it appear to be listed fully on Sugarvine.com. However, having picked up a copy of the Christmas party menu, £16.50 for four courses, that’s one hell of an offer.
Total Score: 5/5
Worth more than a few visits. In fact I’m ordering you all to go. This restaurant, along with Il Forno, gets the Campaign for Good Restaurant Food’s seal of approval.
