Good Friday – there’s no more perfect a night to get some nice fish. However, finding a nice fish restaurant at reasonable prices at short notice proved a lot harder than I thought. Eventually I settled on a place just about 5 minutes walk from my house – very convenient for me, a litte less convenient for Sandra and Jules!

Geales is a fish and chip restaurant. It first opened in 1939 and has apparently been quite a success since. Being located in Notting Hill you know this isn’t an ordinary chippie – it is an elegant white-tablecloth type of fish and chips shop and though this came with a price to match the decor the food we received was fresh and perfectly cooked. The place was buzzing when we got inside (though thankfully not noisy) yet the darker lighting, smaller ceiling and candles provided diners with quite an intimate feel.

We all opted for starters and mains – my starter of a deep-fried soft-shell crab was delicious as I think was the bucket of prawns and smoked salmon that Jules and Sandra went for. For our mains we all of course had to go battered fish (cod) and side of chips. The batter was perfectly light on the fish and the portion decently sized. The chips too were fabulous – thickly-cut they were crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. To say we were stuffed afterwards was an understatement – it was just as well both Sandra and Jules were abstaining from dessert for Lent otherwise we would have gone for desserts anyway and been seriously ill!

Overall Geales is a great fish and chip restaurant friendly and attentive service. If there’s a downside it was that the food is on the expensive side.