Fat Harry’s

Saturday, July 18th, 2015

Reviewed by M Scott

We were a table of 9 and I don't see any of us returning. Avoid FH if you are vegetarian. We ordered the gnocchi and veg curry. The gnocchi arrived looking like a soup (the bowl was filled with a watery, creamy sauce, with stodgy gnocchi buried deep under the surface) and was not of a high standard. The veg curry was a pile of poorly cut vegetables (under and over-cooked) on a bed of rice. It lacked flavour and was definitely not worth R80; canteen food comes to mind. We also suffered the table next to the door on a very cold night. Either wear thermals or go elsewhere if seated there - the door swings open frequently and you get blasted by the cold. We had to close it a few times ourselves - not the end of the world, but poor planning by FH (they obviously know it's a problem, but do nothing about it). There was a fireplace on the other side of the restaurant - as an added bonus the flue didn't seem to be working properly, so we got little benefit from the fire but still left with clothing smelling of smoke. Service was OK, although we found an extra bottle of wine on our bill at the end of the night. It was removed, but didn't improve our poor impression of the place.