Review on The Mussel & Crab

Bruce and Allison Elliott-Bateman took over the Mussel & Crab in 1998, and have worked hard to bring a true taste of seafood to landlocked Nottinghamshire. The first thing to decide is where to eat - the Italian courtyard-styled Piazza Room, a taste of Tuscany in the Mediterranean Room, the oak-beamed traditional restaurant, alfresco on the terrace or up on the Roof Garden for a private bash.

Around 22 blackboards list a constantly changing assortment of seafood specials (depending on what's been delivered from Brixham), and there's plenty of additional choice on the fixed menu. Typical offerings could be crab chowder, steamed mussels drizzled with spinach and garlic sauce, monkfish wrapped in bacon and whole sea bass with Mediterranean vegetables - plus rack of lamb, beef Wellington and Indonesian chicken for fish-phobes.

Don't leave without eyeing up some of the restaurant's eccentricities - the extract of Van Gogh's 'Café Scene' with a painted window that is opened to see Fanny's 'Glory', the carved cupped-hand seating, the unique cistern in the gents, and the aquatic-styled toilet seat in the ladies.

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Cuisine

Seafood

Chef

Philip Wright

Restaurant Opening Times

Lunch: 11.00am - 2.30pm (12.00 - 3.00pm Sun)
Dinner: 6.00 - 10.00pm (9.00pm Sun)

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card

Online Booking Availability for The Mussel & Crab

Facilities at The Mussel & Crab

Childrens menu
Alfresco dining
Private dining room
Private parties
Vegetarian menu
Family Friendly

Parking

Private parking is possible at a location nearby

Address

The Mussel & Crab
Sibthorpe Hill
Tuxford
Nottinghamshire
NG22 0PJ

Customer Ratings on The Mussel & Crab

3.3 / 5

Based on 3 reviews

Guest reviews are written by our customers.

Food: 7
Service: 7
Ambience: 7
Location: 6
Value for money: 7

Customer reviews

Jonathan
November 2016

11 people found this review helpful

Awful service, inconsiderate of disabled customers

Whilst other reviews have said that the food here may be good, the attitude of the staff was frankly appalling. I visited with my disabled mother who has severe mobility issues. We were asked to wait in the bar and order food there; when we requested to go straight to our table so that my mother could get settled, this was refused. Apparently, no deviation from "the system" was allowed, and the server tried to argue with us. Despite me explaining why we wished to order directly from our table he refused to accept that a menu could even be taken into the restaurant.

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Keith & Wendy Dolby
March 2016

10 people found this review helpful

Mussel & Crab Tuxford

An excellent venue, we attended for special occasions, birthdays anniversaries. As soon as you enter the building you are transported to the sea, by the sounds of seagulls, waves and sea life. The bar area is ample to sit and peruse the scores of seafood and non seafood menus adorning the walls. A really good routine how to order your meal and then lead to a cosy eating area, served by knowledgeable waitresses and other staff, left to enjoy your beautiful meal. Will always use this location, even though we have a distance to travel to reach it, well worth it and recommend to all.

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Snorbens
May 2015

14 people found this review helpful

A great find!

We ate here twice during a short break , and had a very enjoyable meal on both occasions. The menu offers extremely good choice, the food was very well cooked and very competently served by friendly staff. Excellent value.

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The Mussel & Crab Sample Menu

SAMPLE MENU

Sharing Dishes

A BOWL OF RUSTIC COUNTRY BREADS
Five pieces of bread, granary, pumpkin, campagrain, tomato & onion (can vary) served with roast garlic, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, balsamic vinegar & virgin olive oil, yummy!
£5.95
THE BOAT
per person. For two people. A selection of our nibbles & starters served in a boat. Tempura Prawns served with Garlic Mayo, Oriental Style Belly Pork, Mini Fish Pies, Mini Thai Crab Cakes, Whitebait, Home cured Gravadlax and Stilton & Sage Mushrooms.
£8.95
HOT CAMEMBERT
per person. For two people. A wheel of Camembert served warm with a whole roasted bulb of garlic, red onion marmalade, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a sliced baguette.
£5.75

Starters

BUTTON & CHESTNUT MUSHROOMS
Sauteed with white wine, garlic, sage, Stilton cheese and cream.
£5.25
PRAWN COCKTAIL
Succulent peeled cold-water prawns served with Marie Rose, lemon garnish and brown bread and butter
£7.95
WHITEBAIT
Served with a lemon wedge, seasonal leaves and dusted with cayenne pepper
£5.95
SLOW ROASTED BELLY PORK
Oven roasted with shallots, ginger and honey
£7.25
TIGER PRAWN
Sautéed in garlic butter and served with a lemon wedge and French stick
£10.25
MELON -
Fan-tail of melon served with seasonal berries
£4.75

Homemade Soups

SOUP OF THE DAY
Cup £3.25 | Bowl £4.50
CRAB CHOWDER
Cup £3.95 | Bowl £5.75
Rich crab flavours extracted from slowly baked crab shells with vegetables, herbs, tomatoes and garlic strained and then thickened with diced vegetables and cream.
Served with half a baguette

Starters/Main

SHETLAND MUSSELS
Steamed with white wine, garlic, leeks and cream and a hint of turmeric
As a starter £8.25 | As a main £17.75
SCALLOPS
Sauteed in white wine, garlic, lemon juice, diced tomatoes and smokey bacon
As a starter £11.25 | As a main £22.95
Summer Dishes
Prawn Marie Salad
£13.75
Crab Salad
£29.00
All salads come with dressed salad leaves with our honey dressing, home made coleslaw, marie rose sauce
and a choice of chips or hot new potatoes

Vegetarian

PEPPERED MUSHROOM AND STILTON PIE
Sauteed button mushrooms with cracked black pepper in a leek, Stilton and cream sauce topped with a shortcrust pastry.
£9.95
MUSHROOM RISONIOTTO
Rice shaped pasta pan fried with sliced mushrooms white wine, cream and garlic.
£9.95
MIXED BEAN CHILLI LASAGNE
with Kale and glazed with a Cheese sauce
£9.95
VEGAN LANCASHIRE HOT POT
Diced vegetables, Barley bound in a rich Madeira sauce topped with sliced Potatoes
£9.95

Fish Dishes

DRUNKEN FISH
Chefs own-made crisp beer battered fish, served with a lemon wedge. Salad garnish and homemade tartare sauce
£11.95
ATLANTIC COD
Oven baked with chorizo, pul lentil, vegetables and red wine.
£14.95
HADDOCK AND SALMON FISHCAKE
With dill and parsley served on a white wine, cream smoked salmon and chive sauce
£12.50
FISH PIE
Pieces of salmon, cod, smoked haddock, prawns, diced leeks and mushrooms bound in a rich creamy white wine sauce glazed with mature cheddar cheese
£12.95
SMOKED HADDOCK
Poached and served on Colcannon mash with a poached egg. And a grain mustard sauce
£12.50
SALMON FILLET
Baked in foil with cherry tomatoes, leeks, garlic, soy, lemon and lime juice
£13.95

Things that don't swim

SIRLOIN STEAK 8 oz -
£21.95
FILLET STEAK 8 oz -
£27.95

Sides

Onion Rings: £2.25 | Pepper Sauce £2.25 | Diane Sauce £2.25

OPEN OMELETTE
Made with mature cheddar, tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, chopped coriander and free range eggs
£7.50
INDONESIAN CHICKEN
Tender strips of chicken marinated in Indian spices tossed with fried onions finished with cream
£11.25
CHICKEN BREAST
Oven baked with smoked bacon, chestnut and button mushrooms and an Amontillado and cream sauce.
£11.25
Main courses are served with a choice of new or chipped potatoes & peas

Sandwiches

Prawn and marie rose
£7.35
Cheese and pickle
£4.75
Tuna and mayonnaise
£4.35
Crab and cucumber
£8.95
Smoked salmon with cream cheese
£8.50

Sides

Baguette
£1.50
Selection of Vegetables
£2.50
Mushrooms
£2.25
Italian Side Salad, lettuce, onion, cucumber, tomatoes and a good oil, vinaigrette, mustard & honey dressing
£2.30
Chipped Potatoes
£2.25
Basmati Rice
£2.25
New Potatoes
£2.25
Desserts
£5.95
Cheese and biscuits
£6.75
Coffee from
£2.00

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

The Mussel & Crab Christmas Menu