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Goodfellows

British, Seafood and Fish • Wells

(01749) 673866 5 Sadler Street, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RR (01749)6…Show

Multi-award-winning restaurant in the market square in Wells serving some of the best seafood in the West Country.

About Goodfellows

Within view of the medieval Market Square in England's smallest City of Wells, Goodfellows serves some of the best fish dishes in the West Country. A former Good Food Guide Somerset Restaurant of the Year, the restaurant also has two AA Rosettes. Previously the Michelin-starred chef at Charlton House Hotel, Adam Fellows infuses his cooking with a Mediterranean essence reflecting the countries where he has worked throughout his career. On the ground floor, the seating is arranged around Adam's open kitchen. He loves the conviviality of the arrangement which makes a delightful change for him to be able to enjoy the two way interaction with his customers. The fish comes mainly from day boats off the coast of Devon and Cornwall and is cooked inventively, enhancing the natural flavours of the fish but never over-complicating them. An example of the menu would be English lobster salad with a mango and papaya salsa and coriander seed vinaigrette for starter, followed by fillet of sea bass with a smoked haddock and potato cake, red onion marmalade and champagne butter sauce, and coconut pannacotta with an intense mango sorbet for pudding.

2020 Cookery Demonstration Evenings at 7B

Our cookery demonstrations at our new venue 7B are becoming very popular, and with limited spaces, they are selling out quicker than we expected. So, we have already started planning for 2020!

27th February - Winter Warmers
12th March - French Classics
26th March - Patisserie & Desserts
16th April - French Classics (due to popular demand)
14th May - Fish Cookery

Demos start at 7pm & include: Sparkling wine on arrival,
2 course cookery demonstration followed by 3 course dinner.
£55 pp
To reserve your space contact Goodfellows on 01749 673 866

7B St Thomas Street, Wells, BA5 2UU - only open on demonstration evenings

6 Feb 2020 - 14 May 2020

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Mon	12:00 - 15:00	—
Tue	10:00 - 15:30	—
Wed	09:00 - 15:30	18:00 - 21:30
Thu	10:00 - 15:30	18:00 - 21:30
Fri	10:00 - 15:30	18:00 - 22:00
Sat	09:00 - 15:30	18:00 - 22:00
Sun	12:00 - 15:00	—

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Mike

We booked for a party of 6 on a Wednesday evening, before actually coming to Wells. When we saw the restaurant we were alarmed that we had made a wrong decision. There was no dinner menu in the window and the lunch menus and general ambience suggested a lunch time café/bistro, rather than the good restaurant we had anticipated. How wrong we were. We received a friendly welcome and were given menus which clearly focused on good food, rather than too many choices. We all chose the set 5 course "taster" menu at £48. The best choice we made all week. Stunningly good and innovative food. The soy jelly was a real favourite with the cooks in our party. Each course was a delight and the portions were exactly right - enough to be enjoyed, not enough to ruin appetites for the following courses. A "must revisit" when we are next in Wells. Question, is the appearance of the restaurant designed to scare of casual "window shoppers"? We would certainly not have booked but for the on-line reviews.

Jo Main

We have been going to Goodfellows since Adam opened and having eaten there so often over the years I can honestly say all the food I have eaten there has been outstanding. I even took my very fussy Mum in Law for Dinner and she raved!! Amazing because she never raves about anything! Our repeated visits say alot because my husband usually refuses to go back to a restaurant more than twice! Well done and we are trying out the Goodfellows in Shepton this weekend - all my little boys are very excited because they also get delicious food to eat and not just the usual children fayre of frozen food beans and chips... You get our vote Goodfellows!

Jane @ Probusiness, Wells

How amazing to find everything to please all generations in one venue. Goodfellows is a favourite for young and older in our family alike. The service is excellent and the food has always been superb both in flavours and in presentation. This is the same for the fish restaurant and the delightful street front cafe, both of which bring a flavour of the continent to beautiful Wells. There is no better venue for business lunches or for evening dining with a friend or two. The dishes are always subtly and beautifully balanced in flavour and look so appetizing and the wine list has never disappointed. The menus consist of the best of the fresh and seasonal so are short and interesting with plenty of variety. It is well worth a visit...then another....and another....and.......

The Truffler

There are three great reasons to visit the ancient city of Wells in Somerset – the Cathedral (one of the most beautiful in Europe), the market (it’s been held for centuries in the town square) and the relatively new kid on the block, Goodfellows. This is a café, brasserie/patisserie and restaurant with attitude. It was bustling on the day we visited, there was an air of success and excitement about the place and the staff oozed quiet, courteous confidence. There are two sections to the restaurant, the first on the ground floor is an intimate, theatre-like space fronting the pass and the busy kitchen specialising in fish sourced from the day boats in Devon and Cornwall – if you like a front seat to the chefs’ activities while you eat then this is the place for you. No room for Ramsay tantrums here just quietly spoken craftsmen talking each other through the routines of the food prep. For those who like to hear themselves eat there is a private, more peaceful restaurant upstairs away from the hustle and bustle. The lunch menu choice is confidently short and, similarly, the wine list which is well-balanced and carefully selected at prices that don’t choke. The menu also included a six course taster compilation for the more ardent luncher. There is more than a whiff of la Belle France about this place, we were received and served by the very French waiter who knew what he was about. Chef Patron Adam Fellows’ wife, Martine, is also French – together they bring a beneficial Gallic flavour to this West Country experience. There was excellent service throughout and good grounded advice on the wines, this kind of professionalism is not thick on the ground. My wife’s a great one-courser, she thought she’d skip the starter but beautiful in-house prepared olives and home baked bread served to fill the gap. The Continental bakery provides delight at both the beginning and the end of the dining experience. We began with a complimentary surprise gaspacho, text book stuff from taste to temperature. I followed with a brilliant little ballotine of wild salmon and a silky disc of fois gras both served on dressed puis lentils and piquant sliced pickled walnuts – a dazzling virtuoso compilation as good as anything I’ve had in years. Next, we both plumped for Cornish brill on crushed potato with wild girolles – is there a better fish? It was matched perfectly by a very fashionable bottle of Vermentino. And so to the puds…… I played good boy and settled for an ace espresso, my wife chose from the bakery selection – plum and frangipane tarte ticked the boxes (I nicked the odd spoonful!). Adam and Martine Fellows have every reason to be proud of Goodfellows, recently voted Somerset Restaurant of the Year, it is an honest, professionally-run business, delivering delight and value for money in equal proportions. We sat between two regulars on one side and two newcomers, like ourselves, on the other sharing oohs and aahs and my god isn’t this good throughout the lunch. Hospitality is live and kicking in Wells – forget Paris for the weekend break take in Wells Cathedral, the market and finish off at Goodfellows. Vous ne regrettez rien!!

Epona

I have had the joy of eating at Goodfellows just one time. I had the taster menu and in the seafood restaurant and it was amazing. The preparation, execution and presentation of the food was second to none. The atmosphere was pleasant and unassuming. The were staff courteous and keen to ensure that your evening was as pleasant as possible without being in your face. The decor was simple, understated and without pretention which made the overwhelming good standard of the food even more amazing. This is a restaurant I would recommend to any friends or family that were to visit Wells and I certainly would enjoy eating here again.

Anon

In reply to Pilton5 saying that Goodfellows should have a Michelin star, Adam Fellows did gain one when he was Head Chef at Charlton House Hotel in Shepton Mallet, but said he didn't want to be inspected for one when he opened Goodfellows. I quite agree that the standard of food - both ingredients and beautifully creative presentation - is the highest in the region.

Pilton5

This is a case of what you see is not what you get - the restaurant is unassuming and simple in decor - but the food is outstanding, and far outshines some of the flashier and more well known eateries - both locally and I would say in London too. Having eaten out in London a great deal, I love coming back to Goodfellows for the way respect is paid to the integrity of the ingredients. It should have a Michelin star -Top place!

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Fact File

Main dining room capacity	35
Best seat	table 4 and 6 next to the open kitchen and pass
Max group booking size	22
Function rooms available	Yes
Outside dining space	Yes
Outside dining spaces	12
Average 3 course lunch price (excluding drinks)	£23.5
Average 3 course evening meal price (excluding drinks)	£39

Disabled Facilities

Wheelchair access throughout facility	Yes

Additional Information

Wifi	no wi fi
Payment by credit card	Yes
Payment by debit card	Yes
Air conditioning	Yes
Covered smoking area	no covered smoking area

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