Restaurant Review: Boatshed

We went to Boatshed, the famous Nelson seafood restaurant earlier this week. This used to be our favorite restaurant ever since we first visited Nelson in 1999. We also went back for a pretty good dinner last year when we drove through Nelson with Lara.

We did go back for lunch for Mari's birthday a month ago (dec 16). The food was quite good though not exceptional. Since Cecile is leaving town soon, we decided it might be worth going back. A mistake, in retrospect :(

We ordered the usual culprits, the mussel in tomato / chorizo sauce, the sashimi, the seafood chowder and a marlin cordon bleu (recommended by the waitress). The sashimi platter was quite diverse and very good (but then again its hard to go wrong with raw fish when you have excellent seafood all around you!). The marlin was quite good also, i liked the sides around it more than the fish itself. The mussels and the seafood chowder were quite awful, to put it nicely. Overall, I'd hesistate to give it more than a 5/10

The BoatShed does have a great reputation, an awesome location and a pretty good buzz. I also think there are better restaurants in and around Nelson that might be worth visiting in future. Its been a good ride, bit its time to say farewell :(