New directions at The Shed
After ten frantic years , we have reached our goal amd building on the success of the Bistro and the ever popular Fish & Chip Days, we have decided now is the time to develop other interests - building a home, boat trips, etc and now want to simply alter the demands of such an intense and hectic lifestyle.
So Fish & Chips with simple and favourite specials - new sample menu available soon -
still focusing on local and fresh using a variety of sustainable and local catches
Awards, reviews and commendations for The Shed
Awards for The Shed
Entry in The Michelin Guide
AA Wales Seafood Restaraunt of The Year 2006
AA Rosette 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
Time Out - Eating & Drinking
True Taste of Wales Regional Gold Winner 2007
Article
from The True Taste of
Wales Food & Drink Awards
Magazine 2006/07
(pdf document)
Reviews for The Shed
The Telegraph Britain: readers' tips, recommendations and travel advice
The winning report Pembrokeshire
"...We had an excellent dinner at The Shed in Porthgain (01348 831518; www.theshedporthgain.co.uk), which serves delicious fish dishes in a cosy wooden building right on the harbour. The café at Whitesands beach is great for cake and coffee but avoid the greasy chips and soggy panini....."
Guardian My perfect day out in the UK Saturday 14 August 2010
Niall Griffiths, author Birdwatching and a fantasy island in Pembrokeshire
"......we'd cross the village green to The Shed (01348 831518, theshedporthgain.co.uk), a flawless seafood restaurant, where the fish is so fresh you must pin it to the plate with your fork. I'd eat crabs and queenies and bass taken from the sea only hours earlier and mere metres away. I'd drink lots of cold white wine. ....."
Smith Travel Blog Posted by Lucy on February 18th, 2009
" ... The Shed Porthgain, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire (01348 831518)
Technically pitching itself as a wine bar/restaurant, this darling little Welsh eatery looks out over Porthgain’s quay on the Pembrokeshire coastal path and serves up so-fresh-it-flips seafood. So we’re shoehorning it into our list anyway. Run by a local fisherman, the Shed’s bistro-style menus are perfect for lunch and centre on the patron’s catch of the day; you’ll need reservations."
Sugarvine.com
Jessica Fellowes Country Life Aug 2007
"...You can tell seaside eateries mainly deal with farmers and fishermen as they tend to be stripped down, scruff-as-you-please places. Check out The Shed in Porthgain, Wales a rustic bistro right on the seafront, where the husband catches the fish for the wife to cook..."
Telegraph July 2007
Britain's top 30 seaside restaurants - No 19 The Shed .... Decor is from the nets-and-driftwood school of design, food is straight from the sea ....the cooking is sophisticated .."
ABITETOEAT Western Mail June 2007
"a wonderful plaice for great fish You can find meat on the menu at The Shed in Pothgain but might be missing the oint. Most people come here to enjoy fish - yards from the sea in the village on the Pembrokeshire coast path, a few miles from St Davids 8/10"
Visit Pembrokeshire
Total Travel
Mobile Food Guide
Review of The Shed Wine Bar & Bistro
'Pure unadulterated joy!' exclaimed the 'True Taste of Wales' judges before awarding the Shed its 'Regional Gold' award.
Telegraph Travel Aug 2006
"Rob Jones - a third generation fisherman - and his wife Caroline opened this four years ago .... . Now it is AA Welsh Seafood Restaurant of the Year. On the quayside - so strictly beachfront or clifftop - but this former carpenter's shed for a quarry works is only 10 yards from the sea, and the emphasis is very much on locally caughtt fish and seafood."
Three small restaurants with a big heart by Sue Webster
The Observer Bijou bites Sunday July 9, 2006
Evening Standard Apr 2005
"Pembroke Coast, Eating and Drinking.
The Shed Tea Room Bistr and Wine Bar: the place to be in Porthgaain"
Observer Feb 2005
"Rob and Caroline jones deserve credit for sheer audacity. Thet opened as a tearoomin an old harbourside building with no mains water or electricity, .... in 2001. Now The Shed is a tiny bistro with proper loos and an AA Rosette, but Rob still catches all the fish and Caroline serves up Porthgain's crab with fresh basil and lime, or scallops with carrot butter sauce and pasta"
Commendations for The Shed
"Hello Caroline, Just wanted to say we had three fantastic nights at The Shed. Great food, lovely atmosphere, great setting .... hope to be back ,,,cheers" NC Bristol
"Having been 'born and bred' in Wales and lived in Haverfordwest up until about 20 years ago. I moved my family back to Pembs from Buckinghamshire in May of this year. To make things complete we needed a 'regular' venue for our weekly lunch out. We have tried a number of bistros in the area over the last few months; and then we found yours - search over1
Looking forward to many more delightful dihes with you ..." D+J G