The dinner menu changes daily: crab bisque, interesting salads, home-made ravioli, perfectly cooked steaks and slipper lobster, creamy puddings.

The decadently rich crab bisque came with a small pitcher of sherry to sweeten the broth if we pleased.

On one recent visit, highlights were Maine lobster and crab bisque, and sea scallops with braised oxtail, wild mushrooms and sweet soy.

Begin with a well-seasoned, creamy crab bisque, which contains shreds of crab meat.

P had the crab bisque (£6), which came with tiny crunchy croûtons and was rich, gently peppered and smooth.

A three-course dinner for two, perhaps with crab bisque and fresh hake or halibut, is $100 without wine.

Tasty crab bisque could have used less thickener, conch fritters were heavy and rubbery and smoked trout was dry.

Order the rich, terrific crab bisque ($5) and receive a full glass of sherry to lace it with.

Fry and his father devoured the cobia while his mother sipped crab bisque.