Pebbles

Pebbles Restaurant 

76 Water St - Plymouth MA 02360

508-747-2978

Date of visit: August 30, 2013

I've been to Pebbles past years and this year was no different. I find this place very convenient because it's a quick walk in off the street and no big formal hullabaloo for when you're generally in a rush doing other things in the area. We had just got done walking through Plimoth Plantation and heading for the Mayflower 2 but we needed to eat first!

This place does not have a huge menu like a formal restaurant but trust me it will have everything you're probably looking for. It has all your staple seafood and simple items for kids like chicken fingers. It also has a little ice cream shop to the left but we did not get that this visit. You order your food at the counter and they call your number for pickup. There isn't a whole heck of a lot of seating but you can usually find something. They have a couple of tables "inside" (it's all open, inside just means you have a roof over your head) but most of the seating is "outdoors" (no roof).You get a bit of a water view across the street. 

We got an out outdoor table and a few minutes later our numbers were called. One of my cousins ordered a side of whole clams and onion rings and the other cousin, the fish and chip plate. I ordered the side of  whole clams also and my daughter ordered the chicken strip plate which came with fries which we shared, or rather I stole.

I did not get a photo of my daughters plate or my own. Her chicken fingers were surprisingly moist and well cooked even if they were the standard chicken tenders most quick order places tend to sell. Other places have a tendency to butcher them by over cooking, leaving them dried out and rubbery. These were very good. Fries were also very good. Crisp but a nice soft potato center and not greasy.

I swiped an onion ring from my cousin who graciously offered one after saying how good they were. I usually do not like onion rings because they're usually so super greasy they're gross with big gloppy batter or the batter is thin and immediately falls right off or the batters super hard and break your tooth crunchy or the onion is way over cooked and mushy- you get the idea. I usually pass. These were the best onion rings I've ever tasted. For once I actually wished I had ordered some. They had a batter but not too much and they weren't greasy and it held together on the onion AND the onion was cooked perfectly and not all mushy! It's a miracle!

Seriously look at those onion rings!

Did you look? Okay. We can continue.

The fish from the fish and chips looked delicious. Since the individual eating them was a hungry very-soon-to-be-teenager I wasn't getting my fingers in his way but it looked gooood. You know that fish that just falls apart flaky and all kinds of juicy looking. Yeah... yum. And again, a lighter batter that wasn't in anyway greasy looking or over powering the fish.

My clams were really good too. Crisp coating that was light so you can really taste the clams. They were nicely cooked and tender. Whoever is back there doing the cooking clearly knows what they're doing. Everything was just perfectly cooked.

I do not have a photo of the receipt or any memory of what the exact total came too. All I remember was the side of clams was around $14 bucks. I think it was a buck more to add fries. At that point I think I just tried to wipe my mind clear from the shell shock of seafood prices and go with the flow.... because all restaurants charge a lot for seafood. It's worth it but will still make your heart skip a beat. At least my daughter's still a cheap eater!

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