The Guardian
Grace Dent found “one of the most intriguing and punchy menus you’ll come across on the entire south coast” from chef Luke Green, whose masterpiece was a “quite unforgettable offering of utterly heavenly roast pink fir potatoes with walnut miso and cavolo nero”.
Not only is the Blue Pelican a “very classy, experimental, neighbourhood
Japanese restaurant”: the venue also looks the part, so you feel you’re
“walking into Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa, a cacophony of tasteful
blues, chilli pepper-coloured chessboard floor, striped cushions”.
“Deal has got itself a little smasher of a place”, which locals will have to share with “down-from-Londons”.
