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So starting off with the most important point - being whitby one expects good seafood and Bino's delivers on that front; The seafood is high quality and for the most part delicious - it misses a few details but I'll expand on that in due course. Bino's falls short with its sparse service. The waiting staff seem under-trained and the kitchen staff overworked. A couple of complaints in this vein would be the cordials not being stirred, the waitress not knowing the menu, and the chef not thoroughly washing the salad. The old couple at the next table weren't served their food at all and left saddened - though this plight was not suffered by my party directly, it is a grim thing to witness. Please note that this all took place on a bank holiday Monday so the staffing problem may be contained to this one occasion. The atmosphere of the bistro (incidentally, bistro stems from the Russian word "bistra" meaning fast - which shines an ironic light on the aforementioned service) is decent. Small and busy without feeling crowded, the big windows let the single room evoke a sense of roominess that its size should make impossible. The prices are varied and contain some very tasty seafood as well as pork, steak, pies and poultry for around £7.00, as well as this is the highly recommendable sea food platter for £15.00. One suggestion to the chef would be to have the mussels in the sea food platter served in a ramekin with a sauce. Whilst mussels scattered on the plate make for interesting presentation the same cannot be said for the flavour. The crab was divine though, kudos for that.