If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone, but there would be signs - like me documenting the…read moremany food trucks/shacks that dot Newfoundland's expansive network of roads. I wasn't able to stop at nearly as many as I would have liked due to time constraints and wanting to live past the age of 50, but I was able to stop at Zippy's Take Out in South Brook as we worked our way back across the province. The broad menu is conveniently located on a TV just inside the trailer's doorway, with the friendly one-woman operation giving me suggestions as a first timer. I ended up going for one of their signature dishes, the Newfie Mess. This takes fries dressing and gravy to a whole new level, adding slices of deep fried hotdogs, shredded mozzarella, sauteed onions, and instead of the typical chicken /turkey gravy, a beef version tags in. I appreciated that I was warned about the heftiness of the portions, and that a small would be enough for one. My wife went with a classic bacon cheeseburger and fries. Belying its humble housing, Zippy's conveniently has the wireless buzzers that let you know that your food is ready, and it was all the more convenient given how heavy it was raining when we were there! We happily arrived in between other customers, so we had our food in quick order and I scampered back to the car to keep it and myself as dry as possible. The Newfie Mess was true to its name, piled high in its container and spilling over into the open top half. There's no subtlety to a dish like this - it's all richness and umami and it succeeded. The beef gravy was absolutely chock full of ground meat, and glistened with its thick and velvety texture. The hot dog bits had a hit of crispness, as did the golden brown, hand-cut fries, although the latter quickly relented to the Mess on them. I always love sauteed onions, and this time was no different, and same goes for the dressing that added some herbaceousness and depth to the dish. My wife's burger was a solid diner-style burger, with a good char on the patty and toasted bun, melty cheese and crisp bacon. Her regular, un-Messed fries were a nice glimpse at what Zippy's can do with a fry that doesn't have a pound of toppings, and we liked what we saw. Zippy's and its peers have long provided affordable and convenient food to Newfoundlanders and CFAs alike, and Zippy's showcases why this format endures, with hearty, delicious food that's easy on the wallet, if not your waistline.

Showed up on a Monday ( not realising Zippy's wasn't opened ). But James the owner just happened to…read morebe there and he went and opened up just for us! Which was very nice of him! Very friendly and the food, oh my! I had the Jiggers Fish Burger + poutine and it had to have been the best deep fried cod I've ever had! Which I will be returning for very soon :) The prices are also very reasonable, cheaper than the other chip trucks/food vans that's I've been too ( tastier too! )

Honestly disappointed. Went here because it seemed popular…read moreand nice and busy. Assuming that meant it was good. Bought 60 dollars of food for half of it to end up in the garbage. Never coming again. The squid rings were extremely salty and way too greasy. I know deep fried squid rings ought to be greasy but this was extreme. Ended up with a family member getting sick and throwing up from the heart burn afterwards. The batter hardly stayed on them. Not to mention them dumping the hot rings straight into the Styrofoam tray which melted onto a couple of the rings. Absolutely dangerous. The poutine had watery gravy with very little flavour, they used store bought fries which some were a bit hard in the middle, maybe udercooked? Not sure what caused them to be like that. They also had no flavour. At least they tried to make up for it with about half a blocks worth of cheese on it. The only decent item was the loaded wedges, which weren't initially given to us. We got takeout and had to turn around and go back for the rest of the meal which they forgot to hand to us. And then treated as if it were somehow our fault by the moody staff.

Excellent fish and chips and fish tacos. Service was excellent. Chips are called wedgies and are…read moretasty. Nice view over the water. The rating on line is not justified. Way better than a three. Rating it a 5 after our experience.

We are 4 Newfoundlanders and we know seafood. We had mussels, fish & chips and seafood chowder. We…read morerated them as follows: Mussels - 6 out of 10 Chowder - 6 out of 10 The fish - 7 out of 10 The chips - 6 out of 10. Needless to say, we were very disappointed after reading all of the glowing reviews. We simply did not find the food that good. The mussels were small and overcooked, especially condsidering their small size. The chowder while seeming to have adequate fish products, the liquid part was thin and rather watery. The fish itself was very ordinary and not particularly of generous portions. The chips again were very ordinary. To be honest, we have had much better and tastier seafood at local fish trucks and other regular takeouts. We are stating just the facts as we experienced the experience. By the way, the servers were excellent. Needs to work on food quality overall though.

This is an out of the way restaurant right on the water and the only place we found that still had…read morelobster, yum! Our server was attentive and gave us great service. It's not a fancy place but the food and lobster were great and the view is great.

Excellent cod tongues and chips. We were traveling east to St John's and stopped at a doggie park…read morenext door.

Great food, very friendly service. We are going back soon to indulge in the fish and chipsread more

On a cold & rainy night this was a welcoming sight. We had the cod dinner, Cobb Salad & fried…read moreshrimp. Love the unique Cod table. Clean & warm.

Great cod tongues and fish and chips... not fancy but really for me the food is what counts!read more