Franco's Chip Shop serves great food and the owners are as pleasant as you'll meet in an Edinburgh chippy. The first time my friend and I went we had a battered sausage and fish supper respectively. Whilst we waited for them to be fried to order Franco and his colleague were forced to ask a drunk women to leave. For about five minutes she was a mere nuisance but when she claimed 'there's somethin' wrong with your batter' Franco was tipped over the edge. Unfortunately she was right. My friend and I both conceded that the batter, although crisp on the outside, was too chewy and almost like pastry. The chips, however, were excellent and the quality of the sausage and fish was also outstanding. Despite the disappointing batter, Franco's Chip Shop offers great service and food to those who just can't be bothered cooking and those on a ravenous rampage from a night out. read more

Franco's is a great takeaway conveniently on the way back from town, coming towards Marchmont. It is cheap, does great greasy food and the guys there are good fun. It is a dirty little place, with the food often left under the heat lamp for ages but somehow still tastes good. The sausage supper is good, and you get two sausages, as opposed to only one in most other chippies. The haggis, fish and burgers are also pretty average. Everything, as you'd want with a Scottish chippy has had the hell battered out of it, but when you come back late at night you don't mind. As well as fish and chips they do loads of different pizzas and kebabs. The kebabs are not great, but the pizzas aren't bad. If you can't decide between the two, go for the awesome doner calzone, which is so so good when you have it, but you will pay the price the next day as it plays havoc on your stomach. Open later than the other takeaways around, Franco's targets the drunkards, and with really cheap prices and good greasy food it succeeds. You could do much worse read more

A friend of mine loved Franco's so much that a group of us decided that instead of getting him a birthday present we would get him 'store credit' for fish and chips here. Whilst he also wept with happiness, I've forever suffered the guilt of watching his waistline expand... Franco's is a brilliant Fish and Chip shop, the kind of place that they make you wait for 5 or 10 minutes when you arrive because they're just cooking up a new batch. This means you never suffer the curse of eating a piece of fish that has been sitting under the heat lamp all morning. The fish is always fresh, crispy and delicious and better still you get two pieces in a supper. Two! I'm still yet to find a chippy this good anywhere in London! read more

It took me nearly a year to actually order food is actually made here, even though i'm in on a fairly regular basis. So why is it getting five stars? Because in sleepy little Stockbridge, this is one of the only places that stays open past 11pm AND they have an entire case of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I pull a lot of very late nights with work, and sometimes, a gal just needs Half Baked Ben & Jerry's to see her past the midnight mark. I know what you're thinking: ice cream and late hours does not a five star make, but the folks who work here make a point of saying hello to regulars. Every time i'm in, they ask how I am, how work is. It's a little exchange but you'd be surprised how often it gets overlooked. There's something to be said about walking into a place and having someone light up and say hello - it goes a long way towards making this place the neighbourhood hub that it is. Bonus points: after an event this past week, I had fish and chips here. Chip = excellent. Fish = ok. Not gangbusters amazing but the HUGE meal was only £6, I bought it at 11:45pm on a weekday and it kept me upright long enough to put away all my event supplies when I got home. I'm pretty happy this place exists. read more

So I've only been living in Stockbridge a few months now, but I agree with the opinion that this is a Stockbridge institution. I come here every 2-3 weeks and each time I have ordered the fish and chips. I've never been disappointed with my order. I usually ask for my food to be a bit more well done when being cooked as it makes the batter more crispy. The chips are delicious too, on each occasion my chips have come out buttery, crunchy and piping hot. Definitely recommended to anyone wanting delicious fish and chips, the staff are lovely and the food is great! Also, check the opening times. When I check online is seems to be open only at night, but I have been there for lunch a few times. read more

Keep walking by, disgustingly rude staff I am local to Stockbridge and have used this chippy for years! I most recently visited here in June 1st 2021 but couldn't help notice a scruffy looking blonde lady having a cigarette outside the door of the place - she finished her cigarette and then came in and went to serve me, I politely asked her to wash her hands. She was immediately & very clearly very offended by that. I then called in again tonight, the same lady was snotty and rude towards me from entering the shop. She deliberately added ten times the amount of vinegar I'd asked For - I again politely asked for extra brown paper- to mop it up with , she shouted" what do you want now" " you've been here before causing trouble" the other member of staff politely got me the paper as she shouted " don't come back" I can not believe how aggressive she was! Clearly this was in relation to the smoking incident . The shop was full and I quite frankly couldn't believe it. The male behind the counter was utterly astonished! I will not be served by someone stinking of cigarettes I find it filthy and unhygienic. Her attitude was absolutely appalling. I phoned the shop later to explain that It was not myself that was rude , and that the behaviour of this lady was out of order, I then explained that had I worked for the county council I would state that Smoking then not washing your hands breaches health and hygiene rules. Touching her mouth with her hands plus the actual smell when serving food, plus during Covid- unacceptable. I am not trying to be sanctimonious, I just don't agree that serving food with unwashed hands is ok. I shan't be going back, rude , unwashed member of staff no thank you, This owner needs to be more selective when hiring staff, as the food here is not enough to keep this place thriving. read more

Not only is it named after one of my favourite dictators, but Franco's is actually not all that bad a chippy at all. I must disagree however, that chippy food that's been under the lamp isn't that great. When it comes to a king rib or chicken, the more shrivelled up and dried out the better in my book. If it gets to the lukewarm, e-coli cultivating stage though, I'd rather one straight out the frying pan. read more

Consistently the best chip shop I have visited in the New Town and I am quite fussy about my fish and chips. I have had fish suppers, sausage suppers all the usual fare and the chips are cooked to perfection, the fish is always crispy outside but beautifully cooked inside (never been greasy) and everything else I've had tasted great. The produce doesn't sit under the lamp long, often I've had to wait 5-10 mins but it's always been worth it. Also, I've had pizza there several times and it is really good and reasonably priced, especially if you get a larger size for an extra few pounds. Proper Italian style oven baked efforts, super tasty. There is a chip shop much nearer my house, but I much prefer making the effort to go to Franco's. read more

Yummy fries with that sauce...Sorry Scots, chips and sauce. Whatever you know what I mean! =)

A good chippy, but not a great one. I appreciate that they nothings left under the lamp for a great length of time, but when the produce you start off cooking is cheap it doesn't matter what you do with it. Drinks are a little overpriced here aswell. Walk a few blocks down the road if you can wait. read more

Ok, call me old fashioned, but I have one favourite chip shop in the whole wide world, and to me anything else just doesn't meet the standard set by it. This kinda includes Franco's....but not exclusively!! They sell good things, it's a chippy so has all the usual, the staff are alright, and the prices are pretty reasonable....but it's just not my chip shop. To be honest the fish wasn't the best the last time I had it, but hey, wasn't a bad try. read more

Franco's seemed to be the last stop of our drunken retreat back to our student halls at Sciennes while I was in first year, and it soon became recognised as the source for a "guaranteed stomach hangover". My main gripe with Franco's is the lack of freshness. I've had too many suppers that have been sitting out under the lamp for most likely hours. I'm a fan of my puddings, and on the few occasions I've had a black or white pudding supper, they have been extremely dry and tasteless. The batter here is also far too chewy. What's worse, after a certain time, they refuse to cook you anything fresh and will only offer you what they have already prepared. The chips are OK, yet have a tendency to be too soggy and certainly nothing on the nearby competition. The prices are not too bad, however given the quality of what you are paying for, you're much better off forking out a bit more and going to one of the other nearby chippies (Newington Traditional Fish Bar on the next street for one). The one saving grace is the large portion size of the fish supper, giving an excellent fish to chip ratio. Aside from that however, probably one to avoid unless the purse strings are tight. read more

Collected food sunday night 4/12^17. The fish wasn't too bad. The chips were poor but the reason im writing this is because the two meat pies we bought were diabolical. "Stodge" would be complimentary. The sharpest knife in our home could not cut through the "pastry" and boy was there plenty of that, say 90% read more

A Stockbridge institution! Great food, lovely service! My favourite is the sausage dinner! My regular for our monthly indulgence!

Quality pizzas at a fab price, very nice people

For some reason my review of 17/1/2013 was filtered and I have no idea why. Anyway, I'm pleased to say that four months later Franco's is still the best fish supper in Edinburgh, and also the best fish supper I've ever had. I'm sitting here rubbing my tummy after another perfectly creamy fish. The Scran & Scallie needs to look a little closer to home when weighing up it's competition! ;) read more

This is an institution in Stockbridge. It kept me going while i went to school nearby. They sell great pizzas. They are twinned with the italian restaurant next door, so you know you are getting good quality pizzas. If you order a pasta meal, they cook it in the restaurant and bring it through for you to takeaway - so you really are getting restaurant quality food. The family working there have been there for the 20 odd years i've been going (ever since i started at school!) and are always friendly and funny company. The do a delivery option which is ideal when you have a few friends round and don't want to leave the house! read more

Really friendly, open late. We dropped in for a pizza and chips. The chips were great and the pizza was much better than expected from a takeaway. Will certainly go back. Friendly place, clean and seems well run. read more

watch this place if your buying price marked products,i went in last night and got a small chips at £1.50 and a can of barrs cola at 39p and was charge £2.20, the guy was complaining how slow business was but surely over charging customers is not the way to increase trade. read more