Having been a fan of the original Foster's venue from my days as a student on placement, I was…read moredelighted when they opened up in Didsbury a couple of years back. Unlike the Battered Cod & some other chippies that I have frequented (& to be fair, enjoyed in the moment) the chips do not leave me feeling uncomfortable afterwards and, more importantly, they taste great. If you eat in the restaurant section, you can have as many as you want too! The fish is also delicious with batter that has a good bite to it but is not at all greasy. In fact, their fish & chips is so good that I attempted the Male vs Whale challenge last Summer (see http://wp.me/p1TJO-1j for the full write up of that). Challenge is the operative word! I've never been so (almost literally) torn. A plate full of fabulous food, yet my eyes and stomach bulging to the point of almost no return.... If you follow Foster's on Twitter ( @fostersfish ) they often do a 'twitter tuesday' offer where you can pick up a certain meal/menu item for a discount rate & last year they even hid some tickets/vouchers around Didsbury.

If you want buckets of chips cooked in tellingly fresh oil, moby dick sized portions of fish…read more(Haddock or Cod) and freshly homemade mushy peas and curry sauce then Fosters is your best bet. In fact of all the Manchester fish and chips shops I've been to - Leo's, The Friary etc - Fosters is the one that will actually make you go out of your way to visit or maybe plan your night around it. Based in Didsbury Village but also with an excellent branch in upmarket Alderley Edge, Fosters offers a dine in and takeaway service. Having been at Didsbury Beer Festival all afternoon, an evening of stodge was well required and deciding to go without the formalities of having to dine in, takeaway seemed a smart choice (until I got home and realised that my wifes plan was to watch the X-factor - oh how I wished to have stayed at the beer fest!) For 2 haddock, 2 chips and the peas and curry sauce mentioned above it was £16.50 which was pretty good value. Service was quick and 2 guys on the counter seemed up for a chat, unless that was just me after a good few pints of fine craft beer.... This takeaway occasion was great although we have been in the day before (around 6 months ago) and found the Saturday service to be fairly poor and staff very unfriendly so it's up to you really if you want to chance it by dining in.

This is a relatively recent discovery for me, and a good one too. I would heartily recommend the…read morehaddock and chips - you get a nice sized portion of crispy fish and the chips are very tasty. Mmmm, it's making me hungry just thinking about it. It's a bargain too. I just knocked off one star because occasionally the chips are a little too greasy (but hey, it's a chip shop - what can you expect!)

Is there a great chippy in Manchester? I'm yet to be convinced. But Didsbury Fish Bar is solid and…read morethat isn't to be sniffed at. As I've said in the past, fish and chips has a lot of potential to go wrong. If the quality isn't there you get a heavy and stodgy meal that you'll regret eating soon after. Didsbury Fish Bar is safely above that level. But it still isn't good enough to make me really look forward to having it. To do into detail, the chips are fine and not overly greasy. The fish is good, but the batter doesn't really do it for me. Quite a light batter which works well for avoiding post-chippy regret but doesn't really taste of much. The food is better than merely inoffensive, but not by a mile. One bonus is the mini-meal available around lunchtimes. £2.50 gets you a (very) small piece of fish and some chips. Not bad value at all, but the portion is the modest side of medium so not great value either. I used to live near a chippy in London which did a sizeable and delicious lunch deal for £3.50, the lack of that kind of value in Manchester does bemuse me somewhat. To summarise, Didsbury Fish Bar is worth a visit but it isn't going to be a regular trip for me. Still, given many chippies would have me actively avoid them if friends were going it remains one of the best around.

I don't go nearly as often as I'd like but when I do feel like some f&c this place is always at the…read moretop of my chippy list. As mentioned by others the fish is great and, personally, I love the chips as well. I'm from belgium, we take our fries seriously over there. In my opinion you can't find a better fry in Manchester than these twice fried, smaller-cut badboys. Go get some!

Made an order over Deliveroo and an item was missing. This sometimes happens so that's fine, but…read morewhen we called to try and resolve the matter and the manager said there was nothing they could do, and instead of exploring options quickly hung up on us, without calling back. This made the situation feel badly handled. Thankfully Deliveroo resolved the issue on the restaurant's behalf but this wasn't great customer service on the part of the restaurant. Overall a bad experience, but hopefully just a one off. Have eaten (and order via Deliveroo) here before and it's been fine. Food is generally nice if not a little on the expensive side. NB: I revised this review from my initial one to try and be more fair.