Chips good again, cod was alright, visited lunch time on a Wed.read more

Been to this place all my life and they do a killer fish and chips the best on the south coast!read more

It always amazes me that although fish and chips is one of our national dishes, quality varies…read moreenormously both from one fish and chip shop to the next, and from visit to visit to the same place. And so it is with the Rainbow Fish Bar in the six or seven times I've ordered food from this place I've been both delighted and disappointed, but mostly disappointed. On the whole the food is good; the portions are reasonable and my impression is that food is cooked fresh to order. However, when I've ordered fish, more often than not it has been a bit dry and overcooked and the batter a bit thick. Also, whilst I appreciate that these things are very much a matter of personal taste, for me, the chips tend to be a little too greasy. All in all, none of this is a big deal, except that this is one of the more pricey fish and chip shops I've frequented, and I don't generally feel I'm getting value for money.

Fab fish & chips .. I had large cod with peas best from a chippy in a long time.. Good shop clean &…read morewell run..

When we have fish and chips we normally purchase them from here. They are local and their products…read moretaste really nice!

Great fish & chips and you can get the crispy bits sometimes.read more

I am a fan of cod and chips. I have to say that our cod supper from here (that's how we north Irish…read morerefer to fish & chips regardless of the time of day) was truly great and also good value at £7.25. Their delicious cod was steaming hot, fresh and pure white with a remarkably light, crisp, thin batter. The chips too were perfectly cooked. All we needed was salt and we declined the wedge of lemon offered. It's a quirky take - away place and it's menu illustrates why I have a fondness for the ordinary British subject (they aren't citizens). I mean who else will serve you deep fried battered cod, haddock, scampi, saveloys, battered pork sausages, chips, along with battered deep fried, Cadbury 'chocolate' creme eggs (£1.5 each) with vinegary pickled eggs, pickled gherkins and pickled onions as well as offering vinegar, tomato ketchup, gin cocktails and Asahi Japanese beer? At least there's a slice of lemon for the gin cocktail (even the Japanese beer would benefit from a lemon slice. Who knew eh? Sherry is the best alcohol for great fish and chips but it's nowhere to be seen here. Fish and chips was the only food not rationed by the British during world war 2 - Prime Minister Churchill - a great leader in the face of hell - called them good companions and determined them a meal so valuable to British National morale they could never be rationed. And they are now back to a full blown war time economy in the 21st century with rampant inflation and recession. The British voted to make themselves poorer and left Europe. It's an odd situation as the very rich and the poorest both voted leave, with the former as always acting out of insatiable greed and the latter as always from sheer poverty based desperation. The former will be still further enriched while the poorest will begin to realise they've been misled and shafted by a mendacious political party and a disgraced prime minister who indecently lies as easily as he breathes and who quotes Arnie Schwarzenegger hasta la vista not Churchill on leaving office in disgrace - but I say good riddance. But British woes will continue as his two potential replacements are far down the scale of mediocrity and the damage caused by him and his disgraceful like is immense. I suspect even fish and chips will soon be beyond the reach of many of those who voted leave and one day reality may start to replace political spin.

I stopped in for lunch and went with one of their many specials (cod bits & chips) for just 3.50 -…read moreI added curry sauce. It was about 2pm and they cooked the chips & cod fresh for me - which meant a wait of a few mins - but when the food arrived it was excellent, not greasy at all - just hot & well cooked. The curry sauce was nice and spicy, a little runny, but dunking the chips in got a good coating. I would highly recommend this place & should I find myself in Winchester again I would for sure eat here again.

This is a husband and wife fish and chip shop. Went in for an afternoon snack and surprisingly it…read moreturned out to be the best fried cod I had in UK, the fish is so fresh and tasty that it's flaky, firm and moist. It's a minute or two longer if a wait but they don't refry but made freshly upon order. Their price pp is about a pound or so lower than most places but quality is a notch higher. Another amazing found in my venture in UK this winter.

This to me is the fish and chips experience I visualize when I think of England…read more Wonderful food. Great service. Friendly staff. It is well located just off thehigh street in Southampton...a tonic of reality before facing the cruise ship. That food is great, but this isn't their wheelhouse. Way to go. A lovely bright spot!! You have four new fans. Canadian cruisers

Mike's Fish & Chips is located in Southampton and we ordered some for our lunch. We had two fish,…read morecheese fries, and chicken pie with onion rings. Overall I think the fish was tasty but the onion rings were way too breaded for me. I did like the cheese fries though. So whatever cheese they used it was a little bit more savory-style.