Great range of produce and all cooked fresh to order. Excellent, prompt and friendly service…read more Absolutely superb fish and chips. Worth going out of your way to visit. Seating inside, but plenty of benches and spots with views over the harbour, river or castle nearby if the weather's nice.

Top notch fish and chips and the tables outside are a pleasant location by the harbour to eat. And…read morefor sunny days they do good ice creams as well ;)

Rob's Fish and Chip Shop in Dumfries is awesome, fresh fish and really delicious chips. They even…read moredo the obligatory deep fried mars bar. It's in Friar's Vennel. The people who work there are really friendly too

This is a great place to get your morning rolls or something at lunchtime or even at tea time. The…read morestaff are extremely friendly and helpful all the time. Try it for yourself and you'll see what I mean for yourself.

awesome food great banter!read more

Stopped for fish and chips on our way north. The food is cooked fresh, good sized portions and…read moreeasily the best fish supper I've had in a long time. Friendly staff and a couple of tables if you want to eat in rather than take out. Reasonably priced too.

i used my local chippy for 10 years,until i was passing this shop coming out of the train station…read more i suddenly realised what good fish tasted like and it is my chippy now. they do everything wraps ,pizzas kebabs. last night i asked the young lad to cook me a fresh fish so that i could take it home and eat it warm and he did so. absolute brilliant. no hesitation in reccommending them

To be fair, I am a tourist from the US, and so my opinion on fish and chips carries a bit less…read morelegitimacy than a true Brit's. That said, Old Smithy's just served up a plate of the best fish and chips I've ever had in my life. The fish tasted very fresh, offering a vibrant flavor that was severely lacking from some of the battered fish I've had in London. The batter was simple, but fried perfectly. The chips were freshly cut and -- just as the batter was -- fried just right. Hell, even the mayonnaise and tartar sauce (served in packets) were delicious; I could actually taste the egg in the mayonnaise. I often forget that mayonnaise, before becoming the bastardized mayo that pervades US markets, was originally a French sauce. As silly as it sounds, the mayonnaise packets here jogged my memory. I wholly believe that the quality of the fish and chips is a reflection of the local mindset here in Ambleside, where very little seems to be outsourced. Other than freshness, there was nothing else really noteworthy about the food, and yet it's that beautiful simplicity that made it so delicious. And at £6 for a large plate? It was almost unbelievable.

Just had a portion of chips with curry sauce after a few pints. Nicely cooked & open on sunday eve…read moretill 10.30, perfect.

This is the only place I know of to get fish & chips in Longtown and was pleasantly surprised at…read morehow good it was. I visit a couple times a month and I'm always quickly served with good food. Prices are good as well.

It's been too many years, but this was the best F&C ever!…read more As we were driving through at lunchtime from Glasgow to Stranraer, we saw a line of customers out the door, with people exiting, F&C wrapped in newspaper in hand. So, we realized, for such a small town, to have this many people standing in line, it must be good, so we had to stop. The fish was fresh, the batter - light, flavorful, not greasy - was fantastic, and local potatoes for the chips, it really was great. Since that time, I've moved to the PNW coast in the US, where we have another great "local" F&C shop.

2015 The Marine Fish…read moreRestaurant 24-26 Bridge St Girvan KA26 9HH Scotland This is my benchmark for Fish and Chips. I used to go there when I went to Turnberry for my annual golf pilgrimage to Scotland. It's about a 10 minute drive from the Turnberry hotel along the west coast of Scotland with a great view of Ailsa Craig. The F and C consists of a generous mild and moist filet with a crunchy breading and thick wedge cut fries wrapped in newspaper for take out, for about £5. The newspaper soaks up some grease and absorbs steam which keeps the food from getting soggy during the drive back to my room. I didn't take photos then but you can check their Facebook site for representative photos: https://www.facebook.com/marinegirvan/. This place is a dive in DDD Flavor Town. The F and C are excellent and I wish to repeat again or have them teleported! I haven't found a place in my area yet that compares.

On a recent trip to Manchester, my luvley wife, daughter and I went on a coach trip with a group of…read morefriends to Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District. Though it was a cloudy and breezy day, the temperature was quite reasonable for walking the hilly streets and popping in and out of all of the shops. Such a lovely town. With all of that walking, we quickly burned off our light early morning breakfast and stopped in at a patio bar on the main street for a couple of glasses of bubbles and a soda for our daughter while we decided what to do for lunch. I had done some research on the several chippies in town, looking to go beyond the normal fish and chips to scampi and chips. I read that the best scampi is had with full tail langoustine, and that some "scampi" actually contains fish pieces. I asked the bartender her opinion of the best shop in town, and right away she mentioned one that I had read about, Vinegar Jones. In fact, it was right up the street. We made a bee-line for the shop and so had a lot of others as the line snaked out the door. Wanting our fix bad enough, I got in line and ordered fish for the ladies and scampi for myself while my luvley wife and daughter headed upstairs to see if there was seating available, despite the sign on the counter that read "Upstairs Full". They found a table just in time so as I paid for our order, I was told it would be delivered upstairs shortly. The upstairs room is smallish, but had comfortable seating and a nice view out over the main street. Our orders arrived quickly, and the large pieces of fish were ever so gorgeous, piping hot and glistening on beds of chips. It tasted so fresh. But the star of my show was the scampi, full tail tasty nuggets of beauty. With little packets of tartar sauce and a full bottle of malt vinegar in hand, we were in chippy heaven. We had two other meals of fish and chips during our stay in Manchester, but none matched the quality and fresh taste of Vinegar Jones. Cheers!

Friendly, welcoming staff were more than happy to educate an American on the finer points of…read moreBritish chippie offerings. I was well fed and happy! No complaints. Definitely want to visit again next time I am in the Lake District!