Literally just got home. Ordered a super combo extra sauce and a jalapeño. Literally waited for 40+ minutes. I literally grew up in the neighborhood just behind Pete's on newberry lane. And believe I may have stayed in the apartments just behind Pete's as a newborn. I ordered a jalapeño didn't get a jalapeño. Was already a little hot because of the 40 min wait. Guy asks me to go back to my car and get receipt so he can see when I ordered. I told him just now literally last car through the window. But I still get it. Come back and he tells me I wasn't charged. I snatched the receipt and proceeded to my car and then turned around and went back and said " I waited over forty minutes, ordered a jalapeño and you messed up and didn't put it on my order" turns around and yells "Jill give me that jalapeño! Here you go sir" (I think it was Jill"I said thank you he said have a nice day. On top of this we went out of our way to go to this place and living all the nostalgia of growing op on Apache. I have literally been going to this location since '89. Will seriously reconsider after this experience. And trust me I have no problem paying for the jalapeño, and if you think I want to go through that much trouble..... literally ruined my day. read more

True story- My brother and I were talking about Tempe... He was there to visit... was waiting for some great home cooked food, right? Well mom came home with none other than a family size bucket of KFC! Brother said screw it! I'm going to Pete's! That's the review. Best fish and chips in AZ. read more

Frozen fish filets and "shrimp" product straight from your grocer's freezer at fresh fish prices! This place is so gross. Their fish basket special includes one small rectangular piece of frozen fresh and some very questionable fried "shrimp". I've never been so disappointed upon laying eyes upon an order before. Please don't go here, it's disheartening. Also they charge $.50 extra for tarter sauce even though you already paid $8 for a stupid fish stick and $1.00 for a refill. I could understand if they had to keep fresh stock or something but they don't. They should change their name to Pete's yuck and chips. read more

This place is for drunk people with the munchies. Or people with a serious lack of fresh fruits & veggies. Either way Pete's knows what crowd it appeals to and serves them without overcharging. Seriously this place is less than most fast food "dollar menus." Yes it is all fried and dripping with grease, but if you don't want to eat it there is a Pita Jungle right across the street. You came here for a reason. To spoil yourself rotten. The fish sandwich is quite good, fries remind me almost of McDonald's before they changed their method and resources. I will be back to bravely try the coleslaw and perhaps a burger. Customer service tops most other places in the valley, they are friendly and aren't afraid to be honest about the less than impressive items on the menu. I also asked for a free bumper sticker and was given a pencil, magnet, and take away menu in the bag. Talk about going above and beyond! I love the heaters when you sit down to eat, they are so warm even the table and benches stay toasty. read more

Not quick, but freshly cooked food. Great fish and chips and fried sides like the deep fried mushrooms and zucchini. There's a little bit of outdoor seating available and no indoor seating. This is a mostly "to go" kind of place, and with gas prices as they are, you probably won't want to sit around in the drive thru waiting for your food with the car running. Friendly employees, good food, and decent prices. It's no wonder this is a Phoenix area institution. Be sure to bring cash. They don't accept credit cards and they don't accept checks. read more

I had been here a couple of times while I went to school at SWIHA across the street. What a waste. I'm not really sure why people drive around with Pete's Fish & Chips bumper stickers and why people rave about it, or why anyone would give this place more than 2 stars because it's awful. Absolutely awful! First off, it's over priced for what you get and you're getting frozen food! NOTHING is made fresh. You get frozen square pieces of fish, frozen shrimp, frozen fries, frozen, frozen, frozen. You'd be better off going to your grocery store, buying it cheaper there and cooking it at home. It's sad when Long John's Silver's actually beats out someone in fish and chips. Plus even after they cook they're frozen fish squares it doesn't taste good. Its greasy and bland. Also the red sauce...yeah it's gross. I wanted tarter sauce and was told no. Second, service is appalling! Why are they so damn rude? The people servicing are disrespectful and always love shutting the little screen door in your face. They also don't accept credit cards, or debit cards. Really? Come on, catch up! The first time I came here I had to leave and go to Wendy's because I don't carry cash. So I had to try again another time, That was my first experience. There is no excuse to not accept cards nowadays; Geez, you can accept cards on smart phones, it's that easy!!! Lastly, hygiene. Ugh...gawd...gross. This place has got to be breaking alot of health codes. Their staff looks dirty, they constantly handle money with the same gloves they use to prepare food. Plus, I have seen staff go on cigarette breaks using the same gloves they use to prepare food. Just take your business elsewhere. Just listen to the majority of the people who have given reviews, most of them are NOT good because this place is terrible. read more

This place is a joke. 25 minutes for 5 pieces of fish. 2 cars at the drive thru and a walk up in front of me. Staff could care less.

I came here to dine in and when I arrived I noticed a college student sitting at a table. He had his shoes ON TOP OF THE TABLE! I told the staff of the issue but nothing was done about it. I wished I hadn't ordered because now I'm wondering what the quality of the food is going to be. The fries look good but the 5 pieces of scallops are way over done. Hard on the outside and chewy on the inside. This is not my first issue and this is my second visit to this location. I will not be returning in the future. Don't waste your money or time coming here and go somewhere else. read more

Pete's Fish & Chips - Food is well over cooked and the staff didn't even care this other customer had his shoes on the table. Highly disappointing. - Seafood Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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I love petes... but not this location. I try to be loyal to the mesa dr location, but sometimes I have to come to this one because I work and go to school in Tempe. This location is probably one of the slowest drive thrus you will ever see. I was in a rush to go to work, and I ordered a number 4 and asked him to upgrade the drink size, the worker was like "it already comes with a large drink", and I'm like I know but can you please give me the even bigger one (the 44 oz). He said sure and then I got up and paid and he brought out the 32 oz, I didn't even complain or say anything because I was in a big time hurry to go to work, but then I waited probably another 10-15 mins for the food. Nobody else was in line, and I was the only car in the drive thru... love Petes, but if you can go to the mesa dr location unless you aren't doing anything else in your day and have the time to wait. read more

Stop there for a quick lunch break but had to wait at least 20 minutes for my food only three cars ahead of me and still didn't get my I ordered. Ordered a monster burger with no onions I'm still got onions on my burger throughout the years I can see the service going downhill wrote to the company several times but still got no response from them not even a sorry read more

Food was alright line was horrible and it's cash only. I waited maybe over an hour and a half just to get to the front of the line and they said cash only. The food in general is actually ok but the service in general outweighs the food and not in a good way. read more

The reviews do not lie about this place. The fish literally tastes like it came out of a box and was heated in a microwave. If you are ever craving fried fish, do not count on this place. It is terrible and I have no clue how they stay in business. read more

This place is horrible. Seriously i didnt even order food i sat behind a guy in the drive thru for going on 20 minutes because my truck is to bug to fit around the car in front of me. Seriously is this what you call customer service. All this because i made the wrong turn into the wrong parking lot and am to big to try and turn around. The guy behind me has been sitting at the order box for at least ten minutes also. I havent even seen anyone come to the window to talk to the person yet like wtf. read more

Me and my friends came here to grab a bite and the service was terrible and slow, the food was mediocre at best. My friends and I left in one car to go get some ice cream afterwards and when we came back our cars had been towed. When we went to retrieve our cars the tow place said Pete's a stickler about parking and calls them all the time. I don't want to support someone who's going out of their way to make things harder for his customers. Never going back read more

I Love Love Love Petes fish and chips its good everytime i go and they never disappoint, Im always gonne come back everytime!!!!!!!!!!! Whoever dont eat here is crazyyyy read more

Super fire ,never disappoints me monster burgers and shrimp ..I can eat here every day......

I grew up on Petes living near ASU. It was a big treat for us when mom came home with shrimp and chips. Though the fries, I've never been a fan of. I live in Cali now but when I visit, Petes is always on the "must go to" list. The last few times I was Slightly disappointed. It isn't what it used to be but still good. I took my cali boy boyfriend there because I rant and rave about it all the time and he didn't care for it. Must be a local thing! Cash only can be pretty inconvenient. Maybe Petes should think about changing that in today's times. Nobody carries cash really. read more

Waited nearly 10 minutes at walk up window before I asked the lady cleaning tables if I could get some help. Food was NOTHING like I remember years ago in Chandler. Fries cold, hard and chicken nuggets hard on ends. I will not be back there at all ever. read more

We've been customers for a long time and have always enjoyed their food. I'm going to have a hard time going back. I couldn't get any soda through my straw so I opened the lid and amongst the ice something caught my eye. I reached in and began to pull out a very large plastic bag! It was so disgusting!!! I called to store and told them but as I was tied up the entire day (finished at midnight) and I couldn't make it back. I submitted this direct to them on their website, asking them to contact me and it's been a week now. Nothing. Plastic in the ocean is bad for the fish. Plastic in your drink is bad for the customer. #Pl read more

Really very disappointing. The shrimp was overcooked and had little flavor. The scallops tasted freezer burned. The service was fine, but the food was terrible. Will not be going there again. read more

The wait times here when they have a few people is horrid!! And it's been this way for years. It seems they only work on one order at a time, rather than multiple orders at a time. If there's more than two cars in the drive-thru line, plan on waiting. The food is good. I mean, it's Pete's! And the people are really nice. Just wish they would get a better system I place. read more

This place is by far is the worst fish & chips I have ever had in my life. First and last time. Whatever they make the batter with... disgusting. It's like a rock and flavorless! You don't know if what you're eating is an actual shrimp, fish, zucchini or onion ring. read more

Take credit cards! It's the 21st century!! If you don't want to get a merchant account, then get Square + and iPod touch or iPhone...done. No excuses with that. Other than that, Pete's special is great value for your money. Though the shrimp is just flour with small amounts of shrimp in it bent into the shape of a shrimp. read more

This spot specifically is very inconsistent when it comes to food quality. Sometimes it's good and fresh, others it's not and very old. It's also always very packed and they take forever. They'll say the wait time is 10-15minutes but it ends up being like 40 minutes just to get cold old food. There have been times where the food was amazing but majority of the time, the food tastes old and the wait time is just simply too long. read more

Went here for 1st time last week..was very disappointed was not expecting pre patty fish they don't even offer vinegar or hot sauce. If I try again maybe diff location ...maybe they are popular for something else on menu other than the tareleas fish patty.looking for better place to have fried fish in the mean time.1star for passing as a fish and chips spot all these years. read more

I would subtract stars for this location. The downtown Mesa location is like another restaurant. It is almost false advertising to call this Pete's! No messy fish sandwich? Are you kidding me? That's like no Big Mac at McDonald's! Do us all a favor and close this joke of a restaurant! Please comment and follow me for more reviews! I would love to have you! read more

Awful! I don't even think it's real fish! 1st off, there were only two cars ahead of us and the wait was still 20 minutes! Do they only have one fryer??? I got the 5 piece fish and chips (ate half) and had the worst gas (stomach) pains all night that I couldn't sleep! The fries were not very crispy. The fish was perfect crispy but square??? Hopefully it was 100% real fish..... For $11 I except a much better meal. I can go to a much nicer place at that price. Also did not like that they DO NOT take any type of debit or credit card, they are purely cash only and I can see why. No refunds..... nasty place. Don't go! read more

I have been in the drive thru line for 30 minutes so far. I've timed the past few cars and it's taking over 5 minutes per car. It's going to take at least 50 minutes to before I can even order. Absolutely ridiculous. Do not waste your time here. Go to some place like Chick-fil-a where they know how to run a drive thru/restaurant. read more

Eat here if your life has been going great and you feel like you're about due for a major disappointment. I ordered a 2 piece meal and some fried mushrooms. What I got was a 15 pound bag of breading. read more

Ordered the seafood combo. The fish was pretty good, as were the chips. The 4 pieces of shrimp, however, were bad. The batter covering them was way too thick and completely masked the flavour of the shrimp.I would never have known they were fried shrimp if you hadn't told me. Dissapointing. Stick to the fish if you go there and maybe the sandwiches (I haven't tried those but a fried told me they're not bad) read more

One star is generous at best. Where do we start? Rude service...horrible. No customer service at all. Fish cooked too hard. Shrimp looked like chicken fingers...flat...heavily breaded with zero flavor...what the hell?? Fries zero flavor either. Serious waste of time and money. I'm wondering if our dogs will even eat it? To go packaging was sorry...no kind of wrapping...falling out of that tiny plate. Smh Overall they are in my top 5 worst places to eat and I've lived across the country... Horrible....especially since they're $10 a plate read more

These people buy the cheapest bags of frozen food at Costco and call it fish and chips. You'd be better off at McDonald's.

Pete's has extremely slow service. The "cash only" policy makes it tough to pay as their ATM doesn't work half the time. The employees are rude and have no regard for hospitality, which doesn't seem too far fetched as when you look inside they only have fans to cool them off in the summer heat. Their food, while cheap, is over fried and doused with salt. I would not be surprised if this business does not last another year. read more

Drive through times are horrible. No traffic yet 30 min for one order. Im so angry that i just worked a full day and tried to patron a local place and they totally blew me off. Horrible meal times, horrible service. The only reason theres 2 stars is because of the food. read more

Came out to visit Pete's Fish & Chips in Tempe. The lady rudely asked to take our order. After ordering, she slammed the screen window shut, right in my face. I understand that the location is near ASU and a lot of students come to visit, but you shouldn't treat people like that. The food was ok, nothing special. The fish and shrimp have a lot of breading to it. I ended up taking the breading off, to enjoy the seafood. I'm not sure why they don't accept any cards (Credit/Debit). No refills, No cash, Lol No fun.... read more

We haven't been to Pete's in 4 or 5 yrs. Mainly because it was so average. But we thought we'd give it a try again. Nothing's changed. Staff acts as though you are bothering them...or at best in different to you. Fish was good. Really weird that it comes in a rectangle, not like a real piece of natural fish. Fries were ok. Onion rings were ... HORRIBLE. How you can screw that up? Have no idea. We won't be back. Too many good places to eat to waste your time here. A complete waste of time, effort, money. Just say NO!!! read more

My husband and Mother went to this location tonight. The drive through took a very long time. They ordered a burger and 4 meals. When checking our order my husband saw that an order of shrimp was missing. My husband parked the car and went to the window to ask for the missing order. The man did not believe my husband. He argued with him and said that he personally packed the order and everything was included. He followed him to the car , took everything out of the bag and placed it on the seat and then checked my husbands receipt. He obviously thought my husband was lying. After seeing that the order was missing he gave a quick apology and went to get the missing food. When they got home the food was only warm. The shrimp and fish are so heavily breaded you can't taste anything else. It's dry and the French fries are soggy. I will never go to this location again. The customer service is horrible and the food is terrible. read more

These people are not the friendliest however the food is fantastic the wait is not that long the atmosphere is awesome and you can't get better food from a fish and chips joint. Highly recommended by myself and most of my friends read more

Horrible place. My battery died and I called and asked them if they could not tow it and I would get it in the morning. They told me the couldn't do that for me and still towed it. read more

Wow this place is terrible. To start things off drive-through older woman that took care of us was absolutely horrible. Apparently she couldn't hear me and had me come to the window and then asked me what do you want. Really! Not very friendly at all. In fact pretty darn right rude. When I asked her about the fish she said well we are Pete's Fish and chips assuming that they were probably good I ordered a five piece fish and chips that by the way does not come with tartar sauce. That is extra ( and definitely not very good ). I also ordered a two piece fish and chips and a five piece scallops and chips. Final cost $24 and some change. Oh my God I think I've been robbed. Started on the drive home and decided to eat my scallops and my boyfriend was eating his fish well after laughing at him profusely about how they were just fish sticks or fish patties. Same thing only bigger you just know they came out of a box terrible terrible tasting. I bit into my extremely raw scallop. Oh how I wanted to go back I was just so angry. Everyone of my five scallops were raw. Wonder if the health department would want to know about that. Well I hope that many people read this and know not to eat at Pete's I know the sign says eat at Pete's trust me just don't. Save your money. Today is December 20 I just wanted to add to My review Ate there yesterday December 19, wasn't feeling very good after I ate that raw scallop. And still not feeling well today. Thinking about calling and talking to management shouldn't have to be going through this upset stomach. Constant bathroom breaks at work somethings not right. I did not eat anywhere else except for there yesterday. Please be careful folks. read more