For being a fish and chip location, the food was mediocre, however they did mess up our delivery…read moreand forgot TWO of our Cods. When we attempted to get them delivered, the person on the other line refused to send it as he claimed it was "impossible" that two fishes were missing from our order. Never again will we argue with someone so petty over fish! F^*k your ambiance!

Great Traditional Chip Shop This place reminds me of when I…read morewas just a kid, proper fish and chips! Good food, great prices and lovely staff!!!

We stumbled upon this fish & chip shop and thought we'd give it a try. The menu was straightforward…read moreand although there was a wait (about 5 minutes to order and 6-7 minutes to receive our order) the guy working was very pleasant; he apologized for the wait as well as the fact we had to deal with a VERY drunk man that was also waiting. We would have no problem going to this establishment again.

Have enjoyed dining here on a number of occasions, as I have family living in the area…read more Consistently delicious F&C!!!!!

I've never met Fred. But I do know I'd like Fred. The approach here is total quality with…read moregenerosity, good value, oh and as importantly, always a smile from staff. We were in a miserable hotel called West Cliff for 2 nights. The steam room was cold, it had no steam and the aromatherapy room had no aroma so I was in the cold hot tub thinking about dinner and explaining to locals how a miserable spiv manager here had refused me a fried egg at breakfast; apparently they had no fresh eggs. I said we were going to have the dinner offer they advertised but decided no more business for here. No fresh eggs my derrière. The locals told me to get breakfast in the Westbourne pub and raved about Fred's so we walked here on a lovely summer evening. We arrived after a 15 minute walk on a Tuesday night. It was packed out which was a great sight. The take - away too had crowds waiting patiently for their on-line orders. They smiled, took our number and said they'd call in about 30 minutes. So we had to go to a nearby pub (The Westbourne recommended for breakfast) a few minutes away; 1st world problems. Again this place was also busy for a Tuesday night albeit a pleasantly warm night. I had a pint of neck oil and my wife had a glass of rosé - £11.15. About 3O minutes passed and the phone rang...our turn. The sit-in part was still crammed full of happy people being served up delicious fish & chips and typical British desserts like lemon sponge, knickerbocker glory and sticky toffee pudding. So we opted for a Fred special (£17.95) as it got us prime cod and unlimited chips, mushy peas, their home-made tartare and coleslaw. We also got a bread roll with butter and a choice of wine or half pint of beer. The mushy peas were really exquisite. We could have had tea or filter coffee in the deal too. My wife got two rosé from the deal. I opted to pay extra for a pint of Piddle. I'd never heard of it but it was a tasty local beer. Everything was just perfect. We were offered more chips but we didn't finish the first lot. We were so full we had to forgo dessert. If I could give Fred 10 stars I would. If I could set Fred up in my home town I'd do it in a heartbeat. Thank you Fred and staff.

Nice spot on beach clean fresh new Build cafe . clean nice…read morefood nice coffee. Worth a visit if your in pool Dorset . Beach is very good at this place ....

I have to say that we were totally disgusted with the service, attitude of staff and on some items…read moreridiculous high cost. The staff closed the toilets and left it as disabled only where you have to ask for the key. Considering we had three children, one who is autistic and has an issue with toilets, having to ask for the key every time was ridiculous. I know also that it was only because it meant they did not have to clean them later. This also then took away the reason for having a separate toilet for disabled only. If you were in a wheelchair you would have to wait for all the families to finish!! Considering the fact there were many staff doing very little it seemed the height of laziness to us as a family. We also were told that we could not have toast for one of the children, even though we asked specially as he had it his mind he was having toast and he could have marmite. The way he works he saw marmite expected toast but could not have any.... To him he did not understand. Not exactly helping in the family friendly department!!! What family restaurant can't do toast! Plus I was told by a man whilst on his way passed me. Not even "I'm sorry we are not able " or anything just "No we don't, no toast!" Then one of the children wanted a yoghurt. A tiny fromage frais you can buy anywhere, £1.25, outrageous cost, that is where it is seriously silly. Cakes and coffees you can just about understand silly prices, but that took the biscuit. Then the cheek, total disregard for the customers and seriously disrespectful attitude was apparent when the staff started putting chairs up on tables around people still drinking and eating. We felt such a need to rush out (even though they did not close their doors to customers for another 38 minutes). Service, treatment and facilities not acceptable in our mind. I won't visit again in any hurry unless its under new management. The staff need some customer service training, and also general work training. You don't just all stand in a line by the till talking when people enter. You don't try to then appear to be totally disinterested in your customers. A little smile and helpfulness goes along way. Especially when your only customers at that point are families. £60 plus was spent on just a couple of sandwiches, drinks, cakes and children's fish fingers. Ashamed is what they should be, You never know who you're serving... Golden rule of customer service...Always treat every customer as an important one no matter who they are and even if you deem them as not!!

Love the fish and chips here. I go for the Barramundi which has a crispy batter and tastes great…read more Great size portion of chips. The tartare sauce lets it down as it's not home made and from Heinz. Overall though tasty and not overpriced.

They sell some pretty fancy fish for a chippy such as Barramundi, Sea Bass, Skate Wings, Rock/Huss…read moreand Calamari! Of course they have the usual Cod and Haddock for the less adventurous too. Actually as fish and chip shops go I think these guys have one of the best menus for extras too, mushy peas, pea fritters, onion rings, curry sauce, pickled onion,gherkins and eggs, you name it! Our order of Cod and Chips , Lemon Sole & Chips and good old chicken nuggets for our lad. All was cooked freshly to order in about 10 minutes. Now one thing I will say is I have seen queues going onto the pavement before for this place so try to get an early tea if you can as after 6pm things can get busy. If you can order over the phone and then you can be one of those smug folks who walks right to the front to collect your food! Our food was served in boxes rather than just bags which makes for much easier eating if your sitting in the car or outside. I enjoyed my cod and chips, nice chunky chips and a decent portion of cod too. I even tried some mushy peas for the first time since I was a kid and there not bad actually, but I'm not sure they match KFC's chicken gravy! Over all I recommend TJ's fish and chip shop

A fish and chip shop…read more We used to pop in here regularly when my daughter's after school lessons were spread over four days. The chips are good and the fish excellent. They do deep fried Mars Bars too, as well as sausages and so on. The staff are very friendly. Recommended.

The fish batter was light and crispy, fries were generous, and the lamb pie yummy. Also very kind…read moreservice. Good first meal out in Poole.

We came here for the first time a few weeks ago (July) for lunch and really enjoyed it. I had a…read morefalafel burger which initially came with no falafel, but when I pointed this out the the waitress, she very quickly sent it back to the kitchen and had it sorted. Although I'd already cut into the burger and finished half the portion of their chips, they came back with a new portion of the meal. The potato chips are divine too-weirdly enough, one of the best I've had in a long time. My partner had a tuna salad which was delicious and gourmet. We sat outside on the terrace looking out to the beach front. Fantastic for a Sunday afternoon!

They only do dinner in the summer. We recently tried them out. Traditionally smoked haddock fillet…read moretopped with runny egg and crispy bacon was terrific. Their take on cheesecake is unusual, but delicious - cream cheesy and rich, with cherry and kirsch, topped with a shortbread biscuit. Fish and chips got rave reviews too. Quite busy on a Wednesday. Despite the beach cafe vibe, this is proper grub. Dinner for five was £125 (2 courses and drinks). Great view too, so well worth a trip.

The food is very good, and I enjoy the use of beef dripping. I ate here twice during a recent trip…read moreand the first time the service was fine. The second time, on a quiet Sunday night, the service was terrible. You get a different person for every element: menu, water, take order, bring order, follow up, bill. I don't drink so all I wanted was a glass of water, which only came after the food was served and I reminded the guy. It is difficult to flag down servers because it's almost as if they have been trained not to look at customers. But I should have known: the worst time to be in stores and restaurants is when things are quiet. The staff are doing other things - cleaning, setting tables, stocking etc. You get much better service when things are busy. Generally restaurants should put something, anything, in front of a customer while they wait for their food. Water, bread or bread sticks, whatever. I waited a loooong time at that table with nothing to do. The worst was paying bill - there was no one around. I was tempted to leave without paying because Harry's really didn't want my money. Recommendations: Harry's should use a regular time-tested policy for service with a waiter and bus boy assigned to a certain group of tables. Now the customer can know who their server is. Then, check on customers before, during and after the meal to make sure everything is okay.

Fish & Chips are terrible, very greasy, all you can taste is oil.The Tartar sauce comes from those…read morelittle plastic things, like cheap ketchup.This place has one of the Worst Fish & Chips in the World. Very bad service, really bad indeed. Very expensive place to eat overpriced greasy cod fish and chips. Bad food and service with a view. Avoid it by all cost.

Great fish and chips…read more The food here is cooked fresh to order so you can be sure you will always have good food. Some chip shops leave the food cooked for a while and so it can be less tasty but here it has always been fresh which is how I like it. Will always recommend this place.

More fish, more chips. Just the smell of a chippy has me breaking into a run towards the door. I've…read morehad some good and some bad and unfortunately this one falls closer to the bad. I suspect that they use that funny powder to crisp up the chips which is not how I like them.