After an awful experience in June 2014, I decided to call back in The Mod Cod, to give them another chance, after they told me that they were gluten free (eventually) however never did I expect for a business owner to abuse me, behind my back. I spoken to them on the phone to ask about the chips being gluten free, she told me that she would check, after some time on "silent hold", I noticed that she had hung up on me, hence I rang back (no reply), a few minutes later I phoned back, she blamed the disconnection on a simple thing not of her fault, and she did eventually tell me they were gluten free, and they was no chance of cross-contamination. I was delighted to see a chippy do this, she claimed they had a separate fryer and they were gluten free, however as soon as I arrived their and my friend ran in, they were saying things about me " That call burnt my head out, and I don't know what I'm doing now" was one of her quotations. I felt really upset to hear about this, especially considering they had a large sign up, mentioning to ask about allergy information, considering what happened with her reaction to the phone call, hanging up on me on one occasion and also ignoring my call, straight away, I feel they don't have a clue about allergies, and would rather risk making customers very unwell and call them names behind their back, rather than tell them a truth, this could loose business but it would avoid customers becoming very angry and/or ill. I really do regret giving The Mod Cod a second chance, and I am quite upset for them to talk me about that, especially considering since December 2014 it has been EU law for places to provide allergen information, and although they did, I highly doubt what they told me was true, but to get me off the phone quickly. I also feel not only is it disgraceful to insult customers behind their back, but to other customers too. read more

Went here when it first opened and it was expensive but really nice. Went in last week and got a scollop muffin and nearly broke my teeth on it the scollops had been reheated that many times they had evaporated the potato that was once in them leaving just the hard reheated batter shell and I mean hard batter the only good thing was the muffin which I ate on its own after throwing the scallops away such a shame their standards have slipped so badly. read more

I dont live a million miles from this chippy and have eaten their stuff twice now. The first time I had fish and chips and in my opinion it was pretty crap! The fish batter was fairly bland and the chips were dull and tasteless. My wife though,ever the optimist, insisted on giving it another go. So,several weeks later, she went to the shop on a ''specials'' visit. It was advertised as 'Any pie and chips for £2' via their Facebook page. On arriving at the chippy she was then informed quite catagoricaly that the offer excluded 'steak pies' and 'meat pies'! And was also informed that it said so on the shop board! She told them that the website had advertised ANY pie and chips for £2!! And It certainly didnt say 'excluding' steak and meat pies She had only gone to the chippy as it was advertising ANY pie and chips on its facebook page for £2. She had wanted a steak pie for herself and a meat pie for me. But because of what she was told once at the shop she then changed her mind and had the Rag pudding and chips instead, at full price I might add. And meat pie and chips for me ..also at full price! When she told me what had gone on after arriving home I later complained to the chippy directly via its facebook page. I was informed that the 'steak pie' wasnt included at the offer price but the meat pie and chips DID indeed qualify for the offer! I did say the Facebook page said ANY pie and chips was on offer.. but they ignored replying to that! The person on the Facebook page did though apologise for the overcharge on the 'meat pie and chips' and I was asked to come back to the shop at some point and the mistake would be rectified. I seriously dont know whether I can be bothered though to be quite honest. Im certainly not a penny pincher but when you go to a chippy advertising offers that should cost £4 and then get charged £1.80 more..it leaves a bad taste as far as im concerned. Oh..and as a footnote. The quality hadnt improved im afraid. It all tasted like dough and cheap cooking fat to be honest! And If you doubt my word..give it a go yourself! read more

Love this place, the fish & chips brill ragg pudding brill, daily specials spot on, scallops cheap as chips. Spotless chippy, bestest staff ever, Lisa has a great team here, & if it was as close to my house as it was to my work, I'd be even more regular, beats the Langley friery hands down. read more

After moving from Yorkshire (where you get proper fish and chips) almost 3 years ago, I'v struggled to find a decent fish and chip shop. Good portions, great batter and... scraps... nowhere else seems to do them over this way. Trust me I'm a tradesman, i eat out every lunch and worked my way through many fish 'n' chip shops all over the greater manchester area. The Mod Cod is now top of my list! read more

I've been a regular and loyal customer since this chippy re-opened under new owners this year, the food is scrumptious , best fresh cod around, such a clean and friendly little place, staff are so helpful and always chatty - great customer service !, the food is even better , I've tried just about everything on the menu and i cannot fault it. lovely little traditional extras such as the scrapings , and a great selection of sides, the irish curry and peppercorn gravy are to die for. love the way that they try new things ! . Best chippy in the north west ! read more

Been here today and I must say what a propper chippy . Had fish chips and peas fish was flakey on the inside and crunchy batter . Thick chips and also tried there Irish curry . The best chippy around will be back next week for sure . read more

Oh Dear, This place started off so promising a few months ago. Great Design, nice n clean , Pleasant staff, quality Food and nice touches like parsley and lemon with the fish n chips. A great chip shop at last in Middleton !. How things can change in the space of several months,, for the worse unfortunately. On our last visit, the 2 girls who were serving looked overworked and simply could not cope with the demand, this showed on here faces and you could also hear them having a good moan about the situation, which isn't nice when queuing for food. when we got home, an item was missing from our order. We decided to give it another go tonight as we put it down to 1 poor night. However, if anything, unfortunately it's got worse. ordered fish when we entered the shop, it still wasn't ready when it came to our time to order. Again, it seemed understaffed, 1 girl serving, whilst the other trying to do all the cooking and serving. This reflected in the end product, Greasy overcooked fish, overcooked chips, No parsley or lemon as before, no gravy available at 6pm on a saturday night ? No scallops available. I don't want to sound petty, but I had such high hopes for this place, a really good local chippy, but instead it is going downhill fast. I do hope the owners reads these reviews. All you need is another member of staff, yes it will incur more cost in wages, but if you carry on as you are, people will go elsewhere. Most of the customers who were in at the same time as us were frowning and not happy, Please take note and do something about it ? read more