Fish and Chips in London
 

Hi all! I am off to London in a few weeks, and would like some opinions as to where the best Fish and Chips can be found! I will be staying near Kensington High Street, but will be all over the city touring. So, a somewhat central location would be nice, but not essential.
Suggestions?

Geales in Farmer Street, W8, is one of the very few places in the centre that's consistently reliable. Walk up from KHS, through the residential belt, towards Notting Hill.

Many people claim that good fish and chips cannot be found in London - but in my experience that's because they didn't know where to look.

I unreservedly recommend the North Sea Fish Restaurant at 7-8 Leigh Street WC1. It's just south of Euston Station at the arrow on this map:

<b>http://tinyurl.com/dob2p</b>

If you're a Tuber, go to Russell Square. If a buser, ride a 59, 68, 91, or 168 to Tavistock Square and go east. In either case, you will go north on Marchmont Street and turn right onto Leigh Street at Cartwright Gardens.

I have never had good fish and chips in London.

Never ever.
You need to head north.
To the land of barm cakes and Yorkshire Caviare (mushy peas) Head for the ORIGINAL Harry Ramsdens. Or a back street chippy in Whitby.

London is for Jelly Eels, warm flat beer and an Angus Steak (see other threads)

One place i always go to is called the Fryer's Delight
19 Theobald's Road, London. Its a no frills place and their prices aren't bad. It not locatd in the most scenic part of the city but if you really want good fish, its worth the trip.

Here is a picture of it..

http://londondailyphoto.blogspot.com...ps-anyone.html

Actually I think you'll find that you can't get any good food in London....

Stuff and nonsense!!

Probably the most famous is the Sea Shell on Lisson Grove

http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaura...?Rest_ID=81189

More centrally is the place on Berwick Street in Soho - this is a spit &amp; sawdust kind of establishment, in the vein of a traditional chippy -

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/2849.htm

For a slightly 'posher' version, I'd say Randall &amp; Aubin on Brewer Street, also in Soho -

http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaura...?Rest_ID=81098

Not that I've had fish and chips often enough to be an expert, but the best f&amp;c I ever had was last November at a place called Super Fish, near the Old Vic Theatre in London. The fish fillet was huge, flavorful, freshly caught that day and was not at all greasy. Delicious!

We had fish and chips at both North Sea and Rock and Sole Plaice last fall and both were good.

If you go to Rock and Sole Plaice, though, watch them if you charge your meal. They tried the conversion trick on me and then said their credit card machine did it automatically and they couldn't change it. They did cancel the charge, and I paid cash.

The hotel owner said that is absolutely not true. They are always supposed to ask before they convert to other currency and it could have been reversed.

If anyone gives you the tired old lies about not being able to charge in local currency, write LOCAL CURRENCY NOT OFFERED above your signature, and dispute the charge when you get home.

You will win, because for a merchant not offer the choice of currencies is a violation of their Merchant Agreement with the card issuer.

Robespierre:

This advice may be useful elsewhere. But with chip + PIN becoming virtually universal in the UK from Feb 14, how will your advice work here?

What's chip + pin?

chipandpin.co.uk

&quot;The majority of card holders will now have chip and PIN card. If you have not yet received your chip and PIN card yet, you don't need to do anything. Chip and PIN cards will continue to be issued throughout 2005, most probably when cards reach their expiry dates. <b>You can continue to use non-chip and PIN cards in all outlets, and you will be asked to <u>sign for goods</u>, just as you always have done.</b>&quot;

Good point!!

We don't have the option. Britons MUST use C+P from Feb 14.

But of course many visitors won't have C+P. So they'll be able to write what they like on the payment slip.

If, of course, they can get the staff to realise credit cards from steam-age countries still work.

Which will obviously be next month's mini-scandal.

Robespierre, thanks. This sounds like something that won't affect us as Americans visiting Ireland?

&quot;steam-age countries&quot;?!

Do you get punched in the face a lot?

Carolyn, Thank you for the info.

Rock and Sole Plaice is now on my list of places to never ever stop.

Keith

The Golden Hind on Marylebone Lane is good; batter is nice and crispy and they serve bread with butter so that you can make chip butties. They don't serve alcohol but are quite happy for you to bring your own.
I've heard a lot about Sea Shell on Lisson Grove - it's on my list of potential do's for this March.

It has been awhile, but we went to Geale's and didn't like it at all. Tired surroundings, mediocre food, somewhat high prices for what we got.

I loved Geale's! The surroundings may have been 'tired,' but it made me feel like I was at one of my neighborhood restaurants.