Fish n Chips??
 

My preference would be fish n ships take away. However I would like it with a beer. What is your favorite fish n chips take away or in a pub?

In what city?

Since you're looking for someplace in all of the UK I recommend Chandlery Restaurant, Portree.

ttt - meant in the <i>nicest</i> possible way -- but you have started 13 threads researching your UK trip, and have yet to thank anyone for the nearly 150 responses (or even acknowledge you read most of them).

People do like to help -- but it really should be a two way street.

take away

Anyone who would eat that rubbish does not deserve an answer.

Oh, sorry sir!!! London........And thank you janisj for taking the time to count responses. If you disagree with the way I conduct myself, why would you continue to read?

I appreciate every response and respect them as well. Otherwise I would not continue to post. My appreciation certainly shows by my eager participation.

BUT for those of you needing a pat, I would like to thank each and every one of you personally: I'd like to thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you AND you.

No need for sarcasm. It's only polite to thank people for helping you. I would never imagine that posting more threads was a display of appreciation.

In London, Fryer's Inn, behind Victoria Station. Google it.
I sent a friend there last week and she and her husband liked it very much. Thought the portions quite generous, but naturally said that most everything in London cost more than they had expected. Fryer's Inn was originally recommended by the late Ben Haines, who never pumped himself up or claimed to know more than he did. (Purely a praise of him. Not a comment on any current posters, I assure you.)

I do not accept a thank you from a jerk. Thank you.

I am not a jerk, just misunderstood. AND I am taking each and every one of you out for a pint as soon as I get there. What's your pub of choice.

Let's cut tttman some slack. I think he now understands.

Thank you Cynthia. I',m buying you a pint AND a whiskey.

How nice, but I'll take a Pimm's Cup. Be sure to have one on your trip.

Love em, but in NOLA at Napoleon House.

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This thread may help you out with pubs...it includes some of my favourites

Maggie's in Hastings is possibly the best fish n chips I have ever eaten (plus a great view over fishing boats and sea,) but you must make a reservation.

Magpie Cafe in Whitby, North Yorkshire
Anstruther Fish Bar in Fife, Scotland
Sea Fish, Upper St, Islington in London

Other than the last one, they are licensed - i.e. alcohol served.

It's an almost iron-clad rule that fish & chips in pubs is either dreadful or poncified. Few pub kitchens really have the right equipment, or skill, though a small handful of gastropubs do OK serving slightly messed about versions that match their kitchen's capabilities. I had a dynamite tempura batter cod and chips yesterday at the Churchill Arms in Paxford - but it's not your pukka chippy.

Most (but not all) specialist sit-down chip shops - like London's North Sea Fish - either serve booze or (as with Sea Fish in Upper Street) have a BYO policy.

Takeaway is tricky. It can easily get cold by the time you get it home, or you eat as you're walking, which takes practice and can't be accompanied by beer.

All of which said, the consensus earlier in this thread that London chippies really aren't up to the best standards of decent fishing ports is quite right.

Get it from a takeaway but generally make sure it's just a fish and chips place - you get Chinese takeaways branching out into fish and chips and I've never had anything good from those.

I would second Maggies in Hastings. Amazing fish and chips. The fish has come in that morning from the Hastings fishing fleet.
The Magpie in Whitby is very good too and also very busy.

You should have a good pot of English tea with it if eating in ;).

Avoid pub fish and chips at all costs.

There's a great fish and chip shop in Aldeburgh, which is said to have the best fish and chips on the East Coast - I like it a lot.

It even has a webcam so that you can monitor the queues online!

Et voila;-

http://www.chipshopqueue.co.uk/

Yorkshire has some of the best fish and chip shops (although as a Lancastrian it hurts me to say). If you cant get into the Magpie, the Quayside is an award winner there. Also, in Bridlington, 'Fish and Chips at 149' is rated. Harry Ramsden in Guiseley, Yorkshire was once considered the best in Britain and then sold out and became a chain. Still up North, two of the very best are 'Thornton fisheries' in Thornton, Lancs and 'Seniors at Marsh Mill' at North Thornton. In London, 'Fish House' E9; 'Golden Hind' Marylebone Lane, London. Ln Scotland,'The Tailend Restuarant and Fishbar' Edinburgh and 'Anstruther Fish Bar' in Anstruther.

"Anyone who would eat that rubbish does not deserve an answer"

...and what national dish would you offer us, pray tell.

Steve's right. Seniors is very good. They have opened up in Lytham and near Blackpool Victoria hospital. Best I have ever had.

Whelans in Lytham was one of the best up until 6 years ago. Stein and Ramsay raved about it and we ate there every other week. Unfortunately, the original owners sold out and now they use polystyrene, soggy chips and water down the vinegar ie its gone down a steep gradient.

I couldn't agree more with the comment about fish and chips in pubs. Alsmost every fish and chip meal I have had in pubs has been disappointing to the extent that I don't bother any more. Best counties for fish and chips in my experience are Yorkshire and Cornwall. Best town Whitby. Don't bother with the Magpie, unless you enjoy enormous queues and having to share a table with strangers. There is another place called Mr Chipps which is just as good IMO.

Vicky
http://postcards-pfte.blogspot.com/
Celebrating the Great British Coastline

Flora's Tearoom on the beach in Dunwich. Always crowded, always good.

It's probably easier to get a good beer in a good fish and chip restaurant, than good fish and chips in a pub.

Just pulled this off another site: "Most Pubs welcome families during the day and early evening. Menus have offers like Fish and Chips (Fries) - 2 for £5:99. Most have Free WiFi. Get the Password when you order at the Bar."

Don't know if this is true or not.

Also I saw a "pint" in UK is 20 oz. Is this true?

If so, I am saying: "can life get any better? I submit that it cannot.."

<i>Also I saw a "pint" in UK is 20 oz. Is this true? </i>

Sort of. A Brit pint is 20 imperial ounces. However imperial ounces are smaller than American ounces. A Brit pint is 568 ml. An American pint of 16 ounces is 473 ml. You get 20% more in a Brit pint.