The results are in for Fry Magazine’s 50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways and 10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants 2024, recognising those operators setting the gold standard in food quality, customer service and marketing.
The UK’s 50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways and 10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants follow months of mystery dining in which judges visited establishments unannounced, meticulously inspecting elements, including food quality, premises cleanliness, staff expertise, value for money, ease of ordering, and social media presence.
Shops can achieve 100% if they score top marks on every section of the mystery dining, but takeaways had to achieve at least 95.5% or over to win an award while restaurants needed a score of 95% or higher to claim their well-deserved accolade.
This is the 12th year the awards have taken place and judges are still impressed by the consistently high standards being set, with feedback such as “the cod was delicious”, “no improvement is necessary, the service was second to none and I felt valued” and “the best fish and chips I have had”.
The winners in alphabetical order are:
50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways:
Ainsworth’s Fish & Chips, Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Angells Fisheries, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Anstruther Fish Bar, Anstruther, Fife
Auckley Friery, Auckley, Doncaster
Batterfly Fish and Chips, Surbiton, South West London
Callaways Fish & Chips, Dorchester, Dorset
Catch, Ashford, Kent
Chips @ No.8, Prestwich, Manchester
Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Hove, East Sussex
Fiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, Herefordshire
Finney’s Benllech, Benllech, Anglesey
Fintans Fish & Chip Co, Llanishen, Cardiff
Fraser’s Fish & Chips, Penzance, Cornwall
French’s Fish Shop, Wells next the Sea, Norfolk
Garioch Fish Bar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Greg & Lou’s, Redruth, Cornwall
Henleys Of Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex
Hikary’s Fish Bar, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
Hilltop Village Fisheries, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield
Jolly Fryer, Filton. Bristol
Kirbys Of Horsforth, Horsforth, Leeds
Krispies, Exmouth, Devon
Land & Sea, Sowerby, North Yorkshire
Maltings Fish And Chips, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Mike’s Famous Fish And Chips, Blackburn, Aberdeenshire
Moore’s Fish & Chips, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
Newington Fish Bar, Ramsgate, Kent
Penaluna’s Famous Fish & Chips, Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Tag
Pier Point Fish & Chips, Torquay, Devon
Portside Fish & Chips, Kirkstall, Leeds
Redcloak Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Sandgate Chippie, Penrith, Cumbria
Sandy’s, Folkestone, Kent
Seafront Chippy, Hornsea, East Yorkshire,
Shap Chippy, Penrith, Cumbria
Shappy Wheels, Penrith, Cumbria
Shaw’s Fish And Chips, Dodworth, Barnsley
Sykes Fish And Chips, Pendlebury, Greater Manchester
The Bearded Sailor, Pudsey, Leeds
The Cafe Royal, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway
The Chippie Van, Penrith, Cumbria
The Fish At Goose Green, Goose Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester
The Fish Works, Largs, Ayrshire
The Little Chippy, Tyldesley, Manchester
The Oyster Shell, Bath, Somerset
The Real Food Cafe, Tyndrum, Stirling
The Wee Chippy, Anstruther, Fife
The Village Chippy, Petts Wood, South East London
Westend Fish And Chips, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
Yan’s Fish Bar, Cardiff
10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants:
Fish City, Belfast
Harbour Lights, Falmouth, Cornwall
Lakeside Fish and Chips, Poole, Dorset
Linford’s Traditional Fish and Chips, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
The Magpie Cafe, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Maltings Fish And Chips, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Pier Point Fish & Chips, Torquay, Devon
The Wee Chippy, Anstruther, Fife
Trenchers Spanish City, Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne
Trenchers, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Reece Head, competition organiser, says: “It gives me great pleasure to announce this year’s 50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways and 10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants winners.
“Despite the formidable challenges posed by inflationary pressures that have affected every aspect of the industry, these remarkable establishments continue to deliver top quality fish and chips using the finest ingredients. Their dedication extends beyond the plate, as they invest in cutting-edge equipment to facilitate seamless and swift transactions, coupled with rigorous training in customer service. Uncompromising in their standards, they are truly the best in the business and deserve their recognition.”
All takeaways, restaurants and mobiles that entered receive their mystery dining report while winners also receive a poster and a plaque to proudly display in their shops.
We would like to thank this year’s competition sponsors Frymax, Seafood from Norway, Pukka, KFE, The NFFF, 555 Amanda Roe, Central Foods, BD Signs & BDigital, Friars Pride, VA Whitley, Henry Colbecks, Superior Frying Fat, Kerry and Drywite.
