This is the best chip shop for miles, ask for a potato scallop for a real treat. Battered laver is…read morean acquired taste but well worth a try. Friendly staff as well, always ready for a laugh and make all customers, local or not welcome.

I wouldn't say I'm fussy when it comes to Fish & Chips, I just expect them to be proper chunky…read moreEnglish Fish & Chips. So I was ecstatic to discover the Mermaid. If you are looking for good old fish and chips, wrapped in paper, to eat by the seaside, then please bypass the numerous kebab and fast food eateries dotted along the main commercial streets in Bude. Instead, pop just off of the main street, tucked in a side road, to The Mermaid. I had a Cod and Chips, which I could barely even finish for a fiver, a fiver! Given the price of cod in most chips shops I have visited locally, I was amazed. Cheap, tasty, huge portions, exactly what I want in a chippie!

Superb clean facility and the cod was fresh and my meal was cooked to order. I took it to the Champ…read morenext door (who encourage such activity) and had an excellent pint with them. Most clients at 19.30 on a damp Thursday night in February had had the same idea.

I don't know why there is a queue outside Sylvesters, although up until recently it was the only…read moretake away. The chips are frozen and when they run out of fresh fish you just get frozen fish as well. and the fish is small.The quality is not up to scratch and the other new fish and chip shop along the road is much better. They use real potaotes to make their chips with.

Amazing hot Fish & Chips The people were so nice and it was nice and clean inside cough* McDonaldsread more

the service was excellent and the staff were very friendly, the food was so good, especially the…read morepanang vegan curry, i loved seeing a vegetarian friendly option. even better was a free chip refill! the restraunt itself was also lovely, it was clean, not too loud, and had luxurious bathrooms. it's always a delight to eat here.

Lovely fish and chips recommend. The cheese burger quite nice if u want to take to Instow beach…read morefairly quick

Best fish and chips in North Devon, third year in row. All freshly cooked to order. Cod is light…read moreand moist, thin batter, chips fluffy and melt in your mouth! Deserves their awards. Even the mushy peas were delicious, right consistency. It's a take-away but there are seating for 12 people, and seating for take-away customers to wait for their orders.

The food was absolutely gorgeous, lots of options for everyone. The servers were all so kind and…read morefood was prepared quickly too. Overall amazing place, will definitely be going again

A wonderful fish and chips restaurant. Yes, there's a long queue to get in. The food is absolutely…read moredelicious and there is a huge variety of food on the menu. We went on a Friday night at about 8. We got a table relatively quickly (despite there being a group of over 10 people who came in at the same time). The service was very good, they got us everything correctly and pretty quickly. I hope to go back again soon!

Great fish and chips in a smart setting, served by friendly and attentive staff…read more The Welcome Fryer was an on the spot choice for us and we were not sorry we bobbed in. As it was lunchtime we opted for the lunchtime special of fish (haddock or cod) and chips with a cup of tea or coffee - those who did mushy peas added them. Everything was excellent and freshly cooked, the fish was crisply battered and not at all soggy with oil, as it can often be. Mushy peas tasted as they should without the need to be seasoned. All in, four grown-ups and a very hungry toddler were well fed and watered for £20.

Visited the takeaway and had a very pleasant reasoanbly priced meal…read more Good portion of fish and chips, which represented good value for money. The kids had 1 of the childrens boxes each, which came with a drink we will definetly go back.

The signs said pizza restaurant and takeaway, but our mid-week lunchtime visit was for good old…read morefish and chips. Our party paid £6.70 for excellent cod and chips with a cup of tea, when most diners had the over 60s version at £3.95. So popular was the over 60s menu that the restaurant were turning families away at peak tourist time. When the fish and chips are so good, why bother with a menu range from gammon steak to lobster tails? I guess the drive is the evening takeaway, catering for the local Braunton market, ut if I were South Sixteen I would focus on fewer, better dishes. Would I go back - yes. The fishcakes were excellent, and the lobster tails sounded good. Would I get in? Probably not, with those low prices for over 60s. Is that even legal in this anti-ageist world?

SALT, VINEGAR AND TRADITION Quite a few years ago I would spend the happiest days of my…read moreyounger life visiting family in North Devon during the summer holidays. Memories that remain fondly carved in stone. Some memories are visiting the village of Braunton to stay with my paternal grandparents. Sea, sun, fishing, fascination, diversity; anything and everything was different to life in the London suburbs. As a special treat, we were occasionally treated to a 'fish supper', which we would collect from the then fish shop in South Street. Since then, other things have happened locally. A rival establishment opened up and managed to acquire all sorts of awards. http://www.qype.co.uk/place/193870-Squires-Fish-Restaurant-Braunton It impressed to begin with over the years, but my impression and that of the locals to this 'Fawlty Towers' of fish restaurants gradually went downhill, following the quality of food and the frenetic service. South Street continues to be the home of real fish and chips! I have nothing to add to the review by Lanky of Leicester. I think he hits the nail on the head. Seriously worth visiting.

we called here about a week ago ! there's only one thing wrong with this fish & shop and that is…read moreit's to far from me home in Seaton Devon to call as often as I would like . this is by far the best Fish & chips we have had in a very long time we will be back ASAP A little on the pricey side BUT for Great Fish & Chips well worth paying that bit extra .. the staff are friendly and the shop clean & tidy

We visited Blue Ocean to put in an order for 20 of our family members. I called ahead and while…read moreEnglish wasn't their first language they clearly took our order, and correctly cooked up all our food. They were even helpful enough to give us a whole thing of vinegar since it was complicated to know who wanted salt and vinegar, just salt, just vinegar and so on! While we don't visit Taunton very often, there's a reason this place has a line out of the door on Tuesday lunchtimes! Very friendly, attentive, and many of our family having the fish especially said it was the best fish, they've ever had from a fish and chip shop! Very impressive report from some highly critical members who know their fish and chip shops well. Definitely recommended if you are in the area!

I think this is the best Fish and Chip Shop in North Devon and I have tried them all many many…read moretimes. They have the best food and are a lovely bunch of people too. When my wife and I are back in North Devon from the USA she always insists we go there.