The food is great here. Mainly, we always come here to order fish and chips...and the taste and quantity of the food never disappoints! The place also offers dining in facilities. The staff are very friendly and kind. They even gave us extra fare for the regular price. The location is a little odd, but the location does not matter when you're after good food. The place is nice and clean. The area where the checkout is might be a little smoky, but we were only picking up and not dining in. I wonder if your clothing will smell of food if you dined in...? Fish and Chips...this is the place to get it from! read more

Meh. Got the 2 piece fish. They were huge and freshly cooked but lacked flavor and too much batter. Needed the sauce to make them juicy. I would give to them a 3.5 on food and service a 5. Food was ready promptly and friendly counter person/owner(?). Gave me a cup too for ice water. Thx! read more

Food was so good, I forgot to take a photo! Here is a pic of the menu as of 8.12.2026. I ordered two fish+chips and two fish+four prawns+chips. Everything was tasty and I love dipping them in the tartar sauce. She did not give me any vinegar but luckily I had some at home. The fries are not seasoned at all so you have to season them yourself. Overall, I will definitely be back. read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - Menu as of 8/12/2026 - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

I finally tried this place! Our food was made to order. Fish was crispy and yummy. Fries hot! The tartar sauce was AMAZING!! Veggies were yummy, too. Coleslaw had great flavor. Friendly service. read more

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In the mood for some fish n chips? Definitely give this place a try. Immediately when you walk in you are met with a warm welcome. You can tell it is family owned. The owner knew almost every customer that came in. The food doesn't miss either. They give you plenty of fish and the pieces are thick and well seasoned. The fries were decent but we were there for the fish. Will be back for sure. read more

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My husband and I got the 8 fish and 8 chicken strips, which was roughly $63 with extra sauce we got. Did not disappoint, the fish pieces are MASSIVE compared to the chicken pieces. The cashier was also the runner and she was super nice and since my husband and I were getting a lot, she gave us advice on how to eat the leftovers too! Very nice family owned business right next to KP market. read more

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the food is good but the woman is sour and not friendly, AT ALL. i appreciate their good prices. JUST SMILE

I was a bit worried with an open mind to dine here with my mother. Previous reviews tell confrontations with a nasty woman taking orders. We experienced none of this. We were greeted, had our order taken and thanked. The fish was 5*****~pipping hot and large portion. The prawns delicious. The batter or fry coating is very light and not greasy at all. It was perfect. Process was decent too. Only reason for not giving 5 ***** was the tartar sauce was a thin mayonnaise base with no herbs pickles or flavor. Also a tacky sign on the soda machine said " only 1 refill of soda per person" . I will be back! read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - Outside entrance w/ handicap parking - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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If you are looking for the best fish and chips in Rancho Cordova you need to come to Tugboat on Folsom Blvd! The prices are amazing and more than affordable! This place has been around for a long time, and the owners are so kind and provide the best customer service and the quality of the food is the great. Come show your support if you're in the area! read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - Menu, check out those prices! - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

Ordered combination, but they "forgot" to put prawns and scallops, which is most valuable part of this dish. When I brought attention lady sweared that she did. Also not the cleanest restaurant read more

I've passed by this place countless times over the years, but never thought about eating here, until last night. For some reason, I'd been craving fried food all day, and this place just popped into my mind. When I walked in, I felt like I was the 1980's, and I don't mean that in a bad way. The building has an old coffee shop/diner vibe to it, which made me feel like it was legit. That smooth, contemporary Chiopotle/Starbucks/McDonald's vibe was not found here. I ended up ordering a meal that included fried fish and prawns, which came with fries. Had to pay extra for a soda. I was also really happy, because they had fried zucchini and mushrooms on the menu, which I love. You don't see that on the menu often anymore, so I had to get it. The total came to $27. Yea, it was a little pricey. Whatever. So I sat at a table near where I ordered the food, across from the soda fountain. The woman working the counter told me to sit in the back, near the window, as these row of tables were only for people ordering food to go. There was no one else in the place, so making me sit somewhere else didn't seem necessary. I'm paying nearly $30 to eat here. Can I at least sit where I want? So the food came out real quick. And wow, it looked good. The fish, prawns, and mushrooms were all huge. The fries were buried underneath the fish. I wish they would have given me more though. The lady also brought out tarter sauce, vinegar, ketchup, and mustard. Damn. The food was amazing. It was everything I wanted it to be. Hot, crispy, and very satisfying. You ever have one of those days where you have an intense craving for something, and had an optimistic expectation of how that will taste? Yea, this place met that expectation. Overall, the food was amazing, and I liked the atmosphere. I knocked off one star for not being able to sit where I wanted, not getting more fries with my meal, and the price. Yea, I loved the food, but $27 is alot. Regardless, I'll definitely be back. read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - Fish and prawns meal with fries (buried underneath) and a side order of fried mushrooms. - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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Great food, cashier was rude. Every time I come to this place she's always in a bad mood. read more

We're new to town, dropped by on the way to get groceries . The staff were super nice and accommodating and the food was.. well.. the best fish and chips I've had in recent memory! So good read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

The service was great! The employees were very attentive. The fish and chips were outstanding.

I like going here during lent. They're always nice and friendly. Such friendly staff. Joking and talking about stuff. Tartar sauce is delicious. Overall food is good. I like the fish and prawn with extra side of hush puppies. I don't care too much about the chips (fries). They get stale way too fast. read more

Got fish and chips. Got an excellent portion of fish and fry's. They get 5 starts for portions. But too much thick batter with not much taste so only 2 stares for flavor and taste. Yes the lady that works or owns the place is NOT that friendly at all . The drink menu is terrible, just sugars and yuk. Peaceful it was though. read more

I just removed a 10 year old review that was 1 star. Here is why I changed the review. A couple weeks ago I purchased a three piece to go. They supplied the malt vinegar, tartar sauce and ketchup. I will say the person at the counter, she was nice and friendly. The order didn't take long and I took it home. I placed the ketchup and tartar sauces in small ceramic containers and placed the vinegar on the fish and chips. The vinegar was Heinz. It had virtually no flavour. The tartar sauce of their making left a bad taste in my mouth and the ketchup wasn't much better and was from a brand I have never seen Chef's Quality Ketchup. I did try a bit of the fish, I believe it was Alaskan Cod, and chips without sauces and it wasn't bad. The next day I stopped by the store and picked up some London Pub malt vinegar, Sarson's is usually considered the best and one or both are in most grocery store. I then got some Kraft tartar sauce and some Heinz ketchup. I grabbed another three piece. A younger gentleman was behind the counter this day. Also friendly. Order was out quickly and I went home and retried the meal. The new sauces made a huge improvement. I have had fish and chips from San Diego to Puget Sound and New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. You can always tell when a business skimps. Most of them have good fish and chips but try to get something like Costco bulk sauces to save money. You are always better off with quality items especially if you use them regularly. read more

The last two times we went the food was burnt. Coincidentally, we left no tip when ordering to go food, when we arrived home the food was burned. The lady at the counter is consistently rude and rarely engages in conversation and never smiles. I've lived in the neighborhood my whole life and been a customer as long as they've been in business. Apparently, they don't appreciate customers like us since the food is burned. No vinegar or lemon included in any of the paper bags. The food is not tasty. We can take that hint not to return. Terrible food and terrible unkind service. If you don't like your job either find another career or take classes on how to be more customer service friendly and cook your food properly. No restaurant owner who takes pride in their product would let this kind of food leave and would be embarrassed. Well, now everybody knows. read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - Dry overcooked food. - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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It's that good! It's my first time here and I got to tell you, I was not disappointed. So much so after eating my meal,just now, I had to write my review! I called in my order 3 mins after they opened and the food was ready in no time! ( I ordered a 3 pc fish dinner and an extra pc on the side) The lady there was friendly and efficient. As soon as I got home to open bag, I was greeted with large fish filets! I took my first bite and man! The batter was so light and airy. The fish was perfectly cooked and the tartar sauce had a great balance. ( I'm not sure if the tartar sauce was made in house, but it was really good and creamy.) Needless to say, I am so happy that I came across this place. If you haven't tried it, you are missing out on one of the best fish and chip places! I'll definitely be back ! read more

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I rate the food good but the Customer Service, particularly the woman at the register really needs to work on her people skills. The food is not good enough to overcome poor customer service. read more

Food was good. Didn't taste like old oil, it was fresh. Women taking my order was straight to the point, no funny business. It was warm inside the small building but I was taking my order to go so didn't mind. There was a couple sitting down eating and they didn't mind. Will return to try other items read more

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Food is amazing. Customer service was great. First time being here was an awesome experience.

The lady behind the counter is a bit snotty. Definitely has NO PERSONALLY.. ALL BUSINESS!! Like she doesn't like her job. My husband don't even go there anymore! We drive to the one down Fair Osks Blvd read more

Always hot and tasty food. HUGE pieces of fish and awesome sides including hush puppies! The labor and love put into their menu shows.

everything was bussssssinn and the fish AND CHICKEN WAS FRESHHHHHHH. Cheap too but high quality oil they used read more

Tugboat Fish & Chips - CHICKEN AND WELL DONE FRIES - Seafood Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

The food was very very bland. All tasted the same. No seasoning in anything. The scallops were like gelatin and the mushrooms were just mushrooms. Won't come back read more

Cute little boat shaped restaurant catches your attention. Owners are very friendly and courteous. They have many more options than just fish and chips. Fried scallops are way too good. I liked their hush puppies as well. Fish was way bigger than I expected. Can't wait to try their rest of the menu items. read more

Great Menu for the best seafood. Love the Prawns and also the Calamari. Clean restaurant and also has outside seating. read more

Fresh fish and chips , fried to perfection, crunchy and fresh fried . They have shrimp , mushroom ‍ and their idems that are so delicious. A small little place but worth the effort to try it . Comfort food . Nice basket of fries or onion rings too. Try for yourself you will like it too read more

Food was ok. Ordered one fish and prawns and one fish and oysters for my daughter. She enjoyed the oysters. We both kind have thought we would get more than one piece of fish with our order. But that wasn't an issue. The issue was the customer service! We ordered to go. I'm not sure if she misheard but she brought it to the table for us to eat there. I asked for to go boxes to pack the stuff up. She huffed and puffed and said "ughh I got it" and packaged it up for us. Which would have been a nice gesture if she was nice about it lol. She gave us our condiments in a separate bag. There was no vinegar or lemon slices. So I asked for vinegar. She gave two packets. And when I asked for more she got an attitude and said it would be 50 cents each. Seriously?? Not even for a cup of vinegar just a little packet. I gave her $1. And she stormed off to grab it lol. The area that you place your order at is kind of small and she was very rude telling us to move while she was walking back and forth. The food was decent and delivered hot. Not very much seasoning or flavor. But was fried well. It was the owners attitude that left a really bad taste. I've been to other tugboat locations and they are very friendly. She seemed to hate everyone there lol. I probably won't return to this location and just drive a little further for better service. read more

Seems pricey for what your order, however the quality is great and the portions are large.

The ONLY thing worth ordering is the fish n chips. Literally EVERYTHING else is old frozen fish. Didn't even refund me the $25 worth of food that was nasty. They have really let themselves get worse n worse. I won't be returning anymore. I've been going here for over 10 years too. read more

We'll, I still have rave reviews about the fish, but the woman who works here sometimes needs some lessons in customer service. She is downright RUDE! I'm sure it must affect the business, because many people would NOT tolerate her attitude! read more

Purchased a fish and chip and do not eat tartar sauce so asked for malt vinegar. The woman gave me one and asked for one more stated they charge for packets of malt vinegar. Seriously. I could understand if I needed 10 packets but this is absurd. I will never return here and will surely not recommend to anyone. I understand small business owners and their need for business. But this is just wrong. read more

Really good place . Took care of me and my daughter. Great food as well. Come check it out read more

I stopped going to this restaurant years ago, and after giving it another try last night, I now remember exactly why I stopped in the first place. The lady owner was rude and unfriendly to every single customer. At first, I gave her the benefit of the doubt since it was close to closing time--maybe she was just tired. But then they messed up my order and overcharged me. I ordered the seafood platter, which was supposed to include two oysters, scallops, and a piece of fish. I paid nearly $20 for a takeout order. Everyone else got their food before me, and when I asked about mine, the owner said they were still frying the scallops. When my order was finally ready, I politely asked for some malt vinegar. The owner snapped at me with an attitude and said, "You should have asked for vinegar when you ordered!" Seriously? Isn't it common sense for a restaurant to ask customers if they want condiments--especially for fish and chips? I didn't want to argue, so I just left. But when I got home and opened the box, I was absolutely disgusted. There were no scallops, no oysters, and no shrimp--just one dry piece of fish and some fries. Everything tasted bland, freezer-burned, and old. The fish was dry and completely flavorless. I paid nearly $20 for that? On top of that, the restaurant itself was dirty and smelly. The floors, tables, and chairs felt greasy, and no one seemed to be cleaning anything--not even between customers. Just a friendly warning: don't waste your money here. If you're craving fish and chips, I highly recommend California Fish Grill instead. The food is fresh, the service is great, and you'll actually get your moneys worth. read more

It is more like 3.5 stars, but I am willing to round it up to 4 due to great service. Walked in to order. Cashier put on his mask when he saw us walking in. Half way through the meal, the cashier gave us some to-go plates and bags knowing that we wouldn't be able to finish! Ordered: 1. Calamari: 2.5/5. The sauce was solidified like jelly. There isn't much calamari., but tastes ok. 2. Tugboat (9 pieces of fish + fries): 3.5/5. The fries were perfectly fried. They were golden brown but not burnt. It's nice to see. HUGE amount! Kids would love it. The fish had too much batter. They thin and long, and they are crunchy. Why only 3.5? The vinegar wasn't good. The tartar sauce was over dilute. Would try their clam chowder next time. read more

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Way better than I thought it would be! First time here last night and will definitely be back. Came right before it closed at 8 and was greeted by a friendly man, not sure if he's the owner... We ordered the Tugboat which is 9 pieces of fish plus chips and 1 coleslaw. He kindly gave us 2 extra coleslaws and and extra piece of fish which was very generous! The fish pieces are huge! I've been to London several times and this fish and chips is the closest I've found to the real thing here in the USA. Cole slaw was also really great and fresh. We only had to wait about 10 min for the food to be prepared (we were the only ones there). I could here him frying it which explains why the food tasted so fresh. The fries and fish were not salty and did not have an old greasy taste like you may expect. The batter on the fish is crunchy and flavorful. The fish itself is not dry and tasted super fresh. I was surprised! The fries were good as well! Not too salty and not bland. Overall, the service and food here was 10/10. Portions are huge and shareable for sure. For 3 of us, we had leftovers. Definitely try this place out if you haven't already. read more

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OMG, I can see why this is the place to go for fish & chips. The staff is very friendly and helpful. So many choices. It took approximately 8 minutes from the time I paid to when I was walking out the door with my fresh and hot food. The fish is cooked perfectly, fresh, and YUMMY! The chips are ok. The hush puppies are delicious. Definitely going to be a place to go. read more

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Dirty establishment and bland food. Fish was bland and fries were hard and plain. Would not come back.