Doddington Fish Bar

Fish and Chips .... Doddington We were staying at a campsite about a 5minute driveaway. I imagine lots of visitors to the site get the same recommendation we did. Our first comment is that, parking nearby many F&C places can be tricky; here it's all on street and plenty of it on a wide stretch of road in a quiet village. Don't let the outside appearance of the place influence your decision to buy here, or not. It did baffle us as to why they haven't 'tidied' it up a bit. A local told me (whilst I was waiting for my freshly cooked food) that the system put in place during past lockdown periods has been kept to and the locals like it a lot ... they ring their order through and get given a time to collect. I could see a lot of cooked food waiting collection. We always ask for our fish batter to be very well done ... almost making it look 'over'done. As I ordered I asked for this. One chap was cooking and one serving up, with a lady taking orders and money (it's a cash only place). Both guys said to me "all that in the cabinet is cooked well done"; I looked ... it wasn't what I call well-done and so I said so and asked for an 'even more well-done' piece to be cooked. If looks could have killed .... reluctantly (it was obvious) another piece was cooked freshly for us. One guy clearly not happy, the other having accepted the request. The food we had (chips, scampi and cod) were all as we wanted them. Absolutely no issue with the food, all cooked fresh to order. No issue with the price, it was pretty much the same as we find it across the country ... Scampi and Chips, Cod and Chips + 1 x mushy peas @ 21.80 It's a popular shop locally, I found the food good and the price average. It's tough to give a '5-star' review to a Fish & Chip shop, there are so many of them and everywhere that it's really hard for any of them to stand out. We travel the country all the time and visit far too many ... this was a good choice, good food and fairly priced (in today's world). Next time at the campsite would we drive further than this place to get F&C ... probably not and nor should you. Well ... not unless we receive a stunning recommendation from a local, or ... an invitation from another F&C takeaway to sample their offering for the price of a review because they believe they are better! (rolling around laughing, smiley face, !) Parking: Lots of on-street parking
Apr 28th, 2023

Apr 27th, 2023

We sadly don't live locally but diverted on our way home because we needed tea and we'll let's just say we'll worth the diversion and we'll be eating there again, the chip's are perfectly golden the sausage in batter was yummy and for once the pie wasn't microwaved like some chip shops do definitely worth 5 stars and more the staff were polite and not treating you like a number but an actual person Ps portions are BIG hehe
Mar 23rd, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 More
Mar 18th, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 More
Mar 2nd, 2023