Baileys Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fish is flaky and tasty, chips are cooked to perfection."
• "The fish was stunningly fluffy and batter was crispy."
• "The fish itself was super fresh, shimmering ivory colour, chunky, firm."
• "The fish is light and crisp (not heavy and oily) and the chips are absolutely perfect."
• "The fish is always fresh and tasty, with not too much batter."
• "Best fish and chips ever! Crisp fresh green peas."
• "Fish and chips is always fresh cooked and crispy."

Cons:

• "The Quality of the food has nose-dived it's shocking."
• "None of us liked the coleslaw."
• "Large portions but quality not amazing. The cod was fresh but the batter rather hard and greasy."
• "Not great quality. Chips were dry and tasteless."
• "Both the fish and the chips tasted awful."
• "Fish was all batter didn’t taste good. Chips awful."
• "The fish was definitely undercooked and the chips dry as shoe sole."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "At £ 4.95 is terrific value."
• "Perfect price to portion ratio."
• "Their small shop gives you a large and filling meal at a low price."
• "The price is competitive and serving sizes are excellent for what you pay for!"
• "Very affordable compared to a lot of other chip shops in London too."
• "True value for your money which is something so rare these days, especially in London."
• "The prices very reasonable (£ 12 approx.)."

Cons:

• "We paid over £17 for one large fish and chips which seemed extremely expensive."
• "Prices are moving up very fast and no difference to food from when it first opened."
• "Got charged full price £12 for 3 ok calamari rings and a load of burnt scrap."
• "The worst fish and chips in U.K.! Avoid this place it’s a con!"
• "Under new ownership, usual Friday order of fish and chips - fish was lovely, however chips very poor compared to before."
• "The chips were stale and seem frozen."
• "The quality of the chips took a nosedive, with way too many shavings and wedges."

Service

Pros:

• "5 star + 1 for the very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable staff."
• "The staff was amazingly friendly and the food was out of this world."
• "The guy serving was very helpful and polite and made a few jokes too."
• "The service was excellent."
• "Service was very fast, I didn’t wait long for my food."
• "The people were amazing, really kind and helpful."
• "The customer service is really really good."

Cons:

• "Apart of waiting for my order to be prepared after all the deliveries arriving after me."
• "After struggling for an hour and a half on the road, I found it closed."
• "Waited a long time as they served people who arrived after me."
• "Shockingly poor service and food."
• "Service seemed very rushed so they must get a lot of business."
• "Service seemed very rushed."
• "Very disappointed... Never coming back again."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Went there alone for the first time after a long day at the book fair. Eating alone somewhere can feel a bit awkward but eating at Baileys felt like coming home."
• "It's a wonderful place, and what's even better is that it hasn't changed."
• "It’s a smaller place where most people do takeaway, but we loved sitting and watching the street."
• "The attention was very good, as described when recommended to us."
• "Only a few chairs for dine in, but they welcomed me and made me feel right at home."
• "Returned to Baileys while visiting London and happy to say food is still great and staff is friendly."
• "The conversation was friendly and ranged from politics to Quentin Tarantino movies."

Cons:

• "Christmas decorations still up and its almost the end of April, dirty mirrors."
• "A bit of a tight squeeze for dine-in."
• "It's quite small so it can get a bit crowded."
• "The place is quite small as well so not that many places to sit down."
• "The seating area are not for many people."
• "Only problem is the incredibly small store which is not really ideal for table service."
• "The door was rickety and kept flying open while we were there."