The Cottage • Licensed Fish & Chip Restaurant & Takeaway Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Haddock was absolutely amazing. Really enjoyed the meal."
• "Best chips in the whole of Blackpool and now even do vegan options!!!!"
• "Massive portion sizes. Very good fish and chips."
• "The fish and chips where cooked to perfection, served with sausage and homemade tartar sauce, mushy peas, gravy and my all-time favourite proper chip shop curry sauce!"
• "Fish cooked to perfection, chips delicious, mushy peas actually taste like peas and the homemade tartar sauce - I have never tasted anything quite like it."
• "The Cottage's haddock and cod were superb, the peas were nice consistency and salted properly."
• "The best tasting fish and chips I've had."

Cons:

• "Pale chips...oily fish..."
• "When we did get our order, it was cold."
• "The Chips were good, but the Fish was far from the best I’ve had unfortunately…"
• "The fish was a good size but very greasy, the mushy peas were hard and the curry was cold, the chips were ok."
• "Fish was soo soggy and hardly and thing to it also battered sausage was there from either lunch or the day before."
• "Chips were hard and dry. No salt and vinegar. Fish hadn't been drained at all, grease all over everything."
• "The fish batter was rock hard, and very greasy."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great, lovely chat with the waiting staff."
• "The staff have always been welcoming - even at their busiest and have provided a first-class efficient service, which is friendly but not obtrusive."
• "The staff couldn't be any better, they even re opened when I arrived as they were closing and fried up our very fresh fish and chips for the family."
• "Eating at the Cottage was a Fantastic treat today, polite staff, very clean and the food was the Best Fish and Chips I've had in a Very Long time."
• "Staff are friendly, covid rules being followed no entry without a mask, only one person allowed in at a time."
• "The staff were so friendly; the lady that was serving us and the young lad that brought our food were lovely."
• "Very friendly staff, can highly recommend this place."

Cons:

• "I have been to The Cottage on two occasions and both times my experience has been the same. Poor."
• "Takeaway service a shambles I was 2nd in the queue, after 10 to 15 minutes got to first. No acknowledgement at any stage saying how long I would be waiting."
• "The service was ridiculously slow and the small lady wearing glasses who served me looked lost and unsure of what she was doing."
• "Service was poor. A young mother had to wait 30 mins for four large sausage and chips."
• "Very slow service...nearly one hour to get served..serving take aways before the tables..look after your customers or you will loss them."
• "The waitress was abrupt and rude."
• "Waited nearly 40 minutes for couple portions of fish & chips and it wasn’t even busy staff didn’t have a clue what they were doing."

Value

Pros:

• "Got a Family of four a Light Bites take out special... Bargain & left very happy at that point."
• "Most importantly though the fish and chips, steak pudding and kids meals were all excellent."
• "Got a good deal on two large fish meals."
• "I got the meal deal large cod, large chips with a side for £8. Now from my experience that’s a very good price."
• "The meals were tasty and very good portion sizes too."
• "The fish was actually really good and reasonably priced."
• "Good value, even though I didn't manage the bread."

Cons:

• "Takes your money for a service they can’t provide."
• "Very expensive compared to other chippies."
• "Overall disappointed as a £26 meal for two was not the best value for money for fish un chips!!!"
• "Service with a smile NOT. Worst chips I’ve ever had and even worse service."
• "Overly price for a disgusting food."
• "Felt that the price we paid was overpriced as the food wasn't the best."
• "Chip shops used to be a fast and cheap tea now £25.00 and an hour wait."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere and so cosy inside."
• "The restaurant is pleasant, with framed photos of famous clientele on every wall."
• "It's not the best looking place but has character."
• "It's a lovely quaint restaraunt."
• "Really lovely chip shop, everything is cooked fresh, there is a lovely restaurant all cosy and red brick."
• "If you want a nice cosy and intimate function for a special occasion I most definitely recommend this lovely family ran fish and chip restaurant!"
• "The Restaurant walls are covered in pictures of celebrities who have enjoyed our fish & chips which are cooked to perfection every time."

Cons:

• "On the whole despite the building being lovely and the place being clean it was a bit disappointing."
• "The atmosphere was zero the room cold."
• "The cottage has changed over time it was my local but don't bother anymore the staff talked amongst them selves its a miserable place used to be a very happy warm place."
• "Food was ok even tho the restaurant was freezing no heating on everyone sat in a cold room with coats on."
• "Utter rubbish, this is the second time I have opened up the fish to find a pile of soggy mush."
• "The service tonight was the worst we'd ever had there."
• "The chips were a good colour and had a slight outer crisp that looked promising however they were undercooked on the inside and had hard, dense potato on the inside in most of the chips."