The Almighty Cod Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Really good food at a great price, the restaurant is warm and welcoming."
• "Great food and very generous portions."
• "Fish and chips were awesome, fish was huge and the chips were hot."
• "Possibly, the best fish and chips we [all] agreed we had ever had."
• "The fish was huge and tasted amazing, light and tasty and not a sign of grease in sight, the curry sauce was out of this world."
• "Fresh fish, coated in scrumptious batter and fried to perfection."
• "The fish was delicious and fresh, the chips lovely."

Cons:

• "When we eventually got it home the fish was DRY UNEATABLE we ended up just having the chips."
• "Not sure how long the fish had sat in the warming cabinet, but it was definitely not white, plump and moist, rather grey and dried out."
• "Excited to get my fish and chips it was a really cold day they smelt delicious however very disappointed not up to scratch today the cod was dry and tasteless !! Not good enough especially for the price☹️"
• "The f&c lacked any freshness/crispness, the batter was too thick/chewy and the fish fillet was dense lacking any lightness/flakiness."
• "The fish had clearly been in the warming cabinet a while the batter was soggy inside and the fish was bone dry !!"
• "Fish was soggy and dry, chips were bordering on cold, my daughters chicken nuggets were not cooked properly."
• "The cod was grey and dry, the batter too heavy and overcooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Less than 10 minute wait from start of queue to being served."
• "Excellent fish and chips served by friendly and helpful staff."
• "Excellent customer service from the lady who was serving who was bubbly and very polite she was an asset to the place."
• "Very helpful staff who were working hard to keep the queue down at the door."
• "The staff had been incredibly busy since 1100 this morning but were all really friendly and helpful."
• "The staff, pleasant, cheery and polite, quite something on such a busy day."
• "Lady serving us was very patient and friendly."

Cons:

• "Absolutely disgusted with this place. Was told about 10 minutes for a pineapple ring.. waited over 30 minutes with no updates and not even a sorry for the wait."
• "Service absolutely terrible, staff constantly ignoring customers to chat amongst themselves."
• "Waited three quarters of an hour for good to be served."
• "Staff could do with been a bit more friendlier in fact I was going to say smile man, your shift will go over quicker."
• "A member of staff was a little less friendly and rather rude when talking to customers and staff."
• "Slow service, waiters and waitresses don't seem happy to help."
• "Miserable staff, not a smile or please or thank you either."

Value

Pros:

• "The portion sizes really good and not overpriced."
• "A fantastic vast menu with lots of special items too."
• "Proper fish and chip shop. Good quality food with decent all in price for eat in."
• "The best fish and chips in the area."
• "Prices very good value with discounts for OAP's, Worth the wait."
• "Really reasonable prices, big portions."
• "Good value for money, we had the Almighty Cod, chips, curry sauce, bread & butter and coffee for under £8.00."

Cons:

• "They literally sell nothing but fish and chips now."
• "Massively reduced menu massively reduced portion sizes leaving us feeling massively unsatisfied and overcharged."
• "Would I go back, never, they knew that I would have to wait in a 45 minute queue to complain."
• "VERY EXPENSIVE AS ADULTS WE WERE SERVED CHILD PORTIONS NOT WORTH THE MONEY."
• "Maybe try serving fresh chips complete rip off at £38."
• "£12 FOR FISH N CHIPS SMALL FISH NO BIGGER THAN A BEEFBURGER VERY SMALL PORTION OF CHIPS AND THE CURRY SAUCE WAS VERY WATERY."
• "Ordered fish cake and chips twice as they had nothing else left. It was rubbish extremely dry, fish cake was abysmal."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Been waiting a while to visit this place and blimey was it worth the wait!"
• "After a long wait finally seated in a warm cosy friendly atmosphere, lovely meal, freshly cooked."
• "Situated right on Seaton’s front close to the beach is the Almighty Cod restaurant."
• "Has a seating area with waitress service caters for children high chairs available for tots."
• "The place has a nautical theme as you’d expect and I have to say I did like the decoration and the seating arrangements."
• "Value for money meal in spades, with a service and atmosphere to match."
• "The interior was warm and welcoming and the staff were very helpful."

Cons:

• "The young girl had false nails on, an inch long and no hair net. To say nothing about FOOD HYGIENE!!!!"
• "Nice food but service is always 45 min before you get your food."
• "Wouldn't allow small dog in with broken leg, so 88 old woman has to eat her meal outside in cold winters day."
• "The only issue is its full of kids and the service is very slow."
• "When customers pay £10 a person for a takeaway they deserve better."
• "Will not eat again in restaurant."
• "Fish was soggy and dry, chips were bordering on cold, my daughters chicken nuggets were not cooked properly."