Mr Chips Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "EXCELLENT QUALITY in all respects."
• "Great value and the most delicious cod and chips I've ever had."
• "Fish and chips were lovely (not greasy)."
• "Gorgeous fish and chips and very reasonably price! The batter was bubbly and light and the fish cooked to perfection."
• "The best cod and chips we have ever had!!"
• "The fish was so thick and flakeyyy and tastyyy and batter just melted in your mouth."
• "The fish was beautifully cooked, white and flakey with a crisp golden batter."

Cons:

• "However, the 'large' chips are insultingly small."
• "Kids meals where a good size but very oily, Haddock (very soggy) was not good and crushed into a small container which stuck it to the paper."
• "Fish watery and batter pale and greasy."
• "The fish and chips however was not great either wet soggy greasy chips and the fish batter was awful too really greasy we only ate a small amount and just put the rest in the bin."
• "Unbelievably greasy, chips were clearly old and re fried/heated."
• "The batter was thick and heavy."
• "Genuinely the worst piece of fish any of us have ever had. Tasteless, greasy and the batter soggy on all 3 large cod’s."

Service

Pros:

• "The friendly staff took care of it straight away, and were very quick, especially considering how busy it was today."
• "Brilliant friendly staff inside got the orders out in good time."
• "We were well looked after by Peter who was very professional and attentive."
• "Service was faultless, great place to eat highly recommended."
• "The waiter was very friendly."
• "Our order was taken quickly."
• "The guys were efficient and friendly so everyone was getting served without too much wait."

Cons:

• "Having eaten here on many occasions, was very disappointed this evening with the service."
• "But the attitude and the way I was spoken to while picking up an order was disgusting."
• "Ordered click and collect, proceeded to be ignored by staff even though had to wait in a separate place."
• "There is a lot of new staff and they were chatting rather than serving."
• "Great fish and chips but have been twice now and unfortunately served by the trainee on both occasions, was made to wait and messed up my order each time!!!"
• "Lovely food but service was not good asked for fish and chips twice only got one piece of fish."
• "The service was poor and extremely slow."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Bright, clean and welcoming!"
• "Clean, spacious premises with cheerful staff."
• "It's a lovely clean and bright Eat in Restaurant and Take Away."
• "A lovely clean, modern eating area with a welcoming waitress made for a faultless lunch."
• "Great friendly service, good and fresh fish and chips, nice, light and peaceful place to dine with family."
• "It's well placed by the old bridge in Bideford and there is also good parking, just over the road."
• "Weather you have Take a Way or sit and relax in their restaurant you can always be granted good food and a warm welcome from the staff."

Cons:

• "The interior hasn't changed in probably 30 years so it has that natural rustic look."
• "The interior looks clean but there isn't much more to say about the interior."
• "Bit crowded for these time of high covid incidence in the area."
• "To be embarrassed unnecessarily and treated like an unwelcome idiot rather than a valid paying customer is despicable, lame behaviour and the whole episode put me off my fish n chips!"
• "There was a member of staff outside that was quite rude when I was surprised to see the place shut before 8pm…"
• "After a perfect day at the beach we decided to enjoy fish and chips. Quite often we check the reviews on map apps and go with the place with the highest rating. Mr Chips came out on top of the crop in Bideford so we went there. Either the locals have all lost their taste buds to covid19 or have very low standards."
• "Very disappointed and hungry I shall in future make more use of the great options in Appledore and Westward Ho! instead."

Value

Pros:

• "Lovely fish and chips and a reliable standard. Portion sizes are plentiful and prices are low but extras like pickled eggs seem pricey."
• "The prices were very reasonable and service ok."
• "Really nice staff and quality food and the price was very reasonable."
• "The food is very reasonably priced (and I'm a skinflint) and the quality was superb."
• "Considering what was paid a lot of chips were given 🙂."
• "The fish and chips are delicious and very reasonably priced."
• "Food was delicious and reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Being from Coventry all prices around here seem a little steep."
• "Parking is an issue also, as if the small number of spaces outside are taken, even if you want to take 5 mins and get something to go, the closest alternative parking has a charge."
• "No offer of replacement."
• "Sadly, I can only really give 3 stars as we realised when we got home that the order was wrong which meant that my kids got fish rather than sausages and they wouldn't eat the fish."
• "Best avoided. I'm a local, and my family eats fish and chips at least once a month. Sadly this place just gets steadily worse - poor quality cooking oil, soggy batter, anaemic chips, and frozen fish which does not taste like fish should."
• "The chips were awful under cooked."
• "Genuinely the worst piece of fish any of us have ever had. Tasteless, greasy and the batter soggy on all 3 large cod’s."