Britain’s best fish and chip restaurants

The UK’s top 10 fish and chip restaurants were announced this week as part of the 2016 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.


The 10 shops are: Chesters in Chesterfield, Derbyshire; Drakes Fisheries in York, North Yorkshire; Fylde Fish Bar in Southport, Merseyside; Hanbury’s Famous Fish and Chips in Torquay, Devon; No 1 Cromer in Cromer, Norfolk (whose scenic fish and chips spot is pictured above); Papa’s Fish and Chips in Willerby, East Yorkshire; Something Else Fishy in Milborne Port, Somerset; The Scallop Shellin Bath, Somerset; Trenchers Restaurant in Whitby, North Yorkshire; and The Tailend Restaurant in St Andrews, Fife. They will now “batter” it out as they vie for the Independent Fish and Chip Restaurant of the Year Award.
To get to this stage and secure a place in the coveted shortlist, the restaurants have been appraised across a variety of judging criteria including responsible sourcing policies restaurant appearance and facilities, staff training and development policies, marketing and promotional activity and how they cater for customers with specific dietary requirements.
They also received mystery shopping judging assessments by industry experts to ascertain the quality of the fish and chips on offer and the levels of customer service provided by staff.
Over the coming weeks, the restaurants will be subjected to further mystery judging evaluations and in-depth judging audits. This next stage of the competition will whittle down the top 10 to establish the UK top five restaurants that will compete for the top accolade at the 2016 awards ceremony.