Central London: Fish & Chip shop shortage

[Dr. Furface]

There's a good one in a quiet street in Bloomsbury not too far from Kings Cross or Euston.

That's the North Sea Fish Restaurant on Leigh St (I used to live a few doors down from it)

 

[teuchter]

I could do it in 10 minutes (admittedly it would be a fast walk)

Actually that's useful to know about. I will check it out some time. Possibly more usefully located than the one near Victoria Station in the Pimlico direction that I sometimes go to.

 

[Kanda]

Actually that's useful to know about. I will check it out some time. Possibly more usefully located than the one near Victoria Station in the Pimlico direction that I sometimes go to.

Strutton Ground?

 

[19sixtysix]

no it's this one, the Rock and Sole Plaice on Endell St, might still be where you mean tho: http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/9403.html
it does seem a little expensive though, i didn't pay when i went so wasn't aware of that.

Yes its Endell st. It is a little pricey and the bit that did annoy was their use of polystyrene dishes. Its got to be wrapped in paper.

 

[rutabowa]

hmm i'm not going there now.

 

[Housmans]

Am I alone in feeling there is a drastic shortage of fish & chip shops in central London (defined for these purposes as Zone 1)?

I can't think of many.

youre right - tourists are forever looking for some fishnchips and have a hard time finding places. The most pictuereque one has to be round the back of covent garden on endell street called 'Rock and Sole Plaice'

EDIT: too slow! see everyone else posts above! just goes to show how few there are...

really nice to sit outside on a warm evening...

 

[WWWeed]

Fish bones just up from the BT tower and round the corner from the only petrol station in central london.

yeah fish bone on Cleveland Street is quite reasonable!

 

[toblerone3]

IMO this is the best fish and chip shop in Kings Cross. I prefer to the one in Leigh Street because the oils they use are more traditionally "fish-and-chip-shoppy" somehow. Unfortunately its been closed for ten days now and is being gutted. I hope its a refurbishment rather than the end of the road.

I miss my fish and chips.

Eta Its at the top of Gray's Inn Road near the Scala

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Strutton Ground?

No, must be a different one to Strutton Ground

 

[Roadkill]

no it's this one, the Rock and Sole Plaice on Endell St, might still be where you mean tho: http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/9403.html
it does seem a little expensive though, i didn't pay when i went so wasn't aware of that.

I don't rate Rock and Sole Plaice at all. It's expensive, and far from the best fish and chips I've had even in London.

Actually, the best I've yet found is just down the road from Victoria Coach station. Can't remember the name, but it's a scruffy-looking little place which does a very edible fish and chips and is a fair bit cheaper than most places in London.

 

[Mitre10]

And £16 for fish and chips....? Wha...? cough...splutter

HOW MUCH?!?

 

[scooter]

Why not just go to Langan's Brasserie? I'm sure for £16.00 they would wrap your cod and chips in newspaper if you asked.

It's very nice.

This. Dunno if it was some kind of joke but you don't joke about things like this, it's a serious business.

 

[hipipol]

There's one on Whitecross Street (off old street opposite the concert-hall church) but I forget the name. They have battered sausage and bolted-down plastic furniture and a wide range of fish. They're good.

Cozy Fish Bar is the name

Try also Happy Days off petticoat lane, very nice

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You could always get overhead rail to Herne Hill from Victoria station and go to Olley's. It'll take more than 5 or 10 minutes though

 

[quimcunx]

This. Dunno if it was some kind of joke but you don't joke about things like this, it's a serious business.

It is £16 for fish and chips and it is very nice. I used to go there. It's not a fish and chip shop but it is owned by Michael Caine.


My sandwich was rubbish.

 

[hipipol]

You could always get overhead rail to Herne Hill from Victoria station and go to Olley's. It'll take more than 5 or 10 minutes though

Ollies is overpriced and not that good

 

[19sixtysix]

Ollies is overpriced and not that good

I agree and its another one that uses polystyrene containers.

 

[teuchter]

There's one in Strutton Ground just off Victoria Street (Westminster end). But yeah there is a woeful lack.

And £16 for fish and chips....? Wha...? cough...splutter

If anyone can tell me of one within five or ten minutes of Green Park tube, my quality of life will be improved markedly.

I just did. Across Green Park, over St James Park and you're there.

@ teuchter

Actually that's useful to know about. I will check it out some time. Possibly more usefully located than the one near Victoria Station in the Pimlico direction that I sometimes go to.

Strutton Ground?

No, must be a different one to Strutton Ground

 

[teuchter]

It is £16 for fish and chips and it is very nice. I used to go there. It's not a fish and chip shop but it is owned by Michael Caine.

I am not going to pay £16 for fish & chips.

This defeats the whole purpose of fish & chips.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ollies is overpriced and not that good

I know, certainly not if you're paying the full price, but if you're only paying the lunchtime price, it's acceptable

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

youre right - tourists are forever looking for some fishnchips and have a hard time finding places. The most pictuereque one has to be round the back of covent garden on endell street called 'Rock and Sole Plaice'

EDIT: too slow! see everyone else posts above! just goes to show how few there are...

really nice to sit outside on a warm evening...

That was the one that sprang to mind when I saw the thread. Very good prices for central london too

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I don't rate Rock and Sole Plaice at all. It's expensive, and far from the best fish and chips I've had even in London.

Actually, the best I've yet found is just down the road from Victoria Coach station. Can't remember the name, but it's a scruffy-looking little place which does a very edible fish and chips and is a fair bit cheaper than most places in London.

You keep going on about how bad fish and chips are in London, but I've had fish and chips in London just as good as anything I've had up north.

sadly, one of the places I used to frequent has now closed

 

[ericjarvis]

Fishcoteque is a better album than it is a chip shop, though it's a damn fine chippie, or is that because I've usually only used it after coming out of Alaska Studios somewhat psychoenlarged? Better is Olly's just north of the Elephant. One of the best chippies anywhere ever.

 

[dtb]

the one near covent garden and the one on berwick street are the only 2 that i can think of. (proper fish and chips that is)

 

[hipipol]

Fishcoteque is a better album than it is a chip shop, though it's a damn fine chippie, or is that because I've usually only used it after coming out of Alaska Studios somewhat psychoenlarged? Better is Olly's just north of the Elephant. One of the best chippies anywhere ever.

Is Alaska still there?

Did some stuff in there years ago - sadly follwed the Bollock Borthers# in - they'd been there for a month - engineer made our lightwieght shite some like Iron Maiden!!!!

# The Bollocks were Jones and Cook of the Sex Pistols

 

[hipipol]

Chippie Finder site

Here ye go

http://www.takeawaysulike.co.uk/ff/london/central/londonec1.asp

 

[Roadkill]

You keep going on about how bad fish and chips are in London, but I've had fish and chips in London just as good as anything I've had up north.

<shrug>

It's just my experience - although in fairness the most memorably awful fish and chips I've had was in Denby Dale, and the chippy in Camberwell is pretty good, if expensive.

 

[Gavin Bl]

Is Goulston street in Aldgate in zone 1? - Happy Valley (IIRC) chip shop is very nice, not the cheapest but really big portions, nicely cooked. In a scruffy old street by Petticoat market. Sit down or take away...

 

[_pH_]

Actually, the best I've yet found is just down the road from Victoria Coach station. Can't remember the name, but it's a scruffy-looking little place which does a very edible fish and chips and is a fair bit cheaper than most places in London.

Is that the one we went to after dropping Clayt off at the coach station? yeah, they were good chips, and good value

 

[ericjarvis]

Is Alaska still there?

Did some stuff in there years ago - sadly follwed the Bollock Borthers# in - they'd been there for a month - engineer made our lightwieght shite some like Iron Maiden!!!!

# The Bollocks were Jones and Cook of the Sex Pistols

Appears to still be there. Haven't been there myself for well over a decade. Used the rehearsal studio with a couple of bands over the years, and also a recording session with Biff Bang Pow. Good place. Good memories.