Fish and chip shop in Whitby

[Gandahar]

On my hols.

Went to a fish and chip shop in the s1980's and the best fish and chip shop was next to the putting green believe it or not, jut up the road from the whalebones.

Roll on 10 years and I took my girlfriend there saying it would be the best ever, but changed hands and it was pants.

Roll on 20 years and I am back, girlfriend promoted to long suffering wife VC ..

I can't make the same mistake twice.

Any recommendations? We don't like skin on fish but I'd like "scraps"

Do they still catch fish locally or is it all frozen and brought on from Iceland? If so I guess it does not matter where we go.

I once caught a codling off Whitby pier age 16. Woohoo.

Any advice welcome. Thanks

Edited by Gandahar on Tuesday 26th May 16:00

[marshalla]

Pretty much everyone else is going to recommend "The Magpie" (as featured on Rick Stein's TV programme a few years ago.)

I've never been in - having stood in a queue for an hour only to have them take a table of 4 from the queue behind us rather than take a smaller number of people from the head of the queue, I refuse to attempt to do business with them again.

My preference is Fusco's : http://www.whitbyfishandchips.com/

[Dan_1981]

Family were there on Monday - queued for 45 minutes to get into the Magpie - fish was apparently very good, the chips were less so.

[supersport]

Magpie for the chips and Trenchers for the fish. They both know how to charge and to make you wait, but are good.

Magpie take away quite good too.

With the Magpie queue you win some you lose some, just depends on the group size and how the tables come up. From their perspective they want to get in as many as possible, and so they fit the groups to the tables.

[DixonH]

We always use Royals, it's not on the front but still quite busy but never have to wait long and always nice.

[ellroy]

I'd suggest Trenchers, but they've had another fire, so I'm not certain they're open. If they are go there.

No one from Whitby eats in The Magpie as a rule of thumb, the queues are mental.

Frusco's are good, Terry's sons running it now down on the quayside now. Won an award or two in recent years.

[DMN]

They said in the paper that the fire wouldn't effect them, but I don't actually know if they have re-opened.

[The Livster]

Hadleys just over the swingbridge

[probedb]

Magpie is very nice, usually use the takeaway but one Sunday tea time there was no queue when we walked past so went in. Also good I'm sure there are others but not stayed long enough for a while to try them.

[JCB123]

Personally I think Quayside is nicer than Magpie.

But then, when you're bored of F&C's, head over to Humble Pie and Mash....it's great!

[Gandahar]

Thanks everyone, just off there now, so will see which we bump into, most likely quayside I guess. Not keen on queuing so might be one of the more quiet ones.

Cheers again.

Edited by Gandahar on Wednesday 27th May 14:15

[Gandahar]

Eee by gum it's been moved. Yorkshire is so big it has it's regional forum ! Mr Boycott would be proud.

Ended up in the Quayside as recommended and was very good fish and chips indeed. If it had been a winter night with a roaring North Sea storm on the pier with the chips warming you up from the inside, that would have been better, but even so very good. The Magpie did have a large queue.

Fish and chips should not be eaten in a restaurant they should be eaten outside at Whitby with the salty sea air and a large seagull sat a few feet away willing you to drop that chip

[giblet]

Any suggestions for a Whitby chippy that fries in veg oil? Last time I was there (a few years back) I ended up having pan fried fish and sauteed potatoes at Magpies and they were lackluster.

[ellroy]

No self respecting Whitby chip shop would do such a thing.

You want dripping for good Fish.

[skip_1]

I like the one branded 'Mr Chips'over the Swing Bridge from the centre, used to do a great range of fish. I'm sure it used to be yellow though, changed hands?

[foxsasha]

We went to the Quayside last year, was mediocre.

We the to Trenchers earlier this week, great fish. Would recommend it but be warned, you'll need deep pockets (in fish and chip terms). 15 quid for large cod and chips plus mushy peas plus bread and butter. Good quality though.

[DuraAce]

ellroy said:

No self respecting Whitby chip shop would do such a thing.

You want dripping for good Fish.

Robertsons on bridge Street use veg oil. Decent and well priced food imo.

[Dan_1981]

Had take out from quayside on Friday.

Fish was very nice, batter very good chips average at best, with a couple under cooked.

They also had board up advising where the fish came from.

Cod - Iceland
Haddock - Scotland
Chips - Lincolnshire.

At least the spuds were local I guess!

[RobGT81]

Trenchers gets my vote.

[philmots]

We always go to Quayside, it's nice but we're creatures of habit and haven't tried anywhere else.. The thought of queuing for the Magpie blows my mind.

We just get a takeaway and walk down to the front with them, only issue with that is everyone seems to want to stare at your food as they pass. It's fish and chips FFS you nosy bds.