Brooklands Fish Bar — Local services in Great Britain

On appearance and the locality made me try this place on two separate occasions. The lunchtime service was quick, food looked nice and fresh. I ordered a large fish and chips to share with my partner, but Unfortunately, the chips were slightly undercooked and a little floppy. The fish tasted nice and flaked apart, and the batter was not fully cooked on the inside.

I decided to give this place a second chance before making my mind up. I ordered a lunch box (sausage, mini fish, chips and beans). I was advised that my order will take about 5 minutes as he has to cook the fish fresh. I thought great, as who doesn’t like freshly cooked food. It was then that I saw him take a piece of fish out of the tall silver fridge/freezer and started to microwave the fish. After a minute or so, he did freshly batter and cook the fish, but then he placed a small tub of beans and started to microwave that too.

The chips were perfectly cooked this time, as for the fish, I removed the batter as it was slightly under done.

I was not impressed and will not be returning. I will gladly travel a little further or even pay a little more money, if the...

So after a long day at work I think to myself you know what I fancy a good old fashioned chip butty so I park up and walk towards the chip shop salivating at the mouth just by the excitement of this tremendous British snack. However imagine my surprise when the shop assistant says to me 'sorry we don't do them' so now I am staring at her in complete awe thinking to myself have I even walked into a British chip shop, I literally walked outside and looked at the sign again. Then funnily I look above her head at the menu where I can see clear as day in big bold wording 'chip butty' so I tell her incase she might be new but then she has the audacity to turn to me and tell me that menu's old. I didn't let her stop me get this chip butty so I told her to give me a bap and some chips and proceed to make my own chip butty and walked out leaving her stood looking at me in amazement. When on earth did chip butties go out of fashion, we should not buy from here till they start...

It's such a shame that this chip shop with polite staff lets itself down on one simple thing, sloppy batter. Whether it's the formulae or the traditional way the owners make and cook it I know not. F & C is a British dish and eating fish covered in sloppy batter is not on. I notice there are similar comments ref. batter and I ask myself if the owners having gone to the trouble of setting up a web-site ever read the reviews that they ask for. Chips are tremendous fish is good but the batter not so good. As a connoisseur of F & Cs batter has to be crisp all the way through to the fish. I've wanted to get that off me chest for yonks as I never had the balls to tell them...