Anchors Fish & Chips — Local services in Manchester

My daughter and I bought in-store.

As soon as we walked in, the heavenly smell hit us, and we both proclaimed how good it smelt.

The room was clean, tidy, and nicely decorated and we even made reference to the art details that were painted on the wall 👌

I ordered a small cod, it was really cute, and actually ample for me (middle aged woman) as a main, and I reckon it'd be ample for my 14 year old son (who eats loads) too. My daughter chose the sausage which she tells me was "yeah, it was good" (high praise from a teenager 😆).

I shared a large chips with my 16 year old, to accompany our mains. Again, it filled the two of us, but it did look a lot smaller than I had expected it would be, as there were three sizes to choose from so I would imagine this to be a medium at an average chippy. I had hoped for that price, to have left overs to share with the other kids when we got home, but as it stands, please just don't tell them that we went, and I reckon we can just about get away without them knowing that we'd had it without them 😆

The pots of gravy and mushy peas were tiny. No where near enough to accompany the half a large chips per pot that we had planned on. And at £2.00 a pot I expected much more. I suspect much of the costing went on the very nice thick paper cups, the wooden cutlery wrapped with napkins, and of course a side of healthy profit.

The food was amazing! It was hot, crisp, salted to just the right amount, and beautifully flavourful. In fact, all food pics were taken after sampling a couple of mouthfuls because there was no way I was waiting to start so I could take a photo first 😆

Finally let's talk about prices. It's much more than I'd usually be willing to spend in a local chippy, but... It was extra quality along side the extra cost, so I guess it's a case of "getting what you pay for".

So would I come back? If I had the money and it was a treat, then, yes I would! And I'd be keen to try the battered halloumi. But it's not something I could frequent as a regular occurrence due to its prices, in this cost of living crisis.

Constructive suggestion; a couple of seats in there for the chance to sit while your food is being freshly cooked, would've been ideal and a real blessing to me.

Beyond that, great job guys n...

I bring my mother here the last 7 years for fish & chips and generally they are very good and we like Michael on the fry station as he is very good to my mother as we have been here many times, however since the new take over from Anchors its gone downhill!! on the 26th Jan I bought my mother John Dory & chips like I usually do, and when I took it home, I plated it up for my mother to eat, but there was only one very small fish and lots & lots of chips, usually you get 2 pieces of fish and they are bigger and chips too, when I rang up to complain the proprietor told me that day they were running low on John Dory which I thought was a poor excuse for giving my mother a reduced meal at full price! the proprietor Chris said that they would give me the meal again on my next visit for my mother as in inconvenience and poor service, when I visited Anchors yesterday to get the meal they were only willing to give one piece of fish without anything, which I thought was very poor, the lady that served us yesterday was not understanding and said from afar that generally the portions are smaller!! good luck with your chippy but I will not be bringing my mother or my friends here again, if I could have given this chippy a no star rating I would of but you cannot post without a 1 star...

I bought a 2 fish cakes, chips, peas and a bun. I didn't hear the lady who served me give a price. I just paid. Saw my bank statement earlier and it was £14.30. I though this had to be a mistake. So I checked out thier website and I was right. They had i overcharged me by 50p. Funny thing was though that isn't really the scandalous part. The whole thing was a rip off. £4 for a store bought fishcake is joke. They were tasteless. Closest they came to a fish was the freezer they pulled them out of before they were thrown in the fryer. The chips were decent but I dont see how you can mess up a chips. The portion size was stingy though. Peas were alright. The bun was dry. I did a comparison to a few of my hometown chippies in Grimsby to see if this was my mistake and that prices are indeed what i paid. Or, to see if it was just a massive rip off. Sadly it was a rip off. About £4 more expensive I found. Maybe if the fishcakes were homemade and made with a bit of love i could maybe understand. Alas no. A factory made breaded fiscake i could have got 10 from iceland for about £3 . I certainly paid a price to realise I wont be using them again. I'd question the reasons for the over charge but this is Didsbury after all. Residents are more than used to paying over the...