Oxford Fish Shop — Local services in Oxford

Utterly disappointed. So, the smallest order you can have for fish and chips costs 9£, and it’s humongous — you should probably share it. The only thing is fish is (only cod) basically 80% heavy batter. There’s an atrocious curry sauce (couldn’t even tell you what’s in it) you can have as an add-on which I did due to curiosity, and it only made the whole oil bath experience more terrifying. You also only can pay cash, even when the clear sign on the door reads “minimum 5£ for card”? You also wait a ridiculous amount of time for one order. The chips are alright, hence a star, except they turn into a fried ball of mash when squished under the two heavily battered pieces of cod in your take-out wrapper. Truly not worth it, go easily find somewhere better — unless you want to gulp undersalted chunks of fried dough excavating a tiny piece...

Really nice guys run the place, and their curry sauce is the bomb. Currently addicted to their chips w/ curry sauce. Proper fresh ‘homemade’ chips, no frozen or processed food bs. Massive portions too, its great for £4.50 you can get a cup full of delicious homemade curry sauce and a massive portion of chips (enough that my partner and I can split it and still have enough chips left over that we can save and reheat and both eat the following day).

And they fry their chips separate from the fish so vegetarian/vegan safe chips (I’m vegan). And my partner says the fish is great too. I’m a chef so I can tell too, the fish is cooked perfectly (where the batter is fried and the fish is essentially poached in the batter, ie...

What in the world is going on here? I stumbled in by accident, dead drunk like a zombie from Shaun of the Dead. As i stood drooling outside the window, the friendly owner beckoned me in. Several locals were chit chatting and exchanging stories about a set of triplets that would come in, confusing the aforementioned owner. The walls are covered in cultural adverts, from classical Chinese theater to the story of oil from ancient times to World War 1. The owner is super friendly, instantly engaged me in conversation, let me try some curry, which convinced me to order the curry fish and chips, a gorgeous monstrosity perfect to conclude a...