Bill's Fish and Chips — Restaurant in Western Australia

One of if not the best fish n chips in Perth. Quality ingredients and experience distinguish Bill's from the many competitors. Never had a bad or even average meal from here, its a family favorite. In fact it's pretty much the only place that the kids will choose over dreaded golden arches. Consistently generous serves to the extent that ordering per person results in enough leftovers to make another meal the next day. They must use a good quality oil that's changed regularly because its light and never leaves you with a "wish I hadn't done that" feeling. There's a wide selection of fresh fish as well as all the other deep fryer fodder such as chico rolls, cheese sausages and the like. These days we stick to the basics and just order fish n chips x the number of diners minus one and serve of the delicious squid that seems to in some kind of tempura batter (half serve feeds two adults in combination with the fish). As for the chips, let's just say they generally are torn open immediately and despite being far too hot are just too good to resist on the drove home. Service is what you would expect from a family operated business with a proud history. Courteous and prompt as well as patient and kind... They've waited patiently for us to pickup after closing due to our families inability to arrive anywhere on time and I think I've only managed to pay for Tartare sauce once in the whole time we have been going there. Cannot rate this place highly enough - kids love it and even those such as my self who are fussy about seafood (I.e don't particularly like it) can't help but crave it. Everyone I've referred has become a regular there. In the hotly depbated topic of best in the business Bills is...

Below average fish and chips. There was nothing terrible about the food, it was all edible and not undercooked but we regret not going to Macdonalds as we had planned.

Serving sizes weren't great and the batter on fish was soggy, just not crisp at all.

but the big disappointment was the gravy. The gravy. It is literally the gravy mix we have in a tin at home mixed with just water. I've never gotten gravy from a chippy that didn't have a rich flavour, with some better than others but always fairly decent. It's one of the biggest draws for us to go to chippy because if we wanted packet gravy and water we can make that at home.

There's 3 fish and chips shops within about a kilometre of our home in Watermans Bay, this is hands down the worst of the lot. We won't be returning when we have much better options within walking distance.

Also this place doesn't even have a proper specials/pack board like every other place I've ever been to.

If you're hungry and want fish and chips this place is ok but they don't seem to take much pride in...

The fish (hake)is not batterd or cooked fresh, it is pre cooked then re-heated in hot oil. Cooking the fish in this makes the batter stodgy and it doesnt take too long to lose any crispness it has to it. This makes the batterd fish almost unedible. The fish portions are small aswell. I hope their more exspensive fish is cooked fresh and larger in size. The only real enjoyable part of our meal was the chips, they were plentiful and almost crispy. Although our ordered childs meal was drowned with vinegar, i couldn't belive how much she smothered it. I did ask for salt and vinegar but not to ruin my childs meal in the process. One of the cookhands there gave me a backchat attitude saying " you asked for extra " whilst literally pouring the vinegar over the meal when i asking them "not too much please". I was not happy and very disappointed in Bills fish and chips, i thought I'd give them a go, but it was not...