Jasper Fish & Chips — Restaurant in Pickering

I heard from a friend this place was good for fish and chips.

I went by and bought the deep fried scallops, halibut with half chips and coleslaw. In a nutshell, I was not impressed.

They are quite pricey for the quality of food I received. The scallops were extremely oily (you see the oil come out of it when you even lightly squeeze it). It was breaded oddly, the breading wasn't attached to the actual scallop for the most part and fell off the scallop in the box. I think it was just very very oily. I would rate it 2/5. The halibut was a large portion, very meaty and dense and kind of chewy. I don't know if that's how it's supposed to be. A little tough to cut into. Maybe because I ate it about 15 minutes after the scallops. The fries were kind of stale and were the chunky dry kind and were overcooked/lightly burned. The coleslaw was very very vinegary and came in a styrofoam drinking cup. The guy told me it was the vinegar kind and not the creamy kind but boy was it vinegary. I couldn't finish it because it was too sour.

The inside of the restaurant is colorful with lots to look at, but doesn't have much seating areas. Like of run down and cheap looking but some might view it as part of its charm?

In all honesty, I was dissapointed that it didn't meet my expectation as I'm a huge fish and chips fan. If I go by again, it would be at a friend's request and I will post an update to my review then. Overall 2.5...

I've been to Jaspers a few times, but I've always done take out, but this time, I decided to dine in with my wife. We were greeted as we entered the door and seated right away. Our waiter was a funny, lively and overall wonderful person who really did a great job serving us. We ordered a little bit of everything including fries, haddock, halibut, scallops, shrimp, coleslaw and gravy. It came out fresh and fast, but most importantly, it was delicious. The last time I dined in for fish and chips was at the halibut house and I found the food there so oily and greasy. At Jaspers, the batter was light, tasty and the portion was huge. It was a little pricey, but because the quality of the food was high, I felt there was value for money. I would definitely recommend Jaspers and I am looking forward to going back there again. Also, I found it incredible that they know most of their customers by name and things about them....

I drove by this place yesterday because my wife was getting her nails done next door. I saw this massive lineup of people trying to get in to this fish and chip place that looked like a typical old style fish-and-chips location.... nothing special. Today, I was in the area again and I decided to try the fish and chip place to find out what the hype was. So I will explain to you what I found out.

The hype is that yes, the fish tasted good but... you get twice as thick of a fish that any other fish and chip place. So you get a piece of fish that's double thickness size of any other fish and chip place i have ever been to I weigh 240 pounds. I'm 5' 10 and 1 piece of fish filled me. The fresh cut fries are delicious by the way Readers that are reading my review... it's worth the trip at least once !! However, I recommend you get the best fish which is the halibut. The customer service and friendliness could be a...