Scamper's Snack Bar — Restaurant in St. John's

I've recently been on a fish and chips binge in Newfoundland, so it was interesting to be able to go to all the different places over the last couple of weeks and compare them. I'm writing this review after the conclusion of my two week fish and chips expedition :-)

The food: I did dine in. First off I'd say that the fries and gravy at Scampers was the best I had. The issue we had with the food was that of all the fish I had in Saint Johns this was not fresh and had clearly been sitting about for a good while. It wasn't off or anything like that, but it was not the freshest and this was a bit of a downer on the whole meal. Also I'd say that there isn't really any excuse with not having fresh fish this being Saint John's after all.

Service: The service was alright. It is not the kind of place where they are going to roll out the red carpet, but then again nowhere in Newfoundland is like that. Overall no issues.

Atmosphere: Hands down the best decor of all the places I went to. I love the fact that the place is a vintage fish and chip place. I'd say the place dates from the late 1950s to mid 60s. Anyway, I love it, please...

Went there for dinner and left within 1 minute.

Asked for fish and chips, dressing and gravy (wanted poutine but they don't offer that...) and asked for the fish to be on a separate plate. They declined, so I followed suit and left. A single take out plate is too much for them I guess. I have never had this issue anywhere else and quite frankly, if I could give 0 stars, that's what I would give.

So much for customer service. I thought the reviews on Facebook were exaggerated, I was mistaken. If this is how they react to customers, they'll end up closed soon enough. My suggestion, Tiny's across town, great food...

From Winnipeg visiting St.John for the first time. This restaurant has lots of good reviews and is within walking distance to our hotel, so we tried it out on our first night when we arrived town. Gave it a 5 stars. Our friends came to St. Johns a day after us and we took them out to this restaurant tonight. Food still good, hot and fair portion. Service good too. The only problem was two of us had hot water with lemon and they charged us. We didn't mind paying but the attitude of the cashier was very bad. So instead of leaving a reasonable tips, we left none. First time we were told to pay for hot...