Callands Fryer — Restaurant in Burtonwood and Westbrook

For decades, I had visited this chip shop for lunch, though it had been several years since I last came, and it is now under new management. The shop is situated between a convenience shop and a popular pub, and there is plenty of parking available.

Upon entering the shop, I found it to be clean and tidy, and the staff were friendly and polite. Things had changed a little since my previous visits, as the chippy now serves various other foods as well as chippy fare.

The large cod was a good size, not particularly thick, but quite wide and with a delicious freshness to it. The batter was also quite special, and the combination of the two was spot on.

The curry sauce was thick and smooth, with nothing in the way of lumps or pretentiousness. It also had a nice little kick—a curry sauce that would complement most dishes.

The salt-and-pepper siumai was very tasty, and the accompanying onions and peppers were plentiful and fresh. The siumai wasn't really for me—it had a meatball-like texture, with little moisture.

The chips were okay—relatively uniform and slim, but delicious.

Cooking in: Oil

Hygiene Rating: 5

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Fish Reviewed: Cod

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Use this takeaway very often and it's always been absolutely gorgeous until recently 😒 not too sure what's happened but food just isn't the same chips taste like they've been warmed up from the night before and food isn't very hot upon delivery. Chicken and sweetcorn soup has been very salty and sweet and sour sauce has no taste to it. Absolutely gutted because this place has always been our go too but not going to lie worried about ordering again spending a decent amount of money each time for the same to happen again 😢

UPDATE Well we thought we'd try again after your reply and unfortunately we were disappointed again 😔 chips tasted like they'd been warmed up the kids wouldn't eat them 😕 I thought I'd try the sweet and sour again and again hardly no sauce and ONE piece of pineapple! Asked for mayo on the hubby's meal and he didn't get any 🤷🏻‍♀️ not sure what's changed but it's doing you no favours...

Clean, modern place with pleasant, approachable staff.

Food mostly prepared to order with a small number of ready-to-go items.

The Battered Sausage is snappy, juicy and full of flavour.

The Chip Barm is overflowing with perfectly cooked, fluffy chips.

The Special Omelette with chips and peas is well portioned and very tasty, though the omelette mostly tastes like salty bacon.

Small Fish & Chips and Small Curry Sauce. I opted for ‘fruity’ curry instead of ‘Chinese’. A good amount of food for a small portion. The chips were great ‘Chippy' chips and the fish was flaky and smooth with a thin, crisp batter. The fish was cooked to order and was a little greasy, but not so much that any flavour or textures were lost to it. The Fruity Curry Sauce was really tasty too. A bit chunky and a peppery taste, it paired really well with the fish and chips.

Overall, there's some great chippy food here that...