C J's Fish & Chips — Restaurant in England

Just ate here and it was a hilariously poor and bizarre experience. After waiting outside for 5-10 mins for a table to be cleaned we were halfway to being seated when we then had to wait next to it while the owner went up the loft. We then got sat at a dirty table; when my wife pointed out to the waitress that there was used gum on it we were told “I’ll get you a napkin” like it was to be expected!!! (The napkin never came). We ordered for 2 adults and 2 kids. The drinks came, mine was wrong but I let it go and my son’s milkshake was deemed “gross”. While waiting on food to arrive we were entertained by a literal builders bucket of dripping batter being walked through the middle of the restaurant, along with buckets of chips etc. Food arrived, my son’s burger turned up in buttered sliced bread because they’d run out of buns (no warning or offer to swap) and my daughter’s pizza was a microwave style one and had been cooked to the point the crust couldn’t physically be cut. We didn’t get given cutlery and had to ask. The bread and butter for our meals never arrived. On eating the chips were ok, fish was soggy and the curry sauce was laugh-out-loud bad (imagine congealed chicken gravy with curry powder and currants). School cafeteria style sachets of sauce, the tartare was especially bad. On using the salt and vinegar the bottles were filthy and slimy. When we went to pay I was asked how everything was and was honest, the two waitresses seemed to find it amusing however the owner overheard. To her credit she couldn’t have been more apologetic and halved our bill and had explained that she was training new staff. Unfortunately it seems like the sort of place surviving on its location and the 1-off visits from tourists/passing trade. On the plus side the pizza place up the road we went to for the kids after is...

Edited on 26/9/21. Original review below this.

I've got no idea what has happened in the space of 2 months, but CJ's has gone from being the best fish and chip shop I know to being bang average.

The fish they served us on our previous two visits was neither cod, nor haddock, more likely pollock and neither the batter or chips were crispy. Also the mushy peas were not cooked through and were very watery.

It's just a shame really, I thought I'd found a winner but I guess not!

Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad fish and chip shop, it's just average.

I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could.

Old review - 5 stars.

Weve visited 6 times now over the summer and it's our new favourite fish and chip shop! We've always had take away, so this review is only about the take away.

We're 2 adults and 2 kids, aged 5 & 6, we order two large fish and chips and 2 regular mushy peas and share it around. There's plenty for all of us and nobody is left hungry.

It comes in at £16.60, and we've never had anything but excellent service and superb fish and chips. This fish is always thick, white and super fresh with light and crispy batter and perfect chip shop style chips.

Whether or not you'll like the chips is subjective. Think of 1990's fish and chip shop chips and that's what you get. They're definitely greasy, really geasy, but we all love them. I mean, it's not like you eat fish and chips 3 times a week so let lose and...

Once upon a time in a town called Filey there was rude, miserable woman who worked in CJ’s Fish & Chips. She wore no hair net. She told us to wait outside for 10 minutes as our table would be ready soon with high chairs. Little did we know she would turn out to be the villain in this story. We waited for 10 minutes, then 20, then 30. Eventually we were spoken to again by said woman who told us our table was almost ready. After a further 15 minutes we were whisked into the restaurant and separated from the rest of our group to eat. However, there were no high chairs. What were princess Elsie and Princess Bella supposed to eat in? We were pointed in the direction of the high chairs which were in a dark, gloomy corner and put them up as directed at the end of our tables. Within seconds this woman appeared again, her face red with anger. She shouted at us. ‘YOU CANNOT PUT YOUR HIGHCHAIR THERE. IT IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD. MOVE. NOW!’ The party leader then reminded the woman that were told to put up the high chairs here by the staff and that we had made them aware of needing high chairs from the outset. ‘I DONT CARE, THIS IS HEALTH AND SAFETY RIGHT HERE’. We did not appreciate the attitude of this fairytale villain. We clicked our fingers and in a flash we left the restaurant to find our happily ever after (Cooplands down the...