Coulls Fish Restaurant — Restaurant in England

No idea why this place is getting good reviews. I love leaving 5 star reviews for places but this fish and chip shop was in my 5 worst I've ever had. Maybe they just had a bad day?

The wait to be served was very long. We awkwardly sat staring up at the counter for ages.

The batter was quite bizarre for a fish and chip shop. It was incredibly crumbly and just fell apart so you couldn't really keep it attached to and eat it with the fish. It tasted very strange and was wet and kind of eggy in middle. Most batters I've had are white in the middle, not yellow.

The cod was embarrassingly thin (see picture). Absolutely tiny and basically hidden amongst the batter. It was also tough and flavourless.

The cold chips tasted like plastic. The watered down vinegar didn't have a taste to it.

The 'Cod' and chips were £17. Highly over priced for a disappointing meal.

The interior is really nice, the waitress was nice enough but gets you to do all the passing of the plates when handing out and collecting them.

We definitely would not recommend this place at all and I'd love to know under what circumstances it...

We visited the restaurant for lunch as we were on a day trip in the North East, the restaurant wasn’t that busy. We sat outdoors I. The back yard enjoying the lovely summer weather. We made the order of soup of the day (which came very fast) and fish and chips which took some time to arrive and few drinks. The portion is quite big with 2 large pieces of fish and plenty of chips. The fish itself was quite oily, I know it’s deep fried but there was a bit extra oil. And the external layer around the fish was extra think and not that delicious!! The meat of the fish was quite nice, while the chips were not. The soup of the day was parsnips and chilli which was nice and tasty. The claim of the restaurant being the best fish and chips in the North East is quite a stretch, we definitely had better over the years in several other...

My families last night in Berwick we decided to go for a dinner in town and stumbled upon Coulls. We were absolutely blown away with atmosphere and aesthetics of the place to begin with. The servers where friendly and attentive, with food being brought out not long after ordering. The portion sizes where huge and piping hot. The food was cooked beautifully and was fresh as well. I had the baked potato with cheese and beans, I was delighted with the food! It was soft and buttery and completely filling. We were staying at the Haven park and would recommend the short walk into town for the fantastic food from Coulls over the Cooks chippy in the actual park. Coulls should be very happy and proud of their business as being from Scotland, I would happily take the train down often...