Kath’s Plaice Fish and Chips — Restaurant in England

Over the years we have often stopped in town to get fish and chips from here when it was called 'The Galley', and it's always been fantastic. This was the first time we have visited this chip shop since it became 'Kath's Plaice'.

The service was great, very friendly and polite, shop was very clean and tidy with a great menu to choose from at reasonable prices, and the portions of chips were huge. All sounds great, but......

...And here's the reason for the two star rating. When we got the food home and sat down to eat, everything had a very strange taste to it that we could not work out what it was, and then when we looked at the menu in more detail, we figured out what it was. It appears that they now fry EVERYTHING in beef dripping! Even the veggie burgers!

Now I understand that for some people this would not be a problem, but for us the fact that everything was tainted with the beef fat taste just ruined the meal entirely. I've been buying fish and chips for over 30 years and never have I known any chip shop use beef dripping in the fryers.

Alas to say that we will not be using Kath's...

Unfortunately the staff were extremely rude. I've visited this place lots of times and it really varies on how you get treated and how the food is. There isn't any consistency. When the food is good it really is lovely fish and chips, but the last time the fish was greasy and the chips weren't cooked enough. That could be because I got there around 15mins before closing and they clearly didn't want to be there. They were so rude, the younger staff wouldn't even acknowledge me and I had to say thank you 3 times before she would even look up at me. The owner kept on looking at the clock, especially when a gentleman came in and ordered. She huffed at the fact that he came in 5 mins before closing. It's such a shame because this attitude from them seems to be happening...

Great food and service, lack of parking.

Pros - crunchy beef fat-fried chips, large portion, delicious curry sauce available in hot or mild, fairly priced, clean and tidy café, polite friendly staff, the coffee was nice in flavour and strength, eating in the café the staff will also go to the takeaway part as well so if any further help is needed all you have to do is tap the bell at the till, were happy to provide box for remaining food as we were too full to eat and were able to take it away to finish later.

Cons - no parking so if you do takeaway you will need to park on double yellow lines. If eating in the café/restaurant use Aldi's car park but make sure you buy something from them first and check the time so you don't overstay and...