Princes Fish & Chips — Restaurant in England

So. I discussed my views with the shop and have them a chance to improve. The next time I visited (6 months after I wrote the review below) the taste and quality was much better. The portions were still a bit small and the prices a bit high in my view but a big improvement.

--original review---

When I first went here in 2015 the 'large chips' was actually large and the food tastes nice too. After Covid and the energy crisis things have done downhill. Portion sizes have been cut and the quality has gone - a lot of the chips themselves are small dried out pieces - and the prices are now way way too high for what it is. The place has gone downhill massively which is a real shame. It's the only chip shop in town with a captive audience of pensioners without cars but...

If you drive to the chip shop in Thame, then you get far more chips - at least twice as many and they are better and nicer (and cheaper) . I actually took a photo of the the chips at both places to compare and contrast because this has become annoying.

I hope the owner sees this because I would like things to improve. I don't want the place to shut - but I don't think mediocrity should be rewarded either. If things turn around then I will remove...

My local chippy was closed so I thought I'd give this one a try. Firstly, It's expensive, secondly the staff are really not interested, and last but not least the portion sizes are ridiculous. I asked for small cod and a portion of large chips. There was only one size of cod which I thought, "Okay I can deal with that" They proceeded to put both fish and chips in a box together of which I asked can they be separate, this is not an unreasonable request as given that I'd ordered large chips these were to be shared. The member of staff looked down his nose at me and then said I have to pay extra for another box to put the chips in!!! When the chips were served I queried if it was a large portion as it was that bad I had to order another small portion otherwise there wouldn't have been enough to share around. As for the fish, there was at least three inches of just batter alone so even though it looked a decent size, the fish content was lacking. Bottom line is I won't be going back there, If I can't go to my local chippy I'll go into Thame instead and try one...

The problem with this chippy is when they’re busy and the food is freshly cooked it’s great, but choose a quiet time and they serve up all the dried up chips and crisped up fish at full price that should be binned. The only chippy in Risborough that trades on it’s monopoly. Don’t use Except busy times between 5-7pm otherwise your taking potluck of poor quality food.

UPDATE: I am very pleased to say that Princes Chippy @ Princes Risborough have responded to negative reviews and have now what appears to be a new policy of cooking smaller amounts and subsequently that means that there could be a short wait for freshly cooked fish & chips. I consider this a plus to receive a freshly cooked meal and I applaud them for listening to it's customers. I hope they keep it up? My score increased from...