Salt & Vinegar — Restaurant in England

Highly recommended by locals, although I consider myself an ex local, cautiously leaving a review in case I get the pitchfork treatment! Have had a takeaway a while ago midweek and service was slow so interested to see what this would be like. The owner has put significant effort into diversifying outside of just being a fish and chip shop, by offering outside eating, cocktails, breakfasts. I was curious to see what it was like. We saw a waitress and asked about a table. Was told just to sit. I took 2 menus off her, she had a pile of 6, she asked if I could take one only and share as that’s all they had. Some what surprised and wondering if this was a theme? We decide on our meals and waited for service. Another server bought food out to the table next to ours so called our to ask if we could order. Either she didn’t hear me or was already busy, as the lady behind us said it does get busy and to order inside which we did. Food took a while. We were late for the cinema. Saving grace was that food was ok. Nothing special. We had 2 small cocktails, children’s portion of cod bits and fish cake with chips, beans, curry sauce and roll. Food arrived piecemeal with delays between each course arriving which made our meal take longer. Asked to pay straight away so we could get it. It was a Friday and it was busy. Would I return? Maybe. Is there potential? Definitely! Just sort out the lack of menus, slow service, small drink portions. Bill came to £31. It’s not a restaurant,...

Would generally have highly recommended Salt n Vinegar, however the last two visits have not been up to scratch. The timing is extremely poor. Today I waited 30 plus minutes for two portions of cheesy chips, 1 peri peri chips, one wrap and a fish cake. I did request a new fish cake as it had been put on a plate next to a sausage. But that new fish cake was still cooked before the chips were sorted. There were NO People waiting, there were no just eat/ Deliveroo drivers/orders. There were members of staff talking, laughing and joking and not doing any work. When I pointed out to the owner I had been waiting for over 30 minutes he used the excuse I’d ordered two things that took the most time, I found this patronising and factually Incorrect, I pointed out to him that his staff were too busy messing about instead of doing their job and that, that was the problem, his response was, “ I’ll sack them then!” Rather than sacking them I would suggest training them! I ran a kitchen with 250 covers each lunch time and timing is crucial. This was poor management of the staff. To top it off the food was not brilliant....

Really annoyed, ordered a cheeseburger chips and curry sauce, my pregnant partner ordered jumbo sausage chops and curry sauce with sparkling water.

Called me to tell me it’s ready, then called me as I walked into the store to try and tell me it’s ready. Then told to wait “a couple minutes”- turned out to be 15 while my pregnant partner was waiting in the hot car.

After waiting 15 minutes, was told no sparkling water- and gave me still water instead. Could’ve got this from my own tap, why not offer another fizzy drink? Or could’ve told me when I arrived so i could’ve called my partner?

Got home and unwrapped food, burger is caked in mayo and red sauce which was not wanted ordered or asked for at all. Not in the description on website or on pictures. Not asked for in store or checked by an employee as I was waiting. A simple question could’ve made my meal edible

Complete waste of money, just having chips for dinner when I could’ve opened my freezer and done the same.

First order from here as it’s my first day after moving in to the estate next door. Never...