George's Tradition Long Eaton — Restaurant in Erewash

It was a strange road to this place. It was the fourth place we tried to eat at (on a Monday evening). What goes on in Derbyshire that no one wants to serve food on a Monday? George's is a takeaway fish and chip bar with a restaurant at the side. It is clean and tidy and with neat signs outside it is very well presented. The presentation of the menus also reinforce this. Having been on the go all day, I ordered a large cod and chips and beans with bread and butter as a side. Yes. I am a heathen who says no to mushy peas. My mate ordered steak pie with gravy and chips. The meals both arrived on plates the same size, despite me having ordered a large meal. The fish was of average size. It was very tasty, it was fresh and the batter was also very good. Light and crispy, it didn't taste of oil either. It was not though, a particularly large portion of fish. The chips, though mostly tasty were also small in portion size. And of that portion too many were small, crispy bits. Very unimpressed by this. If you make good chips, flaunt it. Paying a premium to sit in, I expect a high quality and a decent sized portion if I order a large fish and chips. Will I return? Maybe. There's certainly other chippies to explore. A little attention to detail would definitely see more stars in...

UPDATE 2024 - new year, same garbage (see pics). Trash food, straight in the bin - this was last chance and never again for me now! 0 stars if only it was possible.

How the mighty have fallen. You could gaurentee a queue out the door / stood waiting for a table back in the day, now it seems like a soulless outfit.

Having worked there 10 something years ago i remember the cabinets being stacked with quality, well cooked items and the place buzzing.

Now it’s a bit of a tired and overpriced shadow of it’s former self with some longtime staff seemingly still there stuck in a rut.

It’s been a while since sampling the fish, chips and peas and probably the last. Nothing special at all, not well cooked, not fresh. Fish with blown batter and overdone, chips soggy and luke warm, watery peas.

Poor lad serving was in no rush either, he would of been getting a massive hurry up in times gone by.

Maybe covid and the cost of living killed it off a bit, but that’s no excuse to drop the...

I can only rate as average based on this week’s experience. I have been a customer for many years but have not visited since before lockdown. I didn’t want to sit on the bench it was stained and very uninvitingly shabby. As were a couple of tables including the one we were sat at with dropped food under the table from previous customers not cleared. I understand that price structure at fish and chip shops is more difficult with overhead costs like oil, fish and cost of fuel so it didn’t surprise me to see on pensioners special an increased price but no bread and butter and a cuppa. Also no explanation as to why you can no longer enjoy an alcoholic drink. Everything felt jaded and as only a couple of tables with customers also no atmosphere. My grandkids enjoyed their food so they were happy enough!! I won’t be rushing back as I think I will try the Cods Scallops first and do a comparison. Come on George’s don’t sit on your laurels let’s see...