Fish & Chips On Alphington Road — Restaurant in Exeter

I used to have a friend live very close to this chip shop, actually it was also the closest shop to where I used to live. It is nice to have a little treat on my way to his or if I wasn't in the mood for cooking! You always smelled it before you saw the shop! The incredible smell as you walk up the road towards. As you enter you are hit in the face with the smell of freshly cooked chips and cooking batter! My love for cheesy chips started here! I didn't know what to pick so I asked for a recommendation! I haven't looked back since! The chips were always lovely, they were always generous with the servings. For the money you pay, you were always stuffed after. The fish was really good, nice flakey, nice crunch from the batter. None of the sloppy, wet and soggy stuff that I have seen in a few. The selection is amazing, all the usuals you expect from a chip shop! I find the value to be just right, especially with the servings they give. The curry sauce was piping hot, amazing flavour. The staff was always really nice and really friendly! Whilst you wait, the nice toasty heat. When it was winter, that nice feeling of getting into the warmth. I have since moved a little further away, but I remember it being one of my favourites in Exeter, plus being the closest to my friends and even my place, got the craving for chips haha. I highly recommend, if you want an amazing chippy dinner, look no further. Be careful of the road, pretty busy. Had a few scary moments getting across with idiots on the road! Need to pop in again...

I have eaten from here multiple times before and have previously always been very pleased with the food. Today was different.

My normal order is battered halloumi and chips and my partner has fish and chips. Today, we pre-ordered battered halloumi, haddock and chips as usual and went to collect. When we got home, we realised I had been given breaded mozzarella sticks instead of halloumi. We drove back to the shop to ask for the correct item.

The staff in the shop insisted that the mozzarella sticks were their "new version" of halloumi which is smaller because they were losing money on the original size. The woman in the shop assured me it was definitely halloumi as she had cooked it herself. The item I had was 100% mozzarella (it was stretchy in texture and tasted exactly like mozzarella and nothing like halloumi). My partner checked too and agreed. It was also breaded instead of battered. See photo.

I would have understood if the staff in the shop had been honest and said they had run out of halloumi, or made a mistake, or admitted to whatever the reason for the wrong food was, but the blatant dishonesty was very disappointing.

Drove back home again and ate our now lukewarm meal.

Giving two stars because we enjoyed the chips and my partner said his haddock was nice.

Maybe avoid this place if you don't like being lied to about what food you are being given, or have any...

This place has gone right down hill I stopped here last night to get some tea on my way home from work, I ordered a burger and a battered sausage, there was 1 lady in front of me who had already ordered but very frustrated as she had been waiting along time, I finally got served myself no hello nothing it was like everything the staff members had to do was a huge effort, after being served my burger was ready within minutes and chucked onto the hot server I opened the box to find what looked like a rustler burger which had been microwaved and a slice of cheese slapped in the middle there was no sauces or salad added to it. I called to the chap behind the counter and said I wanted a refund as the burger was never worth over £4 he kept muttering to himself as he was annoyed I asked for a refund which once again was a effort to process. I took the battered sausage hoping it was going to be ok it was awful the amount of grease dripping off it was hurrendous, I couldn't be bothered to go back to the shop and complain think this place needs a serious shake up such a shame won't be...