Mother Hubbard's — Restaurant in Stockport

Service was perfect. The young guy on the till took the time to talk us through the menu and was very patient while we was choosing what to get, they were busy but he didn't rush us at all. Amazing customer service. he deserves to work somewhere better than here where he can truly flourish.

Everyone else, you can feel the atmosphere between them... Very awkward.

I always order a sausage, meat pie, chips, gravy. My partner always gets fish, chips, mushy peas, gravy.

The menu itself: very confusing visually. Too many options... Gordon Ramsay would not be happy with this menu! 😂 No option on the kids menu for sausage and chips (from what I could tell?) I usually order off the kids menu. They don't sell meat pies... Why do chippys in Stockport not sell meat pies!?!

Prices: first looks I thought it was very fairly priced. there's definitely more expensive chippys in the area and I honestly can't complain.

We waited around 20 minutes but it was busy.

Portions: when I saw the gravy I thought it was tiny. But then I saw my portion of chips and the tray was half empty. It was enough for the chips I had, but if you had chips and a fish you'd need 2 gravys for sure. I'm on Ozempic and Im still hungry after it! 😂

They don't have different sizes for chip portions (again from what I could tell from the confusing menu!)

Also don't think they have different gravy sizes.

Chips: Very dry and not cooked enough, not fresh even at 7pm at peak time. i get the feeling they are frozen, or purchased or pre cut. However if you don't like oily chips you'd like these if you're lucky to get them fresh!

Sausage: Over cooked, dry, cold. Didn't feel like a proper chippy sausage... Almost felt like it was oven cooked? Defo wasn't fresh.

Gravy: Actually really nice. It was the perfect thickness and had decent flavour, just wish the pots were larger.

Fish: Apparently nothing to write home about. They use haddock not cod.

My overall consensus - I won't be...

Went here a few weeks after it opened and was pleased with the food and overall service, however I went back on Fri and was deeply disappointed. Firstly when you order via the in shop tablets the picture for the special shows a photo of fush & chips + 2 sides. When you select that it then rakes you to the sides which they charge extra for. This is deeply confusing as ut turns out the 2 sides shown on the image are not included in the price...it took me 5 mins and 3 attempts to order to work this out I gave up and ordered at the counter and when I mentioned mmthis I was told that the picture was for 'illustration' purposes only!.. well just put a pic of what's actually included then??...makes no sense...Anyway after placing the order & waiting 15mins for the food I got home looking forward to a nice Friday chippy tea...so disappointed, aside from the tiny sides [which cost £1.95 each] the gray was like an oxo cube thickened with cornflour and the fish was terrible, myst have been 80% batter, so greasy and so dry...am no expert but I have tasted probably the best fish in gbe country at the Magpie cafe in whitby so know what a good fish tastes like, I wasn't expecting that but for the amount of fish that mother hubbards must get through I would have expected it to be prepared and cooked properly. I won't be returning anytime soon which is a shame as my first experience there was good but obviously standard Ms have skipped...

Our first visit. We took my Dad for his birthday, we thought sitting in would be a nice experience. It’s a lovely, clean, big space. You go upto the counter to order/pay at the same time from a very extensive menu. They charge for sauces too which are quite small pots, so if you like ketchup, you’ll need to pay for more than one. We sat down and our food was brought to us. We had no idea that we would be served on paper trays with wooden cutlery to sit in and eat. If we’d known this, we probably would have ordered it as a takeaway as it wasn’t so easy to eat with the wooden cutlery they provided. The fish was cooked well and very tasty. BUT the chips were shocking! Every other one was black or rotten…how they thought it was acceptable to serve these is beyond me? It wasn’t just the odd one, it was every portion. It was also very easy to see and visible. Between us there was almost a full portion that was left. It’s all very well having an extensive menu, but if you can’t get the basics right - which in my opinion, the chips are pretty important - then it might be worth concentrating on getting them right before offering anything else. Overall, a very disappointing experience and a bit of shame as it was supposed to be a birthday treat which didn’t really meet any of our expectations. Unfortunately, even though it’s local to all 4 of us, we definitely wont be...