Fish and chips are a national institution. Every week 7 million portions of fish and chips are consumed in the UK – that’s 380 million portions a year!
There seems to be something about fish and chips we just can’t get enough of. You’ll find the dish on menus from pubs to five star hotels, backstreet chippies to seaside cafes.
Below we’ve listed our picks of the places which serve fish and chips in Glasgow.
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The Chippy Doon The Lane
The Chippy Doon The Lane has updated the concept of the traditional fish and chip shop for the 21st century, with a fresh, contemporary space on McCormick Lane, just off Buchanan Street in Glasgow’s city centre. Battered fish served with hand-cut chips and home made tartar sauce are the core of the menu and customers can choose between coley, plaice, haddock, cod, lemon sole, scampi or monkfish. Lovers of chip shop tradition can crown fish suppers with a pickled onion or even the more daring pickled egg.
£6.45 for fish tea at The Chippy Doon The Lane on 5pm.
The Tearooms at Butterfly and the Pig
A fish tea doesn’t have to be just for grannies. The gorgeous Tearooms at Butterfly and the Pig, which is decorated in a vintage style complete with doilies, china cutlery and mismatched furniture, offers a traditional high tea offer on 5pm, which includes a pot of tea, a main course and a slice of cake fresh from their homemade cake cabinet. Their battered fish and chips with mushy peas goes particularly well washed down with tea and cake.
£12.00 for 2 courses on high tea menu + tea or coffee at The Tearooms at Butterfly and the Pig on 5pm.
Simply Fish
Aiming to prove that Scotland’s waters provide some of the finest seafood in the world, Simply Fish in Cleveden takes its fish seriously. On the menu more adventurous fish dishes sit alongside traditional favourites, including their fish and chips which are beer battered and served with hand cut chips and tartare sauce.
£12 for 3 courses on set menu + Bellini cocktail at Simply Fish on 5pm.
The Grumpy Goat
A recent addition to Yorkhill, The Grumpy Goat serves up traditional British favourites including beer bettered haddock hand cut chips with tartare sauce. It’s laidback atmosphere makes it an enjoyable place to dine and all their ingredients are sourced, as far as is possible, from local producers with an emphasis on free range, sustainable and ethically supplied produce.
£12 for 2 courses on set menu + glass of wine at The Grumpy Goat on 5pm.co.uk.
Waverley Tea Rooms
With a restaurants in a glass conservatory, the Waverley Tea Rooms is an ideal spot to people watch while you dine. The large open air terrace is also an al fresco option worth remembering when the warmer months arrive. Their menu is made up of traditional favourites and their fish and chips, a crispy battered haddock served with chips, tartare sauce, peas and a lemon wedge, is consistently a popular option.
30% a la carte discount at the Waverley Tea Rooms on 5pm.
Arches Cafe Bar
Vegetarian fish and chips? Arches Cafe Bar have made it happen with their battered halloumi “fish” which tastes sharp and salty and just as good as the real thing. Genuis. Carnivores can tuck into actual fish and both options are served with chips, tartare sauce and garlic peas.
20% a la carte discount at Arches Cafe Bar on 5pm.