Are Fish and Chips worth it?

Our local one is worth it. The fish is huge so DH and I share. I can never make it quite as well at home.

It's the convenience as well though isn't it? It's such a faff to peel potatoes, cut into chips, fry and batter fish. Then there's all the clean up.

Even fresh fish from the supermarket is expensive.

I love a fish supper!

Leftover curry or pizza? I'm sorry I don't understand

That's reminded me, I was in Sainsburys the other day and noticed that 10 Findus haddock fingers were £4.50!

I do love fish and chips especially when you're at the seaside but it's a very, very rare treat.
You can't reheat them either like a curry or pizza, so no leftovers for lunch to stretch it a bit.

Can't get proper fish and chips in my country so they are definitely worth the cost when I'm in the UK but the prices really are ridiculous now. I used to run down the chippy every Friday evening with my brother, get a portion of chips for 80p, and it'd be a massive portion.

Or The Sun 😂

I guess I need to go up north for the proper version! 🤣

You're not wrong! Yorkshire fish in chips is genuinely fantastic. Still wouldn't pay £20+ though.

That’s crazy cheap. I’m in the north, and our local chippy is £14 for fish and chips for one! We have it about twice a year now. I’d rather go out for a nice pub meal instead.

These threads always make me want to cry. That would cost £48.10 from my local fish and chip shop, hence we pretty much always decide it's not worth it. We're actually pretty well off, but FIFTY QUID for a couple of portions of fish and chips never feels like money well spent.

(large cod =£16.25 each, large chips =£6.50 each, mushy peas £2.60). We live in Surrey.

A Daily Mail page!?

The chippy near me is extortionate!very small portions,it only survives because there is a lot of elderly people in my village who go regularly.

No, absolutely categorically they're not worth £20+++

Takeaway Fish and chips used to be a quick and cheap option for when you can't be arsed to cook after a very busy day.

I'd go swimming as a child once a week and my mum would pick up some fish n chips afterwards so she didn't need to worry about cooking. It'd take the chippy people about 3 seconds to grab you a portion wrapped in a Daily Mail page, cost us 2 quid or less per portion. Loved it.

I think the only attraction for fish and chips now is the nostalgia for family memories like that?

Meals from our local chippies are hit & miss, the quality of the fish depending on whether it's fresh out of the fryer or has been languishing under glass for a while.
And far too many chips are shovelled on to make up for the decreasing fish portion sizes.
It's not the chippy owners' fault. Costs of everything have shot up - seemingly since Covid.
The surplus chips crisp up nicely in the air fryer the next day.

The idea and fantasy of fish and chips from the chip shop is always so much better than the reality. I always sigh with happiness when I open the package, the lovely smell! And mushy peas! Oh the joy!!
Then after about four bites I'm like 'meh ..' feels like so much wasted calories! It's actually quite stodgy and bland. And the chips are never crispy.

I guess I need to go up north for the proper version! 🤣

Depends on the quality and quantity of what you got. Seems expensive but maybe that's the going rate round your way.

I've tried several chip shops round my way and the quality is variable. Some I'd be prepared to pay what you did, others I'd never visit again, unless I was truly desperate.

One "fancy" chip shop in a previous town I lived in was absolutely shocking. Poor quality and (perhaps merficully) small portions. But somehow surviving despite being overpriced because of trade from visitors to the town... the place looked the part, even if the food was lacking.

Yes, but we have an excellent chippy.

Like a PP we have a large cod and medium chips between two. I would never bother to make it at home.

Bloody hell that's expensive! My local chippies are reasonably cheap and very nice.

Depends on the quality as other have said. We went to an absolute stonking place in Hunstanton in December, i think is was £14 eating in. Absolutely ginormous portions or the flakiest chunkiest fish with the most crispy chips ever. Worth every penny.

I used to love them and we have a brilliant local chip van that visits the village, but sadly my body seems to have decided fried stuff (particularly the fish) doesn't agree with me anymore. I've had terrible stomach ache and indigestion the last few times I've tried, so that's it for me.

My son got fish and chips the other day. It cost £9.80. The fish was huge and there were loads of chips, it looked really well cooked too. I don't think that's a bad price but in some places the quality isn't so good and the fish can be small. I only get it when I have a craving for it which is about twice a year, but I do spend money on other takeaways.

That's expensive. My chippy does a family box for £16 which a large pizza box filled with chips, onion rings, 2 sausages, 2 large fish, gravy, curry and peas.

No.
I may do it once a year when I find myself in some suitable coastal / beach type location. Last time I had fish and chips was in Oban in May 2024.

There are nicer foods, let alone the cost.

Being old we share a large cod and chips, and for about £11 where we are it's not too bad for a treat. A whole large cod and chips for one person is probably getting on for 1,500 calories, especially if you wash it down with a can of Irn-Bru.

Sounds like you need a flow chart

Do I like fish and chips Y/N
Do I like these fish and chips enough to pay what they cost Y/N

And then youwill have the answer