Albany fish bar in Cardiff

I really wish they opened full hours on weekends , a few times we've been disappointed upon arriving at the shop and finding it closed. I know it's best to check timings but I'm sure there were other days they were open during those hours

Best fish and chips I've had. The quality is excellent and good value too. Forget whitby, get to Albany Road, Different class.

Amazing fish and chips. Absolutely love this place. Have been going there for 30+ years and never had a single thing to complain about. Staff are friendly and helpful. Plenty of choice and great value for money.

Love this place, some of the best chips in Cardiff. Very popular place and eith good reason.

Ordered through Deliveroo. Order was perfect but there was confusion with the riders as there were two deliveries in my area and the first rider came to me with a totally different order. All good in the end but very annoying. Great food, a lovely thick piece of cod.

Large portions, food tastes fantastic, always clean, friendly staff, excellent value for money

I'm here everyday 7 nights a week the food spot on the service is great all the staff are a1 I wouldn't eat from no where else highly recommend this shop

Very kind people and made with care

To be honest paid £9.99 plus £4.99 for delivery .... expected better ... pie overcooked ... scabby chips and not that many ... had it delivered asked for salt and vinegar didn't get any ... pretty poor for an award winning chip shop

Had a delivery through deliveroo tonight. Sorry but the food was dire, pukka pie lid was off and meat inside was all dried up. Chicken leg, dry with no meat on it very disappointed.

Fantastic fish and chips! Visited here at the weekend and tried an Albany Fish Bar box. Beautifully cooked fish with fresh tasty and hot chips. The curry sauce had a little zing. Amazing.

Excellent food Excellent service very good people in there I'm in there every single night

They had scampi 🤣 no one else did. Was cooked to perfection, great portions and absolutely lovely guys. We will be back

I ordered two large Cods, a Cod chunks and a small chips from this shop through Deliveroo. I was shocked when I received only three chips in the bag while there were no fish in the package. When I checked the attached delivery receipt, the order number and listed items were identical to what I ordered. Extremely bad experience specially with hungry kids awaiting for the food.

I moved to Cardiff a few months ago and this is definitely my go-to anytime I crave fat chips! Service is always fast and they always adhere to my very specific cooking instructions 😂. Thanks AFB!! You’re brilliant!

Gave me food poisoning!! Avoid.

My absolute favorite! Been eating here for past 30 years

Some of the best fish and chips we’ve had with really friendly workers. We had both the original and the Marsala fish and couldn’t choose a favorite!

One of the best fish and chips shop in Cardiff 🙌🏻 great customer service too!

@AFB Best food I went today get a really nice fish N chips as well as the customer service is outstanding @Wajahat I enjoy a lot thank you will come again wajahat …

Even though the chips have gone massively down hill since this small business went "corporate", they were all over the assanine fish and chip awards and even went to a second shop - I often enjoy a large chips on the way home from my Wednesday pub trip. Nevertheless, the boys were happy to close up early, and even laugh me out of the door with "There's no chips" a shocking 16 minutes before the fool place was supposed to close. For this particular trip you get a one, be grateful minus numbers don't exist in this idiot world of batter-mathematics. (Please note that profanities were removed to protect the integrity of this review).

Batter was very thick and chewy and fish was dry. Good portion of chips.

This is the only chip shop to me that has the most gorgeous chips every time 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋 I would give this 10 stars for their chips alone

Captain Birdseye is supposedly "old". The food that these guys serve possibly outdates him. Cod is not supposed to have the chew texture of Hubba Bubba nor is it supposed to smell like a barrel in a dungeon, especially at the prices that AFB charges. The only reason that food places continue doing this is because they think that they can get away with it. Not this time - time to boycott this place for good.

Whenever I crave for fish and chips this is my place. I've been buying from them for 3 years now and never had a problem. But I do recommend that you get your meal take away and not delivered.

Fish was nice but chips not like old days

Regular customer, always receive excellent food and friendly service.

A mix up on receipts in store. Uber eats superb. Not drivers fault Dodged calls trying to rectify

This is the best chip shop I have had. The food is lovely. The staff are really friendly, and above all it is spotlessly clean.

Fantastic service from the team at Albany Fish Bar! They had some delicious fish chunks left over from a previous customer’s order and Sam very kindly gave them to us for free. Thank you!

V disappointed to visit this shop yesterday. Chips was not like it should be. Fish what he provide me was old. Customer service was rubbish. First he look at customers with weird way then he just wrap the chips in paper and put it on table. Put the coke can in table, put the bag on table and thats it. Customer has to put chips fish and can into bag himself. This is not respect of customers. Customer does not only want things but properly in bag with respect from till person. But that guy was only in hurry to take the payment. At the end i would say very poor and rubish service. Not recommended.

The food is always good, but if you want a delivery don't order through just eat, order direct. Ordered a cod box but ended up with just a bag of chips and as it was ordered through a third party they can't do anything. Bit of a dampner on a Friday night not going to lie. Won't be returning, by looking at the other reviews this place has gone downhill

Food was really good before when I got it while I was out but I was disappointed a few weeks ago I got a late delivery chips were not cooked properly and the pie it made my boyfriend ILL AND FISH WAS OVER COOKED NOT HAPPY AT ALL I did message shop no reply yet

Albany fish bar always had great food and friendly staff 👍

Best fish and chip shop around the area. Definitely recommend when around the area

Sorry to say the Fish Shop has deteriorated significantly since it changed ownership. Chips were stale & obvious not fresh, uneatable, straight in the bin. Place has deteriorated significantly in not serving good quality consistent food anymore.

Ordered from here today and it was horrible. Soggy cold chips and sausage and parts of our order were missing. The food that was there were mostly cold. My kids ended up throwing most of it in the bin. For £40 you would expect alot better. Definitely would not recommend this place.

The chips are always undercooked always... heaven forbid they have no chips stood by and you ask for chips and they make fresh ones, they won't cook them for long enough, and they will be pale...

I feel as though I've been robbed by this shop! 2 Large fish and chips for dinner tonight with mushy peas and curry sauce £30 +tip Very very small amount of miniature chips and small portion of fish - - will never use this place again

Ordered takeaway from them tonight and they missed ideas of the order. I made them aware and they said they provided them and it was my mistake. I normally would bother challenging it but it was my 5 years olds items they missed! When I started to challenge the person to say they hadn’t provided the full order they said they didn’t understand me and it was my error. Terrible service and the way the individual spoke to me was disgusting.

Excellent food and service staff is very friendly

This place used to be amazing but not sure what’s happened to it, portion sizes are absolutely tiny, chips undercooked and fish soggy.

Staff have an appaling attitude and 'surly' would be an understatement. More importanlty they are unhonest... I have been to this chip shop for three sundays on the trot, each time buying a small cod box with curry sauce... week 1: £7.35, week 2: £8.35, and finally today was week 3: £10.95 (it says a small cod box is £10.50 on their menu by the way.) I would advise anyone with any integrity at all to stay clear of this chip shop as they are fiddling the prices and conning their customers... basically... crooks.

Service is average, fish was ok but zero salt, zero sauces, zero lemon and for what i need 1kg chips, to forget the food was served very poorly?

What has happened to this place?! I remember the days when it actually served some of the best fish and chips in the city. I’ve been so disappointed the last 3-4 times I got food from this place (thinking it would be a one off). Food is extremely oily and mushy and the service abhorrent, they just don’t care. I called them a couple of months ago saying I’d be popping by the shop in 15min and offered to put the order in, very rudely they declined. Popped in and waited for 15min whilst they fried some cod. Today I saw how one of the “staff members” spoke to a lady… she was counting her money to pay and the guy preparing the food said in a loud voice “oi look at me, this is the one without salt and vinegar” disgusting way to address your customers. There is a much better alternative (freshers and nicer food with proper service) across the road ‘The Wellfield’ the only issue is that don’t take card. I for one will never step into the Albany Fish Bar again. The place is finished.

Food was ok but left a note in the app to change the gravy from a meal deal to curry sauce and also rang them to ask and still got sent gravy

Delicious food, well mannered staff and quick delivery.

as long as a chicken and potatoes is now 16 pounds too much

I am a Muslim hijabi girl and I ordered fish and chips yesterday in the afternoon and it’s Ramadan(fasting period) and the guy who gave me my food after I payed made a very disrespectful comment asking me “Are you ordering for iftaar?” And i said yes and then he responded with “ aren’t you ordering a bit early? Iftaar is later in the evening it’s afternoon now.” He was implying that I am ordering to eat it now because he is assuming I am on my period, as girls don’t fast during the month if they are on their period! I could be sick or anything how dare he have audacity and disrespect to ask about why I am ordering my food early before breaking fast time? Why does he care about whether I am fasting or not? The sexual connotations behind this as he was trying to embarrass me in front of all his workers by implying I was on my period hence why I was eating early! Very inappropriate and disrespectful! I was the only girl ordering at the time as well no one was in the store. I was tired that day so I did not respond back and ignored the comment and walked out with the food however I am never going again! Very unprofessional, inappropriate and extremely disappointed! May Allah forgive you

Absolutely delicious and fresh!! Best around.Ordered large cod n chips, irish curry,gravy,and a battered burger for good measure. Everything was on point 👉

Worst Fish and Chips I have ever had! For a renowned high street chip shop it was very disappointing. One star for the piles of limp Chips. Poor quality small piece of cod in extremely crispy chewy batter. Come on guys, get the basic “ Fish &Chips” right for the average person trying to eat during present cost of living times.

I ordered food the other day worth £20 and it tasted awful. The fish was slimy and tasteless. Chips was soggy and with in tiny pieces. And the curry sauce was runny and had no flavour. Awful food and wouldn’t recommend.Not as good as it used to be

Ihave paid for large box of fish and chips when I have opened the box they wasn't much chips I have paid 9.95 for it is not worth it , and portion its too small for the large size

Excellent really efficient and courteous staff

Today went in to buy chicken and chips twice , was given one large chips one chicken all wrapped up. Paid £15 to find only one chicken.?we were too far away to go back. Award winning not thieves. Watch out customers 😡😡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Just been served cold chips and curry sauce, an old jumbo sausage - vile! What's happened to this place? Won't be going back; been a customer for many many years.

the service is excellent staff was amazing but the fish was full of oil

Absolutely horrific visit this evening, all the staff were just chatting and ignoring customers, ran out of essentials and when I eventually got served they messed my order up then told me I had to wait another 5 minutes for chips, I had already queued for 15 minutes, I was not prepared to wait so I said I was going to leave then I received abuse and humiliation as I walked out. I will not be back.

it’s pretty oily but decent. i can’t have too much of it.

Great service here. Quality was good. One of our portions of fish had a soggy batter at bottom for some reason. We didn't have any vinegar either so not sure how that happened. Note: you'll probably need to park on side streets as that end gets busy with parked cars.

Chips were stale and you could taste the oil hadn't been replaced for quite a while....

The guy on the till spoke with such aggression, Underneath my fish I found a lemon, I did not ask for this citrus fruit with my fish and chips It was quite a surprise for my stinging - sore salt drenched lips. I asked for only a little salt and vinegar I'm not a fan of the taste, apologies Gary Lineker For my dinner I did not expect the taste of walkers crisps I just fancied a normal large cod and chips. I asked for a tub of Irish curry They must have forgotten in their flailing disorganised hurry The guy started a conversation with me on my way out I just wanted to leave, never to return without a shadow of a doubt.

Paid for items that were not delivered, cheated

Good place for fish and chips. Crispy, fresh, large portion, the prices have increased so much the past year. The staff could be more polite.

Chips were cold, curry was cold. The fish bites were soggy. It felt as if the chips were also refried. Only the chicken burger was nice. This used to be my favourite place to eat, but it has not been the same since the last year

I went to Albany Fish bar today with my daughter, the service was appalling! The one guy took my order and his colleague was having an argument/discussion with him about a transaction he had just done and how he didn't know how to use the contactless machine. I had said my order but my order was not getting any attention, I don't think he even acknowledged it! So another guy 5 minutes later rudely said "what's your order?" I said I've been served already, he again said yes what is it, I retold my order. The hold up in the shop was being taken out on me, it wasn't my faulr, but it gets worse! I asked for 2 large fish and chips in takeaway boxes originally, so the guy serving me began wrapping them up, I said I asked for them to be in boxes not wrapped. This is where the four of the workers all started to ganging up on me and told me I hadn't asked for boxes. I said I did because we always get this, however the guy giving me the most hassle was too busy sorting out his colleagues previous transaction problem!!! Then another guy said these boxes are expensive we can't just give them out. I said are you serious? I am happy to pay for it. They went on to say yes love next time ask for a box etc etc. By now I said, stuff your food I'll go elsewhere. I went to The Wellfield, better fish and chips and service was excellent! NOTE TO OWNER; invest in better respectful workers and perhaps get your workers to go on some training in customer service. Maybe they might learn a thing or two about respecting women along the way too! Needless to say I won't be going there again! The men are patronising, rude and condescending. Off putting before you even get your food is the people that serve you.

This evening we ordered 2 x fresh large cod and 3 large chips from this awful place and despite the so called glowing reviews it is obvious this place has deteriorated significantly since it changed ownership. The miserable excuse for a serving assistant tried to convince us that the 2 sad looking pieces of cod in the heated display had just been fried but we said we would wait the 10 minutes for fresh fish to be fried. What was eventually presented was absolutely atrocious. The fish was wrapped tightly in paper and predictably when we tried to remove the paper to eat the fish the batter came away. It was only when we saw this pathetic excuse for a fish and chip meal that it became apparent that the server had just arranged for the 2 bits of old fish to be refried and given to us. No other customers had entered into the shop and we noticed when leaving the shop that the fish had disappeared from the heated display unit. The chips were just awful and lacked taste - again it was obvious these were not fresh. A complete waste of £23.20p and lesson learnt for us not to visit this place again. We would suggest that you avoid at all costs - there are much better places in Cardiff where you can get proper fish and chips which is fresh, tasty and served up to a high quality.

I went Albany fish bar today for fish n chips I really impressed by their staff especially their manager MR WAQAS… all the staff members good… the bearded guy served me he has perfect customer skills… perfect portion of chips perfect fish… really worth of money best chippy in cardiff… giving 100% vote Thank u

Food is always nice, pretty decent for takeaway fish and chips, but they increased their prices by 45% in the last month. £7.35 for a small fish and chips, which was £5 just 2-3 weeks ago. Too bad, it used to be a decent value for money option.

I been going here for the last 30 years and I can't believe how bad it's got. This was the place we all went to when we were kids and now it's a joke. The food is terrible and overpriced and the next generation staff are just as bad, plz bring back the boss guys coz I know there still there. It makes me sad to see a shop this bad

Visited this evening for my tea, I ordered chips, curry sauce and jumbo sausage. The jumbo sausage was very salty and the chip were stale and very dry. I paid almost £6 for the meal and at first the server gave me a scoop of chips. Im not one for normally complaining but this was so poor quality I have to mention something.

Have used this Fish & Chip shop for many years but a good few recent times have been a hit and miss affair. Something of this nature would not have happened in the 80s as the same family own this Shop. New younger generation that aren’t as good as their older family at delivering the quality and the service. It’s a great shame because this really was the best around ! Chips were Ok but the two pieces of large cod well one was def not a large but that was not the worst it was saturated with oil dreadful overcooked it looked like. Mine was a large but only slightly better cooked. Covid has been dreadful for all of us and I genuinely have felt sorry for businesses of this type ! But now we are coming out the other side don’t rip us off with substandard food that cost £20 your relatives would never have served up such a thing!

Very good Fish and Chips, under new management but some staff don't seem as friendly & polite as before, maybe a bit more pricey than other chippies nearby, still would recommend this place

This used to be the best chippy in Cardiff . Not any more! There prices are extortionate and the quality of food is awful . Such a shame.

Albany fish bar is excellent. Superb fish and chips and a range of other takeaway foods. Prices are reasonable and the hygiene excellent. The staff are friendly, what more could anyone want? This place has won many awards for their fish and chips, deservedly so in my opinion.

The chips in the takeaway is more expensive than some nice restaurants what worse is chips are soggy and the fish was soggy too. Never go back

Just bought fish and chips. My child was eating it when he found a long hair in the chips. I mean eww and no it wasn't my hair as he opened it and started eating it and straight away first piece of chips he touched had hair on it. I made him hold it just to take a picture. Had to throw the whole food out and really couldn't be bothered to go back and get another. So disappointed. 6.90 down the bin

This is the best fish shop I've ever had the food was lovely the batter was perfect and the chips and there was plenty for your money, well worth it

Can guarantee a bone in your fish but everything else is lovely

Ordered 3 fish an chips and they were all vile. I was so suprised as they were cooked fresb but the batter was rock hard an very little fish. Sadly wont be going here again

One of the best chip shops in Cardiff, highly recommend!

the burger meal I bought last cost me as a diarrhea and food poisoning, I won't suggest anyone albany fish bar, as they don't have right to play people health, specially in covid era. You need to service the food as clean as food regulations require from anyone

Big disappointment of the day. Due to save my time I had made order for fish and chip by phone an hour earlier. The guy answer me plenty available just come and pick at any time. When I got there to pick the fish and chip, there was only a very small fish left as I wanted two. I have asked to the guy I have ordered earlier, he answer me to wait another 10 minutes, where as I did not have time to wait than I had to take one only instead. The amount chip also not as standard, it was way less then anywhere else. Taste was not good. Fish was fully with bones. Most I was disappointed by the guy who served me was totally rude the way he talked to me, there was no any politeness. I will never order and have fish and chip from this shop anymore.

Awful quality. I live around the corner and ordered after a long day at work, chips where lukewarm at best and the "cheese" wasnt melted as one would expect a cheesy chips to be. DONT ORDER.

Rated thee best fish and chip shop numerous times in Wales

Ordered through Uber. Fast service. Food piping hot. Burger was delicious and the minted mushy peas are to die for. 2 thumbs up from me. 👍👍

COMPLETELY DISORGANISED! This is the third time we have ordered via Uber Eats and frankly we will NEVER ORDER from here AGAIN! NO ORDER DELIVERED. NO CUSTOMER SERVICE and NO FOOD.... Yet we were STILL CHARGED for food which not only NEVER left the establishment, but after calling several times - when they eventually picked up the phone - they then LIED to us! No Apology with ZERO Customer Service SKILLS!

Not sure what's happened but my last 2 orders with them via uber eats has messed up and both times I get conflicting info. Driver assigned, drives to my home, says albany fish bar didn't give him my order, he cancels order, I call albany fish bar who say as it was over 45 mins they cancelled the order and no driver assigned. This was a lie and the same one they told me last time, a driver was assigned, no order given to him and HE cancelled the other while I was on the door with him, I even saw the notification come through when he did it. I used to love this place, been going 10 years but no more. They must have new management but I've go to wellfield fish bar instead, I tried them and it was delicious.

They must have had an off day with the chips otherwise ok!

Awesome chipshop. Best around in my opinion and its not too expensive. Large chips, 2 fish, 2 jumbo sausages, 2 cans and a pot of curry was around £16. A large chips easily fed 2 adults and 2 children.

Far too expensive! Fish was not tasty and neither were the chips! No thanks

BEST SERVICE EVER!!! We had a missing order from our meal, and Uber Eats did absolutely NOTHING about it after an hour of waiting... I rang up and an amazing worker (unfortunately didn't grab their name!) Personally delivered us our missing food!! Thank you so much for saving the night. Will be ordering again but will be via Deliveroo!! 😆 Thank you so much too the best fish & chips in Cardiff!

Fish chips & curry delish. Fish cooked to order lots of choises

Poor show. Extremely salty chips sauce.... This when I live on salt as I am an Asian!

Really disappointed with the quality of my order. We ordered a "large" cod box which had a handful of chips and the cod wasn't that nice. The curry sauce add on was missing from the order. The onion bhaji order was foul and inedible. The chicken curry also had bones in. Won't bother ordering from here again. Complete waste of money.

Would give this place a 0 if possible rubbish customer service staff barely speak a word of English and the food is massively over priced for how poor the quality of food is 4.50 for soggy chips avoid at all cost much better takeaway food in the area for a much better price

One of the best in Cardiff Enough said

I'm quite saddened to have to write this review because this is a good fish bar. But I've just opened my cod box to find that there are multiple pieces of what appear to be blue plastic inside my fish. Please see the attached image. I had to keep picking these pieces of plastic out from the flesh whilst eating it. I'm not sure if this is some kind of non-biodegradable plastic which the fish ingested but it was quite alarming to see it in my food.

Best chip shop ever. I’ve never tasted better chips and the chilli cheese bites are amazing.

For some reason our latest visit was not up to the usual standard.