Anstruther Fish Bar in Fife

Lovely good served quick no long queue

Award-winning chip shop on the front in Anstruther. All the staff were super helpful. Take away, dine in. They catch and process the fish and fry everything in front of you. Fresh, tasty, the batter is fantastic x

Got fish n chips ...wasn't 💯keen on batter but was good apart from that

Friendly staff love this place we travel 120 miles to have the best fish supper great 👍

Had takeaway food. Had to wait in the queue but was worth it as the food was fantastic.

Great food and fantastic portion size!

This chippy used to be the best around, but I visited recently with my family and it was extremely sub par. The fish was more batter than fish and it was pretty greasy. Very disappointing, especially considering the price

This was quite honestly the best fish and chips I have ever had.

The restaurant offers the best Fish & Chips in the world. Awarded for the most years in a row

Asked for 2x homemade tartar sauce (£2.40 each) with our 2 fish suppers, told they're big do I not just want the heinz packet one. Said no we were happy to have the homemade. Never came with order, had to go back in and ask for but only given 1

Love this chip shop. Best in Scotland

Easily the best chippy in Fife. See YouTube and try the coleslaw. Fabulous! Nuff said.

We live in Newcastle and saw this takeaway on YouTube Rate my take away and we decided to drive up my wife got Haddock and chips I got chip buttie and two sausages on there own and they where fresh hot and very tasty nice crispy batter and not greasy a very nice chip shop in a beautiful harbour town worth the drive stunning views on the way and beautiful fish and chips

Was about 45 minutes queuing but by the time it was our turn the order was ready and almost instant, wonderful

Absolutely fantastic- fresh, hot, delicious food. Friendly service - loved the place!

Bit of a wait but the food was top class! Well worth the long drive up.

Fish was very fresh, chips were great. Unlike many fish and chip restaurants they have haddock, monkfish and sole. Also the haddock can be battered, breaded or grilled. Try their homemade ice cream as well.

1hr 10 min wait, I’d say not worth it personally, ended up with rock hard chips and went cold so quickly! Oh well! Maybe better next time :)

Everything here was terrifying and shockingly bad. Staff just couldn't care less, fish was awful served with the cheapest bread possible. I'm so angry at paying a premium price for frankly crap!!!!!

Visited here today had been a few times a couple of years ago, decided to try it again today after seeing a review on tick toc, 2 Fish Suppers for my husband and me came quite a journey well I was very very disappointed the fish what fish there was hardly any of it, it was mostly batter, I can actually say you could not even taste the fish, I love a fish supper and normally the fish is quite thick and so tasty as to some of the places I have been and tried. I do not normally post negative reviews it’s normally good reviews I post, but I have posted this because I can actually say it was probably the worst fish supper I have actually had, definitely very big let down.

Was there today.wont be back gotta be one of the worst fish suppers I've ever experienced. Hardly any fish ,all batter,which wasn't very nice. Not a good experience at all considering there prices.

Can't fault it spotlessly clean and the food was so fresh tasted delicious

Nice fish and chips but can’t see what the hype is about. Dined in. It doesn’t accommodate fatties as the table and chairs are bolted to the ground. Yanks beware. Nice and clean

The best fish and chip shop in the entire world. No doubt.

Great location, food was excellent. Recommended

When my wife and I go to Anstruther we always go here, and get a take away but this time we sat in, the fish was just as good and loads of chips, also bread and butter and a drink, on a cold day this was great, this service was fantastic.

Nice chips but the fish was VERY dry and over cooked disappointing!

Best Fish and chips EVER, fish was cooked to perfection with amazing crispy batter and chips were so nice, thank you so much we will be back, lovely, friendly helpful staff. Great end to our overnight stay in St Andrews. Going to enter competition to try win voucher now with pics with Albert the fisherman 🎣

Was there again on Tuesday. I have to agree with a good few of the other reviews. Its just not the same now. Chips were like ones you'd make in your pan at home, the fish the same as you'd get at a city centre chippie. A shame.

Highly efficient team, we got the seafood platter and it was more than enough to feed 2 adults and 2 children under 5.The smoked haddock/haddock were exceptional - the batter was really light and airy. Skip the drinks as thought the white wine tasted like vinegar. Very efficient staff who waited on the tables like pros.

Seen numerous youtube videos about this place , so, was expecting something a little special. Unfortunately, not quite what I was expecting portion size no complaints, fish though was ok but lacked a real fresh flavoursome taste. Tarter sauce nothing special. Overall was ok, but, it's not Scotlands best chippy.

Average, I've had better fish and chips elsewhere. Small portion for the price also

Oh my god, what can I say, I've been all over the UK and these are the best fish and chips yet, staff are always lovely too! Anyone who visits me I make sure to take them for the best chippy they'll have in their life!

Well... I'm utterly devastated. I watched so many online reviews about this place.. Finally decided to try it out to see what all the fuss was about. Set off on a rainy, cold Scottish afternoon, and drove for 1.5hrs to get there. I was so excited for this. Firstly, there's not much parking space near it... I've got a bad back and can't really walk far, or stand for too long. We arrived at 5pm...the queue was out the door and round the corner. A girl was coming along the queue taking orders. I was absolutely freezing outside. I waited in that queue for an hour and twenty minutes... I thought I was going to pass out. Finally got back to the car with the food, and had to sit and have a good cry. And then... The food was terrible!!! The batter was oily and soggy, tasted old and dirty.. The fish was a paltry portion, and the chips were like little rocks!! The curry sauce taste like soap. Really bad... I honestly wouldn't recommend it. Best chippy in Scotland NOT!

We've been to The Anstruther Fish Bar so many times I've lost count! All in all it's mostly positive. There has been the odd time the food (Macaroni cheese for example) has been different and therefore not nice but as I say for the most part the food is 5 out of 5! Its almost always busy when we come so bare this in mind, usually someone comes round takes orders in the line so they know who's food it is and it's always fresh. Tonight's was fish supper x 2, adult Macaroni cheese and a kids macaroni cheese with chips. Perfect portion size for the kids they shared the meal and finished it all before getting ice cream. Adults food was delicious so tasty. My gripe tonight is that I could see our adult and kids macaroni cheese were in the hot plate waiting for us. The last in front after having already placed her order asked for a macaroni cheese and they gave her our food which I think is totally out of order we all waited from the door in the long queue, we had 2 kids with us and our food would have been ready to go. I think the decision to give that customer our Macaroni cheese was the wrong decision, that lady should have been made given she placed a last minute order rather than making us wait even longer! Otherwise too notch as always

Famous fish and chips, we went as they'd recently won an award for the best fish and chips. The food was good, but disappointingly I've had better elsewhere.

I visited this establishment off of a recommendation from a friend. He said I wouldn’t be disappointed with the food and boy was he right. The Salt-N-Pepa squid that I ordered was absolutely super cooked perfection. The waitress looked after me as I was worried that I wouldn’t get a seat inside as it was busy and I was a single Diner. But that wasn’t a problem for them. They found me a table and promptly took my order and the food was with me within eight minutes. Definitely worth a visit when you’re in the area and I can see why they have so many awards for their food and service.

Super tasty, the tastiest fish and chips. Great..👌👍

Distance between tables and chairs is very cramped.

A strut get used to be the best fish & chip shop in fife but in my opinion it shouldn’t hold that title anymore! The service was OK, the chips were good but not “great” like they used to be and the fish, ( Haddock in batter) wasn’t very good, it seemed to be more batter than fish! I am sorry to say this as it was once the best chippy in Fife!! 😬 😔

Great place to buy both a take-away or sit in their restaurant. I was really surprised how big it was inside, so many tables. All our meals were very tasty. Service was very quick and friendly. Car park just along the road @ just 70p for 2 hours.

Very tasty pie, others had good fish, ample chips

Every Monday I take Mum 92 for fish and chips at the Anstruther Fish Bar, the staff are so friendly and make a real fuss of her, the food is always piping hot and perfectly cooked, the restaurant is spotlessly clean, if visiting Anstruther I would highly recommend having their Haddock, it is the freshest fish you will find!! PS leave room for their delicious homemade ice cream.

Very poor quality fish and chips - dried up fish pieces and soggy chips. Tried the ice cream afterwards but this was also very poor quality. "prize winning" days are over - they seem to want as much money as possible for as little as possible. Disappointed.

Dont know whats happened but fish and chips were disgusting. Again today fish was oily, chipstoo. Time to find other place.Shame as it used to be good place.

I grew up in St Monans, brilliant chip shop. The batter on the fish was amazing and the chips where light and fluffy . Always worth the visit currently staying in Tillicoultry. Will always come back my favourite chip shop

I was there today and the customer service was horrific. The staff were not helpful at all and you were made to feel as though everything was a major effort. It was not child friendly or wheel chair accessible. I came away feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and over all in a bad mood at the lack of customer service we received. If my kids were not so hungry I never would have stayed to eat.

Our go to chip shop always loved the food until tonight, my daughters 17th birthday tea big disappointment chips fine and fish greasy when you broke some of big pool of oil all over chips can't rate atmosphere as we didn't sit in

Obviously this is one of the most popular chippy's, so expect to queue to sit in or takeaway. But was not expecting a queue of 35 minutes at the takeaway when there were only 6 people in front of me. We stood for ages with no apology or explanation for the wait. It was a bit chaotic. I used to love this place but this is a few times now I've had to leave with no food due to queues. The chippy down the street left of this one has the same fish and the staff are a good laugh.

Believe the hype. This place bangs. Fresh, sweet haddock with the perfect batter. Great chips. Perfectly cooked and non greasy. I’ve eaten in and had a carry oot here and both were top drawer. The uk benchmark for fish and chips.

One of the best Fish & Chip takeaways I have ever had. The fish was absolutely beautiful. The staff were very nice and friendly too.

Best fish and chips in the whole United Kingdom!!!

Visited restaurant on Sunday 19th January, the day after my 80th birthday. This visit fell far short of previous visits as far as actual meal concerned. My breaded haddock very dry and the chips were terrible mostly ends and scraps of potato. Where have the chunky moist chips gone??Service and cleaning excellent as usual but I felt very disappointed.

Quite awful. We stopped getting our fish and chips from The Fish Bar a couple of years ago due to the wait, price and miserableness of the staff and enjoyed the quality of the fish and chips down the road but there were only 5 in the queue so we thought we'd revisit it. It took them 45 minutes to serve us five in the queue (why does it take them so long?) and we received the scraps of the chips and two pieces of thin fish in a lot of batter. If we weren't snuck away from the high winds I would have taken it back. Never again. I think they are trading off their past good reputation and are producing food that is very poor indeed

Lovely chippy fish was fresh and delicious chips were a bit scraggy but still tasty

Enjoyed a Fish Tea with a bottle of Cider to wash it down. The chips tasted great , lovely and crispy. The batter on this fish also was tasty and crispy . On the negative side I was disappointed with only recieving one medium sized fish for £14 to eat in a cafe ... More disappointing news that the fish was slightly overdone and the care had ran out of curry sauce. I'm glad I didn't pay £2.40 for the tartar sauce as there wasn't really enough fish in my plate to warrant more than a sachet . I'm now regretting not going to the Wee Chippy on the first night now ...

It's like one of those things that you have wanted to try over the years after all the hype there have been so many great reviews of this place. However, my experience was not really so good. The staff were good , attentive, and helpful, but the fish itself the star in their show was tastless and soggy full of oil. I tried covering it in vinegar and salt, but still, my local chip shop makes much better. I'm really disappointed for a rare second time in one day.

I've just watched Gary eats and go by his recommendations. HE gave you excellent excellent reviews ... when he is at a loss for words ....... sorry , this isn't a review but a would be future review ...I will give 5 stars JUST on his words alone !! I will visit your place this year !!!! Ang give a hands on review !!!

Outstandingly good service from youthful staff - customer focused from the heart - making all the difference between average and excellent. Our experience was truly EXCELLENT! Thank you all so much :) The food was also great; freshly sourced & prepared, presented simply without fuss: fish & chips, then ice cream & sorbet. We were 5 - from USA, Russia, and UK, and the time queuing for a table was well spent! A very special place!

One of the best fish and chips in Scotland. Lovely service and great ice cream as well. Accessibility is a bit poor with a lot of stairs inside and the place being a bit cramped. Might be better to come with a small buggy for kids.

A consistent example of how good fish and chips can be. Perfectly cooked in every way. Well worth a detour.

Very nice service and delicious fish. However, it is not pleasant to sit. We sat at a table separated only by a plexiglass from the people waiting for a table and the big minus is the gust of wind and cold on our backs every time someone opens the door

Delicious food and friendly staff.

Best chippy, great service and extremely tasty 👌

Very overrated and paid £14 for a fish supper that was 80% batter. Wouldn't go back.

Absolutely amazing fish suppers last night. Love AFB but everything was just so brilliant - love the smaller crispy chips and the fish in batter was magic!!

Excellent service and very helpful

Nothing fancy, just good fish and chips. We made the journey to Anstruther especially for this chip shop on a friend's recommendation, and being as it has won awards it seemed worth the trip. In retrospect, it was good, but I probably wouldn't make the drive again just to come here. Sausage and chips, 7/10, classic sausage and chips, the chips were fantastic, just the way I like them. Fried haddock and chips, 8/10, fish was perfectly cooked, lovely and tender. Chips, same story. Deep fried calamari, 7/10, these were good, squid meat was nice and tender and worked well with the sauce, but felt the batter was a bit heavy. Onion rings, 6/10, these were OK, not completely devoid of flavour, and the portion size was decent. Mixed Salad, 7/10, I actually quite enjoyed the variety here, as salad goes this was a little crude, but on the company of chips and batter it cut through the grease alright. Pickled eggs & onions (no picture), 10/10, blood love a pickled egg, perfick. Overall, this was almost identical to the fish and chip shop back in my hometown (shout out to Zach's Plaice!). Good, solid execution of a british classic. The wait staff were super nice, and the ice cream/sweets bar looked fun. If you were in the area anyway, and for this price range, you could do a lot worse than this for dinner.

You have to try one of the best fish in the place Winners of the best for several years As if you were transported to an old fishing village. The chairs, staff, the place... everything evokes an old movie Everything very clean and staff of 10 Water and hot drinks are free

Best fish and chips. Cooked in beef dripping. Good size portions. Fresh and hot

Chips crispy fish good thought it was just greasy

Great food and service. One had gluten free batter option. Highly recommend.

Absolutely fantastic Fish and Chips, fresh fish, perfect batter and chips.

Best fish and chips in Scotland Getting a bit pricey now but still worth it

Really nice fish & chips. Huge portions as well

Dropped in not long after opening. Very pleasant service and took away for perfect fish and chips. Beautiful location and the young lady was pretty much the only server in the country who can salt and vinegar properly! Fully deserves top marks, definitely in the premier league of chippies!

Love visiting this place, fish supper was excellent, will return at every opportunity 😁😁😁😁😁

Not worth the hype just a normal chippy.

Nice atmosphere and a place for walks

Fish was dry and batter was way too thick.

Probably the best, no they are the best takeaway or restaurant for freshly fish in the uK. Only downside is they need more space for the restaurant and less waiting time for the customer. That would mean moving and us losing out on the harbour view.

Really excellent fishNchip restaurant, honestly the best chips I've ever had. Portions are large so I had a chip butty 8n the morning from the leftovers and reheated in the microwave ****Still the chips wete crispy*** I've no scooby how they cook thier chips but WOW!!! The reheat is better than a lot of chippy's I've had.

Truly excellent. Chips are so tasty and the monkfish was very tender. No grease from the batter. Can't fault it in anyway. Best fish and chips I've ever had.

Always busy, but once you try the fish and chips you'll know the reason why,highly recommend

Very nice lunch. Had the Haddock with chips. Also had mushy peas and the home made tartar sauce. The Haddock was lovely and fresh and a beautiful light crisp batter. The chips were very good. Tartar sauce was spectacular and fresh. Mushy peas were just regular ones, nice enough, but were bought in factory made. If you have every made fresh mushy peas, you know 😋! Very friendly service, lots of staff. We sat in and had table service. Food cooked to order. It's Definatly worth a visit.

These folks aren’t messing around!!

Amazing chippy love it so does my kids

Just the best fish supper I've had.

It I just a “normal” fish and chips for me. Absolutely nothing special and we had better in many places, worse also. Maybe the hype was too high I don’t know. Anyhow worth a try if you find yourself around there but don’t go with huge expectations

We're from the US, so take that how you will. My husband and I both thought that our fish fry was overrated. It wasn't bad by any means, but it just wasn't great. The batter was too thick, and lacked flavor. Chips were good, as was the service. 6 out of 10 from me.

Not that they need it, but here's another 5* review. Consistently amazing fish n chips. I don't often eat takeaways, but I'll happily travel well out of my way, once or twice per year, to eat here. Not often do I take a mouthful and I genuinely can't speak because of the overwhelming taste. If you're trying to be a contrarian and saying either the waterfront (which is decent, very good chips but prepare for a wait) or the wee chippy (a surefire why to invalidate any future opinion you have, it's awful) are better, you're a fool. The original. The best.

We visited Anstruther fish bar yesterday having seen a good review on YouTube by 'Rate my Takeaway' which was positive. We last visited over 10 years ago when we found the fish supper to be greasy and disappointing. But we had high hopes given all the recent awards. The restaurant was spotlessly clean. We only had a 10 minute wait for our freshly cooked fish suppers. The price was very competitive at £10.50/ supper. The fish supper was good but not great. The chips were a bit scrappy. The fish had a nice batter but we had 1 and a half small fillets of haddock, so no nice big white flakes of fish as the Rate my Takeaway man received. I felt it was more batter than fish. It was not greasy though which was good. The curry sauce was ok- I've not had that before- just went on Rate my Takeaway recommendation. Wouldn't have it again. Overall an OK fish supper but wouldn't rush back.

We’ve visited the Fish Bar three times now and each time, the food and service has been amazing. As it’s popular, it can get quite busy, despite this, the food always comes out relatively quickly, plus is always hot and fresh. Once finished, you can head over the ice cream counter to get a few scoops or treat yourself to some of the old school sweets!

Popped in for fish and chip. Offered a table quite quickly. The tables are solid park bench type, not the most comfortable. We were served by a trainee, who had minimal personality, and no smile. We had 3 orders and drinks, and twice had the waitress to return to confirm the order. Appreciate we all have to learn, but a smile on returning to make sure she got order correct would probably have helped her... The fish and chips come with bread and butter. This must be the cheapest bread around, looked unappetising (Didn't eat!) Most fish & chips come with a portion of tartar sauce, but not here. The meal was good, no complaints there, but everything is for a quick turn round. Been, won't be going back, bit of a let down.

Very nice and delicious meal. Thank you so much.

I first came to the fish bar about 27 years ago and had smoked finnan haddock as a takeaway, eaten on the harbour a stones throw away. It was utterly delicious, one of my happiest ever food memories. Only yesterday did I visit again, whilst visiting Edinburgh. We ate in this time and drove for 3 hours in total. Was it worth it? Well that depends on just how high you consider the bar for fish & chips is - we're not talking high end French cuisine here. For me, the second time around wasn't as great as the first, but was still, a 5* chippy experience. The food was lovely, the staff helpful, and the ice cream varied. Perhaps just don't travel so far just to try it. And maybe check the weather so you don't have to eat in, and possibly try to visit in your early 20's when your core memories are still being formed!

Visited this famous chippie a few times over the years always excellent so looking forward to a beautiful fish, freshly cooked, meaty and translucent. Just the way it should be. Alas it all went down hill my expectations were shattered so what happened. We got in and ordered just before a boys football team hurray, alas they were all served before us. This wouldn't have been too bad but we had a three year old to entertain. Then the fish and chips arrived, a small fish and a bit of another fish. More batter than fish, over cooked and greasy. When you pay top dollar, and you do in the Ainster chippie, you expect top quality alas this was not. Then you pay where they serve ice cream you have to wait until people have ordered and paid for their cones. This system needs to be improved. Let me say the staff tried their best. I think like a fading pop star this place is living on its reputation.

Great place for a chippy We love it.

First time being there was disappointed. Fish was tasteless for £14 it's not worth it.

Best cod and chips I have ever had !!!!