Bo-Wah Fish Bar in Guildford

UPDATE 2024: Bo-Wah Fish bar permanently closed in December last year. Some idiot keeps marking it as reopen. Don’t waste your time going there expecting it to be open. Bit of a mixed bag here. The chips were very nice - thick cut, crisp but not overcooked and the service was very quick and friendly. The fish however was not so good - the batter was not nice at all, it was very thick, hard to the point of being chewy and tasted and looked dried up. The fish inside was not bad though. Both were fairly greasy. I was disappointed to see several pieces of cod ready cooked in the warming cabinet when went in so these are not cooked fresh to order. From the state of the batter I would guess they had been sitting there for some time. Cod, small chips and mushy peas cost £9.20 and the portion sizes were reasonable for the price. If you are in such a hurry that you don’t want to wait the 5-10 odd minutes it takes to cook fresh fish then maybe you might appreciate the pre-cooking. I would always much rather wait a few minutes and have food I know is fresh.

Sorry 😐 your closing down All the best whatever you do Going to miss you all

Best fish and chippy in the area

Ordered cod, chips, saveloy and curry sauce. Where do I start… cod tasted of nothing, the saveloy was like cardboard and the curry sauce tasted nothing like curry sauce! Too salty and zero flavour. Will not be going here again. I think they should visit other chip shops in order to understand what fish and chips should be like. Waste of £13!

Standard fish and chip shop, family run, friendly and kind, fair prices and good portion sizes

When we attended, these members of staff did not speak English. I tried to explain as clearly as possible, but they just did not understand. The food was okay, but it is just so frustrating that they could not understand simple English.

Brilliant fish and chips, sausages and spam fritters. Lovely Sureener serving.

Always great food, best tasting fish/chicken quarters in the area. To be honest you don't go to a take away for atmosphere. It is what it is.

Just had the best Cod & Chips for years from this take-away! We’ll be back for sure! Thanks.👍👍👍

Worse chippy I have ever had. Cold Sausages, cod was mushy and soggy, curry sauce is red, waste of £30

Fish batter was stodgy, fish was quite dry, chips were luke warm and not very nice. Not a patch on the last meal we had from here.

worst fish n chips in the country, chips cooked twice they reheat them in fryer, batter awful, should have inspection from heaith and safety as those products arnt fit for human consumption

Worst chip shop I’ve ever been in, left waiting 10mins before my order was taken and it’s not as if they were busy, I was the only one in there. The chips were over cooked and dry and the cod was completely tasteless with soggy batter. Last time I go there.

That was the worst curry sauce I have ever experienced from a chippy. Why was it red? I'm all up for alternative ways of doing things but it also tasted of nothing? The haddock had so much batter on it I had to scrap it off. It was also soooooo greasy! Chips were actually really nice though, that's what the one star is for. Overall, never going again.

Good food great service just remember to have cash to pay Still great food

Always a good tasty portion from Bo-Wah, highly recommend

Chips are amazing best ive had away from the seaside

Stop at the local chippy shop on our way through the little traditional town. The food was cooked as we ordered. The fish was fresh. The chips was a touch too crispy for me. The batter was crispy but large. The pickled onions were nice. It was great service on the counter and the serving area was clean. I would certainly try it again if I was passing through town again.

I wish the would do smaller portions of chips.

Friendly staff, good selection of food to choose from

Gluten free to order, fantastic.

Decent fish and chips. Maybe a bit too much batter!

This was a shocking meal I was forced to order and was forced to eat as the complete pocket robbing 75 £ order and they had the ordacity to take my temperature I highly recommend u don’t visit and they missed lost off my item was robbed off a savaloy 3 curry sauces not to mention the curry sauce was like my bog when I finished the greasy chips pls don’t go bo wah u owe me some food 😡

Perfect everytime, always a very warm welcome. Why go elsewhere

Did not enjoy it greasey fish horrible chips

Food is good unfortunately they do not understand the difference between a large and a small chips never have so now me and my partner will be eating a different dinner because of it, shame iv been here alot and always the same outcome

Lovely family run long established business , good portions and tasty , spot on , thanks

Always delicious fish and good value for money

Great food and great service. Some of the best I've had

I have been coming here since I was a boy and still this place has the biggest cod portion I’ve seen!! Everywhere else has a stingey slither of cod but this place has a large thick cut of cod that is really flaky and not slimy or greasy and a very generous portion of chips. The staff/owners are always friendly and chatty and is somewhere I will continue to come back to.

Go there often, very nice people, about to go again :D (waiting until they open)

Been using this take away for years, polite friendly staff and good quality food.

The batter was well over done dark brown to be exact and the chip's was like bullets I think we had left overs from lunch time. Shall not be going back there in a hurry.

Very disappointed. Although the staff are lovely the food was so disappointing. The amount of batter on the cod and the plaice was unbelievable. Myself, partner and kids were so hungry but there was nothing to eat apart from batter! Only decent thing we got were the onion rings. We had to go out and get more food after this. Won’t go again.

Fish was oily and overcooked even thougj cooked in front of us

Awful the worst food I have ever had. I'm actually going to have to make a complaint officially. The two quarter pounder where so dry they looked like beef jerky. Have honesty never seen food so dry. The chips were dry and inedible. We had to bin the lot when we got home and I had to cook dinner. What a was of 12 pounds and time goung to chip shop in registering an official complaint as the burgers where no fit for human consumption they were so dried up it was awful. Very bad stay well away from this place

Love serving the customers! They're all nice!

Stupid foreign staff ruin the food and just are hard to understand

the fish and chips made me ill but overall it was very good

mmmmmm very nice very cool very hansome i like it !!!

Lovely staff and good fish and chips

Brilliant local chippie, friendly staff.

This is the BEST chip shop around, great service great food. Were fortunate to have them in our community.

This is the best chippy ever! The customer service is amazing and many people over exaggerate how bad this is, in my opinion the costs are on point and nothing should be changed

it was peng m8. best chippie in the whole ash vale. look m8 who reviewed last you ave no clue what your going on about. NERD.

Used to be a good chippy. Been there tonight and the chips are over cooked the pie was burnt to a crisp could definitely do better.

average food but there's ALWAYS something missing. They never write down your order, instead just watch their telly! We even ran through our order today because this keeps happening and STILL I'm missing an item, which I assume I have paid for... No receipt given. Total missing this year is 1x battered sausage, 2x gherkins and one steak and kidney pie. Should you dare mention this afterwards you won't get a smile and apology. Staff are rude.