C.J.'s Fish and Chips in Scarborough

Great place excellent curry excellent fish

Fast service even though it was packed, really good fish and chips, and nice waiters. I have been a few times before and has always been very tasty. Would recommend.

This place is an absolute shambles. I’m not one for complaining but this place was awful. Ordered a pizza and chips and got a Chicago town pizza that was microwaved. The chips were brown, way too overcooked and just disgusting. Ordered a side of bread and butter for £1.80 and got one slice of bread!! Spoke to a member of staff and she couldn’t have been nicer but spoke to the owner outside in his Mercedes and he just laughed. No apology or nothing just laughed. Absolutely disgusting way to be with customers. The one star doesn’t reflect on the service and the woman who served us couldn’t have been any nicer but the owner of the shop has just totally taken away from that. Avoid it at all costs.

This place was recommended by someone in a pub, but these have to be probably the worst chips I have ever had. Greasy, soggy and overcooked. I actually threw half of them away. Even a one star rating is too good. I suppose I should add that the bloke who recommended the chippy did say that when they're good, they're the best. BUT when they're bad they're REALLY BAD. But I certainly will not be buying anything from this place again

Very disappointing, chips soggy and overcooked. Batter on fish very greasy, unpleasant taste. Couldn't eat it

The fish is to die for! Not pale chips like others use they are a nice colour and taste fantastic. The gravy is absolutely stunning! Staff kind and helpful couldnt do enough for me and my family. No fish and chip shop near me comes close to this one. If your in filey, try it! I promise you wont be disappointed!!!!

I've never had chips like it! There are a lot of chippys nearby and we were lucky to stumble into this one. Amazing!

30+ minute takeaway wait for.... Hands down the worst chips I’ve ever tasted. Weirdly brown, limp, and tasted like they’d been reheated in fryer oil from the 1980s. No crunch, no flavour, just sadness. Even the seagulls turned them down. The fish? So oily I thought I’d accidentally ordered from an offshore rig. I didn’t know whether to eat it or contain the spill. If you’re hungry for disappointment and a side of indigestion, this place delivers.

The worse fish and chips that we have ever had...ever, the batter was dark and greasy, the fish was hard and over heated, had been cooked probably hours ago,certainly didn't have to wait whilst being freshly cooked like most other shops, the chips were even worse,had a couple of bites and had to throw them away, we should have refused to have had them in the beginning when I didn't think that they looked right

The chips were black, uncooked and greasy. Inedible. So disappointed I can't tell you. The worst thing is we were waiting 10 minutes. Maybe we were unlucky? And sometimes they are ok. Take your chances

Came to Filey for a few days holiday came for fish & chips what can I say the fish was 100% the best fish I’ve had & the staff was so welcoming definitely give them a visit xx

Delicious fish & chips. We had a take away. Lovely batter and nicely browned chips. Staff were very efficient too. Will definitely return. Thanks

Pretty disappointing overall. Fish was ok if not a bit over cooked and overly greasy, but the chips were genuinely the worst fish and chip shop chips I've ever had anywhere in the country. They were brown, overcooked burned and really greasy. We were left with a horrible taste in our mouths after. Probably haven't changed the oil in months. Not a particularly comfortable atmosphere eating inside either.. We got out as soon as we had finished. With so much other choice in town, I'd give this one a miss and go elsewhere.

Chips not cooked on the inside over cooked on the outside. Pie dried inside very disappointed not able to eat.

Nice place to eat, good value for money food was freshly cooked and tasted good

Avoid this place like the plague.30 mins for chips that are burnt yet also undercooked. Worst chippy I've ever had. Gobsmacked. I'd give it zero stars if it let me

Good value traditional fish and chips. Moist fish crunchy batter. Mushy peas or curry sauce, your choice. The Pensioner's Special, fish and chips mushy peas or beans tea bread and butter still good value at £12.

Had a small wait for a table, but it was understandable when you get the best fish and chips we have ever had

The fish and chips were extremely greasy. Looed as if they were cooked in dirty oil.

Our first visit...won't be our last...fab food, nicely browned chips, so much better than the pale and insipid ones that alot of other places are offering. Lovely staff and dog friendly...what's not to like?

Our first trip to CJ's today and the fish & chips were beautiful. The staff are very polite and helpful, we will be going back and try one of their munch boxes.

Perfect it's just a little small in the restaurant but no problems when I visited

Great fish and chips, we make a special journey here after our day out in Scarborough, excellent every time

Fish n chips for us, they were great! Proper chips and fresh fish in crispy batter, not the soggy stuff but very nice! Good coffee and dogs welcome, infact not just welcome but the lovely lady in there bought them a little pot with a chopped up sausage in it 😁 I totally recommend this place!

Chips are divine, fish was white and flakey delicious 😋 Dog was welcome. I think we paid someone else's bill but no complaints as meal was worth what we paid happy to recommend

Take out not the best fish & chips but was ok I probably won't go to this one again

Fish was freshly cooked and batter nice and crisp, chips were perfectly cooked/nicely browned as they should be. The prices are very reasonable and portions good. Staff were all very hard working and polite, couldn't fault anything.

Best fish and chips on the coast!

What a fish n chips shop find. My kids loved it!

What a find! And dog friendly too! We had the "special offer" - haddock, chips, mushy peas, bread and butter and mug of tea , all for £11 99 ! Fish was fabulous and the chips were the best I've ever had! Staff are polite and friendly, we will definitely be back.

Have had take out from here before and it was excellent but on a cold February day we opted to sit in. We had our dog with us - no problem. Food ordered and delivery fairly quickly. Quality of EVERYTHING was superb, even a decent strong cup of tea! We paid £11.99 each for a bundle lunch, haddock (skinless), chips, peas (or beans), tea (or instant coffee) and 1 slice of bread and butter. The main event could rival any fish and chips I’ve had anywhere, very fresh beautiful chunky white fish, crisp light batter and PERFECT chips! I even raved about the mushy peas. I only wish they offered mint sauce (sadly not). But nothing about this eatery deserves less than 5 (or more) stars based on our visit today. Loved it.

Beautiful moist, fresh fish in delicious batter with tasty, proper brown chips. Main reason we have a Filey holiday every year ! 😋😋

Been here numerous times before and never fails . Was busy but half term and cold outside. As short wait for a table, but well worth it. Friendly staff, great fish and chips. Lexi my dog enjoyed her sausage. Highly recommend this chippy 😋

Great fish and chips and really good value too. Had the Haddock Special with peas, bread and a cuppa tea. Absolutely fantastic! Friendly and quick service!

Best fish and chips in Filey by far

We visited Filey on Friday as a treat for my daughters birthday. The weather was cold and windy, and we were keen to find a dog friendly fish and chip staurant. A friend had recommended a couple of places, but we found that our dog wasn't welcome. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because we found CJ's We were given a wam welcome as was our dog. Our waitress was fast efficient friendly and helpful. The chips took us back to our childhood in the 50's when chips were a healthy brown colour and crisp on the outside. As a bonus the prices are very reasonable for good food, and friendly efficient service. We will definitely visit again when we visit Filey again. Margaret, from York.

great fish and chips good price service good 👍

After having lunch there today my partner ended up on the bathroom floor violently ill with food poisoning and I'm not feeling great myself.

Best tasting fish you'll ever eat!

Excellent fish and chips, amoung the best we have had. Friendly staff and very good service, would highly recommend and we will definitely return.

The chips were brown, rotten and disgusting. How can you be a fish and chip shop and serve manky chips, Excessive grease on the fish that has leaked through the box onto my expensive jeans, not happy.

An impromptu visit from York to Filey yesterday, most fish and chips places closed for the season I guess but then saw CJ’s, brilliant. Parked opposite and over to takeaway! Bought 2 lots of fish & chips, and 2 coffees. Lovely staff, friendly. Really good fish ample portions and great chips! Served in box, wrapped well, carrier bag. Great service. Couldn’t have been better! Parked by the seafront and thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you CJs made our day!

Very nice staff and food good service and plenty on the plate well worth the money.

Great, not many of these traditional chip shops around. Good service, hot tasty food.

Excellent chippy , always nice and tasty . Fish is lovely with nice crisp batter , chips are just perfect. Always use when in Foley

We stopped here for lunch and were treated to the best fish and chips I have had in a long, long time. Their "Special" was Haddock or Cod, with chips, side (beans, peas, gravy or curry sauce), bread and butter and a cup of tea all for £11.99. A pensioners equivalent (smaller portions) is available at £9.99. The former is what I opted for and, as I have said, was the best fish and chips I have had in a long time. The fish is chunky and tasty and is battered with a light batter as opposed to the usual stuff that I am sick of after 2 minutes. The chips are beautifully cooked in beef dripping, which is something you see less and less of these days ever since Greta Thunberg convinced idiots that eating less meat will somehow offset China's continued industrialisation. They also have tastiest gravy. My Dad only wanted chips and gravy, and within a few minutes I was suffering some serious gravy envy. It was excellent. It might be out of a supermarket packet for all I know, bit if it is, it's a supermarket packet that I'm yet to come across! The seating is decent too. From the outside C.J.'s looks tiny, but down the narrow walkway past the till, you will find a pretty good selection of seating. They also have high chairs, should you have a small person who requires one in tow. It was a cash only establishment on the day we visited. I don't know if this is their usual business model, or whether their technology was having an off day. I hope they are a cash only business. Cash only businesses are refreshing. Filey isn't a huge place and there aren't as many fish and chip places as you'd think, so I am doubly glad that we found C.J.'s. Give it a try if you are in town.

Passing through and visited via the takeaway window. Ordered Large fish and chips x2 and shared a portion of peas. Food was lovely but fish was definitely not a large one and the general portion size was pitiful. Left and called a McD's on way home as we were both still hungry. Would definitely not bother again.

We had the haddock and chips meal today, probably the best fish and chips we have ever had; also lovely friendly staff and the cafe is dog friendly

Fantastic haddock and chips meal, probably the best fish n chips I’ve ever had; friendly staff and dog friendly. Highly recommend

Great ish and chips, quick efficient service, happy friendly staff. Loved it.

Stopped by here to grab our dinner en-route back to Haven - Primrose after reading other reviews and really glad we did! As other reviews have said, the portion sizes were good, not overly greasy and the service was friendly and quick. We had Spam Fritters (recommended), large fish and chips, mushy peas, gravy, sausage and chips, curry sauce and the staff even kindly gave us a box of scraps. It was delicious and would definitely come back here again if we were more local!

Absolutely fantastic lunch at CJ's today. We both had the haddock special with peas and got a free doggy sausage for the dogs. The fish was perfectly cooked, the chips just the right amount of crispy and the peas hot and plentiful. The lady who served us was lovely, really polite and friendly. We will definitely go back

Best fish and chips I have ever had ! Highly recommend after a nice walk along the beach ! Tastes amazing and staff are so welcoming and friendly

Lovely fish and chips definitely recommend this place

Called in yesterday whilst visiting Filey following a friend’s recommendation - glad we did. It was really, really nice. Service was excellent from the staff - warm and welcoming. Food was cooked fresh and to order - again, superb. The place was immaculately clean and clearly very popular as we got there at 1155hrs and got a table and ten minutes later the place was full. Easy to see why with great service and great food. Dog friendly too and our dogs were made very welcome. It’s easy to see why there were so many repeat visitors. Highly recommend and will return again.

Great place to have fish and chips! The staff were welcoming and efficient! It’s also dog friendly too🐶! Our fish and chips came in no time and were freshly made and piping hot!! For £11.99, it came with bread & butter and a cup of tea. Will definitely return again!!

First experience of the food here was a take away, wandering along the front in the sun. Returning this year, we sat in as it was gloomier outside. Sometimes returning to a great memory is a mistake. Not so this time. Unpretentious, with booths and tables, the friendly cheerful service brought our food and drinks quickly. The portions good, and freshly cooked The batter crisp and crunchy, golden and beyond criticism, the fish succulent and tender, cooked perfectly. Good chips too. When you have simple food, it is essential you get it right. This place does, and many don't. My favourite place to eat fish and chips on the Yorkshire coast that I have found.

Great service, friendly staff, lovely fish and chips, and the dogs 🐕 loved their sausages.

Best fish and chips in Filey. Delicious. Only one slice of bread per person but that's all you need.

My husband and I came into this cafe by mistake, having intended to go to a different one, but we're very glad we did! The haddock and chips, with mushy peas were fantastic, staff were friendly and the place was clean and relaxed with nice old photos of Filey on the walls. Will definitely visit again next time we're in Filey.

Great Chippy. Lovely Fish & Chips, nice Staff.

Very friendly service and the fish, chips and peas were all excellent, we had the pensioners special and it was enough to fill us, couldn’t fault it

Myself and my family had severe food poisoning after eating fish and chips here, violent vomiting and my son was covered in hives from poisoned fish contacted shop who said it must be a sickness bug you all had, said owner would contact me but hasn't, I've contacted environmental health they are investigating avoid this shop at all costs not safe food!

Excellent fish and chips . The lovely manageress even poached a fish for my wife who is gluten free .

This place is just bang on for fish and chips, etc. A++++

If you want fish and chips this is the place to come and no other. Best batter ever. Best chips ever. Best mushy peas ever. Can't fault it and staff are so friendly

English fish n chips served in a proper English style. Employing family and locals. Half the price of the nearby holiday park chippy and twice as good. Dogs very welcomed, and a proper English cup of tea. We went out of season. And you can basically park outside for free. The beach is just down the hill. A few hundred metres. We got the pensioner special. 10 quid for fish and chips, bread and butter and a brew. + 1 beans or curry or gravy or beans. The dog got a free sausage also.

Great fish & chips at takeaway & no queueing was a bonus

Excellent service staff are very welcoming and friendly 😀

We were in Filey yesterday for a day trip, went to CJ's for lunch time and had Haddock and Chips Special £11.99. It was the best fish and Chips we have had in a long time. the service was exceptional, friendly and fast. Will really recommend a visit for anyone visiting Filey. Thank you CJ's for a lovely lunch.

Great Food , service good also . Will return when next in area

Excellent service and first class chips and curry sauce. Staff are always friendly and welcoming I can highly recommend.

Ordered 2 x fish and chips to take away. They served us but said they were about to close. They gave us green and black chips and hid them under the fish. Pure grease. Only went there as the Google reviews were good. Won't be going back.

Dog friendly lovely staff Made to feel very welcome

I had to leave a review for these fish and chips because the lady running it was so good! We sat inside and the waitress was so kind and helpful to get us all sat down (4 adults, a toddler with a pram and a dog) The waitress explained we could have the pensioners meal if we wanted or the kids meal etc basically whatever would work best for what we wanted between us. My little girl was whinging while we were all looking at the menu so the waitress brought her a small plate with some chips on to keep her occupied! I’ve never known anything like that before. The food was spot on, the fish was 10/10! The waitress also gave my little girl a homemade bun after our meal, she was just so lovely and welcoming. We will definitely be back 😊

The Best Fish n Chips in Filey.

fantastic fish and batter also lovely cornish pasty the gravy second to none and dog friendly with lovely service

Don’t go anywhere else other than CJ’s Fish and Chips in Filey. Food was fantastic, service was amazing. Such good value for money. Crispy batter, fresh fish its tail was still swishing. Chips and gravy and curry were just delicious. Thanks so much for having us over for lunch xDMx

Called in one lunch time, made very welcome by the smiling staff and showed to our table. The food came very quickly. I can’t remember the last time I had a fish like it, absolutely delicious!

I think with the choice of fish and chips shops in Filey try else where. We left under whelmed. Fish was great and a decent size. Chips far to crispy and worst I have had in a long time. Bread nice. Peas cold and untasty.

Slice of bread and butter £1.20 ?? Cup of tea rather than a pot ?? Poor quality cold chips ?? Horrible experience, go to Ingram’s for extra £1 , how to places like this stay in business???

Slow at taking our order, and cooking our fish n chips...

Excellent fish n chips, good sized portion, crispy batter and scraps, portion of beans was 2 scoops, very pleasent staff too. We had take away as the sit in was full.

Really Really good fish and chips I can thoroughly recommend

Lovely piece of haddock. Well done 💯

Freshest fish had in a long time

Fantastic fish and chips i would recommend this to anyone Fantastic food great staff

Get your fish and chips from the little hatch walk down to the garden on sea front and enjoy 😉

We both thoroughly enjoyed our fish chips peas eaten in CJ's. In the past have had our fish and chips elsewhere but I have to say our meal tonight was really good. Fish was really fresh and white and the batter cooked to perfection, the chips were good- possibly could be slightly improved if a little more browned. Served with bread and individual pots of Lurpak butter. All the staff were friendly and polite. I would have given 5* had we not been bothered by an annoying fly buzzing round our table. Nevertheless we will be returning customers.

Very friendly ladies on shift ,was welcomed inside to take a seat food was amazing the fish is to die for and I mean that, curry sauce is a must..

Major attitude problem from some of the staff. If you want to be spoken to like poop on the bottom of your shoe, you’re in the right place.

Once upon a time in a town called Filey there was rude, miserable woman who worked in CJ’s Fish & Chips. She wore no hair net. She told us to wait outside for 10 minutes as our table would be ready soon with high chairs. Little did we know she would turn out to be the villain in this story. We waited for 10 minutes, then 20, then 30. Eventually we were spoken to again by said woman who told us our table was almost ready. After a further 15 minutes we were whisked into the restaurant and separated from the rest of our group to eat. However, there were no high chairs. What were princess Elsie and Princess Bella supposed to eat in? We were pointed in the direction of the high chairs which were in a dark, gloomy corner and put them up as directed at the end of our tables. Within seconds this woman appeared again, her face red with anger. She shouted at us. ‘YOU CANNOT PUT YOUR HIGHCHAIR THERE. IT IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD. MOVE. NOW!’ The party leader then reminded the woman that were told to put up the high chairs here by the staff and that we had made them aware of needing high chairs from the outset. ‘I DONT CARE, THIS IS HEALTH AND SAFETY RIGHT HERE’. We did not appreciate the attitude of this fairytale villain. We clicked our fingers and in a flash we left the restaurant to find our happily ever after (Cooplands down the road. 10/10)

Waited for a table for 45 minutes after being told 10. Only to then be humiliated and shouted at infront of the whole restaurant for their mistake in seating us. The lady was extremely rude after providing us with a high chair and telling us where to put it. Only to then scream at us. We left before even sitting down or looking at the menu. Would not recommend to anyone requiring a high chair as they class this as a health and safety issue due to their tiny, non family friendly, air conditioning lacking restaurant.

Really good food, friendly service and a nice atmosphere. Please note they DO NOT have a GLUTEN FREE option!!

Excellent food and service, in a good location right in the middle of town. Everything you want for about fifteen pounds.

Brilliant as always best f&ch in Filey by far

Absolutely delicious fish and chips and really good value

Loved the fish and chips in this little restaurant, which is behind the fish and chips takeaway counter. The haddock was very good, and was the scampi. Can definitely recommend - it’s. It posh dining, but it doesn’t need to be.

Catch of the day. It's really nice fish. Chips could be more crispy.

My family stopped by the takeaway counter on a wonderfully sunny day (there’s a restaurant for rainier times). Decently-priced fish and chips, with other options and a good selection of drinks. We at them in a nearby green space.