CJ's Fish Bar in Newport

Edit:- the chippy now has new owners, very lovely people, not only that, they now have SCRUMPS, back to my childhood. Very clean, food is lovely and staff are polite and will have a laugh with you..This chippy comes highly recommended, oh and please pay CASH, it cost the owner a fortune to accept card payments.

Hi :-) Well hello CJ's, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I have been back a few times since I wrote my gutting review. I am so happy to tell people that you are on the path back to being the first thought when I think chip suppa. I don't say that lightly, it has been great to get some suppa of an evening and not put it in the bin. You are doing a wonderful job. The food I have purchased has been very good to sit and feast. I even treat family and even friends again with better confidence that I will not be throwing it away. Your chips are cooked to the level where they are (not still hot blanched ) lovely to eat. I have no fear in coming to my local chippy for lunch, dinner, or suppa. Thank you for working hard to turn your shop around. And giving your locals a chippy worth going back to. As you get to the traffic lights Malpas road north, by CJ's chip shop. It looks like no place to park but if you get into the turn right only lane at the lights. As you drive past the chippy on your left hand side now, you will see a black painted steel fence. There is a gate and this is parking provided for the chip shop. It can be busy around lunch and dinner times, weirdly rush and wait service suppa times lol. Never know how it is going to be. But you can rest assured the food is good.🙂 Oh and if you go there, the Fish is cooked to order nice and fresh (mmmmm I just might tonight) . Take a second to let them know you are there for Fish as you arrive.👍🏻🙂( On their behalf.... Thank you for doing that) It helps them serve you faster. Not really suitable for wheelchairs unless you are a daredevil especially when wet. So I will take a slow rockan strole with my walking stick if I can. The changes in how it looks inside are ok too. Thank you for your service to us all. Have a great future everyone. (🙏🏻🙂🙏🏻) Best wishes to everyone that reads this. Take care and be happy.😀

Lovely chips, slow service, but its worth the wait. P.s. a potion of chips was enough for 2 average servings.

Excellent food, freshly cooked, fantastic service, highly recommended, we will be back again! Thank you 😊

Disappointing visit this time. Waited 20 mins for fresh fish which was OK as I agreed to this. Batter was really nice, fish seemed a bit dry though. Chips didn't seen fresh seeing as I had been there so long seemed chips had been waiting 20 minutes in their box like I had. Curry sauce was OK but being freshly made hadn't had time to developed.

This chip shop has come on leaps and bounds, fish cooked to order,always hot when you get home (unlike some other chip shops!) Has some good food deals on,especially the kids options! good choice of food ie burgers,pies,sausages and scrumps only 20p per bag! Bang tidy!! .Disabled entrance,parking to the rear (small car park)

This was my 1st visit to Charlie's & I was hungry! So, I ordered quite possibly the most amazing cod & chips I have tasted in a very, very long while. The chop shop is very much welcoming, the staff truly amazing. And the prices are very reasonable. I will definitelybe makinga return visit soon 😍.

No longer cjs its called charlies chip shop and they are the best

Tasty food, large amount of food provided equalling good value, service I found slow with no reason given by staff as to why I was kept waiting, that's just a minor issue in the grand scheme of things

New owners and new services sta waited only about 5 minutes as chips were cooking. Busy so can expect that. Friendly service was a problem at all. Talked to new ower, very pleasant. Chips were like the curry lush. Rice was a tad dry, but tasty all in all. Highly recommend , Irish curry rice and chips. Pickled egg.

A good chippy with endless options 👍

First time been there in yrs. Chips were the best chips I've had in long time.lush.Loads of chips ,quick and friendly service.

If your looking for old school fish & chips look no further, (please note for those unaware fish contains bones and skin) and not frozen minced up processed white meat with preservatives and additives. If you want to taste how our national dish should be this is the place!

My sister-in-law bought us all pies, chips curry, etc. Everyone enjoyed.

Ordered haddock and chips, cod and chips, two fishcakes and chips curry sauce battered sausage 3 pineapple fritters. When they arrived the chips looked liked they were dinner times not very warm the fish was ok the pineapple fritters were very greasy my order came last night at 19.00pm. I have had fish and chips from you before the chips was lovely and wrapped in paper not take away boxes.

The food is always fresh & warm. Staff are friendly & we never have to wait too long. They're no shy with the serving of chips either 👍

First visit one evening had chicken and mushroom pie and chips.. Large chips more than enough for two. Nice chips but pie bit tasteless.

Much wider food choice than many a chippie. Good value with generous servings and very fresh.

Possibly the best chippy in Newport

Rude chap behind the counter. £6.75 for a tiny piece of cod. Avoid.

First visit. The chicken breast was wonderfully generous and moist. Friendly service!

Not used the chippy for years, but heard the new owners were local so popped in after watching the county lose.. great customer service from everyone behind the jump . Good sized portions, reasonably priced… spotlessly clean… just what the doctor ordered after another home defeat.. fish, chips, pies and curry sauce all well received and old skool SCRUMPS !!!..will definitely be back and highly recommend..

Great food, great service very polite staff and great prices 👍

What a fantastic chip shop, new owners are fabulous and it was great to be offered a bag of scrumps for the kids to try. Order taking was accurate and reasonably priced. Overall highly recommended to all.

Fish was terrible and chips were mediocre at best

Customer service from the young girl up there is NON EXISTENT. She looks at you like you’re interrupting her life , there’s no please or thank you. Up there tonight and ordered fish and chips and sausage and chips for someone to come in after me and have my fish given to them and left me waiting for nearly 20 mins. Always been a fan but rapidly going off them. Previously mentioned her attitude to one of the other team members to looked at like I swore at him. Really poor service.

Really nice food and good price

Fabulous fish and chips and very prompt service.staff are lovely and friendly.high ly recommended best in newport.

The best fish and chips in the area and cooked fresh

Ordered a large chips and two battered sausages. Good proportion sizes but the sausages tasted dry. Probably pass on visiting this place again.

Best chips and curry sauce I have ever had . Very clean place xx😁

Lovely chip shop with friendly staff too 👍🏻

We had chips from there tonight and really enjoyed them. My husband have told me about this place and I finally got to taste the chips and I would say they are the best I have tasted for a long time and will definitely go back

Wouldn't go there again. Expensive menu and small portions. Ordered a large cod and it was smaller than a small!! Never had so many bones in my life on a cod. Also no batter on the fish and I couldn't eat most of it due to all the bones and making me feel sick. Chips were all scraps and bruised and black too!! Curry sauce was nice though but still an awful meal.

Really nice chippy. I always go there and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone

Super chippy and great madras curry sauce.

Bought a cod and chips, very tasty and well cooked. The premises is very clean and has its own car park.

Always good fish and chips. Very clean and tidy. Food fresh and rear car parking

Delicious fish and chips. Amazing cod portions and so fresh

Everything tasted great. Only issue was a lot, and I mean a lot of bones in the fish. Otherwise, best chippy I've used in a while.

Amazing food as always and great customer service will be returning again

I love a sausage, chips and pot of Irish curry😋

Fish was cooked fresh, and service was outstanding!

Chips are almost always under cooked,!! Rude and Closes 10 min early,,!! Bettws chip shop is better

Omg food amazing probably one of not the best in a long time staff brilliant

Great, freshly cooked Cod is superb and the chips are quality. Must be one of the cleanest, most hygienic chippies in Newport, they are forever cleaning.

Stopped here for a curry half and half. Fairly standard fare and perfectly acceptable but at £7.95 for a curry in a tray and a can of pop I felt it was a little pricey.

Nice chips, friendly helpful staff, large menu, reasonable prices, parking to rear.

The chips are just rubbish I took them back other stuff just dryed out real poor quality , got my money back , Staff were very unpleasant when I complained , And there covid rules just don't exist that the first reason for not going back people walking in wandering around no Masks on and the staff just stand there and serve them , they are coughing over everything there and staff just let them get on with it

Spotless premises, tasty fish and chips, generous portion. Fish cooked to order.

Stopped for cod and chips on way home from hospital. Freshly cooked, piping hot, excellent fish and good chips! Very clean and friendly atmosphere. Would highly recommend.

Chips were very bland no taste to them and fishcakes were hard and dry. Wouldnt go here again or reccommend to ANYONE

Nice fresh food, definitely would use again.

Fish was amazing, cooked to perfection 😁

On our way home, we decided fish and chips would be a good idea and CJ's just happened to be there. Turned out to be an inspired choice as it was the best we'd had in a very long time. Crisp chips, crispy batter on skinned fish. All cooked fresh to order. We'll done them, we'll be back. Ps car park is a little tight but very forgivable.

Excellent service, good food.. prefer Bettws Fish Bar all day.. other than that keep up good work

Great food great service top.mstks

Ah I love this place, awesome food, quick serving, decent sized portions, card or cash payments. Always a pleasant visit

Very clean chip shop. Plenty of social distancing. I bought fish and chips. Was very nice. Batter was spot on. Few too many chips for me. Keep up the good work

Great bit of fish in there cooked fresh to order

Had fish bites but they weren't quite cooked

Excellent service, great, freshly prepared food at a ver competitive price. Highly recommended

Quick service and helpfull, friendly staff

Fish didn't taste of anything and had bones in it. Overpriced. Threw it in bin.

Lovely people, good quality food. It is slightly expensive but I dont think you'll come away feeling disappointed.

Fast and efficient service. Food was still got and tasted great after 15 mins drive home.

Fish and chips were delicious piping hot would recommend

Immaculate condition and very clean. Friendly staff. Fresh cooked fish, every item ordered was DELICIOUS.

Great food. Prices are also good

Clean and as fast service as they can give you ,good food

Extremely clean, great fit out, decent food. Consistent.

Nice local chip shop with fresh food cooked each day, I’m partial to a chips cheese and Irish curry from CJs

Good price and always enjoy the chippies. Fish had a few bones but nothing major.

Ooh bubba, you'll get a fair portion of chips here.

Best fish n chips ever! Fabulously hot n scrummy BIG portions too!

Lovely food. Love the Madras sauce.

Wish I taken a picture of the fish and chips, fabulous Cod, thick and tasty-but I was too keen to tuck right in. Easy parking. Good social distancing mapped out to for those that follow it 😁😷🌈

Lovely food, plenty of spacing for social distancing, polite friendly staff and reasonable prices. My new favourite chippy.

Great fish and chips, lovely staff

The food was freshly prepared and piping hot. It tasted lovely.

Just had cod and chips and a curry sauce.... The chips and sauce were OK but unfortunately all 3 pieces of cod were wet with soft wet batter.... Wish I'd taken the trouble to drive a little further and gone to salt and vinegar Instead

Excellent service and freshly cooked food

Food is great but social distancing non existent and a smile wouldn't go a miss.

Only just discovered this place (no pun intended) and it's lovely! Great selection and reasonable prices, also very clean.

Very clean, friendly and efficient service and the food was excellent!

Had a couple of fritters and some other stuff batter was like leather think they where warmed up from the day before... won't be going back.

Fish cooked when requested, Friendly staff , Recommended

Lovely curry and chips. Limited veggie options tho - a few more choices would give it 5*

Thoroughly enjoyed the Chicken Curry and Chips. The Chicken and chips were cooked perfect and the Irish Curry Sauce has a brilliant taste. Recommended.

Wish they cooked the fish and let it sit as the batter on the fish isn't crispy - other than that a very nice chippy

Best fish and Chips in a long time, freshly cooked fresh fish from the Faro's islands, cod was flaky and moist. Lovely. Chips good too 😊

Quality food well above average for a fish and chip shop nice polite staff

Ordered burger and chips. Burger was piping hot and a handsome piece of beef, chips were nice but only just like warm. Pretty good considering it was lunch time. Will go again

Best fish bar Britain has to offer!

Very nice chips and knowing they're propper chips I'll be back!

The worst fish I've ever had in my life. Skin left on and literally dozens of bones. Chips weren't great either. At £13.60 for 2 people quite pricey too. Never ever will I return. Shocking

Spotlessly clean, good service and food is delicious, definitely recommend!

Great choice and good quality fish and chips at reasonable prices.

Excellent service we have had food from this chippy 3 times now and all ways the best I recommend the Irish curry sauce.

Absolutely lovely food. Stopped on our way for a canal walk and didnt realise how nice it would be! Will go back