Colmans Fish & Chips in South Tyneside

What superb fish and chips. This was a lunchtime random visit where we had 2 senior deals and a regular cod & chips with m. peas. All cooked to perfection with light flaky cod in batter that was soooo crispy. Service v friendly and a good atmosphere. Will def visit again if in the area

We were heading to the sea front and picked up some food from the takeaway. My fish was coated in delicious crispy batter, plenty of chips and had some scraps on top, my friend got the sausage and chips and was equally pleased with her choice. Wish I tried the takeaway earlier because it's spot on.

The grilled fish - HIGH PRICES FOR A STINGY PORTION. Wanted to go for the healthy portion being 5 months pregnant. At a whopping £17.95 a portion the haddock was the size of my toddlers foot coupled with 15 chips. Go elsewhere for the price.

GRILLED FISH - HIGH PRICES, STINGY PORTIONS Decided to opt for the healthy option as I'm 5 months pregnant. Very disappointing. The portion of fish was the size of my toddlers foot and coupled with about 15 chips for a whopping £17.95 felt like a total let down. Go elsewhere.

While food was good ordered chicken fillet bites which were £4 for 4 or £8 for 8 expected at this price to be a decent size. Tasted good but poor value for money

Fish and chips excellent curry sauce excellent as well.

Inflation at a whole new level £9.95 for sausage and chips (smaller portion)then your standard chippy £2.50 each for bread bun £5 for 2buns 1adult 2kids £36

Best fish and chips ever! Recommended. Use this place few times already. Fish arrive always fresh and tasty.

Good value for money and excellent food and service

Best in south shilds a must if you want top class fish and chips chips. Fantastic quality Good friendly service Give it a go you will will not be disappointed.

Lovely fish and chips , complete with mushy peas and a small pot of tea. Tartare sauce was not to my liking but evrrything else was spot on.

Delicious food,, clean restaurant , helpful staff and reasonable price too.

Always lovely fresh Fish and chips.

Wifey & I used the take away part of the restaurant on Valentines night. Wifeys cod & chips was excellent as was my scampi & chips. The service was excellent from the young land and the food piping hot. I would give 5 stars however the was an older lady helping prepare orders and we watched her picking up food from the hot cabinet with her bare hands. No gloves. No tongs. Her hands. Very disappointing to see in an otherwise flawless service.

Very nice food and very quick service on a Saturday evening. Accommodated the baby with high chair.

5 star, absolutely delicious Recommend Haddock and chips

The best fish and chips in the country

Colmans needs to get a grip of their takeaway service. Today was diabolical. A big sign welcoming you and says 'All our food is cooked to order, so order on entry' And despite there being only 3 customers ahead it still took 15 mins to even get our order in, with a further 10-15 mins for it to be cooked and served. This was because there was just 1 server on the counter, who was responsible for taking the walk-in orders and making them up, in addition to receiving, ordering and making up the click and collect orders too, who consisted a steady flow of other customers calling in to collect their food. Thus, the seemingly short queue at the start was nothing more than a mirage. Personally speaking, they should have one person dealing with the traditional walk-in queue and another dedicated to click and collect, as it all made for a very frustrating experience. One, I will be thinking twice before making again if it doesn't change soon.

Had a take out, with the smaller portion of fish and chips. Quality always decent.

Its a nice sit in place for fish and chips, the mushy peas are lovely

Amazing staff, clean, family friendly but quiet venue. Food was excellent, cooked to perfection and served quickly. EVERYONE should try the pea fritter!

SIMPLY THE BEST 🎵🎶🎵 BETTER THAN ALL THE REST! honestly the best best best fish and chips ever and I've lived in Scotland where chippies are amazing and near the seaside in Yorkshire and still, these in South Shields town are by far the absolute best, the fish is so so tasty and beautifully white, so perfectly cooked and I actually don't much care for chips, but their chips are unbelievable and so so gorgeous 🥰

This is a great family chip shop. I had sausage chips peas and gravy all top notch with great service the rest of my party had fish which was delicious the bit I tried. Definitely revising when we are back up north.

Been going here since I was a toddler and now 65 years old and always found the service and quality top of the pops compared to the likes of Whitby and elsewhere.over the last 3 visits we have noticed the quality dropping off from the usual standards primarily the size and thickness of the fish where we get the large ones.the quality of the chips is falling in that they were always notable more chunky than their other branch and there are more scrappy bits now and less chips full stop.the number of chips was compared to a table who got the pensioner special and I swear they got just the same amount and their fish was just marginally smaller?.I understand things are getting tighter and may well get worse in the new year when nat insurance rises and the min wage goes up but for some one who has been coming for years it's more noticeable than a less regular visitor.the other thing is the fish is drier and I do wonder if the use of local boat fish has stopped or been reduced?.perhaps other regulars have noticed changes?

2 things let this place down... A) it came to £40 for 2 fish & chips with mushy peas & pots of tea. B) My partner doesn't like tea or coffee and asked to change it for a can of pop and the woman said no! Even though they are the same price. Absolutely ridiculous. Fish & Chips was alright but nothing special and certainly not worth £40! Mushy peas were the best I've ever had, though, but that was it. Not as great a place as it's made out.

Fantastic fish and chips best ever. Only critism is the central heating needs fixing sometimes it's cold which spoils the whole experience.

Best fish and chips my wife and I have ever had

Rang on four occasions this afternoon to confirm opening times as we were travelling a distance. On each occasion greeted by fax tone so unable to speak to anyone. Checked times on website which still states Monday to Saturday 1100am - 545pm. Arrived at 4pm to find you are shut. Very very poor information and concern for your customers.

We all know colemans quality the shop on ocean rd. Is busy, busy, busy

Food is lovely and customer service is excellent

Came for a family meal on a very busy Saturday. The fish curry was excellent ! Lovely bright restaurant with sea views and great service ! Can’t wait to go again 😢

The haddock was nice and the ladies were kind as well!

Nice enough fish n chips bit on the expensive side.. £2.00 for tartare sauce felt like a big chain not a local place

Haddock & Chips, it's a must, delicious

Great service and very accommodating to our group of elderly people from Age UK

By far the best chip shop in the northeast. We travel 20 miles to go to Coleman's as there is no substitute when it comes to how good their fish & chips are

Love this place , food outstanding. Very popular place. Just up the road from the beach. Fish fresh daily. Great service

13.50 for chips and chicken nuggets and a couple of bottles if juice! Nice chips but the staff were abrupt and the queue was out the door waiting. You cannot see the food prep area either which is always suspect. Will not being going again. Not recommended.

Best fish supper in the UK. Cooked to perfection, not a bit of grease in sight. Been coming here for years even though it’s 35 miles from home. Photos on wall of customers; Patrick Stewart, Jo Brand, David Walliams and even David Milliband and Tony Blair all out for a great cheap feed.

Busy, as expected for Saturday teatime but all in all very good. A little noisy but quick service, clean, modern tables, best of all, fabulous Colmans Feast. Fish & chips at their best.

First time visitors from Cambridgeshire

Called in here on our way up the coast. Heard they had award winning fish and chips. Lovely clean restaurant with lots of celebrity photos on the wall of past customers. Fish and chips were very good and didn’t disappoint.

Absolutely amazing, has to be the freshest fish I have ever ate. Would definitely recommend them. Chips were amazing as well.

Fish and chips, does what it says really. Nothing standout. pretty hard to beat aberdeenshire fish though so tough test

Richard and his team as usual performed great , friendly , professional , courteous and polite and the food was amazing , the Miller families favourite place , the staff Maria , Owen , Amy, Sid to name but a few are first class lovely people

Our banb host warmly recommended Colman's and we both had a splendid meal. Each component was of excellent quality and, it is worth emphasizing in these days of ever smaller portions,ample in quantity. I had my haddock poached rather than battered which is a very attractive option to me. That said, my wife's battered fish was superb. I must also mention the amazing tartare sauce, very obviously 'home' made. In my opinion, the price was extremely reasonable given the very high quality. We also valued very highly the comprehensive efforts to run the business sustainably. The staff were very pleasant and obliging. As chance had it, we were able to speak to the gentleman who had cooked our meal who clearly took great pride in his work. Don't hesitate. Charles Allison

Amazing food as always, one of our favourite places to eat, the only place to go for fish and chips! The staff are always friendly and welcoming.

The food and service was excellent. However I was confused that they shut at 6pm as I would have liked to order the affogato for dessert. Google maps says they close at 7pm, which is probably why more people tried to enter but were turned away.

Really nice chippy 1st visit won't be last

Tried the takeaway on recommendation of a friend...very glad we did! Top quality fish, chips, chicken, etc. Delicious! Thank you.

Busy for a reason, very good fish and chips.

Visited after the GNR after having it recommended several times. It really didn’t disappoint, great atmosphere, the staff were amazing and the food was to die for. Best fish and chips I’ve had in years!

Fish and chips absolutely delicious. Sticky Toffee Pudding amazing

Fish and chips especially tasty even though same company I find like others that dish is far better then at seafood temple ...staff very attentive and really nice... Come here once a week usually with friends well worth a visit for good old fish and chips and mushy peas mmmm

Always great food and service wouldnt go anywhere else for fish and chips

It was good but I was just visiting.

Other than hair in my food, the fish was good. I was taken aback though when I was told that the hair wasn’t in or cooked in the food. (See picture) So instead of giving me options the manager gave me another meal. Also, we ordered bread and butter - never got it. Ordered original coke - got diet. And the waiter was rude!

Great food and service. Busy bank holiday but customers well looked after.

Always excellent food, fast service, very pleasant staff

Visited the takeaway today for dinner, the fish and chips were amazing and at s good price.....nicest I've had in a long while. Friendly staff and cooked to order. 😉😉

No wonder they've been trading for a long time. The food was delicious and at a good price. Will definitely be back.

Best chip shop in south shields. Food was lovely staff are great couldn't ask for more

Freshly cooked fish that this is done to perfection and hot chips. You won't be disappointed and once you've been you'll keep coming back Best in the area.

Great place best fish and chips in the area

Ordered take away fish chips and peas, received fish and chips, not rocket science but appears to be to some.

Fabulous place for great service friendly helpful staff and fantastic food well worth a visit xx

A gift for my 70th birthday and I can honestly say I had the superb food an best fish n chips ever ...and looking at the other dishes the others were having all had same to say. Superb food and staff .

Was at South Shields to visit the beach on a lovely sunny day and decided I was hungry so asked a few locals where to eat and they all recommended to go to ocean road so I headed down there to look for a nice place to grab a bite. Saw Coleman’s fish and chip shop and thought to myself nothing beats a fish and chips on a summers day so popped in got for takeout and was immediately met with a very hostile response from the server. The lady was very aggressive and impatient though with another customer was very friendly who happened to be white British. Anyhow she got the fish and chips cooked and said how much salt I said just a small amount and to my dismay she poured pretty much half the container onto my fish and chips and smacked the box close in front of my face. Went in the car to eat the so called famous fish and chips and couldn’t believe how dry the fish was and how stale the chips were tasting as if they were reheated. Very racist server and terrible fish and chips go elsewhere all the reviews don’t tell the true story of this place as if they beg for good reviews?

Whilst visiting South Shields, we thought we'd try fish & chips from Colmans as it was directly opposite our digs but also had pretty good reviews. We walked in to be greeted by a young man who I can only describe as looking like he was about to chuck himself off a cliff. He directed us to a table for 2 which was a little too close for comfort for my liking to the nice couple 6 inches away. The young man obviously reluctantly then found us a nice table next to the toilets. I found the fish & chips ok, a little greasy maybe but I can eat skin on the fish, my husband can't, so his experience wasn't as nice as mine food wise. The chips were lovely and the mushy peas very nice. The curry sauce lumpy and floury tasting. The stotty was quite doughy. Whilst eating a waitress passed me with a baby high chair and cracked one of the legs into mine. She could see that it hurt but her response was extremely disappointing. I got a watered down 'oops sorry' and that was it! The atmosphere in general throughout the waiting staff seemed very odd and strained. I won't be going there again as I value my limbs.

Fine fish and chips. Local legend. Music can be too loud. Sometimes the staff seem too rushed and sometimes not.

The best in the area for us visitors! On a par with Whitby’s best!

Decent enough fish and chips but way overrated. The food arrived literally a minute after we ordered, which suggests it was not fresh. It was a meagre piece of cod covered in a huge amount of batter. Local people rave about this place but i cannot see what the fuss is. We tried the Colmans temple last year and was also unimpressed. It is not as good as fish and chips from some places in nearby areas like North Shields, Tynemouth and it is not even in the same league as some places in Whitby.

Pensioner special, plenty fish and chips it was delicious

Had it have not been for the one rude waiter with dark hair I would have left this place a better review. The food was nice & the other staff was friendly and polite but I can’t get over just how rude the waiter was. Awful service. He would benefit from some further training in customer service skills.

First time here, the fish (cod) and chips were delicious!! Even a piece of lemon to squeeze on. Small queue (5pm) but didn't take long, I would definitely go here again. I gave 1 star less on service because the server seemed a little miserable but did her job perfectly, the guys behind the counter were more smiley. Not at all put off, that really was scrummy. Would certainly recommend.

Always busy but staff always keep the queue moving forward. Worth it for the food.

Take out chippy tea- friendly staff and unreal food. Best chip shop in shields the sausage was unreal and garlic sauce! Worth every penny

Went to colmans on ocean road. Certainly not up to standard. The chips were not at all nice and the fish I had had several large bones left in. Will not be returning.

The best fish and chips in the country!

A reliably high quality chippy. I've been a few times with friends and family, and the food never disappoints. Fish, chips, and vegetarian alternatives are always fluffy inside and crisp outside. Easily the best chippy in town. Only criticism is the popularity of the restaurant means there is often a line outside and lunchtime wait can be a bit long (20 mins or more). The staff also seem to be a bit overwhelmed by this. On some occasions I've had to wait in line outside despite multiple tables inside being available as the staff seem to want to slow things down inside. It's certainly worth the wait though.

Fabulous haddock and chips. Fish was super flakey , perfectly cooked. Very friendly

Tremendous fish and chips at Colmans, cod cooked to perfection, definitely be back again.

Had the £12.80 prime cod deal. Everything was tasty but very stingy amount of chips!

Great place for fresh fish and chips very popular with the older couples and gets very busy . Got to give it a try If your visiting.

Love Colman’s ocean road the fish and chips are fantastic. I have been coming to Colmans’s since 1965 , had a spell away in the forces but still go to ocean road. Cal in every Wednesday the staff are brilliant and friendly. Keep up the good work

Average fish and chips have definitely seen a change in the portion size and the taste. Fish served was thin and the handful of chips were dry/ tasteless and more like scragg ends.

Nice food , homemade mushy peas

No doubt, great fish and chips! But location in town away from the coast and service wasn't as good experience as the food. Had to queue and wait outside although there was plenty room and free tables inside

had about 10 minute wait for a table, but can honestly say it was well worth the wait. pure white fish coated in nice, lightly fried crispy batter, proper mushy peas. staff very polite and friendly, despite working in an environment which is really hot with the fryers being on, and in the middle of summer. would definitely go back, and highly recommend to anyone who hasn't been before

Good smaller version of the bigger one that’s by beach the staff one thing i loved was reading about the History of the business on the menu & seeing old photos on the wall I’m a history buff but it’s good to know & see how a local business has grown over the years & they should certainly be proud of what they have achieved never had a bad meal & never had bad service here I always recommend Colmans to anyone honestly worth a visit

We met up with our friends from Staten Island USA for good old traditional fish and chips at Colemans Ocean Road, South Shields. We had previously done the same last time they came over around 10 years ago. They had not forgotten how delicious their first meal was and they had been looking forward to going back. They were not disappointed! The food was so fresh and delicious, and the lady who served us was fantastic. She was very friendly, chatted with us and kept us right on ordering our food as the way I ordered would have been more expensive. Considering I think this lady is high up in the management of Colemans - you would think she would be happy to just take our money but she was more than happy to save us a few quid which I thought was very nice of her! Very highly recommended - wouldn’t get fish and chips from anywhere else!

Great quality cod and chips for a reasonable price. Seems very popular, it was recommended to me by a local and he was right. Staff are very friendly and helpful.

Not big portions, tasty and enough. Unless you're a big eater. It's accessible by wheelchair. Parking is awkward as it's on the main street, there is parking at the back. Service is quick, and there is seating at the back of the restaurant that can't be seen from the front. However, I thought I had to order at the counter and went to the desk. I was asked, " Hello, what do you want. " Otherwise, I have no complaints.

Absolutely fabulous fish. The batter so crisp, the chips 3 fried and the mushy mushy 🫛. Lovely. The staff are very nice and welcoming. Very professional family run business 👏 👌

Would be nice to choose own seats and not be ushered right next to people when the place is half empty - most annoying. Plus pensioner portions seem to be shrinking somewhat, hardly any chips.

Cracking cod and chips. Don't usually like mushy peas but these were divine. Buttery with a slight peppery taste.

Excellent efficient service, great food, second visit.

I’ve visited this fish restaurant several times over the years and have always enjoyed my food . Every time I visit I order either the cod or scampi, today however I decided to pay a little extra and order the Coleman’s hand made scampi and I’m absolutely delighted that I did. This dish it stunning and worth every penny and more. I cannot recommend this dish enough.

We left it really late this Sunday after an afternoon entertainment in the amphitheatre but we googled the take away closing time and we would make it in good time. Three positions of small cod and chips at a fair price and all boxed with salt and vinegar as asked by our server with a few cheeky scraps hidden within Well we normally dine inside but on Sunday they close at 4pm but the takeaway did not disappoint at all Cooked fresh to order and very very tasty Three contented happy bellies. Bit of a treat as we dodged the rain heading for the car park Would we come again to take away Most certainly

Almost a journey in time. Tradicional, but definitely deserves it. Try the Lemon sole if available