Crispy Cod in Sefton

Received a Flyer through my letter box From "THE CRISPY COD" FORMBY. Looked like a really good menu. It.s been a long time since we had a takeaway, so decided to treat my partner and myself to something different. Phoned the number and was a bit put off by the abruptness of the lady who answered the phone. Sounded a bit unfriendly, Collected the order and was supprised to see only two other customers in the shop, considering it was a Saturday night. On arriving home found the meal to be Very dissappointng. the BBQ spare ribs were nothing like BBQ ribs and were covered in some sort of RED liquid. Not a hint of BBQ flavour. My main couse had Fried rice, but the rice had not been cooked. It was still hard, and soaked in soya sauce. Nothing like fried rice should be, and full of salt due to the amount of soya sauce that had been used. My partner had the Special Chow mein, It was dry and tasteless, except for the amount of salt. Everything was of Very poor quality even what appeared to be bits of undersize potatoes used for the chips. I realize now why it was neccessary to put out flyers , and why the shop was practically empty on a Satrurday night. A waste of £25 and I will not be returning.

Review after 5 visits. The food is great and very reasonably priced. My only concern is that hygiene could be a little better. A little more washing of hands would go a long way.

Waited 35 minutes for soggy and caked in oil food without an apology

Delicious food. A bit expensive but very fresh and tasty

Fast service. Chips are decent. Bit on the pricey side, but still good.

A great fish and chip shop very friendly staff I would recommend this shop to everyone

really really lovely staff and excellent chips to boot

Sorry but this place has gone down hill . We bought pork with mushrooms which was'nt too bad apart from the scappy chips. The week after beef and mushroom totally different , the beef tasteless pale/yellow looking , tasteless and totally different recipe. Seems to change from week to week. Been going for many years , but sorry no more .

Food 3 out of 10 One of the most expensive chippies I have had the miss fortune to walk into Never going back to this one

Ordered some chips for lunch on our way back home from the beach. Waited for chips which is fine, they looked yummy and were piping hot when we ate them. However despite how lovely they looked, they tasted of fish and were still hard in the centres, undercooked, not pleasant and needless to say, a massive waste of £5, cash only as well for reference. I'm sure there are better places to buy a portion of chips from.

Service was bad and they forgot the fish - pretty disappointing. The food we did get was okay but nothing special

Love going to this place while I'm in my touring caravan parked up the road

Really tasty fish & chips, staff were really friendly and helpful

Ordered a chicken kebab and i got chicken and veg in a tub

Very nice scran just a young lady with blonde highlights who's not very nice

The staff are incredibly friendly and welcoming, adding to the overall positive vibe of the place. Whether you're grabbing a quick bite or indulging in a full meal, Crispy Cod is a top choice for delicious fish and a warm atmosphere.

Well - to put it bluntly it’s this was the worst fish and chips I’ve ever had in my entire life! Dripping with oil and uncooked batter. More batter than fish. Old dry chips - let me not get started on the spring rolls - flavourless and soggy. The mushy peas were bright green and tasted awful. I wouldn’t order from this chippy if it was my last supper

Only had steak pie and chips pie in my opinion was warm up from lunch time .. dried up and rock hard .. portion of chips small but ok Also expensive Will not be going back unless desperate

Had fish and chips cooked fresh and was lovely, and also just a portion of chips again all cooked fresh, always friendly staff

What can I say, not to over exaggerate, but the Crispy Cod was surprisingly the most delicious chippy I’ve ever had. The chicken was cooked to perfect order and had no complaints with my kids. The vegetables didn’t feel fake and chunky like they usually do in other places. And the portion sizes were absolutely perfect for the price. Please PLEASE take into consideration this chippy as you might be as pleasantly surprised as I was and take this on for who knows how long. 5 STARS! (Also forgot to add chips were very yummy as well)

Used a couple of times recently on Sunday afternoons whilst visiting family. Staff were efficient. Food was very nice and still piping hot after the 10 minute drive home. Good range of dishes available on the menu, something to suit everyone.

I had a disappointing experience at this fish and chip shop. The customer service was lacking, and the staff's attitude was unhelpful and unfriendly. Upon arrival the staff took a call from a customer who’d clearly missed something off their order. They proceeded to comment that this customer (who must be a returning customer) always forgets to order things. The irony of it is, the staff missed 2 things from my order which in itself was a task to order. The food when they got it right was okay. I will not be back.

Has this place changed hands? It’s been our go to for a couple of years but there’s a sudden noticeable drop in quality. Gristly ribs, bland curry and different pitta breads. Will need to find an alternative

We just called by for some chips and scollops. Very friendly staff and well cooked chips.

The food was OK. What really stood out to me though was how terribly the owners speak to their staff members! I was honestly disgusted. There was a young lad (long hair) there and a young girl (brunette) and they were both spoken to like they were pieces of trash. The woman owner (50s blonde hair sour face) was making nasty remarks to and about the guy.. she misheard what he asked her to get and she had a go at him making out it was his fault calling him useless. I quickly put her straight; that it was her who didn't listen to him properly and she still blamed him. She started slating him to me saying he's worked there for a year and is useless.. the young woman was also receiving a telling off publicly from the older woman and she looked really upset. Talk about a hostile work environment! So to be fair I'm not bothered about how the food tasted I would never go back here purely based on how hostile the owner/manager was to her staff! I told the young guy to run a mile! He was so lovely and polite to all customers too while she was proper sour faced and mean looking. Uurgh. Avoid if you have standards.. Food was OK.. we had chips and sausges, nothing crazy.

Best fish and chips I’ve ever had. Light crispy batter all the way round and lovely customer service. Good portions too 💋

In getting my lunch from this shop for three weeks now the owner is very pleasant and his food is top quality was there today and got another lovely meal from him will be back there tomorrow lunchtime for another meal

We had guests visiting who wanted a Chinese takeaway so we ordered a banquet for four people, the meal arrived approx 45 minutes later even though we were told 20-30 minutes, the meals were hot but were made of poor quality ingredients and were very salty, adding more salt to our injury the portion sizes were very odd, why would you only give your 'banquet for four' customers 6 small pieces of ribs, 6 small stodgy spring rolls and 6 miniscule pancakes for the overcooked duck? I was quite embarrassed for my guests who were very diplomatic about wasting their money and politely said, "how does four go into six equally?"

Place is good. Food is average. They don't accept card you have to pay cash 😒.

Chips were soggy and full of oil, threw them away. Fish was also oily and stuck to the paper, only giving two stars as peas were nice

Foods boss. Staff are nice and friendly. Highly reccomend

Good food, friendly staff - very nice

Staff are always amazing helpful

Great takeaway with lots of choice

What a night! It was a dream night and it require several parts of the puzzle to come together. An amazing meal put together by Crispy cod for 10 people. We all enjoyed it and looking forward to another dream night including Crispy Cod. We decided to have a swift pint while waiting and to our amazement, James chased us to the pub to ask what toppings we wanted on the kebab. Joe's fault for running out before they could ask. What a service. 10 out of 10 to James.

We have had many good meals from Crispy Cod over many years, some just ok. However on the last three occasions the price has not matched that quoted on their paper menu (which we always update regularly). BEWARE THE PRICES ON THE PAPER MENU HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE AT LEAST JUNE 2022.! When collecting our meal and asking why it differed I was referred to the menu on the wall ( which I can’t see from home!). As I only collected the latest menu 2 weeks ago I asked for them to be remotes they misrepresented the cost. Response : we just work here! Nil point for service folks! Very disappointing!

Just had a lovely Chinese takeaway. Yes, it's a pain that it's cash only but it's worth it as it was one of the best deliveries we've had recently.

Arrived here after returning home from holiday at 9 pm. Ordered 2 fish and 1 chips. Fish cooked fresh. Excellent. Shop was clean and tidy. Staff friendly.

Chips are lovely. Staff are lovely and the food is great . They also offer a delivery service. Although you do have to spend over £10 , the delivery drivers are lovely

Food is consistently OK. The chippy food is better than the greasy Chinese offering. But the fact that it's "cash only" is a massive res flag.

Take out only. Fish is cooked to perfection and really tasty. Burgers are juicy and tender with limited grease - selection of sauces with or without salad. Chinese takeaway exactly what was expected. A good array of culinary delights 😊Pizza and Kebabs too. There are no deserts on the menu.

Pretty bad Cheapest ingredients thrown together nothing fresh that I can gather

We go alot but the staff are very nice except from this rude scouse lady who thinks she can boss everyone about

Stopped here after a walk on the beach. Asked for small chips open, got medium chips wrapped. Chips like bark chippings. Just shy of 8 hrs later food poisoning.

Salt and pepper chips were excellent, a meal in themselves. Slightly disappointed not to see any tofu dishes in the Chinese section but the chips were excellent. And I'd say consistently excellent after a return visit.

A good chippy and friendly staff. Doesn't have a card reader, so it is cash only which is slight inconvenience. Would go again.

Stopped here as it was the first chippy we found after leaving the beach. Glad we did. The portion was generous and tasted great. Some benches outside and some seats inside. We had a large fish and chips and shared between two. Fantastic.

My family have been going to the crispy cod for 5 years and today, I went to pick up an order while taking the dog for a walk. As I walked in, I was told that dogs aren’t allowed in a very brusk manner, I asked if there was somewhere to ‘park the dog’. At this point the ‘lady’ that looks like Bett Midler just started raising her voice and told me it’s ‘just as well there’s no other customers in’. I paid for my order and said I was disappointed by the ongoing ‘telling off’ I was getting, I was still being shouted at, as I left and other staff looked sucked. I will not be going to the crispy cod again.

Didn't wait long for tasty food. Menu inside slightly confusing though...

Really good chips. Took a group of kids from school. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

Thought I'd pop in for some chips seen as it was Friday afternoon, big mistake! Got to be the worst chips I've ever had, anemic, greasy and full of eyes! Very very poor! 😡

Every time I ask for just salt yet I always get vinegar which I hate. Most expensive chippy in formby for the worst chippy food served in formby. Save your money and give it a miss

We ordered four meals this evening, one was king prawn garlic and chilli. The prawns were chewy and immediately after eating my daughter was violently sick, having felt fine all day. I called to inform the Crispy Cod, thinking it would be best to let them know so that they could stop serving these prawns and avoid poisoning other customers. They informed us without apology that they had sold lots of these dishes today and not had any complaints. This may be the case but those customers may be yet to ring, or may be too embarrassed to. Either way, a poor response to giving food poisoning to a customer. We are locals, it was our first time visiting the Crispy Cod. We will not be going back.

The worst fish and chips I have ever been to. Don't do kebabs and Chinese food if you can't even perfect fish and chips.

Really disappointed with the service. Told 45 mins delivery. Driver arrived 30mins, said he'd been waiting 15 minutes outside the property, really aggressive , saying he could of made 3 more deliveries! Food OK but expensive! When phoned to complain, they said we are so busy at this time and apologised as we are all so stressed out???

...but need better demand management planning re fish!

Quick friendly service from this fish and chip / Chinese takeaway. Modest prices with huge servings. Unfortunately very little available for vegetarians. Always seems to be open, weekends and Bank Holidays.

Place has gone down hill, food was terribly fatty and we wouldnt ever return. Shame as we always bought from here almost every weekend.

Only cash accepted. I will not recommend.

Ordered a Donna Kebab, chips and a pizza. The Donna meat was cold , so was the chips along with the Pizza. Discussing meal.Never again.

Best chippy in the area !! All food cooked fresh & tasty

Poor takeaway Pizza, such a shame because they used to be really tasty and wonderful pizzas, but ordered twice and each time the pizza was burnt, will be finding a new pizza takeaway in the future

I have been back more this year for the fish, chips and gravy. The grease put me off, but alot better recently. Amazing fish and chips, when it's not greasy.

Best fish and chips Ive had in this area

Hit and miss when you get chips, many many times i have been given warmed up chips

Go here if you like cheeseburger, they are mega. Nice and clean, polite staff.

Great fish as always chips a bit iffy lately

Friendly staff lovely fish. No cheese and onion pie for the veggie but nice vegetarian spring rolls instead 🙂

A bit pricey but couldn't fault the fish and chips 👌

Seaside fish n chips always best 2 happy boys from derby

Great fish and chips can't knock it by the sea

So disgusted. Bought 2 fish and chips last Friday tea time. Fish was lovely but chips were hard and not edible. Never again

Gorgeous best fish cakes ever! ❤️

This is one of my take aways ,full menu ,assorted food and never had a bad meal yet .

Just popped in for a little chicken chow mien as you do, what a mistake that was, literally dryer than ghandis flip flop with all the flavour of said flip flop as well.

Very good fish and chips. Nice service. She you can't use cards

The staff were friendly and kindly told me what was suitable for vegetarians from the ingredients. The fish and chips we had were lovely, I'd definitely return again when I'm next passing. Thanks

Food ok, although sometimes can be a bit greasey. My main issue is the attitude of a member of the staff (don't know her name). On a number of occasions when ordering, I've had to repeat certain items only to be told by the girl on the phone that I hadn't ordered that particular dish in a very condescending manner. I understand phone lines can be a bit funny from time to time, but to basically argue with a customer over what were ordering is not good customer service.

Food really good 👍lots of choice

Good quality chip shop with Pizza too. Cash only. Safety measures in place. Don't forget your mask

Always great. Best chippy around

Mistake going here... Feel sick after eating it. Batter was like greasy leather, chips soggy although saw them fresh come out of fryer. Just shows how poorly cooked... Only good thing are potatoes didn't have eyes in them.

Only giving one star as I have to. The last 3 visits have been worst experience ever at a chippy. I put it down to a one off however after 3 times of misery I have to put a review. Awful customer service every time. The food was awful and did not put lid on curry properly which spilt everywhere. 2 other chippys in formby so will never go back. Was always a very good chippy but really has gone to rats dropping. Shame really and my advice is go to one of the other ones in the area.

Always good! Never get it wrong

Really nice fish and chips but quite expensive

AWFUL - staff are just as awful as the food. Much better places to eat than here. I'd rather go to McDonalds before I went here. Can't give it no stars as thats not an option.

Great chippy, good range of food and it's all good quality

u want that crispy fishy fish? dont give crispy cod a missy miss!

Very safe well organised Chippy. Fantastic food as always, great staff

Kofte kebab ve sis kebab very good 😜🤩😍🥰

Delicious fish and chips and kids meals. Just what was needed after an afternoon on the beach.

Nice chips ...but not big portions.

Food wasn't good, chips were pale and undercooked, fish was ok, children's menu chicken nuggets and chips were not good. Looked unappetising, but we were very hungry, still could not eat that much of it. Service was good/reasonably fast though, it was also very expensive considering the low quality of the food.

We visited after a trip to Formby Beach, 15 mins before they were due to close. You would usually expect 15 mins before close the food to be a little old but it was so hot and fresh. The staff were nice and polite and the place looked very clean. I haven't had a chippy lunch in years due to not particularly liking them but really enjoyed the food from here.

Nice food, chicken chow main and chips

wow, safety screens and 2m signs , 2 people in only protecting customers , very smooth operation.

Great fish and chips, crispy perfect batter

Great fish and chips on offer as well as pizza, burgers and kebabs. Fast service and delivery available too.

Great menu with lovely food always and delivered hot every time 😊

Lovely staff, good menu choice. Great chips.