Fish4Lunch in Oxford

Amazing, plain and simple fish and chips cooked to perfection. If you want to experience the best fish and chips you've eaten in your life don't hesitate.

Not accessible for wheelchair users or parents with buggies. Rude staff.

Absolutely spectacular and a gem in a most unexpected part of Oxford! Osney mead is a light industrial estate not far from the city centre. There you can get your big rocks made into smaller rocks, get your tyres changed or herd the University's books whilst forced to hot desk.. or visit Aldens Fishmarket and in the latter case oh my you should. It's an odd little cafe above a fishmonger, but whoever cooks the food is a genius and the the menu whilst limited is sublime. It's not cheap enough for lunch every day, but oh my it's good. I might only go once a month or so but leave feeling replete and happy with a truly skilfully made meal. Bring your colleagues for a walk and a random treat. Cheaper than a chain grease-burger, 10x better.

Best fish restaurant in Oxford! I had fish and chips here yesterday and they were amazing.

Very tasty and affordable price , well managed with a professional chef who serves the best to the customer.

Best fish and chips I’ve had in Oxford.

Excellent food. Great price. Hidden away in a non-descript industrial estate. In what looks like the old admin offices of the fish wholesaler. But do not be fooled by appearances. While there may only be 3 choices of main dish, it is always exquisitely presented and very tasty. Best kept secret in Oxford

First time I had been since lockdown and was so disappointed. Fish and chips dry and overcooked with tiny piece of fish. Used to be fantastic. And now only does fish and chips and tuna burger. The amazing daily fish plates are gone and presumably the two ? Portuguese or Spanish chefs. Very sad.

The tuna burgers far exceeded our expectations. Really great value and so tasty. We will definitely be back. The cafe itself is canteen style and very basic. Go for the food...not the ambience. Also I’ve deducted one point for unnecessary use of plastic (individual sauce sachets, styrofoam containers, plastic cups). Apparently most fish are found with plastic particles in their bellies due to high levels of plastic pollution in the ocean. Please do your bit Alden’s and switch to more sustainable options ASAP!

Perfectly roasted pollack and delicious pepper puree! No frills cafe above the fish market serving fantastic food. Will definitely be back!

Okay so first let’s get the ordering system sorted - the menu is by the stairs to the canteen (in your right as you enter). You can check out the menu there or on their insta page. Then you have to go to the fish shop to order at the cashier (where you can also pick up beverages alcoholic or non-alc). You go up stairs and give your receipt to the chefs behind the counter. Sit down and wait! Now onto the food. My friend and I both opted for the roasted Pollock which was excellent. The fish itself was meaty and really fresh (could’ve mistaken for a cod!) and execution perfect (crispy on the outside, juicy and flakey on the inside ) and the red pepper purée was well seasoned to compensate for the mild taste of the fish! This could’ve easily costed over £15 at a restaurant. We will be back!

Upstairs from the fishmongers - a choice of three dishes only. Always absolutely delicious. Lousy view, no table cloths, make your own coffee, and it's still worth going!!

Not the first time we’ve visited, Perfectly cooked fish every time. Looking forward to visiting again soon. Would eat there everyday if I could.

Food is amazing, interesting, and varied. The short menu is great -- three perfrect dishes each two weeks.

I had lunch here a couple of times during my visit to Oxford and they blew my mind every time. Would definitely come back if I have the chance!!

I'd been meaning to visit for a little while - menu sounded good and very reasonable for fish in these parts! The ambiance is total works canteen - formica, clear your own table, fetch your own cutlery/drinks but quite frankly, I would sit on an upturned crate for this food. Best fish dish I have eaten in ages - sea bream on a silky cauliflower puree with pistachio pesto giving a serious hit of herby green-ness. The focaccia was salty, oily, carb heaven and my husband loved his noodle mussel coconut soup dish. Love the fact the menu choice is pared down to 3 dishes - I feel like the chef has chosen what tastes good and is in season and wants to share that with you. The kitchen is open so you can see and smell the dishes being prepared. We will be back. Great food, zero pretensions.

I visited Fish4Lunch today for the first time and was so impressed. The quality of the food was exceptional, and you can't help but go home with some delicacies from the shop downstairs too! It's a simple set up, amazing value, and a fun place to take friends or family for something different. 5* to the team, I'll be back soon!

My first time at Fish4Lunch and it was AMAZING. Easily one of the best fish dishes I've eaten, and at an amazing price. 5 stars to the chef - don't hesitate to give it a go, you won't regret it.

Dont be fooled by the canteen like ambience - no frills but the best Fish and Chips you will ever taste south of Whitb y!

Pros: Food was really well cooked, presented, and delicious. Cons: Menu extremely limited (2 dishes), and ambience somewhat lacking! Overall: Good for a nice lunch.

The way you order your food here is odd: you choose your meal from the menu at the foot of the stairs, go through the shop and order your meal at the till, take the receipt upstairs and give it to the chef, and sit at a table. After a while he brings a sideplate with a piece of stale bread; and later he brings your meal. What I ordered turned out to be soup - very good soup, but not worth the £9.40 I'd paid for it. And there's no drinks other than water, and no deserts etc. You can get better value by walking 500 yards to The Punter, with better value, a wider choice of dishes, starters, desserts, coffee and beer available. Or just 150 yards to SpringGreens, which offers much better value.

Fish4lunch have raised their prices lately, and custom has fallen off. The food is still good. You pay downstairs and take a ticket upstairs to the cooks. Tables could be cleaner, and portion sizes more generous. The manager has installed an advertising screen in the café/restaurant, which is a pity.

Great value fish dishes during the week. Fish and chips on Friday are our favourite. Great value and cooked fresh on demand. Just yum.

The food here is absolutely amazing. Lovely ingredients and the meals are exceptionally cooked. Kudos to the chefs! Will definitely come back.

This little hidden gem serves beautifully presented fish at very reasonable prices. The two chefs put so much love into their cooking which really comes through in the flavour

The food here is just the best. It’s restaurant quality at cafe prices. Excellent. Favourite place for fish.

Great choice for a lunch in oxford, cheap prices and really good quality food. Small choices of dishes but great service and fish.

Fish4lunch have rave reviews here on Trip Advisor so was keen to have a value for money cooked lunch. There were three dishes to choose from (I think the menu changes daily) however, as I'm gluten intolerant I just had a choice of two. Mackeral with mustard mash sounded great and it was, but the mackeral fillets were so small I was still hungry after the meal. No gluten free bread was available so my husband could mop up the sauce but I couldn't and as a result he was full after the meal! So although it was £7.95 I was left feeling I didn't get value for money. My husband enjoyed it so much he wants to go back for their fish & chips which are served on Fridays. I would return with the hope of a decent size portion of fish next time!

So reasonably priced. Has never disappointed. The quality is always at its finest. Wish they served in the evenings.

Just had a great lunch here. Delicious coley on lentils and chickpeas. Fish very well cooked and seasoned. Impressed!

We had been told about this restaurant by friends and were really pleased we visited. There are just three items on the menu, which you pay for in the fish mongers (big sign required that tells you, before you walk up stairs!). The price is extremely reasonable, but it is canteen style, albeit that the food is prepared fresh for each order.

Traffic kept us from our normal early Saturday treat of lunch at Fish4Lunch, so.we missed out on Halibut fillet with truffle mash. But wait, an innocuous sounding smoked salmon salad was truly, and deliciously, amazing. The Chef at Fish4Lunch is a magician. He can take 4 simple ingredients, cook.them, present them on a plate, add his fantastic focaccia and hey presto - you have a fish dish that I would be happy to eat every day!

I went there today for the first time and absolutely loved it. The Monkfish was delicious. I'll be back tomorrow for my Friday fish and chips - apparently it's amazing.

Last week we were visiting family in Oxford and they took us for lunch to this place.

Don't miss this - a real treat. People who know about this place go often - I am not surprised at all. Incredible value.

Get here early. Buy wine and wait whilst they cook the best fish you'll taste. We've become accustomed to being constantly delighted by the fantastic dishes that are produced. Unfortunately, this place is tiny, so maybe it's not the best venue for families with small children. It's on the first floor and the stairs are easily accessible to.little ones who like to wander. Plus, although the food is cooked quickly, boredom is a very real possibility for children waiting for their lunch. And you sit in quite close proximity to your fellow lunchers.

First of all, consider that in Oxford is really difficult to find something to eat (I’m not talking about junk food) under 10£.

Having gone here as recommended by a local, I was very impressed. Now, you need to know where they are, as you are unlikely to stumble across it.

You know that search box at the top of Facebook? When you click on it it brings up search suggestions based on recent or frequent searches. Well, Fish4Lunch is always top of my search suggestions. My wife and I spend an unhealthy amount of time on the F4L FB.

not normally one to review a place twice but went to Fish 4 Lunch again today and it was even better then the first time. The smoked salmon was perfectly cooked. Supper fast and friendly service.

Oxford's best kept secret is not so secret any more... in fact these days booking is preferable and service is not so quick any more. But the cooking is still fantastic and extremely good value

We have eaten here before and so returned with my elderly mother to have fish and chips.

This is a convenient lunch place for me, and a little secret that I revealed only to close friends. Word has got out however, and I decided it was time for a review.

The food in this place is absolutely brilliant! What a find, & so cheap!

only serves seafood. there is no other option.

I have worked on the osney mead estate for the past 2 years, but never been in here until the other day. Different menu everyday with normally 3 great options. If you like fish and you like a bargain this is the place for you.

One hostile review and all other reviews raving about this place! The hostile review is simply wrong.

Llegamos a Oxford y fuimos a levantar un auto. pedimos que nos recomendaran un lugar para comer. A 50 metros estaba este restoran que no dudaron en recomendarlo.

We regularly have lunch at this place and I keep quiet about it because its becoming rather full BUT I am so outraged by the recent hostile review that I want to put the record straight!

It's fairer if I declare my bias from the start. overall I prefer meat to fish. But when holidaying in places like South of France, Cornwall, Scotland, Florida and the Caribbean, my preference is reversed and fish becomes a tasty treat.

Been for lunch with my husband and daughter really brilliant find. We've been shopping for fresh fiish here for years but only recently decided to use their restaurant. The premises is basic but the food has you so engrossed you do not t notice your surroundings. Very fresh and tasty all our meals were made with high quality ingredients and delicious fresh fish from the shop downstairs. Highly recommended.

What an amazing find! First class restaurant food for very little money in a formica table cafe setting in an industrial estate! Friends told me about this place, which I have now visited four times. I can't wait to go again. I think this is the best fish in Oxford, in terms of freshness and preparation. There is such a cheery atmosphere. I notice the other diners smiling! The chefs - hugely hardworking - can be seen behind the counter creating the dishes. Full marks to them, and to Haymans for such a creative and bold idea. They seem to have a loyal and enthusiastic clientele. Thank you, thank you.

Simple but well executed meal, incredible value (£7.50 ea.). A break from the norm and a thoroughly enjoyable lunch.

The restaurant is a lunchtime counter run in conjunction with a retail and wholesale fishmonger. The two chefs really know their game. The menu is usually limited to three dishes, but they are all interesting selections and beautifully cooked. Lately it is becoming more and more popular - deservedly.

A large lightly crumbed salmon fish cake with a perfectly poached egg on top resting on a pale daffodil coloured bed of leeks. Just delicious with complimentary focaccia bread. The cafe is upstairs in the fish market building with the menu at the bottom of the stairs. You pay inside at the till and then proceed upstairs. The room is light and airy. Cutlery and free water you get yourself. A couple near us brought their own wine and the glasses were provided. (Suggestion to staff: The tables near the windows needed a clean after customers from the breakfast shift I imagine.) Eager to return for the Saturday breakfast or lunch.

We have often shopped for fish at Haymans and this time we timed our shopping to coincide with lunch so we could try out Fish4Lunch. We were not disappointed!

Kuba 1 and Kuba 2 (the chefs) are absolutely brilliant! The fish is always fresh and the dishes are all excellent. They are a real credit to Hayman's. Love this place so much! Well done!

We had heard it was basic and the price good; we were not disappointed. My wife had the halibut with clams and me the tuna with kimchi; such hot tasty food! There were only 4 choices but that is the nature of the place. There was a good stream of people coming in for lunch. We were in no way hurried but we were only there for 50 minutes. I think we will return on Friday for the traditional fish and chips (of course there is the superb fish supermarket and fresh fish on the ground floor). Everything is paid for in the supermarket below where we could have purchased cooled wine or cold beer or soft drinks.

I buy fish at Hayman's Fisheries regularly, but hadn't tried their lunch restaurant until today. We had traditional battered haddock and chips, which was at least as good as the likes of Rick Stein, and more than half the price. And they do a lot more than fish and chips! The rationale is to showcase the wide range of fish dishes and dispel myths about it being pricey or samey - and we loved the results. It's out of the way, and an odd place for a restaurant, but it's great. And you can bring your own wine or buy a bottle downstairs in the shop.

Fish4Lunch is tucked away on an industrial estate (its part of Haymans Fisheries), but a friend eats here regularly and has said how good it was so a group of us decided to try it.

I discovered this place a while back when I saw an exciting sounding menu pinned to a post along the tow path near Osney Mead industrial estate. I couldn't believe there was such a restaurant on the estate. Fish 4 Lunch has been a favourite ever since. A choice of three or four fish dishes each day cooked to perfection by chef Kuba, about half the price you would expect to pay in a restaurant yet using quality ingredients not least the fresh fish from Haymans. This week we enjoyed hake in a white wine sauce with new potatoes, green beans and almonds and sea bream with ratatouille, rocket and basil oil. The food also comes with free home made focaccia which is a delicious addition. And Friday's is fish and chips day - not to be missed. Surroundings are basic, all the better not to detract from the food. Soft drinks and wine can be purchased in the Haymans shop below to have with the meal and chilled water is available in the restaurant. Sign up to the restaurants email list to receive the menu.

We found this restaurant some months ago, and try and go at least every couple of weeks as the menu changes.

We had a marvellous fish lunch,. Budget prices and a basic caff, but fresh fish every bit as good as top seafood restaurants!

In a light industrial estate off the Botley road, secreted above Haymans Fisheries there's a not terribly well advertised fish restaurant. Though the place looks like a staff canteen, don't be fooled, it's open to the public and what is served is absolutely first class. With a choice of three or four different dishes at around the £8 mark, there are generous servings of fresh fish superbly cooked. I had the monkfish curry (which also contained remarkably tender prawns) whilst my partner had the salmon fishcake special. The variously named piscine gastropubs in the area don't serve fish that's half as good or anywhere approaching the price. Currently open 11:30AM - 3pm, you can even have a glass of wine.

You don't normally find gourmet food in an industrial estate but here you do. I go quite often and have never been disappointed. We recently arranged for a colleague's farwell lunch to be hosted there and they did a fabulous 2 course meal for £11 ...and it was easily the best set meal I have ever eaten.

The recently opened Haymans fishery in Osney Mead Oxford has the most amazing restaurant above called Fish4food run by the fabulous chef Kubu.

Quite possibly the best lunch we have ever had, true. I have been buying fish from Haymans for years but have never ventured upstairs for lunch.

We had lunch here on a Saturday as we have always bought fish here. Previously they only did fish and chips but the menu looked much more impressive so we gave it a go. Well what can I say it was AMAZING! I would say this is better than the average Oxford restaurant including the loch fyne. We had pan fried cod fillet with cauliflower purée and truffle sauce. Husband had fried whiting with seafood chowder. The fish was cooked to perfection. Best bit of cod I have had for a long time and we have just come back from Mauritius! Good value too. Highly recommended really would like to keep this a secret but I wish them to do well. Only does lunch and setting a bit industrial but hey - who cares when you can have such good seafood at this price. They sell wine and soft drinks in the shop downstairs and you can get tea and coffee. Bon appetite!

Plain and simple decor above the best fish shop in Oxford. The chef is a Star and the choice and quality astonishing...try it !

An unassuming exterior in a business park unit leads you to a great hall full of every kind of sea creature. At the end of the hall, you can choose and pay for your dinner out of a menu of 4 set dishes (menu changes every 2 weeks) and then head upstairs in a work canteen (plastic benches and all) where the cook prepares your fresh fish on the spot and serves you a Michelin-star quality fish meal for 6-7 pounds.Amazing!