Fishminster in Bristol, City of

Delicious fresh fish. Generous portions. Lovely staff.

The fish was fresh and the batter crispy but the chips were not fresh and the oil had turned everything rancid. With curry sauce mushy peas and garlic mayo it ended up being more expensive than fish and chips at the Spotted Cow not far away which is really nice

This is a difficult review to write because I was looking for fish and chips specifically and was really happy to find Fishminster open this evening. I had a nice chat with an interesting, friendly Gent, not sure if he was the owner or not, the person who served me was polite and efficient and the food was ready in about 7-10 minutes ish and the price was reasonable. I ordered Pollock and chips and a pot of gravy (weird combo I know but I fancied some gravy haha). The Pollock was pretty good, nice flavour, pretty well cooked and the batter was crispy but sadly the chips really let the meal down. They didn’t taste fresh, they tasted stale unfortunately. I can’t explain why, I assumed they were being cooked fresh as I was the only customer at that time but none the less they were stale as if they had been left in the warmer for some time. The reason I have chosen to leave this review is because it seems like such an easy issue to fix. For the cost of a potato or two I feel that it is a false economy to re use old chips. If the chips were fresh every time there would be very few if any bad reviews regarding the chips. Please forgive me Fishminster for a 2 star review but I do hope my comments are taken as they are intended which is constructive and fair.

Young girl with the short light brown hair was very rude. I won't go back

All had the food delivered, always fresh and tasty. Going in tonight for a takeout. Can’t wait.

Have used this shop a few times with rubbish service and very expensive. But as we had had an emergency earlier and needed some food we gave it another go... AGAIN the food was cold and when we got home some of order was missing. The staff are rude, never again

Had a large cod and chip and the cod was the size of a whale and the chip was well cooked and had curry sauce which was nice and spicy and the staff was friendly had to wait for it to be cooked but well worth the wait as it as cook fresh to order would recommend

Sadly this place has really gone down hill. Ordered cod bites and the batter was soggy and loose and just fell off. The curry sauce was cold and extremely thick. Disgusting! The time before that I ordered a regular cod and was very underwhelmed. Don't waste your time and money on this place.

The guy who answered the phone really needs to work on his customer service skills. Appalled by how rude he was

You would imagine a little more from a fish and chip shop on North St but this was pretty below par. The large cod wasn’t .. neither were the regular chips ( they were a decent portion. The Cod was average in size the batter too smooth , grey and wet and no great flavour. The chips were tasty but this imitation vinegar most places use is useless , no flavour when will they learn so point off for silly vinegar.walk to Argus chippy and see the difference.

All ok, but no Lemon with fish, got green groceries next door, Aldi, Co-op, Tesco, Hugo's along north street and they can't afford lemon's but they can add on money to your fish. Don't get it🤔, only go in there for my mum. Otherwise ok staff, service is ok but fish without lemon

Just ordered Cod and chips, while the cod and batter were lovely the chips were not. Definitely not fresh they were hard and very dry. Disappointing at £11

Way too expensive and food was undercooked

Great chippy but the prices have gone up a lot over the past few years.

Pretty good fish and chip shop.. I had the Pollock and my wife, Cod. Pollock was well cooked in a nice crispy batter, in tasted like standard cod although a bit dry in parts. Cod was nice and succulent and was one of the best. Chips were pretty good as well. Curry sauce tasted good but was to dry and thick. Overall a good meal and we'll definitely be back.

Don't like to give out negative reviews, but waiting nearly 25 minutes for one portion of chips was a little bit silly, regardless of whether it was match day or not (shop was busy but not overly busy..) Visiting as an away fan keen for a quick bite on route to Ashton Gate. £3.50 for a small portion too, which for me is a little steep, but there we are; chips not overly impressive, a bit under cooked perhaps if anything. Disappointing.

Avoid! Awful customer service and uncooked food.

Use to be quality chips, now the worst chips ever. & charging £3.50 for regular size.

I visited for a bite to eat. I ordered vegetarian burger and chips. The burger was dry and tasteless, there was no sauce on the very dry bun, just dry with some lettuce and some chopped tomato and pepper. The burger had no flavour. The chips were ok. If you wanted sauce you had to pay 80p which is quite steep. Burger was 6.00 and chips 3.50. Very bland food. Wont be visiting for a 2nd time.

Quite pricey but totally worth it.

I went to get fish and chips this evening, served by a lovely young person and and older man. The fish and chips were delicious, with plenty of sauce! (Thanks team!) However… there was a woman in perhaps her 60s I think the owner. I was waiting for a while so asked for chalk as they had a big chalkboard that looked like anyone could draw in it, I started to draw a fish with a Christmas hat on as the board looked quite gloomy and bleak. The woman came up behind me and told me off for drawing in that bit of the board… (there were no guidelines or instructions). I asked if I could finish my fish and she said she’d just wipe it off anyway and told me to draw in a different part of the board. I did as she had asked and then sat down to wait for my chips… and she came out with a wet cloth and rubbed both fish off. She handled this situation in a terrbible way, rudely and with awful social/customer service skills. A few kinder words by less rude human being would have been plenty.. it’s not rocket science! Anyway. I really hope this lady isn’t rude to her lovely staff.

Really good value for the food we had. Plenty of chips and tasty fish

had express lunch deals 1 with chicken chunks and 1 with cod and we loved it, good portion and chips cooked to perfection as well. Will come back and try other items on the menu :-)

Decent fish dinner here. I went for the cheaper Pollock option and am glad as I wouldn't have wanted to spend anymore. Slightly anaemic chips and the greaseproof paper in the box was useless. North street prices can't really argue with em ay

Omg. Amazing. Veggie options! Good falafel. Good halloumi and sweet chilli sauce . Huge chip portions.

It's ok....Argus chippy in west street is by far much better, only went here cuz Argus was shut!!

Fish was great but chips were not as good as before, maybe because it was 9:30pm at night though!

Made a telephone order to collect. Have done this a couple of times and worth it, always get your food freshly wrapped up ready to take away as soon as you arrive. The fish is really tasty. 3 of us had the battered cod and shared 2 regular chips which was the perfect amount. Sides of curry sauce and mushy peas (not together 😂). All very tasty and reasonably priced takeaway.

They are really friendly, noodles are really good but the fish and chips ... i had better

Great service, great staff and a lovely fish and chips on a cold winters night cheering the Bears

Best thing this place have done is get that bearded chap in. Always happy, always welcoming. Makes it a much more pleasurable experience

10/10 Best Fish and Chips, top quality food and great service!

Placed an order here via justeat, when delivered one of fish was missing rang fishminster straightaway to inform them , the guy from shop didn't want to know blamed everything on justeat even though he had correct copy of order just wouldn't admit they messed up and said I would need to speak to justeat fir refund as its nothing to fo with fishminster UNBELIEVABLE attitude , plus chips were 60 % bad bits and mainly crunch crisp chips?? Need a huge training in customer service and take blame never again .

Been going here since I was at school and it was called pacific, (much better then ) Owner the Middle Eastern lady looks at you like she is a shark who’s hungry and treats her staff like dirt and I go here twice a week so it’s no one off she has a terrible attitude. Business is focused on pure profit no idea of repeat business and if north street has not become such a busy place this business would unlikely last as the fish is size of a small goldfish in a ball of batter and the chips are a case of lucky dip I.e Monday chips might be ok Friday (today they are a mush and it’s a case of wound you like salt and vinegar with your batter and mash potatoes ! Place looks the part but food quality does not match it. Staff are nice beside the owner lady she needs to treat her staff and customers with a bit of respect. Seems like this place is cashing in on this COVID situation by churning out tougher quality food as I know my cod and that’s not cod I put in the bin tonight. This place is Surviving purely on fact that there isn’t another decent option this side of north street to give them competition and up their game. Very disappointing genuine review been going here since I was 7-8yrs of age even before these guys took over and it was owned by the Rodriguez family back then and the previous owners before them who I still remember. Avoid and travel elsewhere and find a quality fish and chip shop somehow and these are rare now hence these places can get away with inflated prices and bad quality.

i was unhappy with the way the lady manager spoke to her employee obviously the young girl was very nervous must be new not the way to be treated in front of customers poor young girl

Always 5 star service, 5 star fresh food. I will only eat and buy food for my son from this chippy in Bristol. I can’t recommend highly enough! Thank you for an amazing service 😀

nice fish and chips - always cooked well - great staff - hey ... You must try the curry sauce - the curry sauce is really good - i always do take away and ring for order and its always ready about 10 mins later - nice grub

Nice chips but boy what a long wait ! Was in a rush and foolishly expected a takeaway to be a bit quicker than this.

Tried fish and chips, fish really flaky, great taste. Service was good, but very busy, always a good sign

Lovely Fish and Chips all freshly made...Yummy in my tummy

Surprised at the number of bad reviews on here. You have to wait 10-15 minutes but I’d rather that and have freshly cooked food. Friendly service, fish perfectly cooked and batter’s not too crunchy because it’s fresh. Mushy peas were excellent.

Huge portions, great quality, excellent price

They used to have good fish pies, so we phoned in advance to check they still do and ordered one as well as haddock and chips. I collected the haddock and some cod peices. The village idiot told me they don't have fish pie, so why she told my mate 20 minutes earlier that they do and then gave him cod peices is a mystery. His cod pieces were ok, but my haddock was so dry and lacking in any kind of meaty taste I sgave up half way. The look of utter confusion at being told we had actually ordered fish pie was priceless. I will never go back and would recommend anyone going somewhere else. This used to be one of the best fish and chip shops in Bristol, but no longer.

After sitting patiently for 20 minutes for a sausage and chips (normally cooked ready to serve) I was told my order had been forgotten and would take another 20 minutes. At this point I asked for a refund and went to the Chinese, which I should have done from the start. Such a shame

The three staff - one man and two women - behind the counter didn't seem to know what they were doing. Certainly couldn;t cope with half a dozen customers who seemed to arrive at the same time on this Friday night. Staff were falling over each other. Ordered fish and chips but when I got home found only fish in the box.

Best fish n chips in Bristol. Loads of condiments too and their home made fish cakes are superb.

Young man was very polite who served us, and they made excellent fish n chips . Well done guys, hardly recommended

Call and collect worked really well dint have to wait fish ready and loads of chips. Offered lemon also they have sauce great.

Usually go to the Argus but have been here twice. They are more expensive, so was expecting good fish and chips, but the food was very average. The first time I was also given the wrong order so got home with someone else’s food and the second time waited 25 minutes and wasn’t told there would be a delay. Won’t be going back.

Went back to fishminster today for large cod & chips after a long spell away verdict terrible, batter on inside was uncooked all soggy probably mixed to thick,chips were cold by the time i got home no more than 4 mins away,peas were also nearly cold and cost £10.50 shall not go back

Absolute waste of money chips tasted like they were cooked at lunch time batter completely under cooked and loads of bones found in the haddock bread rolls cheap as chips and dry as a bone garlic mayo tasted like it was gone off my advice swerve this place at any cost vile .

This is the pinnacle of English culinary triumph. Passed down through generations this recipe has been Winston Churchills most treasured fare.

Very good fish and chips well worth the money

Delicious fish and chips! In fact, the best I've had for as long as I can remember. Reasonably priced food and friendly service.

Nice portion of fish, good chips although sweet potato fries could do with longer

This used to be an excellent fish n chip shop so I thought I’d pop in and buy some for tea on my way home. It was not massively busy but the service was terrible today. The older man serving was really grumpy, disorganised and didn’t have any manners. I waited at least 35 mins for a portion of fish and chips. When they started dishing up a meal for someone who came in ages after me I politely asked if mine would be ready soon as I’d been waiting over half an hour. The man who was cooking tried to dish mine up, but the older lady shouted at him that the fish was hers. He had no idea that I’d also ordered mushy peas and a drink so my food sat there going cold whilst he sorted those out. Meanwhile the lady carried on having a go at him, in front of all the customers. I felt very sorry for him! About 45 mins after entering I left with a very mediocre portion of fish and chips. I don’t think I’ll go back again, it wasn’t a fun experience!

Best fish and chip shop in Bristol. You must try their home made fish cakes, they are the best. The interior looks more run down than it did when I used to visit a few years ago and things are occasionally coming out over cooked. Definitely try it though.

Claramente cometió el error de no ordenar el pescado estándar. En cambio, mi compañero tenía una tarta de pescado y yo tenía el Calamari frito.

Tres de nosotros siempre visitamos antes los juegos de Bristol City. Usualmente hay un poco de espera, pero de nuevo todo está cocinado, así que si se toma esto en cuenta en su día, no hay problema. El dueño es muy amable y siempre tiene una charla sobre cualquier cosa. La comida siempre es de buena calidad y mejor que las cosas que sirven en el terreno de la Ciudad. Trae el próximo juego en casa! ! !

Visited just before closing time in the evening. They cook the fish fresh takes some 10 minutes but is well fried. Not over cooked. Tidy little café attached

Love this place, great fish and chips. Customer service is always excellent.

Dunno about the muppets whinging about wait times, but clearly haven’t the slightest consideration for other variables such as staff experience and availability. Non empathetic entitled wankers if you ask me. Anyway, been coming to these guys for a little over a year now and they’re always friendly, apologetic for any additional wait time and the food is stellar.

Quite nice chips, but lots missing from menu. No falafel, no veggie burger, no fish fingers, no pea fritters etc etc...

Very good fish and chips but you have to wait a long time because everything is cooked to order. Not a problem if you anticipate this... but very frustrating if you are expecting 'fast food'.

First visited a few years back after seeking the best chillies in Bristol. We always order far too much here, we don't go often so forget that for the prices you get a lot for your money.

We have used them for years. I order by phone, which avoids waiting. The staff are very friendly and my son says the cod is delicious!

The fish lunch box was excellent value. A good portion of chips along with 4 pieces of freshly cooked fish and a tube of garlic mayo that accompanied the food. Would recommend.

Visited today for fish and chips. I did look at previous reviews before. The fish was cooked to order and was hot however the chips sadly were warm and soggy and had been cooked sometime before being served. The portion size was ok. The shop was clean and tidy with radio playing in the background. Gentleman serving at the front was very pleasant and helpful

I visited Fishminster this evening and ordered a large bag of chips. The chips were terrible to the point I asked the gentleman at the counter for them to be replaced. He agreed but the gent that was cooking them was less obliging. He merely reheated the old chips which now looked even worse.

Freshly cooked chips. Likely that they started chopping the potato after I had ordered. I waited a long time for a product well established as a typical British fast food product but it took forever. When it arrived the curry sauce was cold. Looks modern and fancy. Nothing special about the quality just a big standard fish a chip shop pretending to be something it isn't. Try anywhere else.

After a disaster with a take-away delivery, it was too late to put right as I had a long journey ahead so we were told about a fish and chip shop nearby. We found the Fishminster and ordered food for six of us which was all cooked to order. We took it back to the house where my daughter and friends had moved into earlier in the day. It was delicious and with really tasty chips too. I see a comment about "tiny portions" but there was just enough for with others saying not being able to finish as there was too much. I'm sure we will be visiting again.

I love Fishminster. The staff have always been smiley and pleasant whenever I've been in and the food cooked perfectly. My favourite chippy in Bristol.

The stander has gone down way down...

Visited here after the Balloon Fiesta based on reviews here. Wasn't too far away and we could head back to the Midlands easily. While the premises are nice I found the food somewhere between average and good. The food is freshly cooked but despite this it wasn't piping hot, just hot. The chips were not too greasy and a decent portion. The fish batter was crispy, not too heavy. The fish, while fresh was decidedly thin (see the photo I added) and looked like it needed a workout. All things pointed to an epic visit. Poshish website (which had fish pie on the menu - but it had become extinct on our arrival) and nice photos. But all in all was a bit of an anti climax. It was nice to get the food in a cardboard serving box. I almost want to give a fourth star for that. Potential is definitely there to raise the bar, I hope they do.

Terrible service, waited over 40 mins for 2 x fish and chips and the guy who served me didn't even apologise and seemed to think it was funny. Really nice food but ridiculous you have to wait that long as not exactly complex dishes they're cooking. I don't understand why they can't cook several fish at once like normal fish and chip shops!

Good fish, copious and tasty chips

Never been here before. It was national Fish & Chips day, the chips were lovely, some really nice crunchy ones in there, the breadcrumbs so nice, BUT those fishcakes, wow big and tasty never had any like that before, will definitely be back for those...

I've just ordered a large portion of chips and I got home and it was smaller than a normal size!? I'm so sick of being ripped off. I live near here and I feel cheated! We were starving and had to make other stuff at...

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Do what they do well. Nothing thats going to blow you out of the water in terms of innovation but nice fish and chips.

We have been here several times.... always freshly cooked. The fish is really light and fresh.There is always a plenty of people ordering. Which we think speaks for itself.

Been here several times and it's always a good twenty minute wait, but I can live with that (just about) for food being cooked fresh.However just had to wait thirty minutes for a small and a large chips....during which time other people came and went.Absolutely disgraceful.

It's lovely eating fish and chips to order and I appreciate that this takes time. But I felt they were a bit slow on Friday night.Having said that, the chips were fab and the homemade fish cake was delicious.

The new lady is so loud and aggressive sounding! She shouts at customers! She orders the cook about and seems quite scary! Won't be coming again!

Excellent freshly cooked to order but worth the wait

Been going to Fishminster for years and have been happy to pay extra for quality food. However, it has been going down hill over the past year and yesterday's visit was the last straw. Our fish was cooked fresh and then put in the cabinet on top of the fryers for 20 minutes while the server waited for other items to be cooked. The chips were massively over salted and when we got home we found the fish was overcooked with soggy batter and very old and hard chips.

Fishminster is a great fish and chips stop that feels well taken care of. While limited in seating, they provide quick and quality service. The chips are great and the fish and batter are good. Prices are average and the curry sauce is on point. Definitely worth trying out.

Got home and these chips were a disappointment, soggy and undercooked. Won't be going there again. It is pricy too. Much better chip shops in the area. The shop was clean and nicely decorated though.

Used to be a great little local chippie (which meant you could forgive the glacially slow service) but we've been more disappointed with every visit. On our last visit the batter on the fish was soggy and a lot of the chips were hard and undercooked.

Our favourite fish and chips place in Bristol. Quality fish and good chips. I recommend the home made fish cake.

Found a stone in my chilli and chips all most shattered my tooth (how does a stone get in the chilli one dreads to ask). Will not be eating food from hear again.

People were telling me this was a good place but yes if you just want chips lots of them but the fish is very poor very thin mostly skin & batter and its not cheap so wont be going there again.

i used to really rate this place when it opened. their veggie burgers were amazing, and they had a couple of other good veggie options like their spicy mushy pea fritter. their chips were also great and all their sauces home made. service was slow, but that didn't matter as the food was great and reasonably priced.however, over the last few years it's just been getting worse and worse. the prices have increased quite dramatically, portion sizes gone down. their fish are definitely smaller (even though I have heard the owner and kitchen staff argue this with countless customers).veggie burgers have become tasteless. last two times my dad has gone in the fish has been over cooked and both of our chips have been almost raw in the middle.staff are clearly treated badly- I have countless times overheard the manager shouting and shaming staff whilst customers have been in. the staff turnover is very high, so even worse service and no one seems to know what they're doing.manager clearly hates the business, which could be, and has been, so good.real shame.

About the 8th visit. (In a big rush, chip&run situation). So If you order a bag of chips & they have thousands of chips ready, they still make you wait for the 5 orders in front of you. If 3 of those customers order fish or other crazy stuff, the fish does not go into the fat till it is ordered .so 35 minuets later 1 bag of chips. THEY ARE CLEARLY INSANE. Or they think it's hip & yrendy modern PC, or.. so "aspiring middle class", they are wrong it is just BORING. Picture this.. kids in car an hr late for dinner because of traffic, F&C yes. Fishminster ...big mistake 42 minuets Argus would have done it in 10. Seriously I don't want the kids having a further 30 min melt down, or a divorce, or individually wrapped chips & cod cooked separately, or a stroke... Just normal que'ing etiquette practice by every other chip shop in the UK please.

The fish and chips, rotisserie chicken, sweet potatoe fries and home made sauces from this high end chippy are brilliant. You are paying a little extra for what is clearly higher quality ingredients. Due to the fact that it is incredibly busy and food is often cooked to order the service can be slow and suffer as a result.

Delicious fresh fish and chips, plus much moreHomemade fishcakes and all the usual choices, including curry sauce!Small seating area insideFood served piping hot in funky cardboard boxesService is efficient and food cooked to orderChips are really good too

Good fish and chips, all very freshly cooked. Can be a bit of a wait to get served at busier times, but its the same in all fish abnd chip shops. Just a shame it's quite expensive!

Possibly the worst service i have seen in a takeaway venue. If you hate it so much, just do something else. Fish over cooked. Chips under cooked.

Fishminster is our local fish and chip shop, and we've had takeaway fish and chips from here before. It's a well known eatery, with nice produce and well cooked meals, they have a good reputation.Our experience yesterday was poor, from the service to the meal itself unfortunately. We ordered 2 meals; a large cod and chips, and a regular and a couple of sides. It was about 8.00 pm and there were 3 people ahead of us, which is about normal. It's never a quick experience at Fishminster as they cook everything fresh, which is fine. So we go in, notice it was very quiet, not the usual buzz in there. We ordered our food and immediately understood why the atmosphere felt a bit flat. The chap serving was unattentive, deadpan, totally disinterested and managed to get through the ordering process with as few words as possible, grunts almost. So, while we wait, in silence, we notice, let's call him Sunny, chatting and laughing with his colleague in the kitchen area. So it occurred to us that it must be the paying public he's got a problem with, not everyone. It was quite embarrassing - as a customer - to watch his other, quite affable personality unfold in the next room. £17.00 and ten minutes later, we receive our order and leave, thanking Sunny for his service, no thank you in return. A short 5 minute drive home and we comment on the poor service on our journey, but more looking forward to our meal. Sadly, on this occassion it was not very nice. Over cooked fish, under cooked chips, and curry sauce not heated up enough so it fell like a blob out of the cup. It's the first time I've ever had a bad experience at Fishminster, but felt that on this occassion they have not even remotely lived up to their reputation in any respect. For a community chip shop who claim to be more than a chip shop, in a family oriented location, I think there needs to be some improvements in service and general attitude.A thoroughly disappointing experience in service alone.

Called here for take away fish supper nice food shame about the staff and service. and the cost is a bit high compared to up north where I come from but Hay ho that's the south.