Flitwick Fisheries in Central Bedfordshire

Incredibly rude older woman working here. I think she might be the owner? Not sure if she hated me because I'm African American or because I wasn't a regular. Grasping at straws because all I did was enter, wait in line, and then state my order. She barked that it would be a 10 minute wait. Sure? No issue. I went with my (white) partner, who is from the area. She was *considerably* nicer to him when he ordered after me. As soon as he spoke and she heard a familiar accent, her demeanor changed. But she seemed annoyed at me just existing in the country. I hoped the food would at least be good. Nah. How can fried food be flavorless? Visit this place if you like bland deep-fried batter planks and angry staff. Curry sauce was good though.

Great cod and chips. No grease, cod fried perfectly and chips were lovely and fluffy. Reasonably priced.

Ordered Cod and chips here in July 2024 and it was very tasty. 2 large and 2 small cod and chips came to around £40. Fish was very fresh and the batter crispy. Chips were great. Happy to recommend!

Terrible !! The fish was obviously left over from lunch time, this should,nt be allowed to be sold after several hours , waste of £22.

Food was good. Freshly made and went down well. Service was piss poor. Slow, sour faced members of staff. Young boy at till was clueless. Had to ask for salt an vinegar on my chips. Place also refused my scottish £20 note even though its pound sterling therefore legal tender

Good local chippy. Was a regular go-to in lockdown, the queues! Always friendly service.

Staff was so rude to my partner from the minute he stepped in! Even served people before him. We then asked for salt and vinegar on our chips and they had such attitude and told us “well we’ve wrapped it now”. We asked for a large portion of chips they gave us a portion that would feed 2 kiddies. There was a very much RACIST aura in there. Wouldn’t recommend if your off colour.

Portion size was tiny compared to every other fish and chip shop in the area. Fish cake was not cooked fresh and was not nice.

Young's in Silsoe closed earlier so gave this place a try for the 1st time,had to wait only to find out when I got home my fish was very overcooked,truthfully gave it to my cat she wasn't Impressed either,what a waste of time effort & money,also noticed the cabinets were full of fish & all other food which looked though it had been sitting there for some time,£10.00 for a small bit of inedible fish served by an abrupt rude elderly female,not quite sure what her role is as she was doing very little apart from standing there like a spare part whose just had her hair washed & dried,pity she doesn't take that much time for customer service,guy with the beard looks as though he hasn't smiled in 10 years,the young lady at the till however was very well mannered,happy & polite,however never again stick to Young's fish & chips in Silsoe,now I realise why people drive past them & go to Young's because they're better by far.

Very tasty fish and chips! Will definitely be returning. Though quite crowded in the shop itself, there is a dry area at the side of the holding to wait for space inside. Also, make sure to take note that some items are requested to be ordered as soon as you enter, there is a note behind the counter. Fast service and a friendly manner.

First time using this place and sad to say we won’t be returning. Elderly lady serving was rude, wrapped fish and chips as soon as she took order despite needing to wait for other items to be cooked which we was told would be 10 minutes. So fish and chips sat waiting on counter. Gentleman who was cooking told her not to wrap up yet and she snapped back at him rudely and carried on regardless. She seemed very disorganised. Food wasnt as good as expected. Chips cold and dry. Young girl working was lovely and I’m sure she could manage the orders by herself without the confusion caused by the rude elderly lady.

As good as usual, and I was amazed that there wasn't a queue for a change, as this place is so popular! £11.20 for large cod and chips. I'm sure that the price has now doubled in the 9 years that I've been coming here. But I think that this is everywhere. Brexit eh 😅

My favourite local chip shop. The food is always good and the staff friendly.

Always loved the food from here, it's been a great chip shop for years

Still the best fish and chip shop in the area. The large cod here is excellent and they do real British chips. We also had mushy peas, but they have a bunch of other options. If you want take-away fish and chips, this place is worth a try.

Fast and friendly service, spot on fish and chips with very generous portions

Fish was nice, freshly cooked, chips were greasy and expensive at £2.90 a small portion

Really friendly staff. Super fish and chips.

Large cod ok, pukka pie ok, large portion chips disappointingly small - only just enough whereas all other chippies we go to have twice the amount! Paid £15, will get a Chinese next time!

Large cod ok, pukka pie ok, large portion chips disappointingly small - only just enough whereas all other chippies we go to have twice the amount! Disappointing for £15 - will have Chinese next time!

Best fish and chips around. Staff are always chatty and welcoming. Food is always great and well cooked you can tell that they know what there doing 👍🏻

Rude staff don't ask if you would like salt and vinegar Bought spring roll Savaloy And chips And went in one wrapper so soggy spring roll Never going there again Minus 10 from me

Very good fish and chips, absolutely delicious haddock. The service could use a bit of work though, I came in and had to stand around for five minutes before ordering even though there was no orders being taken at the till, when I was asked to order I was told my order would take about seven minutes to cook. So I did a bit of extended standing around. It was worth the wait though, very good.

Always busy because the food is delicious. The covered walkway area is ideal for the queues that form. Prices have risen but these increases have been outside of their control. Still fantastic food and value, given the flavour.

Got large chips and were size of small and only served 2 and chips were undercooked a-swell was expensive to only server even tho we had 3 people .Pancake rolls where good tho .

On the plus side - this fish is really nice and you get huge portions. Negatives: burgers are tiny and dried out. Staff are difficult. The women working there most the time struggles to hear what anyone is saying and misses something from the order about half the time so always double check and don’t take their word for it because they will say ‘it’s in the bag’ either way. Often long queues which I imagine is due to lack of other options in the nearby area.

Being going to Flitwick fisheries for years will not go anywhere else .

Very good..just what you would expect....

Was the best chippy around for a long time, and we would drive far to collect, passing other shops. The last few times have been sub-standard with our meal last Saturday being inedible..a soggy mushy pile of chips all stuck together accompanied by cod of dubious taste coated with a beige paste that mainly stuck to the paper. Very disappointed and would not recommend.

Great British takeaway. Good portion size

Food was nice staff were nice to usally go here as its slightly better then our local one (lovely fish)

Shameful behaviour. Overcharged my dad yesterday and didn't even apologise when he told them that they have. We have been overcharged before but have let it go but this time it really has frustrated myself and the family. On top of all this nonsense, the quality of food has drastically gone down. Will not be going again.

Food is good. Cannot fault it. My review is based on the disgusting so called Customer Service I have recieved on my last 2 visits to this establishment! Rude Owner/Assistant with Glasses. I went in for my usual tonight at around 8.30pm They had a "big order" to deal with and was advised there would be some wait. Not a problem with that at all. He was rude, abrupt and just because I spoke up as customers were being served and ordering their items from the queue for which I was waiting patiently to be served. I ordered items that were already cooked and under the heat in the glass cabinet in order to prevent any more delays. The guy had the cheek to tell the two young lady assistants (who were doing very well to be fair to them) Get this ladies order and get her out of here. How dare you talk about me in a shop full of customers like that. My money is as good as your 96 piece order that you were so busy with that you neglect customers who have been waiting patiently with no complaints. Get more staff or shut the while you deal with your "big orders" You need to sort it out Dale as your attitude stinks ill be sending someone else in to get my order next time! You were very rude and abrupt to me on my last visit but I dismissed it. If you can't take the heat get out the kitchen

Reasonable prices, good food, very popular hence often long queues - if it wasn't good there wouldn't be a queue! Good things come to those who are prepared to wait 👍😊

Called in teatime Saturday. Ordered large cod, regular chips, mushy peas. Served very quickly by smiling faces. The food was delicious. 😋 Very fresh fish. I can't recommend Flitwick Fisheries highly enough. Sadly, I don't live locally to be a regular customer 😕

Very nice chips, best I've had for a while... Very friendly service too 🙃

Super Friday night dinner while travelling through Bedford . Lightly battered haddock and small portion of freshly cooked chips . Staff where nice and friendly . The queue outside said it all 😃

Nice food quick and cheerful service. Very tasty. The fish was a large size. And very tasty. The chips were crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.

I popped in for chips around 130pm, guess just before they closed at lunch time. Little disappointed that they were barely warm and minimum payment on a card is £5. Luckily I had £2.50 in change. Chips were very tasty, would've been 5 stars had they been hot!

Great fish, generous portions, good service

A great traditional fish n chips shop. Always good food freshly fried.

Last time going there ordered 2 cod did not even look like cod. Chips were still raw and had to put in oven for 15 minutes . The fish after I took off that wasnt even proper batter a table spoon of fish was left. 17 quid wasted even my dogs didn't eat it. AVOID !

30 years + of consistently food service and food. Well worth a journey if you are in the area. Proper chippy.

Worst fish and chips I’ve ever had. Battered sausage all batter no sausage. Chips cold and barely cooked.

asked for large chips but had enough for just about 1 person, so defiantly was not given a large. Expensive as well, £20 for a "large" fish and chips, small fish and battered sausage, curry sauce.

First and last time here. Called in when I was in the area. Old woman on the tills was rude and abrupt, mishearing the simple order of ‘regular chips’ and repeating ‘large chips’ back to me multiple times. I walked in and asked her straight away with no queue for Battered Sausage and Chips, her first words were ‘Have you asked him?’. I had no idea who ‘him’ was, and clearly I hadn’t asked anyone as I had just come through the door. I was hoping that the food would make up for it, it didn’t. Chips were way undercooked, battered sausages were tasteless. Never again.

Great food and friendly service, always enjoy fish and chips from here

Went to this chip shop a short time ago and the quality of food was very poor!😫 The chips were ok but there chicken pie was off very poor quality and I even found a STONE inside of the pie.😫 They should be sending the health officer in to make a thorough check of there quality of food or rather a lack of quality! Would not recommend anyone go there, not even your pet Dog!🐕 Absolutely disgusting food and be careful of the STONES in there pies? Good luck and if it's any consolation the hospital is not too far!👎

Fabulous staff, food and reasonable prices.

Lovely. Scampi was good and reasonably priced

Best fish and chips for miles 😋

Great food at reasonable price. Friendly staff

Great plaice 🤣🤣 been coming here for around 20 years. Great food. Thank you 😁😁😁

I must be really unlucky as we have gone 3 or 4 times and have raw chips each time and it's been mega disappointing. Also more expensive than most. Especially for uncooked food I guess. Yeah we don't go to this place anymore even though we live right next to it :(

Top notch as always. Keep up the good work.

The best fish and chips we’ve found - can’t beat flitwick fisheries

Always a good eating experience...plenty of chips n lovely tasty fish...a long queue but worth the wait...

Lovely jubbly, always great fish and chips from here. My go to place for that kinda grub 😊

It's worth the trip from luton to flitwick for the food, my kids absolutely love it

Friendly people.. environment well kept..

The best fish and chips. Consistently good. We moved to bedford 15 years ago and still drive back especially for the fish and chips. Have tried several in Bedford and nothing like Flitwick Fisheries. Been going here since 1985.

Very good fish and chips, No point in ordering they give it away by the time you get there and que!

Poor service, huge queues out front and they're annoyed if you come half an hour within closing.

Excellent, meant to put 5 stars

Good fish &chips and good pancake rolls good Chinese

Very clean, staff helpful and friendly, good food.

Best fish and chips in the area served by Ann who is always happy & smiling

Decent... but always a big queue of miserable villages

I have been buying delicious fish 🐟and chips 🍟from Flitwick Fisheries for over 20 years and always found speedy service and super tasty food. I would also recommend the Saveloy sausage and mushy peas. Enjoy with plenty of salt 🧂and vinegar 😋x

The staff are always polite and friendly, the food is great, and the portion sizes are good value for money.

Lovely fish and great chips, thanking you

Best fish and chips in the area by miles!!! Fish is delicious, chips are to die for and they are all so friendly in there, why go anywhere else?! Classic menu for a proper British Fish & Chip shop, its just fab! Well done for staying open during these crazy times, we appreciate your hard work, it can't be easy. I may just have dinner from you tonight, yum!!

First class fish, beautiful batter and great chips. I would definitely recommend them.

Superb quality and service. The mere fact that you always have to queue speaks for itself. We travel from Stewartby and will only get our fish and chips from here

Great tasting food at a reasonable price and they can prepare any variation of their food to order, even during lock down! Would highly recommend.

Nice cod, chips and battered sausage. Outside covered area newly built for COVID19, nice touch for this time of year 👌

Nice staff and great salection of fish we'll worth a visit.

Best fish and chips in the local area worth the long wait as currently due to covid restrictions. One in one out

Beautiful fish 🐠. Very very busy, only 1 in the shop at a time but there's a covered queueing area. Best fish around the area. Can't comment on the 🍟 chips as I don't eat them.

Great food and service, the staff bend over backwards to help.

1st time at this chippy, but will definitely be going back when in the area, great chips.

Best fish and chips in the area

Not always the same quality but good

At the moment during the coronavirus outbreak safe and easy to get served, good quality food

Just got my dinner tonight and knowing how busy they are at the moment the food was still very hot and tasty.

At 7.15 pm there was a queue of 7 people waiting to sample the delights of this great chippy. As always the staff were fantastic and the food was excellent. When asked where my face covering was i replied i was exempt due to a medical condition she was very nice and couldn't fault her professionalism. Definitely the best fish & chips for miles around

Best fish and chips i have had in a long time

We as a family have had fish and chips here since I was a child so that's well over 35 years! Chips are very good especially if Phil or Dale is the fryer, staff are all very friendly and welcoming Phil and his wife have been running the chippy during 3 weeks after the covid19 lockdown was started which was nice to get away from my cooking! Enjoyed for may years that has passed and hopefully for many years to come. Thank you all at Flitwick Fisheries.

Quality food, great traditional fish and chips.

Great fish&chips makes a nice change while in self isolation now open 4 till 8 tues to sat for the time being

Very nice fish and chips phill owner very very nice guy

Ok so on a friday night and saturday night you are onto a winner, big queues and the fish and chips are always fresh. The fish is cooked with skin on. The food is good. But the staff experience I find difficult. Nobody is ever happy to see you, very minimal interaction and attitude could be improved. Be a bit more friendly.

Can honestly say this is the best fish and chip shop in the area and beyond. Always generous portions and cod and chips hits the mark. Yes there can be a large queue at peak times and that proves how popular this place is and its worth the wait.

A Flitwick staple serving lovely chips for as long as I can remember!

This is proberly as good a fish and chip shop as you will get anywhere in England .All hand cooked on the premises .There is really nothing i can say to fault it staff are lovely portions are excellent and the batter on the fish is as nice as the fish itself .

Very good chips hoping and looking for better

Food over done chips bitty and cold

Local chippy and can't fault it.

Very friendly lovely service in there. Food was reasonably priced

We have a good-sized family takeaway from here about twice a month. There is now no reason to try anywhere else.