Johnny Mac's Fish & Chips in Colchester

‘Halal’ signs stuck all over the windows , you have to walk through groups of Muslims to get in there. Seems if you haven’t got a burka on your head they don’t wanna know

havent been here for ages, as it went down hill some time back. But thought i go here tonight, as jonny macs used to be the best chipshop in colchester. and tonight the batterd sausages were not fresh they were rock soild and dry and the batter was dead flat and cracked, so can tell its been in the heater for quite some time. it really seems as if they have different cooks as JONNY would never allow old food to be sold to customers. what a let down. this place was the best back in 2020 to 2022.. its ashame it aint the same as it used to be. thanks, Lance

Best fish and chip shop always lovely and fresh

Friendly staff and excellent food. Great service, should definitely stop by if you're in the area.

Good food delivered on time by courteous driver.

Not very nice chips even my dog turned noses up

First time ordering from Johnny mac,it was hot,fresh and tasty 😋. would certainly order again. High standard.

10 person order, including a coeliac Gluten Free order request, and OH MY COD, HOW GOOD!!!!!!!!! Unanimously the best fish & chips we’ve had in a long time, if not ever.

Very nice and approachable staff, good food with great prices. It's your standard-issue chippy, done me some good during my time in University. Had staff literally hold the door open for me before and welcome me in, you really don't see that often nowadays. Seeing a Trump hat in Great Britain was also kind of hilarious!

I had a lovely meal of fish and chips. The staff here are extremely friendly, and soon put you at ease if you're nervous like I am.

Very Clean Place. Friendly Staff, Good Service. I Had A Meal On Saturday 17th August 2024. Staff Were Friendly And Efficient. I Had The Meal In The Restaurant. The Food Was Brought To The Table Along With Cutlery Etc. I Was Asked If I Wanted Sauces Etc. I Ordered Vegetable Spring Roll And Chips Which Were Delicious And Freshly Cooked. I Was Offered A Free Scoop Of Ice-cream Which I Declined, Tea Or Coffee.

lovely tasty chips and curry sauce is soo nice

Polite friendly service, did wait ages which I don't mind if it's really nice. First time I tried take away and was disappointed. Soggy chips that were not freshly cooked in nice oil and the fish was dripping in fat and soggy all on the underside. My fish and chips did not look like anything in some of the pictures that are eating in.

We order food from here regularly. It is, without doubt, the best fish and chips in town. Good portions of crispy chips, fantastic cod and haddock. Great range of food available.

Lovely shop, I have never had a problem with them on gluten free fish and chips as a person with celiac. Absolutely amazing customer service, all the staff and owner is very nice and kind

If you are coeliac this is not safe to eat at. My wife has been poisoned and is suffering badly. If you are a ‘lifestyle by choice’ gluten free you won’t be affected but if you are clinically coeliac I would not eat here or you will be I’ll. whatever processes are in place there is gluten contamination.

Johnny Mac advertises as gluten-free but has made my wife very sick. If you are coeliac do not eat here or you will be poisoned. Whatever they are doing for food preparation it is a contaminated process.

chips have really gone downhill, soggy undercooked mess. Also a potato waffle is NOT a hash brown 😑

Wow the best gluten free fish and chips I have ever had, can't say enough about the high standard food and service, such fresh fish and super size, one very happy customer 😀

forgot one of the battered sausage

The best chip shop we've had in a very long time! Will definitely order again

Friendly staff, great place, serves really fast but food is a little bland for my taste. I had their fish n chips and a chicken burger, I felt fish n chips were extremely bland, I'm from India and I've eaten everything with a lot of flavour so maybe it's just my taste buds, give it a try and see for yourself.

This chippy is a real addition to Greenstead and me and my friends love coming here, the staff, the food, the atmos, the cleanliness, everything 5 stars 😀

Golden chicken nuggets and great chips !

Good traditional chippy, staff polite and courteous food was good,decent size portions, and pretty good VFM,use this regularly

Driver was a good delivery driver.

I have a son who lives near here and rates the place so went there last night for fish and chips, we sat down inside and the food and service were top quality, best cod and chips i have had in colchester, such a generous portion i could not finish it all, and im a very big eater, i have had worse with smaller portions for almost double the price.

Absolutely loved this meal , the chips were so perfectly cooked , burger was amazing and the gravy is gorgeous! :)

Another great order, fresh, piping hot food and lovely people

Johnny Macs is the best fish and chips in the area by a country mile. Has been for years, right back to when he owned Scooby Snax. He runs a tight ship. Staff are always friendly and the food top notch. I’ve never had bad fish and chips from he’s shops. I won’t have fish and chips from anywhere else locally. Highly recommended.

worst fish and chips soggy chips and my battered sausage was basically toast the batter was crispy as could ever be and clearly burnt, can not even chew through the batter unless i had metal bars for teeth terrible don’t recommend

Absolutely terrible chips was like a ball of mash and felt like it was like going in to a army reserve owner asking questions where you from what’s your name what do you do like mate it’s abit to much and the food quality is poor like I said before a ball of chips all mashed stuck together and sausage was burnt

Chips discussting.. all mushed together in box .. couldn't eat them yuk .. wouldn't order no more..

Very disappointed with my order, order kept being pushed back I understand that it’s busy on a Saturday but once my food actually got here, it wasn’t warm, the gravy tasted like cold water and had no flavor, I heated it up and added gravy granules from my cupboard, the chips tasted nice but weren’t hot, I asked for lots of salt on my chips which wasn’t executed but instead my sausage was literally coated in salt when I never asked for salt on my sausage

Excellent as always Food perfectly cooked. Very nice indeed, Lovely staff Very clean Certainly recommend Will be back again soon.

Haddock and chips and a mug of tea for a tenner? The price can’t be beaten but better than that, neither can the food or drink. Utter brilliant value for money and big on flavour. Delicious. Can’t recommend it highly enough.

Chips was pipping hot and tasted lovely , gravy was spot on! Burger was lovely too and delivery was fast , great chip shop.

Great meal. Never been before so was really pleased.

Nice food ,Nice staffs,The best hospitality I ever seen

I had lunch here and really enjoyed the fish and chips. The service was brilliant and I would have no hesitation in returning for anoth meal.

The chips tasted different to usual. Not bad but not as nice as previously had.

We took the food home and was delighted with the quality. Flaky Cod and wonderful chips. Good size portions too. Many thanks

Only just found this place after reading online reviews. It is not local for me but so well worth the journey. Staff friendly, very clean shop, swift service and great food, good portions too.

Good food, quick delivery. Food still hot.

This was SO good today - Southern Fried chicken burger absolutely stuffed with filling, chips gold and crisp, everything hot, timely delivery. Excellent, thank you!

Best fish and chips we’ve ever had ☺️

Nice batter on fish, chip portions good much better than the one down the road near where you read books.

Another lovely dinner at Jonny Mac’s. Little one loves the fishes he has in his tank so we go as much as we can. Today Jonny gave us all a free ice cream! Such a nice guy. Always a nice meal great prices and lovely place to eat.

Located in small shopping area just off the A133 on the outskirts of Colchester lies Johnny Mac's of Colchester. A Fish shop and restaurant with the highest of food standards and a service to match. The fish and Chip I had was perfect all seved with a parsley sauce and Curry sauce as a side, along with a garnish of salad a a lemon ready to squeeze over the fish.. A soft ice cream was served after to simply clean the pallette All in all the perfect place to grab a take away or dine in. 5 stars from me!

Really good gluten free batter, crispy chips. The best!

Absolutely lovely brilliant staff came in with the missus and baby and the staff brought over a free ice baby loved it highly recommend

Everything was lovely and the chips were back to being crispy on outside and Fluffy inside. And my mum enjoyed her fish and chips and so did my nan, thanks alot 👌

7 mins late. But food was good and still hot

Fish cake .. cod roe .. way to small.. not nice taste .. fish was ok .. chips all black bits .. not good ..

Good chips, friendly and efficient service.

Tasty as always. A bit expensive but good quality 👌

Hosting friends when we made an order. Food arrived hot and fresh, plus, the Gluten Free option was some of the best Gluten Free batter our friend has had. Will use when hosting again!

food was Great always arrive hot definitely recommend.

Wow, absolutely stuffed but cannot recommend this place enough. From the second I walked in, everything was superb. The member of staff helped me with my big office order! The whole team loved it! The curry sauce is immense!

The Cheesiest Chips Colchester has to offer! Absolutely Delicious and the portion sizes are massive!

Absolutely amazing food. I have to say my eyes are bigger than my stomach haha. Absolutely loved the cheesy chips and I must say that it really was “cheesy”. Tried Halloumi for the first time from them today and I absolutely loved it. Definitely recommend!

Our team just ordered a takeaway from Johnny Mac's for the first time and lets just say it won't be the last! I can safely say that was the best fish and chips I've ever had! Will defo be back again (and again).

The food was tasty and the service was also good. Just loved the hot chilli sauce they provided. Perfect for someone who wants it spicy. They also gave one scoop of ice cream complimentary.

chips are great and my burger was delicious. recommended!

Best fish & chips in Colchester 👍

Excellent quality food, I would highly recommend this traditional fish and chip shop. One of the best in Colchester. Staff are always friendly and the food is cooked to perfection.

very tasty also come nice and hot would recommend cheesy chips full of cheese and I'm a cheese lover 🤤

Chips were very disappointing. Not Johnny macs usual standard sadly.

Food is a gresy sweaty mess had to throw it in the bin I will not use again

Definitely the place to go when you are craving fish and chips👍

Lovely place Lovely people Lovely food An excellent place to eat Recommended

This photo speaks more than I can type. 🤤 if you haven’t been well you got to go!

Very polite delivery man. Food was red hot and very tasty

The food was warm but not hot..so warmed it up..the portions were great..the fish and chips were lovely..no issues ..thankyou..

Friendly place!! Good food Good price Definitely recommend

Best chips in Colchester in my experience 😋 Delicious!

was earlier than asked for which is better then the few previous times where it was late. food came hot and chips were better this time well done 👏

The food was very tasty and hot so I'm very pleased with it

Went here for a meal with wife and daughter Warm and friendly atmosphere Big portions, free ice cream desert Restaurant was clean and tidy

The best fish and chips I have had for a long time , and red hot too!

Excellent manager. Infallible food. Nice clean atmosphere. The curry sauce here is absolutely impeccable. It destroys all other competitors. If you like chips + curry sauce it’s worth the extra 5-10 mins travel to taste this celestial, elegant and other wordly sauce conjured by only true acumen of a passionate craftsmen. 9.5/10

better than last week for timing but chips were over cooked and I asked for lots of salt and vinegar but couldn't taste any 😫

As usual great food and service

Time got put back but well worth the wait delicious 😋

Super fast delivery tonight, even though its extremely windy outside... The food was all hot, but the batterd sausages were not fresh, they were rock hard, Where they must of been sitting in the heat cabinet for for too long, as they were EXTREMELY DRY.... The chips 🍟 were OK, but no where near as good as they usually are. The curry sauce was nice.

did a pre order for 6.30 and it was delivered half hour late but food was good

Best fish and chip shop, my nan and grandad look forward to having this every time they visit from east London we love it

Normally fantastic food, today it was over an hour waiting for delivery, so was not fresh, and coated in vinegar, even though we requested none.

Fantastic, tasty fish and chips as always.

Really enjoyed my meal tonight and so did my friend. The chips were back to being really lovely and crispy on the outside and fluffy soft inside 👌 Thanks alot 😊 everything was 10 out of 10 - including the curry sauce 🔥

We placed the order at 16 45 and received the order at 19 15 the food arrived chips were hot burgers were cold rang shop and blamed just eat

Great food as always and always hot.

Chip portion sizes are shocking. Not only is a large chips expensive here but are very small in sizes I would say two handfuls are a large

This is the best fish and chip takeaway place I have ever been too! The workers were so lovely and accommodating, they really made me feel welcomed there! My meal came to just over £6 which I found incredibly cheap, especially with the cost of living crisis. I had a large battered sausage, chips and curry sauce. The chips were freshly cooked and perfectly crispy on the outside while remaining soft in the middle. The battered sausage had the perfect ratio of batter - sausage and the curry sauce was smooth and very flavoursome! If you have the chance, please pay this place a visit!

A very delicious and warm meal 👍👍 excellent fish 🐟⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food was lovely & hot for being delivered it was like it just got cooked & dished up & placed in front of me & the curry sauce is really nice brilliant job

Just great service and food is always great

Food tasted good and management were very helpful when I called in to ask a question. They pay attention to order notes. My go to order place:)

Lovely fresh fish crispy batter and great chips. Curry sauce was really good too!

The food from this shop always tastes delicious. Chips, curry sauce, and the sausages are easily 10/10 The hotdogs are 10/10. Was happily surprised by the spring roll because a lot of other shops give very small dry ones but this one was tasty. Polite staff and very thoughtful when completing an order. Thanks :)