Ma Kellys Fish and Chip Restaurant in Portsmouth

The haddock was excellent. It was firm to eat and hadn't gone mushy, like from some fish places I've been to where it seems to sweat inside the batter. This was perfect 👌 🐟 And the chips were excellent too. If I'm down Portsmouth way again, I will definitely call here again. It's now starred on my Google maps as a reminder 🌟 👍

Jill is an absolute asset to your team. She was funny, helpful, informative, knowledgeable and patient with a group of ladies who lunch. Thank you.

A group of 5 of us had lunch at Mother Kelly's on Southampton Road, Paulsgrove today...Jill provided an excellent service, she was very friendly and attentive. The food was lovely. Thank you.

Great food and good quick efficient service throughout, keep it up please.

Very good we haven't been there for ages

Fish, chips, pies etc. Good old fashioned sit down or take out lunch or dinner. Lovely host and lots of happy customers coming and going.

Really quick service , lovely fish, and chips🍟 Nicky was really friendly and helpful, .. Prices 👍. You can also download an app that allows you to order ahead and get points ( brilliant) .

OMG, the best Fish n chips we’ve experienced ever. The batter is to die for & not oily at all. The taste of freshness in the substantial fish was superb. The service by Nicky was first class. Nothing is any bother. Quality has been consistent for years. Well done Paulsgrove Deep Blue & management. Thank you for being there.

Attended today for a takeaway. Service was excellent. Peter and Nicky were very welcoming and nothing was too much trouble when cooking 2 big orders. The food looks very appetising and can't wait to get home to eat it. Service was first class. A huge thank you and these guys should be given a pay rise for being such good ambassadors for deep blue.

Nicky is always welcoming and on point, She remembers my order every time. Best fish and chips around.

Peter and the team are very welcoming to all customers and provide a speedy service. From repeat customers Sam & Dan :D

1. Quarter of lemon would make more sense - the size of lemon you serve is pathetic and unusable! 2. Mushy peas - were cold 3. Why no pepper on the table ??? 4. One pot of tartare per portion would be nice - why not serve homemade. Compared to Chez Fred in Bournemouth these fish and chips have lost their edge.

Gill was very helpful, attended to all customers on her own in a very busy environment. I only waited a few minutes and my food was ready. Deep blue need to keep hard working staff like Gill.

The staff on Saturday evening were amazing everywhere clean, food was really good and tasted good

Best fish and chips restaurant in the area.

Greta indoor dining for a fish and chips supper, i would definitely recommend enjoy 🐟

I hadn’t anything this good on a while. My god it hit the spot. Wonderful.

Nicky was very helpful when using the self service machine. She was very chatty and friendly.

Jay offered a very good service. Well done,Jay!

Absolutely delicious as always and new manager the service is excellent 👍

We had a lovely meal here. The fish and chips portion and mushy peas was good and Leanne was friendly, helpful and attentive. Thank you!

We were served by Diane and she could not of been more helpful or friendly... Thank you

Jay was a top waiter, super friendly and had a bit of banter while telling us about the menu. I would have taken a better picture of my food, but I ate it all pretty much as soon as it landed. Lovely crispy batter on my cod and all freshly cooked to perfection. I’m not a big fish and chip eater, but I really enjoyed our meal here. Thank you.

Good. Big taste. Nice staff. Great decorations. Will be back. Try the frickles

Came here because I really fancied fish and chips, and where I live ours is mediocre and overpriced, but not here. Was delighted when I found they had deep-fried pickles on the menu, one of my personal favourites, so snapped up the opportunity to try them out; they were delicious. We ordered a fish and chips each: a large cod and a large haddock. To say they were large would be a massive understatement. It was really lovely, as was the chips and sides we ordered. They were amazing too. Shoutout to the bread and butter: simply lovely. It would be remiss of me not to mention the lovely staff, especially our server Gilli, who was very happy, helpful, and chatty. It made our experience all the more enjoyable. We will definitely be back soon and look forward to doing so.

Gill was are waitress very welcoming and amazing service from here credit to the company

Gill was friendly and welcoming. Thank you for a lovely meal and great service.

Loved the friendly vibe and lovely staff here today! Thank you for the extra sauce - never had anyone offer in other places so made our day 😂 Food was tasty and hot too.

Excellent service from Gill, the cod n chips were outstanding. Plenty of parking so all in all a great find.

Awful chips to take away. Chips were so dry and some where so long they were the length of the takeaway box!!. Definitely gone downhill.

Excellent food and service and a big thanks to our hostess Gill

Wrnt at lunchtime. Food lovely and freshly cooked

We were greeted warmly by Lesley, who pointed out to us a table and said she would be along shortly to take our order. Just as she said she would, Lesley re-appeared a few minutes later and we ordered cod and chips. Food arrived about 10 minutes later. Chips were lovely and the fish was good, too, with nice crisp batter. Thanks, Lesley.

Nicky is a absolute super star who works non stop and doesn’t even get a break she keeps this place running

Delicious food, wide selection, decent prices, and very friendly staff. Would recommend!

Consistently great place for fish and chips. Gill is an angel who always makes you feel right at home.

Love food here cod is amazing staff always lovely x

Fantastic place for fish and chips served by Nicky great service

Lovely fish and chips, great service from Nicky.

Excellent fish and chips, beautifully cooked. The ladies were helpful and very friendly

Still the best fish and chips for miles around.

Best chippy in the area!! The lady on the counter Nicky is always welcoming and helpful and always goes out of her way for customers 😊

Great service and Nicky was lovely!

Food was cold and fish bites mostly all batter

The server, Nicky, was very warm & friendly. She was also very helpful when I was ordering my food via the machine & needed some assistance.

Whilst this place with its clunky parking arrangements (exacerbated by selfish users) was moderately acceptable on a previous visit, it certainly was not on a recent Saturday evening. Inexplicably, there was only one person front of house in a nearly full restaurant. They were working fast and methodically but there was a growing backlog of tables waiting even to order. Eventually, a previously invisible person was coaxed out of the kitchen where, as far as I could see, they were equally needed. I expected the preparation rate to suffer. The action was too little, too late. We left.

Came here last night, not very impressed, the service was very slow and it wasn’t busy, one poor lady on the counter being ignored by her staff, food was average not good, pleased we were just driving past and decided to drop in, won’t become a regular habit.

Just popped in for takeaway, really expensive though had regular chips a large battered sausage and a fish cake which cost £10.27, i personally think that's a bit over the top on price.

Always enjoyed our fish and chips from this shop, Mother Kelly's,

I travel 15 miles to buy my Fish and Chips from Mother Kelly’s avoiding several other shops that are nearer and cheaper purely because it used to be really good. However, no one minds prices going up, it’s the economy we’re all in now, but the bag you see is Mother Kelly’s new large chips ( it used to be a box now it’s 3/4 of a scoop. Barely enough to feed my cat! ), the 2 large cod were jammed in one box so when I got them back they’re all broken, no offer of salt and vinegar and all served by a New member of staff who didn’t have a clue what he was doing. Surely there are better ways of making Cut Backs! I won’t be buying from Mother Kelly’s again, but thank you for the service I’ve had over the last 15 years.

Lovely customer service! Nicky was amazing

Brilliant recommended thank you

Friendly and conscientious service despite it being very busy for payday Friday supper. Used the self service screen to order and food which was hot and delicious was served quickly and with a smile from Nicky.

Lovely food and a lovely delivery driver! Thank you :)

Today me and my colleague went to mother Kelly’s amazing service by the gentleman there in the restaurant. amazing food they are very quick. We will definitely coming back!

Appalling service. Ordered 2 portions of REGULAR haddock with REGULAR chips, with 2curry sauces and it came to £40:60. That in its self was well and truly overpriced , but we had had a week and couldn’t be arse to cook so thought what the hell we don’t do this often. Delivery time given of between 6:30-650pm…… 7:30pn in on the phone with the chippy asking what’s going on, to be told the driver left without taking our order. I could clearly see that driver had been waiting for at least 15-20 minutes for this delivery and obviously got peed off and left cause he has other deliveries to make. Deliveroo have been amazing and refunded the extortionate amount that we paid, but we will definitely not be using this chippy again!!!!

The food is amazing, and Jay was very helpful.

A must visit place. We were served by Jay a very kind and approchable employe.

Good food, good service, good music. Frickles were particularly good.

I loved the food, service was decent and the food is lovely although I don't recommend anyone with a weak stomach coming.

Nicky was very helpful and friendly. The fish was FANTASTIC!! Thank you.

Proper fish and chips and a massive gherkin occasionally too😉. Love this place.

A few of us try to meet for a sit in fish and chips most weeks. Quality of the fish is fabulous. Service is great, we have had Gill serve us mostly and she’s lovely.

Badly packaged (cold drinks packed alongside hot food), food cold and drinks warm as a result of this and the extended delivery time.

Much modern, good that they are keeping the food quality!

Nicky is very helpful and provided excellent customer service during our visit.

Always pleased to visit the staff are charming and hard workers too nothing asked is too much trouble x

We were served by Nicky, who was really lovely. The fish and chips were the nicest I have had in a long time. We will be back, thank you

Gill made us feel very welcome and as always we throughly enjoyed our fish & chip. The mushy peas are awesome!

ordered 4 small chips 1 sausages 1 battered sausage and 2 saveloy’s with a pot of curry sauce . chips were absolutely tasteless and luke warm but it was all cooked to order. the saveloys were very rubbery and dry and all the skins was split it was like they were microwaved to death . chips were stuck to the cardboard so you couldn’t eat them all without eating cardboard. the curry sauce was like someone had poured a salt pot into it no curry taste whatsoever . you couldn’t even taste the vinegar. and for the value of money that was absolutely shocking. i travelled far to visit my mums grave today and thought i would treat everyone but that was absolutely disgusting and shocking (it wasn’t even busy)

Possibly the best fish and chips in the Portsmouth area….. I searched Google and Trip Advisor to find the best place to take my parents for fish and chips when they visited for Christmas. For some reason Deep Blue didn’t feature in my search results and in my opinion should. I ordered a large portion and was not disappointed. I got a big cod with crispy batter and an ample portion of good chips and peas. My dad had the same as me and my mum chose the OAP menu option which she was also pleased with and struggled to finish. I made a good choice here and the next time I fancy fish and chips I will be returning to the Deep Blue. There is no need to search the internet to find the best place- I already know where they are.

Very speed service and delicious food.

Great service today from Jill and her team mate made to feel very welcome lovely friendly atmosphere would definitely recommend.

deliver time at point of order was 13:30. received food at 14:50. arrived cold

Was made you wait a long amount of time because the person serving kept prioritising uber/ just eat over the multiple customers that came in person. I will be going to a chip shop that doesn't do deliveries in future.

Nice and relaxed! Heard great things. Nicky did a great job of checking about peanut allergy for our daughter. Thanks

Very lovely, quick and understanding. Great food!

The estimated time of arrival changed very frequently. The app told us “driver awaiting to be assigned” and “awaiting driver to collect”. The food was cold and not enjoyable. Unable to cancel order after an hour of waiting due to food being ready assumably awaiting the driver! Didn’t tip the driver due to waiting so long.

Always delicious fish and chips - the best in the area. Fabulous service too!

I'd heard about Mother Kelly's for years, but hadn't previously stopped by. Well, recently that changed. The closest note to criticism I could muster, would be that the one-way car park doesn't appear to be obviously sign-posted, and you may find yourself entering the exit. You always know the food and service will be good in a Deep Blue restaurant, and Mother Kelly's is no exception. Be sure to use the self-serve tablets at the counter for a discount off your order, though the fantastic level of family friendly service you'll get from any one of the lovely individuals here is worth every penny. With a rustic dining area and separate counter area for ordering that will put you in mind of a classic 1950's esque diner, you can't go wrong with some traditional and deliciously cooked fish and chips!

Waited 10 minutes to be served, then was insulted regarding my coins being too warm ! Chips were cold after a 3 minute walk, and not that impressed either with the Haddock and chips. I'm glad I'm only visiting. Can't beat Hull for fish & chip shops.

Lovely freshly cooked meal, thoroughly enjoyed it! Lovely ladies serving and taking orders.

Food is nice but probably the most expensive fish and chips Ive ever had.

Used to love this fish and chip shop but it’s not like it used to be. Most of the Chips were all thin like crisp for what you pay the quality should be better. but the battered sausage was nice and hot.

I would give zero stars if it was possible. This was my first time ordering and what a disappointment. When my order hadn’t arrived by the stated time I checked online,it stated my order had been delivered at 19:07. Well it wasn’t delivered to me. No telephone numbers to contact Just Eat and Blue Quay said it was nothing to do with them. Contacted Just Eat via web site, still waiting for satisfactory conclusion to this matter.

Brilliant fish and chips at a fair price.

excellent as always best in town

Nikki was lovely and helpful. Fast service, clean restaurant and welcoming wait staff

Wow soggy chips bad after taste (old oil) large is now small and regular cod is more like kids, only thing right is the curry sauce , large chips, regular cod, curry sauce and a gherkin for £15 wow disgusting won't ever return

Fish not worth the money they charge, over cooked on the batter. Plus it's too expensive.

Went for a takeaway after a long drive home in bad weather on Sunday 24th November What a disappointment cod & chips and sausage & chips £18 totally inedible a very short drive home about 3 mins food cold greasy and tasted as if had been kept warm will never return

The haddock was not a fillet, it was a fish finger. The chips were over cooked and mostly scraps. The portions were regular and I ordered large. Very disappointed

Tasty Thursday night treat from Nicky and Rosie, thanks for great cod and chips

Served by a very friendly lady. Food was freshly made, good quality.

I'll been there last weekend and the food was so delicious and mouthwatering. The crispyness and inside softness of fish I love the most . Best place for family . The staff was very nice and highly recommend to try regular COD FISH AND CHIPS

Amazing food and good price. I was served by Nicola and couldn’t ask for better customer service! 10/10

We are on the way to the Ferry having driven 6 hours from Cheshire. Great service from everyone and hands down the best Fish & Chips we have ever had and a lovely cuppa to go with it. Many thanks it was just what we needed.

I was served by a nice polite lady and food was perfect

Super nice staff. Tasty food, Great for an evening takeaway.

Sunny and the team truly went above and beyond to ensure we had a fantastic experience. I definitely be returning and highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for authentic ,mouthwatering fish and chips.