Mama Fish in Brighton and Hove

Great selection of food and drink fish and chips was gorgeous 🥰

Beautiful fish and chips at Mamas Fish so fresh and presented so lovely, lovely view of sea while you enjoy would very much recommend and staff so friendly and couldn't do enough for you will be coming back

Easily the best Fish and Chips I've had in Brighton!! Me and my partner visit Brighton each year, and it's important to me to get fish and chips by the sea side. Its tradition. I've never had one this good, and on top of that, the service was fantastic and the whole atmosphere was just lovely. This, for me, IS Brighton. Fabulous.

Easily the best Fish and Chips I've had in Brighton!! Me and my partner visit Brighton each year, and it's important to me to get fish and chips by the sea side. Its tradition. I've never had one this good, and on top of that, the service was fantastic and the whole atmosphere was just lovely. This, for me, IS Brighton. Fabulous.

BEST fish and chips in Brighton, by far. We've tried a few places now but nothing compares to Mama Fish! Moist, fresh fish, crispy batter, delicious dips and super-friendly service. If you want proper fish and chips by the sea, I highly, highly, highly recommend Mama Fish. The gem of Brighton!

Fish and chips are A M A Z I N G. Worth every penny.

A teeny bit pricey, but that does seem to be reflective of food prices overall at the moment, so fair! Friendly service and a tasty traditional meal! The server seemed a bit wary of my plan to take my meal on to the beach and warned me about the seagulls. Wish I’d taken this advice and sat in the café’s seating area instead! But a good experience overall!

Came here for lunch the other day, was the chips by the sea side we’ve ever had! Customer service fab and very reasonably priced! Will definitely come back when we’re visiting again!

The best fish and chips in Brighton, totally delicious

Very good fish and chips, freshly fried and super warm! Seaside view and very nice service! Is it fancy? No. Is it good? Yes! Is it worth it? Absolutely!

Big portion of beer battered cod with chips was crispy, crunchy and tasty. Great find on the seafront.

Stopped here for lunch & thought it looked like a good spot. Food was pretty good, arguably I don’t think the chips were “chippy chips” but the fish was amazing. The lady that I’m assuming owns the business was lovely, couldn’t have done more, was so friendly. Unfortunately the chef let the experience down, screaming numbers angrily (which I can understand is frustrating if people don’t listen), shouting at people for moving the sauces because “they will get shut down if they’re moved.” The lady did try and make light of the situation but it was just a shame that you felt like you were being told off whilst enjoying your lunch

If you don't fancy sitting on the beach for your fish and chips this little place is perfect. You can see the beach but you can also sit at a table. The food was lovely - we had the fish and chips and battered sausage. Not too oily and very crispy. We had a choice to sit in the shade or the sun.

Big portion of beer battered cod with chips was crispy, crunchy and tasty. Great find on the seafront.

Fresh, hot and really tasty. Only downside they had run out of mushy peas and you had to pay extra for tomato ketchup.

If you don't fancy sitting on the beach for your fish and chips this little place is perfect. You can see the beach but you can also sit at a table. The food was lovely - we had the fish and chips and battered sausage. Not too oily and very crispy. We had a choice to sit in the shade or the sun.

Long wait times but very good fish and chips

Best chips I have ever had from a fish and chip shop. Didn’t have the fish but I hear it’s good. Lovely staff! Would recommend

The location is fantastic. Just on Brighton beach, very convenient. The cod and chips were perfect. Good portion. Fresh flaky cod and perfectly crisp chips. I recommend the cod and chips here. I only felt the price could have been a pound less and they closed earlier than 5. Since it’s going to be summer now, it will be a great option to keep it open till 7.

Second visit to this pub. Doesn't cease to impress. Staff are brilliant, vegan and vegetarian options are varied and tasty! Great drinks too. Only qualm I had was with their definition of what a pie is. Like dry pie? Then this is for you. As part of their collaboration with 'Moor' beers, their special menu offered a 'Chestnut Mushroom pie' that definitely needs a different title. Most would see a pie as a lidded pastry receptacle filled with wet umami meats and vegetables or in this case just some decent mushrooms - not here. I was served a dry bowl of vegetables with a puff pastry cracker on top. Inevitably, I asked if there was gravy in the house, as this would have brought it all together - in honest, these vegetable were well prepared, with truffle mash and flavoursome mushrooms, and I would have walked away happy with just a little juice to offset the parching mash, but I was told this is 'how it is'. The kind waiter even went to ask the chef if some gravy could be made, but told me he had his head taken off in the process! Poor guy. I appreciate it was a Saturday evening, but I was happy to wait and pay for any extra hassle - and this is a pub - I would assume a packet of bisto was a cupboard staple in a public house! I'd suggest they rename the dish something like 'Umami chestnut mushrooms, topped with a puff pastry ceiling, truffled mash, steamed tenderstem brocolli and mixed vegetables.' This experience hasn't tarnished my view of Earth and Stars, just enabled me to warn others that if you're ordering that pie, bring your own gravy or get a jug of water beforehand! To end on a positive, the jackfruit burger they do is incredible. Cooked to perfection with a soft bun and sweet potato fries. Get that instead!

Noisy in the evening but has a creative menu at lunch. Not cheap but you can ask, like the man sitting next to me, for a half portion. He had cod in batter with chunky hand cut chips. We ate creative veggie. Friendly service. At least the young man in charge, Chris, asked us if we were enjoying our meal. A very European approach! We will be back for lunch. I have been upstairs for a Meetup group and recall downstairs attracted a young noisy crowd but lunch time attracts all ages. In fact the old boy next to me with his regular cod and chips plus red wine was 78. He told me he came every day and spent £15 on 2 red wines and a half portion. Go go go!

Mostly well cooked and very tender meats but the rice was overcooked. Flavours powerwful which I like but something in there that wasn’t for me. Not that it was bad just I didn’t get on with it. Staff very lovely. Atmosphere positive and not so busy.

We booked a table for 7 people for last night. Personally I found the place unwelcoming. Point blank Refused entry without face masks and told to go and buy them. No option to provide them inside which was odd considering it’s their preference and disappointing that they were so stern when telling us to go and buy them. Considering our group took up half the restaurant it just seemed ridiculous to enforce this and be so rude about it when there appeared to be no additional benefit. The limited staff serve you unmasked so it was effectively to enable us to walk past the bar on entrance. Really odd. Just a bit grotty inside. Especially the loos, felt more nightclub than restaurant. The food was ok to be fair. Nothing spectacular in my opinion, very vinegary and a bit tough. But it wasn’t bad. Huge portions. No order to how food came out. Mains came before starters and people had finished their main before others had even received theirs. It just didn’t flow well at all. Then a compulsory service charge is added. Not great in my opinion.

Good and fresh cod fish by the sea

Really good cod and chips. Fish fresh and succulent, proper chunky chips. Just one little advice to make sure to dry the fish on a tissue before serving so it's less oily

The fish was done well, freshly fried with crispy batter & was delicious with the fresh lemon. Unfortunately the chips were disappointing. They were quite hard & thick & nothing like the soft chipper chips that you would usually get from a fish n chipper. I used nearly the full bottle of vinegar to soften them. The service was quite grumpy & not mannerly. The view was of the sea & dustbins! There are better places for fish n chips in Brighton.

We waited a while despite no queue for the food which we didn't mind, but for the high price we were disappointed as the battered cod was a tiny portion and mostly just excessively oily batter with very little fish unfortunately. They also were not very friendly there.

Absolutely awful! No flavour, tasted like lard on an undercooked potato. The lady who took the money was holding a full conversation on her phone ( hands free) difficult to work out who she was speaking to her clients or not! I have learnt however that she was “ absolutely hangin” from a night out! I’d suggest customers try elsewhere

Shockingly bad fish and chips. Poor quality and small portions. Avoid.

Maybe I have high expectations! However when I order fish and chips I expect fresh fish and hand cut chips!!! Unfortunately that was not what I received, the fish was delicious however I would class it as a very small portion for the price £9.50! The chips were standard bought in and not fresh potato, it was also clear the chips were precooked and warmed up in the fryer! Personally I’m happy to wait to have my food cooked fresh.. Simply disappointing, I will not be returning!

Really great Battered Sausage and chips. Definitely the best battered sausage I've had. The chips were pretty good and not covered in oil unlike some establishments! Probably the best priced food along the beachfront.

Friendly staff, but food poor. Fish was freshly cooked which was a nice touch but unfortunately it was incredibly thin and all you could taste was batter. What was really unexpected however were the chips, which seemed to be frozen canteen style chips, and I find them inedible. I rarely get to Brighton and don't have fish and chips elsewhere so it should have been a treat, and I was left so disappointed, especially when I walked around the corner and found what I'd been craving in abundance. Unfortunately won't be back, wasn't to my taste buds.

Nice food but ridiculously priced for tiny portions

I’m not too sure why this place has gotten so many bad reviews. Me and my mum ate here on Sunday and believe me my mother is one of the most fussiest of people. She doesn’t eat any fast food - only fish and chips and she won’t eat anywhere that looks unclean and she absolutely raved about her fish and chip. I had a battered sausage and it wasn’t greasy and the batter was so crispy. Lovely food. And people moaning about portions and prices. They are a pop up shop on the sea front of course their prices will be a bit more than most places in the area.

I did the order and keep watching the man how cooking the fish NOT CLEAN AT ALL touching his nose working without gloves liking his finger with his tongue many times to separated the paper and served boxes then touch the food smell of oil burning serving costumers with dirty hands NOT RECOMMENDED AND TRY TO AVOID IT AVOID IT AVOID IT DIRTY

Tasty fish and chips that are crispy and fresh - not greasy at all

Quick and nice fish and chips by the water 👍

The worst fish and chips we have ever had. Hard tasteless chips and fish that was mostly skin covered in batter. The best thing about it was the lemon that came with it!

Tiny portion of dry tasteless fish with soggy chips. £1.25p for tartare sauce and lady (I assume Mama) seemed like she didn't want to serve us. No smile or acknowledgement that we'd even placed an order! Do yourself a favour and find somewhere better.

Fish okay. Chips not chip shop chips and just tasteless. Charged 25p for ketchup . Guy behind the punter either pissed up from night before or on something. Avoid and carry on to the next.

We went here as the reviews looked good and it was convenient for the beach. As the first customers of the day, the food was hot which was where the positives end. The chips were not fish and chip shop chips but clearly pre-made frozen chips. The fish tasted ok but not great. Today (the day after) all four of us also have dodgy bellies and that was the only meal we all ate together. Would not recommend. Over priced and who can forgive frozen chips in a fish and chip shop? Shame as the location is ideal and the staff were really friendly.

If you don't fancy sitting on the beach for your fish and chips this little place is perfect. You can see the beach but you can also sit at a table. The food was lovely - we had the fish and chips and battered sausage. Not too oily and very crispy. We had a choice to sit in the shade or the sun.

Fresh, hot and really tasty. Only downside they had run out of mushy peas 🙁 and you had to pay extra for tomato ketchup.

Really good and proper chips, must try his curry sauce as it’s saucy! Even managed to fit his milkshake in.

Stopped here for lunch & thought it looked like a good spot. Food was pretty good, arguably I don’t think the chips were “chippy chips” but the fish was amazing. The lady that I’m assuming owns the business was lovely, couldn’t have done more, was so friendly. Unfortunately the chef let the experience down, screaming numbers angrily (which I can understand is frustrating if people don’t listen), shouting at people for moving the sauces because “they will get shut down if they’re moved.” The lady did try and make light of the situation but it was just a shame that you felt like you were being told off whilst enjoying your lunch

Stopped here to grab some fish and chips and it was not nice at all. The fish was really wet on the inside and thinnest layer of batter. Such a shame. Condiments are kept in the sunset and vinegar out of a spray bottle?!?