McDermott's Fish & Chips in Croydon

Great fish and chips, good friendly service, not cheap for fish and chips.

We thought we’d try this place as it has good reviews, however it was a disappointment. Ordered 2 small chips and 3 sausages to takeaway. One of the sausages, a battered sausage tasted horrible! Super fatty and cheap. Really small as well. The batter was also soggy and tasteless. We weren’t offered any salt n vinegar on our chips, it had been all packed up and I asked if any had been put on and she said that ‘people don’t always like it’. We do, yet we weren’t offered it and the food had all been packed up before we had a chance to get any on there. £14 for this meal. Won’t be going back for these reasons. The fish n chip shop next to Sanderstead station is much nicer.

A good fish and Chips place. Super busy. A bit expensive.

Very friendly staff and the best fish and chips.

Customers are enjoying the food and drink for a long time, and we all need our phones when we are out to be informed with our loved ones. During my visit, at least 3-4 customer needed to charge their phone, and they have been informed that sockets around the table are not for customers' usage.

As Tina Turner would say..... Simply the best! First Class fish and chips. Also unusual local kronxbeer. Not cheap but well worth it!

Fish was fantastic, but the price online was not the price I was asked to pay when paying in store

We've been visiting McDermotts for very many years and it gas always been excellent for take away and eating in. Brilliant!

Always consistent. Best fish and chips and great service

Came down a few months ago, terrible food, last weekend came again to see if any improvement, no, still the same, you've got to improve or close down!!

This is hands down the best Fish n Chips on the island! Big statement I know, but I'm firm on it! 😉

Excellent place to try authentic Croydon fish and chips! The fish is very fresh and the potatoes are crispy!! Includes small onions, pickles and house sauce. Delicious! I also recommend the desserts. I would return

Best fish and chips in the area.

Excellent Fish and Chips highly recommended 👌

I'm a long term customer, and McDermotts is brilliant everytime! A well established independent business with a strong local reputation, and an important presence in the local community. Customers are always greeted and assisted by the same team of friendly & helpful ladies behind the counter. Along with the kitchen staff, the staffing team are always very efficient and service is prompt. The whole venue and kitchen is always exceptionally clean. They have worked hard to ensure prices remain reasonable despite cost increases. The quality of the food is always great and exceptional. Please be aware that this estalishment is closed on certain days, and generally opening hours are earlier in the evening. This venue has a corresponding restaurant attached operating it the evening alongside the takeaway. They also offer takeway Lunchtime specials on busier days. They accept card payments with a minunim spend of £10. However, there is also a free cash point immediately next door at the Co-Op supermarket if needed. There is plentiful free parking at all times of the day immediately outside. I look forward to returning again soon.

A history of delicious fish and chips! BUT What’s happened to the chips in the last 3 weeks?? instead of the lovely tasty, crispy on the outside chips, the last two visits have produced rubbery chips with no flavour and no crispness at all. Please look at your supplier! The haddock and cod were their usual delicious standard. Update today: Many chips were bad with black on them, The cod was pre-cooked and dry. Such a shame when places go downhill!

Very good fish and chips light crispy batter soft fresh flaky fish decent portion size chips crispy fluffy and not greasy. Very busy from opening until closing but fast streamlined service in and out in under five minutes prices on the higher side but fair and not overpriced considering - personally I drive just over 3 miles and past 3 other fish and chip shops to specifically come here - wish they open another branch or two locally

Have been a customer of this chippy for almost thirty years. The best fish I’ve ever eaten. Second to none.

Great fish and chips with mushy peas

The best fish and chips around 😍

Great restaurant. Reasonably priced and really good food!

Went to McDermotts for the first time for a friend's birthday and the fish was the freshest I have tasted from a fish and chip shop. Will definitely go back there if I'm ever in the area again

Took friends from Canada they loved it

Best fish and chips in the world hands down

Food was lovely staff friendly and polite

It never fails to sell the best fresh fish and chips I ever had until now! A little bit pricey, but well worth every penny.

Could not fault this place. Food was great, service was quick and friendly, even when busy. First time, but will not be our last.

BEST fish & chips in the area. Very quick service and friendly staff. All freshly prepared and they usually run out of fish as they are soooo popular. Ample seating indoors and parking onsite too. We had cod & chips - generous portions.

Simply the best fish and chips for miles around! Fresh, tasty fish in a delicate (non-greasy) batter, perfectly cooked chips. Service was brilliant: friendly, helpful, attentive and efficient. Definitely go there but make sure you get there early as it is VERY popular!

Food is excellent, Service is excellent. Cleanliness is excellent. The portion size and price is not excellent. £15.80 for an adult size cod and chips, then another £1.80 for mushy peas. Best part of £20 quid for a chippy dinner. It is rather steep in my opinion. Add in a drink and a dessert and you're not far off £80 for a family of 4 for dinner. Definitely not a place to visit on the regular.

Always the best fish and chips. Consistently good

Food came out service was really good staff was perfectwould go again

Quite simply the best restaurant for traditional fish and chips. Everything about this plaice (😉) is excellent!

One of the best chippy I've been to, fresh and clean. Shame I gotta travel all the way from canning Town to have abit!

Excellent food and takeaway counter serice

Outstanding fish and chips only choice was Cod. Although they had other fish choices on the menu the sound is very loud in the restaurant not a sit and talking venue. Eat and go.

If it's not the best fish and chips takeaway around, I would love to know where it is, I have had a lovely meal every time I have been, and I have been going for years . Every time we go, we have had great fish and chips and would recommend it highly to anyone. The restaurant is always worth going to as the staff are very friendly service is very good and enjoy the atmosphere 👍👏

Consistently excellent quality and great service. I travel an hour to visit this restaurant because it’s that good.

Food is pretty good although the latest "teatime special" lacked fish within the batter. The service is the real problem. They spent so much time chatting amongst themselves that they missed part of our order. Went back again and nothing has got better. Prices are really high (over £10 for a small cod) and portions are tiny. Will not be going again.

Not cheap but 100% worth the money.

Has usual freshly cooked traditional fish and chips

Really really awful, cost £38 for 3 cod’s and two large chips. The two chips were tiny portions could see the bottom of the bag! Had to buy another one just to barely feed 3 people. Save your money!

Had a tasty meal of fish and chips washed down with the local Cronx beer. Very attentive and friendly staff.

The best fish and chips in the country.

Not sure what's happening with the chip portions these days, this is the second or third time I have hardly had any chips. I love this place but if they do not give a decent amount of chips next time I will go elsewhere. The prices have gone up since lockdown but the portion has got smaller. Sort it out or you will lose custom.

Lovely very good fish fresh and lovely and hot

Fish and chips simply perfect. I asked for a gluten free battery which is fine for me as I'm intolerant. They are cooked in the same fryer as other products containing gluten and you can only get it in the restaurant. So delicious!

Embarrassing and has gone down hill. My husband and I decided to treat ourselves to a fish and chip take away for dinner. My husband went to order and after receiving the order he originally thought they'd forgotten the chips because of the size of the bag. No, there was a small amount of chips underneath, no where near enough to justify the price, or even serve as a portion. He then decided to add a large chips to the order to make up the chips. These were then put into a small bag, weighed (embarrassing) then a few chips were taken out, these were £3.50. What a rip off. We used to come here often for the great quality and portion size but haven't been in a few years after moving. The first clue should have been that there was nobody else in the shop. There used to be queue at opening time. The picture with the sausage was the 'large chips'. Way overpriced, avoid the disappointment

Last nights Fish and Chips HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST WE’VE EVER HAD!!! The chips were unbelievable the Cod just melted in your mouth the batter was so light and crispy PERFECT!!!

This was once an institution for fish and chips!. Today my experience was a total embarrassment. £14.60 for haddock and chips. The chips portion was smaller then a child portion and the oil retention in the fish itself was l awful. You should be ashamed. #ReputationMatters #NeverAgain

This is the best fish and chips by far however last night was very disappointing the chips have been changed we noticed this as soon as the plate was put down they looked different and tasted different to the point we never ate them when approached by staff we was told they are the new season potatoes ! Which they only use late at night to me they looked like and tested like frozen chips as they was a dry as ever ! The waitress was very apologetic about this and kept apologizing she could not take the cost of the chips off bill as they come with the fish !! Really the management should have come out and addressed the problem we have been going to this fish and chip shop for years along with most of there customers management take note we know what to expect when we order cod and chips you know how to deliver so why would you change what’s working Next time you use something different it’s important you inform you customers as we do know when it’s not the same

Best fish and chips I've ever had.

Really good tasting fish and chips

Menu prices are about 50% more expensive than advertised on their website an £18 order cost £31 fish was nice but large chips were just a normal sized portion and tasted old way too much money for the quality the same food is around £23 in nearby take away

Pucker food and service is second to none. I would not go anywhere else.

Was out with family and friends, family was over from Canada and want to come here had heard from other family members how good this place is.

Best fish and chips in Croydon. Crispy batter, fish cooked to perfection. Must order their homemade tartare sauce, curry sauce and mushy peas.

We drive 30 minutes to get our fish and chips, it is well worth it. We have been coming for about 5 years and it's product is constantly excellent. Give it a try.

Delicious fish and chips with baguettes, gherkins and pickled onions in a side dish. Just as delicious deserts. Friendly helpful staff. A very short wait for the food to be presented and it was hot and fresh.

Amazing fish and chip shop excellent food service brilliant,the cod was mouthwatering my wife had the haddock which was excellent too and I personally think well worth the money 👍

Warm welcome at the door. Seated quickly in a well decorated area. Drinks order taken right away and then the food order. Prices a little steep but the food, service and ambience were excellent so, as they say, you get what you pay for.

Absolutely first class, no where comes close nationally!

Freshest fish this side of Billingsgate and always perfectly cooked. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Take away and dine in are superb, pricey, but excellent cod, chips and scampi everytime, fresh, crispy and great quality

With the Kings coronation on 06/05/23 our business treated the whole workforce across the country to lunch.. Located in Selco Builders Warehouse Purley Way, McDermotts is roughly a 15 minute drive and came highly recommended! With this in mind we arranged 22 portions of a variety of meals from them. Lucy was extremely helpful and patient with us whilst placing the order. The team were amazing! The food was ready to go for lunch time, one of the team carried the food to my car, the ladies wrapping the food were lovely and chatty, and was still hot by the time I’d got back! My team were blown away with the quality! Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you to all of you! X

Best fish & chips I have ever had brilliant place would give it more stars if I could

I superb hot and cooked to order Cod and Chips. The batter is light and crisp and fish hot and tasty. The chips were great too. Be warned they do not take contactless payment, this is clearly stated on the door as you enter. Service from all the waiting staff was super friendly and fast. I found it noisy on Friday evening as it was busy, but don't let that put you off.

Came from Addiscombe to get cod and chips, well worth the journey, fresh , tasty. Loved it.

Hidden gem! Amazing food, staff and atmosphere!

This has been my favourite fish and chips for many years, plus amazing quality control, 100% satisfaction on every visits, they never disappoint me. From the photos, their chips might look pale and under cooked to some people, but they are perfectly cooked, try it once at least, you can tell they are different from the others. McDermott really know how to make the best fish and chips.

Can get a little noisy but it's a great plaice (sorry, I couldn't resist!). And I definitely recommend the cod!

Good food, excellent service. This is a traditional dining experience that you don't find too often.

Regular customer. Never disappointed.

Good old tradition fish and chips. My no1 go to place.

Enjoyed an excellent takeaway of fish and chips from here .

Best fish and chips for MILES! A real local treasure

Consistent top quality fish and chips

A real favorite with my wife and myself, also family when they visit, thank you very much

Fabulous fish and chips and a great service

Promised award winning fish and chips by my friend on our visit to Sanderstead. These were the best cod, chips and tartare I've ever had. Outstanding and highly recommend!

The first time we came here in October 2022, it was probably the best cod and chips I've ever had. Absolutely perfect fish, light crunchy batter and wonderfully cooked, and the chips were amazing. The staff were so friendly and helpful too, and the restaurant is very neat and clean. We visited again today and it was just the same experience. Very impressed!

One, if not the best fish and chips I've ever had. Light, fluffy, nit greasy or oiley fish, light and crispy batter.

Nice fish and chips. Service score lost because of not taking card payments. It's 2023 and people pay using Apple Pay and Google Pay. I do not even carry bank cards with me.

A day's walking and activities in and around (south) Croydon punctuated by a stop at McDermotts as recommended by a local (the boss!). Lived up to its reputation- high quality meal, excellent service. Yes you'll find cheaper, but, if it's an all-round quality experience you're after, I'd thoroughly recommend.

The best Fish and Chips money can buy

Food was great as always - only Scampi or Cod as a choice which was a shame.

Classic fish and chips spot with fresh fish and good portions of chips

Great food and always friendly service from the team. Best fish n chips in Croydon and surrounding areas 🌟

Best fish n chips imo in and around surrounding areas

Consistently good food over the years… shame the chips are hand cut though!

The food and service was very good. The ambiance was spoilt by the high noise level of other patrons talking loud even while eating.

Very expensive but the food was plenty and very tasty, very good quality

People rave about this place and I respect that very much. I've been here couple of times got the meals and it did not taste anything special. Average taste fish and chips. Gets busy at peak times, due to popularity among local population.

Always great food. Highly recommend trying it

This is a great place to get your fish and chips fix. The service was very quick, seeing as it was a Friday. I had plaice and it was very nice, the batter was perfect. The chips were also good, crunchy on the outside and fluffy inside and they weren't oily; you could tell that they change the oil regularly. Definitely will be back soon😊

We went to McDermotts this evening for fish & chips. I had my son with me and after waiting for 30 minutes after ordering, I went to pay only to find out that they do not take contactless, only cash or card. I tried getting cash back & finding a bank account in the area but to no avail. I eventually managed to find enough money in the car for my son’s food but was incredibly frustrated that this was not clearly written on the door and that I was almost left waiting for so long without being able to provide dinner for my son on a Friday evening. Not what a full time working single parent needs on a Friday night. What struck me was that they did not seem to care or try to find a solution. I will not be coming back and do not recommend this place.

A lovely place. Fish and chips are tge best. Lovely staff

Always a winner. Fresh and fluffy. The tarte sauce is good too. Very popular. The staff are well organised and friendly.

Very good food excellent customer service and chloe was very helpful and friendly

Decent place with good food quality