Meriden Fish & Chips in Solihull

can't write anything good at all. miserable owner and wife didn't smile once. very small portion of greasy scrag ends with black and green bits. greasy thin fish cake just about edible. everything tasted of old cooking oil. just vile. never again.

Great piece of fish, well fried chips, good portion size 👍

Read the reviews and thought I'd give it a go away ... really don't bother I was back at the caravan in a minute or so, and the food was cold . They are obviously learning from people reviews

Reviewing as I cannot believe the lack of service. 09:10pm and they would only sell me the left-overs they had. Would not put on two portions of fish and chips with mushy peas and drinks - too much bother at 09:10pm as they were "shutting soon" (errr...at 09:30pm it says on the website!). That's me done for this fish and chip shop...best of luck everyone!

Great fish x chips ...lovely lady.... Cash only...but worth it

Great taste. Chips were very nice and the fish was very good as too

Dry Haddock, most of which was too hard to eat. Barely enough chips and most of those where too hard to eat. First and last trip to this chippy

Tiny and not tasty and expensive

Rubbish food rubbish staff, look like their being forced to work especially the older lady and man RUDE!!

The worst fish and chips I've had the fish was grey coloured it definitely wasn't fresh and cost £10 never go there again

We called in at 13.30 when they close at 14.00 our food was hot and very nice, shame they are not closer to home, but we will be back.

Well that was pretty bad. Chips were absolutely terrible. It was like eating wood splinters. The saveloy was watery and tasteless. I think the salt and vinegar is rationed because there was no trace of any on the food. Never go back

Been today, and the fish and chips were lovely.

Since handing over from the excellent family run business here before, the new guys are also friendly and helpful. They’ve also kept the gluten free fryer going with fantastic options.

The batter on the cod was soggy and not crispy at all. Not worth it

Went here yesterday evening and the couple was so lovely the scallops were so fluffy inside and the food was delicious we were fishing near by with our son so 1st time trying here we will definitely return thanks for being so kind xxx

When you step foot into this chip shop you feel like you are the customer from hell, the shop owner stares at you as if to say "how dare you come into my shop!" It seems as if the woman serving behind the conter has been kidnapped and forced to work there, she doesn't smile, she has hate in her eyes and only talks when spoken to! The atmosphere in this shop is like stepping into a dog fighting pit with two angry dogs! I'd rather eat a raw potato than go back into this shop! Avoid like the plague

Long wait for food Sending people to local shop to purchase something to get cashback to spend in chipshop .

Nice fish and chips, but annoying, why nearly all fish and chip shops, only accept cash, when you are hungry, the last thing you want to have to do, is trying to find a Cash machine.

Very disappointing, chips only warm, seems like they had been standing for ages fish batter too thick and soggy. Fish and large chips.

Fish and chips freshly cooked, tasted absolutely fine. I've had better but I've definitely had worse. I'd have no problems with getting food from there again.

Overpriced and tiny portions, I've never seen a spring roll so small, it was like a party spring roll, the kebab and chips was cold and was £6 for less that a child's portion, wouldn't recommend.

Had a fish & chip supper with mushy peas for 2 last weekend, the service was excellent, everything was cooked to order as it was around 8.45pm had to wait 10 minutes but it was absolutely worth it, great size fish crispy batter huge portion of chips and perfect mushy peas, overall 5 stars it was lovely and we will be back soon as we live 14 miles away, however we visit this chippy everytime we are in the area.

Busy site excellent food and good service, lacking in variety of fish, no haddock......cash only, however excellent pricing.

Really pretty average. Shame really. Fish sat in hot box for far too long. Not tasty at all.

Had fish and chips twice in the same week. Great size portions and tasted lovey too. Highly recommend.

Love this place. Meat pies are the best

The Chips are often a bit greasy, which stops me using this business over others fairly close by. I give them a try every year or so, to see if things have changed. I think they need to up the temperature in the fryer or work out what others are doing better, as everything else is ok.

Food nice but the owner is rude, dismissive and unhelpful. Serving staff are nice, just a shame about the owner. Have claimed for over 12 months that you have to pay by cash only as their internet is faulty…. Ye right. ???. Won’t bother again. Balsall Common Fish Bar is much better and the owner smiles and appreciates his customers (unlike this place).

A convenient chip shop if you're camping down the road at the adults only caravan park. The girl is very friendly and we had a good chat while waiting for the fish to cook. My main complaint is that the batter is very thick and is cooked so that the outside is solid but inside it's not cooked through, although the fish is, not sure if the oil is too hot or the recipe not quite right, to be honest prefer mine cooked in dripping. However the fish was a decent size and once the batter scraped off very tasty. Loads of chips, only bought one portion and two of us couldn't finish them. It saved me cooking.

Unfortunately this chippy is over priced and not good value for money at all. Would rather drive to another chippy.

£10 for fish and chips a touch too much. Never happy with ' cash only ' sales. ( always the excuse of card machine connection down, hmm! )

To put it simply this place is awful. Don't get me wrong the food tasted ok dare I even say it was good untill we found multiple hairs in our food. Hair in the fish batter, hair in a separate box of salad and then a few hairs in the chips. I'm genuinely confused as to how many hairs are in the food. When I saw the first I just assumed it was possibly one of mine or even one of the staffs but hey accidents happen, but to then find it in other separately wrapped items like the fish and and then multiple hairs in the salad and chips we just couldn't eat anymore and had to throw it away. What a waste of money.

£10 for fish and chips. More than enough chips for 2 people but below average average, the fish also large but below average in taste. Also 10 minute wait for scraps

A poor chippy that only survives as there’s no local alternative. Quality needs to improve rapidly.

Sometimes the food is nice and tastes fresh, however it is inconsistent. The prices are quite unnecessarily high and the portions are big. Surely if the portions were smaller the prices wouldn't be so high. But overall it is a decent place for food.

Who... really... who in 2022 does not accept card payments!?!?! These guys, a long walk with an autistic kid who was in a really bad mood really set the mood for the evening, thanks for that! And no little miss sarcastic behind the counter, we can't 'just draw cash' from another shop, as Google pay isn't a card funnily enough!!!

Gave this place a try after it had been closed for a while. Ten pounds for cod and chips ? Cod was pretty good but the chips were awful and were obviously re heated from lunchtime. I know prices have gone up but I'm not prepared to pay that much,

The worst chippy ever dry chips more batter then fish RIP off prices.

Price increase !!!!! Extortionate Chips dry,fish batter doughy. Don’t mind a price increase but up your quality !! Won’t be using this chip shop again.

I've had cod and chips a few times from here....the food I'd rate as good ...however I think the price is very high .It's surely unnecessary to give such a huger serving of chips for one person and I'd rather have a more sensible smaller serving .That benefit would allow a more appealing price too

Geschlossen Angeblich wegen technischer Probleme… Macht nicht den Eindruck dass wieder eröffnet wird!

Great customer service food smelt amazing definitely the best quality chip shop in the area the owners was kind enough to put my phone on charge whilst I was working over the road whilst others refused slow of appreciation thanks you

Lovely hot food at decent prices.

Fish, chips and other foods, the best in the area.

Perfect location for us as we waited for the start of the Escape from Meriden race. Friendly staff, and a large portion of chips that tasted amazing 😊

Super friendly staff - couldn't be better!

BEAST OF A PLACE. AMAZIN NO G CHIPS GET IN BRUV

Delicious fish. Delicious chips. Delicious mushy peas.

very nice and definitely value for money.

First time I used the chips were amazing, went back on Saturday and they weren't as great so a bit hit and miss!

Nice chippy good prices too. Friendly staff. It's my first time from this chippy but very nice

Well what can I say, thought we'd give this place a go, as was local to it, walked in and an oldish miserable lady, believe it or not think its the owner didn't even smile (maybe her face is just stuck like it) but I've never met such a rude person. Definitely will never be returning. Honestly felt like walking out. Its definitely not smile with a service, that's for sure! And the food wasn't all that either! Definitely be sticking to my local, as cheaper and friendlier staff!

First time I've used Meriden Fish and chip Shop, Ordered a portion of Chips and a Fish Cake with a Tub of Vegetarian Curry Sauce!!! The Chips were 100% perfectly Cooked, Fish Cake was really tasty and the Curry Sauce as I expected, Overall amazingly really Good Nice and Fresh Food.

This was the best cod and chips i have had away from the coast. The price was high but worth it, as my large cod and chips came with the biggest cod i have ever had from a chippy and more than enough chips. The cod was right up there, loads of meat and nice crispy batter. Only let down were the staff being a bit ignorant to my requests

Stopped off to get fish and chips until I seen they charge £7.50. Got back in my car and drove to the chip shop near me. It's a chippy not a restaurant 😂

Very poor food won't be going back there again I think we had yesterday's left overs

First time back for some time. Excellent fish and chips.

Nice food , but i cut one star cause all the time when i get Donner with chips ive got a lots of hard and dry pieces of meat. Please dont give that to customers any more. That should be in the bin :(

Absolutely abysmal!!! Staff are extremely rude! The food is poor quality and overpriced And they dont accept card wow what a poor chip shop! The short ride to ballsall common is more than worth it.

Wonderful always first class quality.😝

What a waste of money chips are hard and my sausage has no taste

First class chippy, no a fault to report.

Very nice lunch here one summers day

Great fish and chips! The BEST we've had in a long time. Whenever we visit the area we use this fish and chip shop a number of times and we are never disappointed. Very clean and there food is always perfect! 😊

Chips were a day old, kebab was undercooked and cold, service was poor. Paid over £10 and had to throw the entire lot in the bin. Disgusting. Feel gutted that we have to travel to the other village chip shops just for a decent bag of chips. Shameful.

The tiniest portions of large chips I have ever seen. 2 adults and 2 children there are 22 chips each which is 44 chips per larger portion . Disgraceful

Smallest large chips, couldn't share between 2 people

This place has gone downhill over recent years. A lot less pride in the quality of the food served. Sure it's just fish and chips but when it's such a simple dish it can be perfected quite well. I was disappointed with the chips, they felt rushed, not good quality, not cooked well. The fish was ok though. Don't comes on a slow week night, it's slim pickings on everything there. Overall it'll do in a pinch but it's not fish & chips that will wow you.

Why do we keep giving this place another try... for one the staff are quite rude often laughing and talking in another language which can make the customer feel quite uncomfortable as who knows what they are laughing at and maybe if they actually concentrated on what you actually asked for you wouldn’t arrive home to keep getting wrong orders like a kebab with salad no tomato and mayo no chilli to get it with tomato and chilli no mayo it’s so frustrating the fish... well there’s more batter than there is fish like others have pointed out the chips are mainly made up of little scrappy bits. The owners need a serious shake up as this chippy should be constantly busy in such an area with no a lot of other options but people would rather travel..! I’m not eating from here again until I here things have improved..! And first trying starting with a friendly inviting smile rather than the rude uninviting atmosphere..! Terrible place!!

Great fish and chip shop was amazing

What a terrible chip shop. The staff are pleasant enough, the fryer is reasonably food is ovmiserable.The food is overprice and other poor quality. The fryer does not eat fish and chips he advised me which explains a lot as the better is a centimetre thick and the fish is nearly non-existent. I would advise it's worth a small drive to to beech tree chip shop which is is a proper chippy unlike this establishment. Used to be good under the old owner's

Sausage in batter was great, regular portion of fries was adequate for 2. Just wish they took card payment...

Staff miserable and abrupt, chips over cooked 3 weeks later .....My daughter has just visited this place . She requested a kabab with sweet chilli sauce .She received a kabab drenched in hot chilli source fit for the bin .

Don't rate this place. Expensive and chips I had seemed like they were refried. Small portions for over priced very poor quality food if you can call it food!! Won't be visiting there again ever! Rather strave

Best fish and chips around, slightly pricy but definitely worth it

Fish and chips freshly cooked. Quantity not great. Fish batter rather heavy.

The food can be quite good. The chips are enjoyable enough. Edit - I’m here today and the chips are terrible. Ugh. Even a shake of Seasoned Salt cant disguise the made hours ago taste, at least last visit they were fresh. The fish is very average, fleshy but not quite hitting the spot. Batter is too thick and I tend to leave it behind. The fryer isn’t a terribly friendly fellow. On asking a question he gave a one word answer then blanked me. Impressions count, this wasn’t a good one. Chippys should be friendly, community hubs. This one doesn’t give me great vibes.

Excellent fish and chips together with friendly service.

Today is the last time I ever eat from here the food was so bad I had to bin the fish and chips looked as though it was cooked this afternoon vile definitely not my chip shop no longer!! Some staff are so rude being run into the ground .

I’ve lived in Meriden for 5 years and when I first moved in , this chippy was very good. Now, the portions are small, and the chips are scrappy. I’m afraid I no longer use this chippy and prefer an old favourite of mine 3 miles away.

I think its disgusting you have to pay up front do you pay for your shopping up front when you go Tesco more interested in taking your money than good service

Food was freshly cooked and service was quick even though it was a busy friday evenjng

Lovely place, friendly staff and a good menu. Does get really busy, and parking can be a bit of a nightmate though! But, a fantastic chippy.

Was an excellent chippy when original owners ran it. However the current owners, quality of cod that will almost always guarantee bones present (not just odd one) and chips with more bits than full chips. Sadly no longer use my local chippy.

Great little chip shop , quality consistent

Very worthwhile buying here. We visited here while camping nearby. We shared a large cod and large chips between the two of us. The cost was £8.60 including two tomato sauce sachets, which seems reasonable. The food was fresh cooked and we had to wait about 10 minutes, but I was told this before paying. Portion size was perfect for two people. The chips were excellent, and the cod was really good, just a little bland, but only when compared with the best we've had, from a mobile van down in Cornwall called AJ's. The shop is fully accessible and there's room inside to wait for your order if needed. They also have a hygiene rating of 5 which shows in the clean and neat appearance of the shop and staff. It is only takeaway, no space to eat in, but when the weather is okay, there's plenty of benches and bins on the village green outside.

I love my fish and chips from here

Excellent! The burgers in batter are awesome!

Went in today and the staff were very rude didn't even acknowledged me and my partner and then proceeded to serve somebody who came in after us, who was standing behind us. Absolutely appalling do not recommend.

A long wait as chips seem to be cooked to order. On the upside the premises appear to be scrupulously clean. £2 for a bag of chips seemed pricey.

Very clean ......great food and great staff

Quite greasy and thrown about lots. Portions are very large but other than that OK.

Good quality fish and chips, both portion size and price will not disappoint. There is always a queue must be a sign of good quality. If you are passing pop in you will not be disappointed. Card payments can be made but a minimum spend of £5.00 is required. Parking is limited. Highly recommend this chippy.

A place were they know the meaning of a LARGE portion of chips and the steak and kidney pie was fabulous.

Really nice chips. Not too much in a standard portion, just enough. The pain was a min spend of £5 for a card so you need cash and there ain't many places around to get it unless you want to pay £1.85 for the privelidge.

Curry sauce is a winner. Chicken kebab... hmm. Chicken tastes generally ok, but it's so, so dry.. from the bread which so borderline stale to the white cabbage which clearly is cut yesterday and started to dry out also. Chips... super greasy, not crispy.

Not impressed. Tiny piece of fish and two very thin potato scallops. Batter stuck to the paper they were wrapped in. This made it soggy. There was very little potato and with the batter stuck to paper, very little to eat. The fish was not nice large flakes but looked like something from a packet.

Nicely situated on the village green,we enjoyed fish and chips on a bench outside ,basking in the lovely weather

Always love popping here... Always have a nice fish and chips from here