My Plaice in Great Yarmouth

Our go to fish and chip shop, used for years now, the quality is simple the best every time, the members of staff and owner are always friendly, would recommend all the time.

After a long shift for both of us we just wanted something quick for dinner, wish we hadn't bothered, chips were poor, very poor, dry, crispy, tasteless, as if they were yesterday's chips reheated, this place usually has fantastic chips, what a disappointment.

It is very important to me that my son likes it. My son said that these were the best fish and chips. He chose squid with tartar sauce and chips.

Just got my family there dinner at my plaice and what a disappointment my plaice was over cooked hard and dry my sons chicken nuggets are slightly over done very disappointed ☹️☹️ what a waste of money

Reliably good over the years. Have tried a few in Gorleston but keep coming back here.

This was my second visit in s number of years, Saturday 21st September. I took my sister for what should have been a nice takeaway meal, i had told her how nice the food was on my last visit, the only edible part of the meal was the the sausage, the chips seemed as if they were recooked from the night before they were hard and not very pleasant. We were so disappointed we fed the bin instead of ourselves, disappointing and never again!

Very nice food. All cooked fresh.

Bought a small portion of chips and it was great but they added way to much salt

Hadn't visited for a number of year, had a few pints at spoons and worked up a hunger. They are still as great as when we used as our locate. Lovely run and brilliant food.

Decent fish and chips, good service too

Just had large haddock mrs large cod both with chips both fish not fresh soggy batter fish very dry and a bit smelly chips average won’t be going again

I bought 2 large haddock and 1 portion of chips which cost £21, my piece of fish had a taste of ammonia (which i couldn't eat) the batter was soft and the chips were too fat for chip shop chips, absolutely awful ans waste of money.

Just popped in on the spur of the moment. Great service ,attention to detail and excellent chips. We ate our food by the beach and then went into yarmouth. Realised we had lost my partners phone and headed back. They had not only kept her phone safe but had started a Facebook appeal to locate us . Fantastic people .

Lovely food and staff. Thank you for looking after my phone too.

What a lovely Fish & Chip shop. I always take myself here when I'm in Gorleston... Great staff and excellent food at good prices. Sadly I only every get to visit here when on holiday - we are never dissapointed here

Brilliant friendly service quality food very good value for money highly recommended. Will definitely return in the future if your this way it’s definitely worth a try.

Excellent fish lovely and freshly cooked same with chips

Lovely fresh fish, fried to order. Great staff

As when we have been before excellent cod and chips, the standard and quality is just as good as the last time we visited Gorleston in October. very friendly service cooked to order. Highly recommended. 10/10

Ordered food from here for the 1st time tonight & will definitely visit again. Chips were perfect & tasted lovely & my parents enjoyed their cod. Very friendly service, & even better, they give 10% discount with a Blue Light Card.

Very kind and friendly staff. Quality of chips and curry is best!

Good food and large portions. But also larger prices compared to my usual fish & chip venue.

Food took a long time to be done but the saveloy didn't taste like a saveloy the chips was under cooked so had to airfry them. Was a bit disappointed as the reviews are so high on this place :(

A regular portion of chips for £3.35 is in my book, over-priced regardless. But when you get not really hot, dried out chips for that money, then it smacks a bit.

Really nice and friendly. Food is good also

2 portions of chips £9. 60 total rip off they weren't good either never again was empty when I went all the others where busy I now know why

Fish and chips were good-sized portions. They were freshly cooked and delicious

I’m sorry but this was absolutely awful. Got sausage and chips and they must have been sat in the hot cabinet for hours. Dreadful. Not fresh at all, I should have took them back really as they were completely inedible and cost over £11 for small sausage and chips and two portions of regular chips. Couldn’t even put our own salt and vinegar on!

Was a little bit of a walk from the beach but was well worth the walk best fish and chips I've had

The only place we could find in the evening in Gorleston on Sea to buy fish and chips. The counter staff were friendly. The place was very clean and there were plenty of choices of different fish and other foods. Our fish and chips were perfectly cooked and very tasty. The portions were huge and we ordered medium fish and two small chips for 3 people. We added curry sauce to our order which looked really thick, but tasted delicious. If we visit Gorleston again we will definitely return to buy our fish and chips.

very nice chippy. haven been here in a while but i do plan on going back very soon. chips and sausages where very nice would recommend

Food fresh as cooked to order only. Visited twice this week.

Took us half an hour to get sausages and chips… wasn’t busy just extremely slow service. We asked to see the trays for portion sizes before ordering and for a large chips we got shown a nice big tray… once we finally got our food we got probably half of the chips we were expecting, we ordered a large and got bugger all. There was only enough for one small portion so was left hungry after going there for dinner.Sausages were cooked lovely however, kitchen men were great but you could see they were waiting on the front of house a lot who were extremely slow. Chips weren’t wrapped properly either so we not only got much less than we were supposed to, and then they weren’t very hot when we got home.

You simply will not get better fish and chips than this plaice dishes up

Visited early evening for a Birthday treat and was charged £25 for 2 Haddock and Chips. Fish freshly cooked and piping hot. Chips luke warm and hard, as if they had not been cooked properly. Not up to standard it was back in March on our last visit and will not hurry to return.

Unfriendly staff. Order got behind from other orders but nobody seemed bothered. A bit expensive but fish chips a bit dry. Not coming back

Been regular customer for many years and still think the best quality f & c meal for miles around. Unfortunately it’s rapidly becoming extremely expensive reducing my loyalty and service isn’t as good as it used to be

We had Fish and chips from here when on holiday, the food was fantastic and hot. Definitely recommend.

Lovely non greasy freah fish n chips!

Lovely fish & chips, was very busy so quite a wait but very nice

Had fish and chips here tonight. The fish was nicely cooked but the chips were awful, they were hard and uneatable , they had probably been left soaking in water too long. Really horrible, it’s a shame because chips used to be good here, I should have taken them back , I wish I had

Just nipped in for medium haddock and chips x2 £19.40 . Friendly staff

The best fish and chips money can buy 😋

Pretty good. Batter a little soft.

Visited here on the recommendation of a friend whilst staying locally. Place was very clean and staff friendly. Ordered Medium Cod and Chips, large gravy and a battered Jumbo Sausage. Even though there was only me and another customer in, I had to wait over 20 minutes for my order, I don’t mind waiting if the food is prepared fresh and it’s worth it. When eventually the food arrived it was time to pay. When the staff member behind the counter said £13.90 I couldn’t believe my ears. Looking at all the awards I thought it must be fantastic. The fish was ok if not the best. The chips were hard and more like scrapings and the Gravy was watery on top and solid at the bottom. The battered Jumbo Sausage was the best part. For what you pay, it wasn’t worth it.

Friendly staff, good food to fair prices.

It’s clear to see why this is an award winning shop !! The food is always fresh and to the highest standard. The customer service is always above and beyond. If your in the area this is a must visit for superb fish and chips

Had fish and chips from here while on holiday, sat on the Quay watching the ships come in, although a wait as cooked to order it was worth it

Just ordered cod and chips for 3 people today for lunch absolutely very tasty, well cooked. Thank you to all the staff involved in making this meal so special. I highly recommend MyPlaice Gorleston👍

Its the best chippy in the whole of great yarmouth,its freshly cooked fish and chips is of the highest standard and really scrumpious

The best fish in chips at a seaside resort by far! From the customer service, quality of food, taste and portion- this is absolutely value for money. We had medium cods with chips and there is something beautiful about the batter. My husband had the spicy crab cakes which are an absolute must. My only go to 'Plaice' when in Gorleston- you can see why this is award winning.

Always lovely polite people when we visit here. It’s our ‘go to’ for fish and chips when we visit Gorleston. Fresh and hot and good portions. Can bring them down on anything, they even cook veggie things in a separate fryer.

Great food!!! The fish and chips were delicious. Not greasy at all. Some of the best fish and chips I’ve ever had

Very clean chip shop Friendly staff Quick and efficient All cooked freshly Very nice meal Sat on the beach after a long drive enjoying dinner

Really good cod and chips. Crispy batter, lovely fish and proper chips. Mushy peas could do with some more seasoning mind. Shame about the plastic cutlery. Would rather see something recyclable.

Great place for chips! Nice texture and not oily like some place. Would rank this with one of the few best ones in the area.

We often stop here for a quick bite but I must say the standard of chips for what is a fish and chip shop is very disappointing. On the last visit the chips were very pale and barely cooked through not worth the high Street prices.

Quality fish and chips. All cooked to perfection and good price. Best chippy I've been to.

One of our first reviews in Yarmouth and sadly dissapointed.. We tried this place due to it being 'award winning'...don't know how 😬. We ordered 3 large cod, 2 chips, saveloy and curry sauce. Each piece of fish looked huge in the box to find very very overcooked batter and very thin fish with no thick flakes - in all 3. Cold chips with no flavour, microwaved saveloy and curry sauce that stayed in the pot when tipped upside down. Another thing was the very slow and bland service. Very very disappointed and just another chippy, nothing special. In our opinion, anywhere can do the same as this and saveloys should never ever be microwaved.

We were local so.paid a visit. Food was cooked to order and was very tasty. Only thing we could fault was mushy peas that were tasteless and awful

Very nice fish and chips which I ordered so lovely and fresh and nice crispy batter

Having checked the reviews (on here and on another well-known site) we walked 10 minutes from the beach for fish and chips from My Plaice. We were not disappointed. The large haddock was enough for two, and the chips, made from chunky potatoes, were fresh and well cooked. The batter on the fish was well seasoned and crispy, and the large curry sauce tasty without being too spicy. Well worth the 10 minute walk, and Susan put in cutlery, serviettes, and trays to allow me to share the food between the two of us. The Bank Holiday Monday may have been cool and overcast, but the fish and chips made our weekend.

Very good quality and well packaged/wrapped.

Excellent food, good service. Very under-stated decor. Try it, it's all about the food

Went into gorleston on a day trip yesterday as weather was nice, had remembered about this award winning fish and chip shop and though we would try it. wow we were not disappointed had to wait for them to be cooked but well worth the wait large cod was the biggest we have ever seen very fresh and melted in your mouth, the batter was perfect not to greasy but very crispy how we like it , good size portion of chips which again were not greasy and had a good taste. 10/10 will def be back again. Highly recommended and the staff were very friendly.

Expensive than other in the area. Smaller portions also

Having a rare day off with hubby, we decided to stay local and were delighted to find an award-winning fish & chip shop in Gorleston, having spent our day out in Gt Yarmouth. We have our favourite chip shop in the town but decided to deviate and try somewhere new. We were sorely disappointed and left feeling not sure what the award was for. Was it the chips that resembled the cardboard box it was packaged in? Weirdest chips ever, not at all like chip shop chips, dry, square and tasteless. Was it for cold food? Or was it the price? £19 for large cod/large chips + medium cod/chips + 2 cans. Wow. Very disappointed and won't be going back. I wish I'd read the Trip Advisor reviews before I went.

Ordered a large Skate cost £7.20 .. The fishmeal was dark brown, dry and tasteless,, and so very small my hand was big Ger than the stake and even the dog turned his nose up at the fish meat,,, if I'd wanted to spend £9.20 on a portion of chips I would travelled to harrods Very disappointing,, thoni fan say the chips are lovely

Firstly haven’t been here since it was weavers some years ago, I must say on my visit there was 3 members of staff all whom I presumed all under 30 years of age, but they certainly did serve some of the best fish and chips I’ve had in my 50 + years of eating fish and chips, lovely fish chips nice and crispy and soft in the middle, and at reasonable prices. Well done to the staff for serving quality

Ok, so seeing the top 50 chip shop award, thought this should be good, bearing in mind all those in Norfolk not in the list.. that are superb eg Grosvenor in Norwich. So Chips, a solid 10/10 for size BUT all odd bits, not real chips but no greasy overall 5 / 10 Fish cod, cooked to order ok size for med and large but fish was very greasy, and the batter all congealed, not too much grease no real taste apart from “wet” fish. A solid 4.5/10 Packed well, polite in store.

Moved in that day and needed food. Can’t believe we struck gold going here! Fresh cod and chips - delicious. Can’t fault it. Great service too

We had Large Haddock, scampi and chips pre ordered on the website for collection at 18.45 hrs. Both Haddock, Scampi and chips were very tasty. Thanks Paul & Jill

After waiting nearly 30 minutes in the queue at another fish and chip shop near the beach only to be told they had run out of fish we drove round the corner to this place and so glad we did, all haddock and cod cut and cooked freshly while we waited, chips were lovely and fresh and not greasy at all, even had a couple of pickled onions, was so good we called in again later in the week. Very clean inside with friendly staff. Give it a go you won't be disappointed.

Don't mind waiting when it is being cooked fresh to order, particularly with the friendly staff to chat to. It was worth waiting for, the haddock and chips were delicious!

MY PLAICE FISH & CHIP SHOP can be found at 45 Baker St, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 6QT. Telephone 01493 662817. Opening hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur and Sat: 11.30 - 7.00pm, Fri 11.30 - 7.30pm, Sunday closed.The shop is next to Gorleston Library and opposite The Feathers Pub. Interestingly you will see the date 1717 on the upper front wall to indicate how old this building is. My Plaice was established in 1980. Bet the original owner in 1717 never thought a highly rated fish and chip shop would eventually take it over!The long queues are a testament to the popularity of this Fryer, not the speed of service. The fish is caught locally and is sourced from environmentally sustainable waters. The potatoes are grown at local farms. Everything is freshly fried and they do 'scraps' as well if you're not watching your waistline.They serve the ordinary types of fish, plus crab, calamari, squid and scampi. There are sausages, chicken, burgers, pies, veggies and kiddy box meals. Also drinks, pickles and sauces. Take time to read the very big menu.

A very busy shop on the centre of Gorleston. Worth the wait.Quality fish and chips, A little expensive.

Have to agree with your last review had chips last night looked very white hard inedible? Few weeks ago exactly the same , used to be good won’t be back. Very pleasant and nice young lady serving

Ordered chips and they were not edible very small and hard paid above average too would not use again. Quite frankly can't believe they have awards.

We thought we would try My Plaice for fish and chips seeing as it had awards etc...first thing was we phoned order from Oulton, but had a 20 minute wait once we got there, the fish was more expensive than our normal chippy and it was so thin and lacking any real quantity of meat, we were left still hungry after!...the freshness and taste was ok, but you’d expect this, we won’t be rushing back I’m afraid. Poor...

It used to be the best fish & chip shop in Gorleston by far but it has certainly gone downhill. An order was placed for collection but waiting 20 minutes in the shop after the collection time is unacceptable. The fish was poor for the cost. I will not be visiting there again.

This indian run fish and chip shop is not the best in Gorleston despite it having all these awards in the window. The lady owner puts herself forward for all these awards and as nobody else does she wins!! The chips in the evening are reheated from lunchtime and nearly black and are cold. The fish is not the best so think they get the cheap stuff.

The best fish and chips and service in the area, always willing to go above and beyond with a friendly team. I will not buy fish and chips from any where else due especially to the quality of the Cod.

I won't use any other chip shop. The chips are always lovely, the fish cooked fresh in a tasty batter. Friendly family run business! Been customers here for years. It's a real treat. Thank you

We had very nice traditional fish and chips,The service was quick and the server was polite and efficient.

First time having food from here I would definitely recommend, and would have again, I had cod which was tasty and the chips where great too, we had a large Order only took 10 minutes from the moment we ordered on the phone to picking it up, the food was great the whole family enjoyed it and the service was quick and efficient, can’t rate highly enough,

This is our go to take away for fish and chip fridays, Neil,Susan and Toni are lovely and the food is always excellent.

Every time we have had fish and chips from here it's come up trumps. Staff friendly and eager to please. The food has been up to expectations. I'm amazed that some reviews have been poor. Spoilers? You never know.

We had a short break holiday in Great Yarmouth and during a stroll along the promenade at Gorleston-on-Sea we saw a couple eating fish and chips at a park bench. It looked so good that we asked where we could buy a similar dish. We were lucky enough to get in to the shop a few minutes before they closed at 7pm. The staff were extremely helpful and polite and as with all their dishes, our portions were cooked from fresh. We then took them back to the park and ate them by the sea. They were delicious and very fresh. The meal was every bit as good as we had been told to expect. We will certainly return when we are back in that area on another occasion.

Terrible customer service. Food was poor very wet batter and fish wascold. TERRIBLE PLAICE They still pride themselves on an award for fish and chip takeaway 2014 god knows how they won this but it’s 2018 now so clearly standards have majorly dropped. I won’t be coming back and would not recommend. They are far superior fish and chip shops in the area

Busy in there for a Monday so that was a good sign that it’s good! Had cod and chips, cod could have been a bit bigger for the price but it was cooked perfectly and tasted delicious. You can only pay by cash which is a bit inconvenient.

Very good service and food is cooked to order, no wonder they have won so many awards with such high quality food

10/10 for everything, found it on trip advisor too. Top notch grub. Had the cod bites, not normally a massive battered fish eater but these were lightly battered with flakey fish, great chips with great mushy peas and curry sauce. Still our national dish and I’m proud of it

Simply the best fish and chips i have eaten in a long time. Can have a little wait as everything is cooked to order, but well worth it.

Haven't been on my plaice for a good few years as moved to norwich, soon as I walked in the staff remembered my name, along with all my friends that use to pop in every lunch on college break (6 years ago) food was incredible, best fish and chip shop by a country mile.

My Plaice Fish and Chips is situated right near the traffic lights at Gorleston High Street. Your order is cooked fresh, not like some shops that cook so much ... it's only luke warm. The present owners took over from the original owners some years ago now. Considering it was a very well established business passed on from father to son, the standard of the food has remained the same. There's sometimes a bit of a queue, but that's always a sign of a good establishment ... which this certainly is !

My grandad had a chip shop 30 years ago and I’ve not found one to match up to it’s standards... until now!!!! The staff here took such care over the preparation of our fish and chip meal you would think it was for the Queen, it was so meticulously made.

I must say the chips were delicious and the fish tasted nice... However, while we were waiting for our order - a sign of freshness of course - I noticed that the sausages from another order were coming out of the same oil pan and going on the same shelf as the fish. Now I am pork-fat-intolerant and asked if they could please keep my haddock away from the sausages. They said on the shelf they could but not in the batter or the oil as only the chips are separate... ermm... so I looked up at the menu board that lists 'veggie' dishes and asked about the onion rings... so I queried where those are fried and the lady explained that they go into the same batter and oil. I asked how vegetarians might feel about this and she replied that she explains it when they come in... ermm...at no stage was anybody asked if they are vegetarian. So I mentioned that many other people don't eat pork and again she assured me that if people of the muslim faith come in, she explains this to them and they are always very grateful to have been told and go elsewhere. I wanted to ask how she knows that they are of a faith that forbids pork... but I decided not to go there. Never in my fish and chips eating experience has it ever occured to me that fish and sausages might be cooked in the same batter and oil. My symptoms are rheumatic and thankfully I only had slight pains that night, which in the past I have always put down to overly greasy fish and chips... but now I know. Thank you nice lady at 'My Plaice' for explaining the unbelievable to me. Though I have to say, the fish and chips were genuinely delicious!

Beautifully cooked haddock in a light crispy batter. Cooked to order. Unfortunately the chips were cut from new potatoes which meant they were very small and "spiky"

Perfect can’t fault it, the only thing is I had to wait but then you know it’s fresh tho. 10/10 shame it’s not in Great Yarmouth tho.

Have always been for our fish and chips here,,,but no more what's happened to your batter?? NOT THE SAME ROCK HARD,,,,,So disappointed don't mind paying good money but since a few months ago gone rubbish,,,,new man in there,,,changed your batter such a shame,,,,Toni is a lovely girl very pleasent,,,,,just got to find some where ELES