Papa's Fish & Chips Blackpool in Blackpool

Excellent food. Great service. Special mention to Martin and Charlotte who seated us and made it into an enjoyable experience

Gorgeous Food! Huge Fish! Lovely service from Caroline and Paulo very attentive, thanks 🤩

Day out in Blackpool so went to papas for fish n chips n I must say it was really nice. Service was real good n the haddock was fresh n tasty. Charlotte n Carolyn made our trip better n will definitely be back thank you

We've literally been waiting since the place opened for an opertunity to try this place, so had all the family up visiting and decided to try papa's. So let's start with the fish. "Outstanding" dry, fresh crispy batter, white firm fish, delightful 😋. And that was the only good thing from our entire experience... CHIPS. lukewarm, dry, limp. MUSHY PEAS. Sloppy, tasteless, unusually sweat taste 🤢. VINEGAR. Pale, tasteless. I actually saw the manager put a tray on the bar with a bottle of proper coloured malt Vinegar so can only assume most had been watered down. TARTAR SAUCE. Virtually no capers in the sauce and tasteless, thinned down with mayonnaise. CUSTOMER SERVICE. Non existent, from the moment we sat down to the moment we left not one member of staff visited our table once. My wife was due a desert with her meal but dident even get that.....to be honest we were glad to be out of there. Gutted.

Great service from Shane. Fish & chips fantastic !

Shane was very nice customer service.

Worst fish and chips I have ever had. Very disappointing

Absolutely rank food was terrible chips and fish not cooked fully and the excuse for a tartar sauce was mayonnaise with some green bits in it tasted like hellmans mayo. staff where fantastic and we got a refund, definitely an emperors new clothes thing . ie can't understand why people can't see how bad it is

Carlisle and Lea provided amazing service. Very warm and accommodating to our needs!

I arrived on a wet windy evening more rain water than human, but was welcomed very warmly. I had a choice of table and was shown the menu by Carolann Freya. I had tge battery sausage chips and Gravy with a pint. The food was good, my only criticism here is the portions are large, I managed all of mine ,but looking at plates left on other tables not everyone did. Services was fast and friendly, atmosphere was good considering the weather. Pricing very reasonable for the level of service in a restaurant. I bet there are many takeaways chippies more expensive. I'll definitely be looking to go back.

Absolutely first class service from the moment we walked through the door. We were met by Carolann who showed us to our seat. She swiftly took us to our seats and took our drinks order. We ordered our food at the bar. We didn't have to wait too long considering we were a table of four. Freya served us our food, it was all piping hot and absolutely delicious. Would definitely come back here again. A first class service right from the start.

Arrived to a warm welcome by Carol Anne and Freya. Food was ordered , drinks came shortly after sitting down . A short wait for food on which I say was delicious. All four plates cleaned. Thank you so much as its our first day on holidays and definitely will be back in the week. Papa's never cease to fail x

absolutely brilliant service , the place is so comforting and welcoming !! i’ll definitely be back soon !

Terrible COLD food Haddock tasted not nice terrible chips Can honestly say the worst Fish & Chips I have ever tasted.Even my Cappuccino was cheap tasting .😒 Go to HARRY RAMSDEN wish I had .

Fantastic place great fish and chips all in one price unlike a certain place just around the corner HR

The large haddock is huge. They also have small, medium & Papa Large. Their fish is flakey & delicious...It's always a "Must Stop" when Im in Blackpool

Lee gave amazing service on bar and had amazing server from the host Charlotte

Customer service was good ,.. Friendly staff .. The tables were a bit sticky .. Paper menu dirty and well used .. The food was hot and plenty of it .. Tomato sauce and mayonnaise were disgusting. The taste put me off my food as it did with my partner ..

amazing value . service at the bar from Lee was brilliant. julia our server was all smiles and went above and beyond. will be back again soon. worth the visit

They probably are the best to be honest

Great place for fish and chips, very nicely cooked, service was good, definitely go again.😎

Place was dead, had to ask to have the table cleaned and take cutlery from another table, chips undercooked and batter on the fish wasn't very nice. Definitely wont be returning.

I had a papas combo it was a good meal and a well priced meal for what u get. The service was lovely the boy in takeaway shane made us feel very welcomed. Although service was a little slow and it took a little bit to get the food i still enjoyed it and it was worth the wait

I went takeaway and i got some great food the staff i think his name was shane he was so helpful he did a wonderful job. The food amazing some of the best fish and chips ive ever had

Firstly I need to mention our lovely hosts who treated us with a smile and was very nice Carolann and Charlotte we had some banter and it always makes a visit nicer when staff are friendly Food wise fish sizes are really good and batter was beautiful and crispy,peas were bland and wasn't keen on the curry ,chips were just chips very clean looking .The fish was really nice and the salad looked good .The sun was beaming through the window boiling us and the people opposite us had sun in there eyes blinds would have been welcomed. I would return overall we enjoyed our visit kids portion was really big

Really great service staff really attentive, lovely food, great value, can't recommend highly enough

Got 2 battered jumbo meals from the takeaway. Was having trouble with the self serve machine but Shane came and helped me out and got us sorted, nice lad. Good food.

Fantastic, Fish and Chips, mushy peas. Service from Katherine and Lorraine, was wonderful. Thankyou.

Nice generous portions, tad expensive but that's Blackpool.

I recently visited Papa's Fish & Chips and unfortunately, my experience was disappointing. While the staff were friendly, that was the only positive aspect of my visit. The chips were dry and hard, clearly overcooked, and likely reheated multiple times. The fish, if I can even call it that, was greasy and lacked flavor, with hardly any meat to speak of. The accompanying condiments felt cheap and unbranded—definitely not what I expected in a so called famous branded chippy. To top it off, I ordered a cappuccino, only to find out it was made from instant coffee and chocolate powder. I really don't understand why this place is famous; those praising it must have low standards. I would recommend avoiding this franchise altogether.

Papas rates itself as a first class fish & chips restaurant but I experienced none of that. Staff friendly served quickly but fishcake definitely contained no fish & I wiped the grease off the cake with my serviettes. Far too many chips it was off putting from the start greasy chips . I ate one fishcake reluctantly & about 8 chips . A family could have eaten that portion but it was absolutely awful so would not have expected anyone to eat it. How can you serve that? Would never return.

Walked in the entrance and stood by the sign indicating to wait for a table. Nobody seemed to approach and then two other customers entered via a side door and started looking for a table. A member of staff saw them and asked them if they were ok? They said they wanted a table so the member of staff came over to where we were standing to get two menus. They didn’t even acknowledge us to say “I’ll be with you in a moment”. Just picked up the menus and walked off to deal with the queue jumpers. Poor service from a venue that has a blue plaque on its main entrance.

I’m a big fan of Papa’s Fish and Chips, and the quality of food at their Hull branches has always been second to none. Unfortunately, this particular branch was a surprising letdown. Firstly, I was surprised to find that we had to place our order at the till, more like a pub than a restaurant — quite unexpected for a place that usually offers a full-service experience. The quality of the food was disappointing. The chips were clearly fried in poor-quality oil that seemed to have been reused far too many times, leaving them with black, burnt spots. The fish in one of our orders was only partially cooked — one half was rubbery and inedible. The children’s chicken meal was overcooked to the point of being blackened and dry. To make matters worse, the staff appeared confused and disorganized. Nearly every item we ordered was either incorrect or only partially right. Given how great Papa’s usually is, I hope management revisits this branch soon — it needs serious attention to bring it up to the standard we’ve come to expect.

Great food and not expensive. Best fish and chips in Blackpool.

Best fish and chips in Blackpool 👍

Best fish and chips I've had in a while. Really enjoyed it. Service by caroliann and khalam was perfect x

Had the fish platters, all very fresh and plenty of everything. The staff were lovely and very obliging, called in before going to see Gary Barlow. Thank you.

Fantastic food. Great service as well by lovely caroline and khallum. Amazing

Fish was dry over cooked. Chips black oil must be old . Service was not freindly

Food was disgusting as were the drinks. The place was filthy and when I asked for a spoon for my grandson the waitress dipped a dirty won in a jug of dirty water dried it and passed me it.

The staff lovely, especially Lee. Really helpful, efficient and quick service. Fish and chips top notch (medium portion a lot to eat, for large expect a whale :)) Haloumi a nice wee something different. Highly recommend 👌

Bit disappointed, had small portions of fish n chips, plenty of chips and the fish looked big but was a lot of batter . Fish was very thin at one end . Won't be back.

Very accommodating and lovely food

Great food. Fish was fabulous and the service was excellent. We ordered the cod and chips....couldn't finish it but it was delicious. Staff very friendly and helpful and location was easy to get to. Definitely recommend.

We called in on Bank holiday Monday ordered Scampi and chips , my wife ordered the seafood platter. We didn't have to wait long and the meal was large and very nice The service by Caroline and Pauli was excellent.

Visit here with friends service from carolann and Charlotte was outstanding couldn't do enough for us, food was yum and was nice to have the option of samon on the meun. Get access for wheelchair users and plenty of space for us to move around. Can't wait to visit again

Tried when they first opened. We weren't disappointed.

Waited 17 minutes from the drinks very shocking service and the food was diabolical would not recommend this place to anyone 🤬

Lovely menu ideal real nice idea setting unfortunately the service was a little slow and not exactly busy 40 mins on crispy over cooked fish shame although they got the mushy peas spot on exactly like hull

Went into their branch in Blackpool as they had a board outside advertising a £9.99 deal on, etc. A long wait, no thanks to some chap who seemed more interested in chatting-up some foreign female. Whilst my wife ( who's disabled) was finally seated, I went up to the counter, finally got the attention of a bored female who didn't seem to be aware of their own board outside their own premises. This servicer finally came over and after a few minutes proclaimed that to sit down for both my wife and myself it would be £29.99! The board outside was for take aways only, yet there was no mention of that anywhere! At that point, we said: "forget it!" Chummy then decided to do a disappearing act out back, whilst the female behind the counter seemed to not care one bit! Crap service, and crap staff! Going to take this up with trading standards later on today. We won't be going back.

Came in when I found the new entertainment museum closed. Tables weren’t too celubrious and was disappointed that there was no table service -you have to order at the bar. The seniors menu at £9.99 came out at over £20 when a medium haddock was requested and I added a drink. After a long wait to get my table cleared - I was told I had to order the inclusive dessert at the bar. I told them not to bother. Average at best and certainly doesn’t live up to the boast of being the best takeaway in the U.K. Disappointed.

Went in for lunch, 12.00 ish, before going to a show at the Winter Gardens. Fairly quiet, being a Weds school day, hence the 4 for atmosphere. Ordered 2 medium Haddock and chips. Really fantastic delicious fish, very crispy batter but if anything, too many chips !! (If that can be considered a negative comment) they must throw a lot of chips away !! Maybe offer half portions of chips. Would definitely recommend this place. Very clean premises, wife was impressed by the cleanliness of the ladies toilets, polite waitress, and Paulo who took our order. There's a lot of chippy's in Blackpool that don't meet the standard required, but this isn't one of them. If you're looking for a nice lunch etc, not wanting robbing, then go to Papas, you won't be disappointed.

Abysmal. First time at Papa’s and I heavily regret my choice to order here. Very young staff on with poor customer service, no interaction. Waited over half an hour for a fish & chips at the takeaway counter despite being the only customers. Quality of the food was inferior, fish had a funky smell/taste. Prices extortionate, save your money and go Yorkshire fisheries or No.3 instead.

Absolutely amazing, service was excellent from carolann and the bar staff, the fish n chips was spot on, had the cod which was so fresh and cooked to perfection, chips as chips should be, will most definitely be back to try other items on the menu, well done and thank you 😁😁

Best fish and chips..? What a joke this place was. The worst fish and chips I’ve ever had.. looking at the good reviews with photos, that is NOT what was served to us. So maybe different chef? Not sure, but all the food was terrible, soggy, chewy all of it. The service was ok, it was a quiet night yet service took quite some time. Got my order wrong, and never apologised. The young lad waiter there was lovely and polite. However, a very dissatisfied experience on the food front! Went there with family as we were on holiday, but left the restaurant disappointed after wasting money on terribly cooked food. DO not recommend!

A credit to the owner or manager whatever his roll the food runner wasn't really with the rest of the team he was very scruffy and kept wiping his face the team are carrying him for some reason maybe he was having a bad day.

First and last time we ever eat here. The service was very slow and waited nearly over 45 minutes for our food to arrive. The fish was dry and tasted re cooked as the batter was disgustintg, the chips were cold. One of our party had Halloumi burger which was 2 pieces of very small Halloumi, the batter tasted of fish. The pepsi/coke was watered down. We left most of the meals and for over £100 we would have expected a lot more quality food.

Absolutely appalling. All the food was freezing cold. None of the orders were correct. Tried to rectify cold chips but fish and mushy peas were cold by the time they brought it. Then kids had their beans put on the table, then 10 minutes later their meals. And most shocking was two meals were started, and the waitress flew passed, removed them even though some chips had been bitten into and placed them on an adjacent table. Plus gluten free was ordered for coeliac, and non-gluten free was put in front of her. £100 spent and extremely difficult to get a refund, despite full plates of food left un-eaten at the table. Waiter also very rude. Zero stars!

With all the options blackpool give for fish and chips, we have this a try and we are glad we did. The food was amazing, and even better was the service from caroline and dennis our servers. Can't wait to come back again

Nice ,bit pricey for fish n chips , but good.

Yeah, great for taste but very poor choices for Vegetarians. Come on Pa Pa's!

Good food resalable price. Worth a visit.

Excellent food massive portions

Lee T was amazingly helpful when ordering, offering alternatives for me as a vegetarian when items were no longer available. Nothing was too much trouble and served with a very friendly and knowledgable manner.

On the front close to The Tower, this is very convenient for a quick meal in doors.

Sort it out Papa's Fish and chips. Meant to be award winning yet serving chips with unclean oil for takeaways.... Disappointed

Food is average, drinks took ages to arrive, even had to go to the bar twice. My drink arrived after my main was finished. No acknowledgement from the staff. Some restaurants don’t pride themselves on service when you pay at point of order.

My visit here was the result of looking up the top 10 fish and chips to be found in Blackpool, what I found was great service, great staff, and a beautifully clean, bright, well laid out restaurant, my fish and chips arrived quickly, and were hot, fresh and well presented, the fish batter was crisp and light and the fish spot on, the mushy peas were ok really, they're never the highlight anyway but nothing wrong with them, however, the chips, although they looked great, were completely tasteless! Also the vinegar appears to have been missing that bite you normally get, just being honest here, I didn't complain, as really these are minor things and really might have been a one-off, great place though, and brilliant staff

Was the best Fish and Chips ever. Staff been very helpful and friendly specially Carolann and Maddie were absolutely fantastic. Restaurant was clean too. Definitely coming back in next visit to Black pool.

The food is very tasty Well worth the money and very large portions. The Haddock is very fresh. We have dined at both willerby and blackpool and both serve amazing food.

First time we have had a issue with our food today and complained about the size of the small fish it was like cutting cardboard it was that thin, carolann and Paulo dealt with our complaint straight away in a very professional manner and showed excellent customer service towards us and brought us fresh fish and chips which we thoroughly enjoyed

The worst fish and chips Bad food quality. I do t understand the BBC award or maybe its gone down hill since? either way price not warranted, no quality at all' fish dry old/not fresh the batter was too thick undercooked and the chips were cold and had black bits' seriously my local family ran does better than this extortion! Pls don't waste your hard earned money!

Fantastic fish and chip. I struggled with the potion sizes and I'm a big eater!! I opted for the Chip Shop platter which consisted of a medium fish ( would dread to see the size of the large ) battered sausage, pattie abd chips washed down with a cold Carling, my wife had medium fish and chips with a Yorkshire tea. Caroline martin and Paulo were lovely people and extremely helpful and nothing was too much trouble Well worth the time and money visiting

Always such nice food here. The medium fish is massive. The staff are really attentive. We were offered a gluten free batter instead as my partner has dairy intolerance. Thank you especially to Caroline.

very lovely fish and chips. Plenty of space for our family with a large pushchair. Great service for Caroline and Martin. Will be back, great portion sizes

Can't believe we waited so long to dine here. Decent food. Good portion. Reasonable price. Looking forward to coming back.

Went to Papa's yesterday had great service and great food. Thank you Caroline and Lauren..... My kids can't go to Blackpool without a trip to Papa's!

We had very good fish and chips here. A wide range of gluten free is available with no fuss. On our second visit, we had another excellent experience. Thanks guys - really impressed with the service and the food. We had a medium size and we practically rolled out! Excellent value for money.

Sloppy, fatty, greasy. A real disappointment

Best fish & chips we have had for a while! 10/10 We will definitely be going back for the big Papa's next time! The batter was outstanding! Toilets clean, Tables clean & Lee the waiter was brilliant!.

Great place catering to dietary restrictions. Highly reccomended

We had a fab time at Papa’s. Carolann is lovely. Friendly staff. Delicious food. So happy they offer gluten free.

got a mega fish was really nice chips were amazing could of used better ketchup for the price you pay as the meal was £20 but was worth it

Cook everything in beef dripping by default and did not offer an option at the till. I’ve been vegetarian my entire life. The unfortunate few I ate were cold and tasted almost stale?

Martin and Carol ann Excellent food and Excellent customer service of 200%

Khalam, Denis and Faith were incredible, amazing good and all

Cooked fresh. Amazing service from lee!

Amazing food Amazing service Palo, thank you so much. excellent place to visit.

Very lovely place and good prices. Friendly service highly recommend

It's not an exaggeration to say that this was the worst experience I've ever had at a restaurant. Intro - Kind But Slow We were welcomed kindly and sat down. When we sat, the table was dirty, sticky and clearly rundown. On the floor, there were scraps of fish that had not been cleaned. Nonetheless we were starving. The waiter told us he'd be with us in a few minutes. After 15 minutes, another waiter sat down another group, and explained they needed to order at the till. So, I went to the till to order. Ordering Process - Terrible and Slow I ordered two grilled seafood platters at the till. It took a while for the payment to process but no real problem there. Or so I thought. Because these little, small delays began to mount. I ordered two beers at the till. They delivered one beer, then the next, instead of just delivering them together. Food - WRONG and Dirty When food arrived, it was the wrong food, and it had multiple huge hairs in it (see photo attached, which doesn't do justice to how much was hiding under the chips). We advised the waiter of the wrong order and the hair. I can see from other reviews I am not the only one with the hair problem. He said the waiter was at fault for entering the order wrong and we had to pay the difference. Fine. Paid. We waited another 10 minutes, and when the food came, it was the exact same plate as before! Not What We Ordered We said, "this is not what we ordered!" They then came back in 5 minutes with ONE plate of what we ordered. The 'grilled seafood platter': haddock, prawn and salmon skewers. The prawn was completely cold to the touch, and the chips looked like they were fried in dirty oil. The curry sauce which was ordered had not been replaced, either. We waited 5 minutes more, and the little old lady came with a plate of bread and mushy peas! We said, we have told you three times now that we ordered seafood platters! Waiting We waited ten more minutes, so it had been well over an hour at this point, and there was no sign of anything coming from the waiters. We decided to leave. So, I went to the till and asked for a full refund. The manager did this. My friend was sat at the table, and as they were sitting, the waiter came round with the wrong plates of food, AGAIN! The same food they gave us initially!! Conclusion What a terrible restaurant. Dirty, and the order process is terrible and overly complex. You have to order yourselves, and that process is not explained to you, and it results in people ordering to the wrong tables, meaning we were not the only table to receive the wrong orders. The menus are also outdated, overly full of information, and wrong. The beers on offer on the menu do not match the actual beers on offer: you can buy Peroni at the bar, but it is not listed on the menu -- on the menu is Peroni Zero, only. TL;DR Shambles. Something Gordon Ramsay would come to.

Me and my partner ate here today. We had low expectations from previous Papas outside of Blackpool. However, we were pleasantly suprised at the swift service, friendly staff and very good fish and chips. We will return for another visit. Very yummy!

Food was great, good value good service , Carol Ann, could not do enough for us, Thanks will come again

Love this please staff are wonderful and food is amazing it's our go to place for beautiful fish and chips every time we visit Blackpool 😋

Staff okay but not around much always in the back food was rubbish and cold portions are shockingly bad then chips where terrible not what I'd expected for the price atmosphere was okay but old decor makes it dark and if get food one the menus you can't see anything as made out of newspaper.

Lovely food and excellent service from Charlotte and Carol Ann!

Whenever we go to Blackpool, we eat at Papa's. The fish and chips are excellent, as are their other menu items. The portions are more than generous. The desserts are delicious. Service is very good. The last time we went, Caroline and Paulo were extremely helpful and friendly.

Went today and there was a hair in my grandson dinner. The food was not great for the price. Will not be going back again

If you are from NZ or Australia, do NOT order the whitebait. It is sardines cut in half, coated in flour then deep fried. Salad never arrived. My polite complaint was met with 'do you want a free desert, take it or leave it'. I left it as didn't fancy ordering ice cream to get a glass of mill with a couple of ice cubes floating it lol.

Had a lovely 2 course meal here with my friend. The food like last time is the best....... And the lovely waitress Carolyn couldn't do enough to help. A great asset to a very recommended place to go and have service with a smile. We will be back. 😊😊😊 😊

Large restaurant with only a few people in it very quiet, barman brilliant x