Pelican fish restaurant in Eastbourne

Excellent service and extremely clean. The fish was very tasty and probably the best chips I've experienced.

Will definitely be going back here again. Great atmosphere, great service and delicious fish and chips at a fair price. Pleasantly surprised!!

What a bunch of rude money grabbers these lot are. Ordered a couple portions of chips and very clearly called out that we wanted salt & lots of vinegar on both. Guy serving made us feel like we were bothering him. Took the order home and chips had absolutely nothing on them - dry as you like and clearly not fresh, just reheated. Rang up to see if they could pop down the road and drop some vinegar off, save us another walk after their error. The fella spoke across me and quite clearly couldn’t give a toss, eventually he put the phone down on me. No decency - will be back there tomorrow to sort out a refund and tell them face to face what a bunch of no good cowboys they are. Horrible, stealing bunch.

Lovely place for fish and chips..very busy 😋 but great service 👍

Had a lovely dinner here this evening. Scampi salad was delicious, plaice and chips was spot on and the kids loved their fish fingers and chips and burger and chips! Outstanding service even when the resturant was packed! Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos but we will definitely be back and I will! Well worth a visit. Thank you to the team.

Quite expensive for the quality of food. Sauces not included.

Great atmosphere, lovely food,highly recommended

Freshly cooked cod and chips. A little under done for my liking. Tables close together so you overhear conversations.

Popped in for chips after an evening out. They were delicious 😋. Great portion size and price, non greasy, crisp and fluffy on the inside. Will definitely be back. Staff friendly and I even got bigger portion as staff member heard me say I was hungry, thanks again ☺️☺️

Popped in for fish and chips while having a wander around Estbourne. The staff were friendly, the restaurant was very clean and the food was very good, will definately go back again.

Food and service was excellent at a very busy time.

Not normally one to leave reviews but I didn’t enjoy this! I was desperate to enjoy this fish and chips after walking 33km but the fish had such an awful dog smell and taste that it was extremely off putting. My friend didn’t have this problem but did have a hair in her food. I have to leave the rest which was a shame after paying so much extra to sit in!

Lovely service and food. Really good portions and hot, even as it was near closing time .

Absolutely fantastic. Freshly cooked Wonderful staff.excellent value Staff couldn’t d enough Food produced quickly and cooked from fresh Not greasy

The best Fish&Chips restaurant in Eastbourne 😍🤩👍 or even in East Sussex or UK. Lovely place, very friendly staff, excellent and a lot of variety of fish 😍

Possibly the best fish n chips I've ever had

One of two places less the 5 minutes walk from the coast line

On a visit to Eastbourne, I found this place around the corner from where my partner and I are staying. Lovely lady at the till; polite, friendly, genuine and the food is amazing! Easily the best Haddock I've had in a long time and really nice battered sausages!!

Good price, clean, and both the medium haddock and cod were cooked superbly with a good portion of chippy chips which again is a tick in the box. We had it as a take away. I'd recommend the place.

Very impressed. We would recommend this restaurant. Ample portions, good selection on the menu. Very polite and helpful staff.

First time using here .. and the fish and chips were amazing .. lovely hot fish not oily at all and the chips were amazing

Fish and chips nicely cooked. Staff friendly and helpful, good price.

Not the sort of place I would normally go. Food poor

Not sure why all the top reviews . This review is solely on the fish and chips . Cod was nicely cooked with skin off , but the batter … dry , bland and missing any crispy bits that you know you love . Chips slightly undercooked. Ordered a side of mushy peas which were runny and tasteless. On the plus side , waitress was friendly and the service was good .

Great food, perfectly cooked fish. Excellent customer service.

We had a jacket potato with tuna and sausage & chips. Fluffy potato, and a crisp looking side salad. A very nice just right amount of lunch, totalling £15.05 (we didn’t have any drinks)!, feeling full and content. Very clean atmosphere, also the clean bathroom is a bonus. Will return again.

A higher than average quality fish and chip shop

Excellent fish’n’chips! Five stars!

I’ve visited this fish shop with a group of students and we really enjoyed it. Enough space for sitting, clean toilets, good food. 👍 I can recommend this place.

Fantastic, really great food,and service,go there,super staff

Great place for a pre-theatre supper. Well cooked food at reasonable prices and good service. Can get busy,so give yourself time.

Found us a seat even when they were busy,food was good and fresh,recommend and would eat there again,well done guys.

We keep returning to the Pelican each time we stay in Eastbourne - that is four weeks running now. We shall be back next year.

Best fish and chips in the town

Absolutely 💯 fish and batter was the best in a very long time

Good fish and chips, served quickly, fair price, clean restaurant, clean toilet, really good service. Definitely recommended.

Overpriced and not very good. Unsure why the reviews were so positive. They charge a significant premium to sit in, the fish is poor, small, and it tasted like turmeric and otherwise had no flavour. There are much better fish and chip options in the area, even the chain ones beat this.

Rude and arrogant staff. Food is alright, except for the saveloy. I'd not revisit. Please learn to talk better to customers.

Disappointing portion size. ‘Large’ portion of chips not enough to share between two people. Fish tasted lovely and fresh though.

Great fish and chips 10 out 10 nice fast sevice, great food and very helpful😋 Will always pay them a visit when in Eastbourne. Nice clean place. Nothing is to much for them. Keep up the good hard work yo all do. Until until the next time take care 🙂

Fantastic service and excellent food despite being very busy. Will definitely go again

Disappointing fish & chips, a small portion of fish & the meals were undercooked, looking paid. It's a shame because the resteraunt is pleasantly & cleanly furnished with an open frontage overlooking the 'Little Italy' resteraunt over the road, giving the place a continental feel. I probably should have sent the food back but the service was slow to the tables & we had a train booked. I've had better in Wetherspoons & cheaper.

Great food, located close to the beach and very fast turnaround on the service. Fish cakes were great!

Absolutely great fish and chips. The fish was tender and tasted great. The chips were very well cooked. The kids meals were fabulous. Good value for money for a great meal in a good location. This is exactly what you are looking for in seaside fish and chips.

Completely disorganized. overpriced. Staff was also very rude

Very nice fish and chips near the seaside. If you are in Eastbourne it's perfect just perfect, everything down to the last minute detail.

Ordered 2 large Cod, one with chips one with salad... Apparently cost £1 more for the option of having a salad (without chips). When arrived, wife's fish was significantly smaller and propably not even a medium. Bottle of wine was £20+ and tasted worse than vinegar. Staff were very dismissive, verging on rude. We adressed our concerns with Manager/Owner and he really was completely disinterested and eventually took £1 off the bill. Absolute joke of a business, no interest in customer care, avoid at all costs.

Reasonably priced, hot food, tasty food, and quick service. Lovely fish and chips restaurant that is a good example of fish and chips on the coast. The large haddock and chips with curry sauce and a Peroni is recommended. Pleasant and helpful staff.

The food was perfect. We are definitely going to eat here again minutes walk to the beach ⛱️ very clean and smart. What3words is ///discouraged.shrimp.blur

An ideal place to try some British cuisine. We ate haddock&chips, it was delicious, prices are affordable, I recommend it. It suits our taste. The employees are very attentive, there is a gentleman who knows some Turkish words, we felt very good, very nice.

Very friendly. Gave my son mayo,thank you. Hot and freshly cooked.

Had a takeaway tonite ,,nice cod ,,,lovely hawiann burger with salad ,,,with chips ,,but my order of curry sauce ,,was forgotten ,,,I now have credit of cost of this CS ,,,

Best fish and chips for me so far !!! Juicy, thin dough 😋. And definitely you should try their apple tart, it's awesome, highly recommend 👍

Best fish and chips ever, really good service too

Waited 10-15 mins to be given something other than what I ordered. The chips were stale and honestly really not tasty at all, no salt or vinegar on them despite asking. I didn't eat the food and gave it back, wasn't offered any refund and was pretty disappointed. Be prepared for a long wait (this was Saturday afternoon, to be fair)

Staff were welcoming, the eat in area was tidy and clean and the food was great.

Cod & chips were excellent. Would eat there again and again! 👍🏻

Reasonably priced but the chips where disgusting can definitely get better chips elsewhere. chicken nuggets where okay. not worth the walk there in my opinion. Sadly won’t be going back there. Service was good but that’s about it

Such good fish and chips - perfect after a hike! Fresh and crispy

Gr8 Food, Staff, Really clean, gr8 value & thoroughly recommend! Good varied Menu, something for everyone! Best Fish & Chip Restaurant in town!! 🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟

Great service, clean and friendly staff. Good food portions and reasonably priced, fish and chips was fantastic and beautifully cooked to perfection. Happily return if in the area.

Tasty, crispy and good portions. Fast service. Thanks.

Second best fish and chip shop in town food always hot

Three of us had grilled haddock & chips. Best ever!!!

The girl with red hair serving on Sunday was very rude to the customers. It ruined the experience for me tbh and we would not come back.

Great fish and chips, expensive but where isn't nowadays? Friendly staff

Excellent service, friendly staff, food hot and fresh. Would definitely go back. We sat and finished our drinks after, we were not rushed to leave

We had a really lovely cheese omelette and chips here. The restaurant was lovely, bright and clean and the seating was very comfortable. It came as a surprise that the restaurant was open until 9pm. Finding restaurants which serve light food options is extremely difficult so this was a really good find. The service was excellent and the portions were very generous too.

Food hot and fresh. Nice atmosphere, staff friendly and quick service. Menus adaptable, something for everyone including veggies, vegan and gluten free.

I mostly go weekly, due to the quality of the food, fresh and good value. Service is always of good quality, no rush to finish or leave once finished. And right by the beach. I would recommend to anyone, nothing is too much trouble.

If this were a chippy in some rough suburb of London etc I would understand, but not for a costal town synonymous for fish & chips. Chips tasted like cheap cash & carry cut chips and omg a 1970s type fish cake with just pure mush inside, again probably 50p cash & carry job. Thought I'd try here first time as Holiday Inn a bit tight with chip portion but will there next time for sit in meal .

Just now got fish & chips from this chipper, proper chips, fish delicious, no salt as requested. Thanks, really enjoyed takeout, very efficient service. ☘️

Not bad at all. I thought my medium cod was a little small, but it was well cooked and tasty. Chips are not 'steak cut' traditional chips but are bigger than french fries. All in all I would go back.

Ridiculously small portions designed for tourists. Go to Church Hills in Langney for proper and fair portions, served with a friendly smile. Still hungry and down best part of a fiver for 'large' chips. Disappointing. There's a reason this place is empty outside the main holiday season.

This restaurant is great. The food was amazing & staff were very friendly. Both myself and my sister had the haddock & chips. It was delicious An all round excellent restaurant.

What a great find, far better than Harry Ramsdens. If you visit the area and like fish and chips this is the place to go !

Great place for traditional fish and chips. The food was fabulous, hot, crispy batter with no oily residue and the chips were fresh and crunchy on the outside, soft inside, just like a chip should be. The service was friendly, efficient and prompt. Strongly recommend a visit if you’re out in Eastbourne.

Great new restaurant highly recommend friendly staff

Lovely crisp chips and delicious fresh cod. Yum!

The best cods roe I have ever had!!! 5 star service.

5 out of 5, fantastic fish and chips, delicious and really helpful staff. Really clean and tidy, we went and are our haddock on the beach.

Service was very welcoming and polite, made our visit great as well as the lovely food and ambience of the place

Came here for my birthday,wife and I had 2×cod and chips! Came out very fast and hot! Mine was OK,my wife's cod could of been cooked a little longer for her! But that's her preference on how she likes it! Was nice

Great fish and chips,and super quick service 👌

Hreat fish and chip shop with a pleasant eat in area..

we all pop in here now when back in Eastbourne. alway good friendly service and the chips are delicious. nice little restaurant area too. 👌

25 of us descended on the staff of Pelican Fish restaurant and we were well looked after from start to finish. The staff catered to our every wish, were polite and patient. The food was also very enjoyable. Would highly recommend.

Very reasonable prices and good portions as well.

Great chippy, reasonable prices and portions just right. Good choice on menu with a few other options. Staff attentive and toilets good but downstairs if you have mobility issues. All in all a great place for a seaside fix of Fish n Chips.

Been here for sit down 3 times and generally enjoyed it. Today had take away large cod/chips x 2 very disappointed and will not be going back. Cod ? was grey and far from fresh, batter soggy chips pale and dry. Nearly 30 quid for 2 portions, why do you let yourselves down by serving sub standard food coz in the long run you'll lose out.

Asked for chips for my son with no salt. The chef automatically put salt on them, checked the order, saw it didn't say salt or vinegar and gave them to me with salt on anyway. Also the have a huge juge of curry sauce that reheat for each customer so the same sauce is reheated about 15x a night. Revolting.

Lovely meal friendly staff. Good value for money. Great fish and chips!! Recommended.

New owners very good very clean lovely fish and chips

We enjoyed a Cod and Chips lunch. Delicious. The two staff on duty were friendly and efficient. My only disappointment was when the 'pot of tea' actually turned out to be a mug of hot water accompanied by a teabag. Notwithstanding this, we shall certainly go back again.

Best Fish n chips in Eastbourne. Been going there with my Dad for years. Costas used to serve us.

Welcoming, friendly, food cooked with ❤️

Lovely fish and chips, staff were really nice and welcoming, food was lovely, a definite must try for anyone in Eastbourne.

I was in the area for the first time for work reasons today and came across this place while having a walk. Went for a quick dinner this evening - food was freshly cooked and tasty. Great service. Felt welcomed and comfortable despite being on my own. Great that the restaurant is licensed so you can enjoy a drink with your meal if you want to.

Personale gentilissimo e ottimo pesce

How can a mediocre seaside chippy, not a cheap one, and one that forgets the salt and vinegar, even exist?