Promenade Fish Bar in Derbyshire Dales

We visited on one of the Matlock Bath Illuninations nights. It was busy but we managed to find a seat, sharing a table with another family. Excellent Fish and Chips here and large portions too. My wife had the mini fish and chips and it was plenty - the fish was larger than some ordinary portions at other shops. Service is friendly and good.

Really reasonably priced fish and chips, very tasty and extremely friendly and helpful service and nice coffee. Very accommodating. Would definitely recommend

Food is always excellent quality, best in Matlock, we sometimes drive out from Chesterfield specifically to come here if we fancy fish and chips. The staff are always polite, friendly and helpful (i like onion vinegar on my chips and they always get it for me 😊) . 10/10 for us always!

Excellent fish, chips and peas, great value great service

Great value small fish and chips very good service when eating in.

Raw batter, was barely even crispy on the outside , felt like I was eating pancake mix and was very chewy. Chips were decent , mushy peas definitely not fresh most likely from a can. Unapproachable staff member when on the till was very rushed and didn’t seem to sure on my question on what type of sausage it was.

We enjoyed our food from this place and can't really say anything bad on this visit. Was reasonably priced for where it is and the portion size was ok. We would eat here again and probably will do on our next visit.

I ordered cod and chips, chicken burger, scampi and sausage. The chicken burger has no sauce but oil sipped on the bread. Taste was disgusting. Good thing we have ketchup in the car. It became bearble but didn’t really finished. Staff was rude when asked for orders to be taken away. There are plenty other fish and ships shop in Matlock Bath, so better go elsewhere. I ordered from the shop near the parking by the river. I just totally forgot the shop’s name but that one was better. They were even nicely packed.

Best chip shop in Matlock FACT!!! Had mine & the wife’s first date here 10 years ago and still coming here now..fab staff fab food 😃

I used to argue this is the best chip shop in Derbyshire, sadly it has gone to trash recently. The portions are shrinking, the quality deteriorating. The tomato sauce is either super cheap or watered down to the point where it ruins food, the curry sauce now comes in micro-portions. It seems since expanding that the costs are impacting the quality. The fish isn't as big as it used to be, but it's still reasonable for now. And then there's the attitude of service. The senior lady working in there couldn't make you feel more uncomfortable if she tried. Terrible attitude and a real shame. Expensive and no longer worth its value. After over 18 years using this place, I'm sad to say I'll be looking elsewhere now.

Awesome fish and chip shop. Been going for 26 years. Wouldn't think of going anywhere else in Matlock Barh.

Quick service. Freshly cooked, almost to order. Good portion size. Friendly welcome.

Great service& decent portion of crispy but fat chips with a pukka pie& peas for £7,got my pal some too&2 drinks. Seats to sit down in clean& friendly.Best part for me& a pal of a mostly otherwise wet miserable day, located in middle of the promenade.

Traditional chippy with seating.

Fantastic fish and chips for£7. Served on a plate could nt believe the size of the portion. The service was also way beyond what we would expect in a chip shop Highly recommended

Thoroughly enjoyed lunch here on a day out. Lovely freshly cooked fish and chips. Very friendly service and ambience. Hope to visit again!

As a biker . I'm ere say once a week. By far the best chippy in matlock bath

Excellent Service, lovely Tasting Food, good prices. Quality on everything Highly Recommend 👏

This place is always our go to! Amazing fresh food every time! Great price £7 for mini fish and chips 😊 would never go anywhere else 🍟🐟

Great customer service food was amazing with great value well worth the money would recommend to anyone and will definitely be coming back

Called in today after a day in Chesterfield flea market,good crowd there felt optimistic,unfortunately the food that was served was awful chips were covered in oil,& I've never seen so many bad eyes in the chips,,won't be returning.

Always come here, great tasting fresh fish and chips!

The food was excellent. The staff go out their way to help I've been coming here for years and I will continue to thank you

6.30pm during half term but I got a nice seat outside, the guy serving was very friendly. Best curry sauce I've had in a long time!! I had the mini fish and chips with sauce for £7 which I thought was great value and was perfect for me. Hit the spot! Oh and the toilets were clean.

Best chippy in Matlock. Eat in sit out. Always a pleasure.

Chips to go and a chat with fellow bikers

Went down Matlock Bath with my wife and sat inside for a really nice fish and chip lunchtime..rounded off with a cup of tea 🍵...always a great place for watching comings and goings of motorcycles 🏍 😎

We visited here today with our 2 small dogs . We both had small fish chips and peas. They were delicious. We sat outside obviously , and the lady behind the counter came out and gave our dog's a sausage to eat all chopped up. How nice of her. We will be going back. Excellent for food and service.

Stopped here when just passing through Matlock Bath as I fancied some chips. There seemed to be more chip shops than in Blackpool 😂 so I just picked one at random, The chips were decidedly average and had been par fried and a bit over cooked but the peas were good though. Will probably choose another chippy next time.

We use this fish bar over the many others due to fact you can get seated within 10 - 15 minutes. Food has been fantastic over the last year..

Wouldn't go anywhere else on a visit to matlock bath

Very nice on a cold wet monday evening very nice lady said we could go and sit in the cafe area as we had only had take away we had fish and chips and not too expensive nice to see a chippy doing well

Best fish and chips I've had in a while! Well done!

We visited here yesterday evening and we are glad we did we were welcomed with smiles from the staff. The food was nice and good portion sizes. We were asked how the food was half way through eating. And at the end a member of staff offered my little boy a lollypop she was friendly and chatty. Amazing customer service we will definitely visit here again soon🙂

Never fails to hit the spot.delicious.Still excellent

Best fish and chips I’ve ever had!!! The place was clean and tidy, and the lady who served me was lovely. Very reasonably priced.

I can highly recommend the fish. The batter was crisp and not watery and the fish was plump and cooked well. The portion was huge so, sadly, I couldn’t eat it all. The fish bar was clean and the staff very friendly.

Fish and chips were cooked fresh, and tasted good. The service was good. Very friendly staff. Would eat here again the next time we are in matlock bath.

fandabidozy, the best fish and chips i ever had, will definitely come here again, not going to lie this fish and chips r BANGING BRUV

Amazing! Think these are the best chips I've seen in a long time! My little boy loved them & the service was amazing, literally sat down & a plate of chips appeared! Portion sizes were brilliant as well! Thank you so much to the lady & gent for being so pleasant! The gent even asked how we were finding the food! Keep up the work! We will be back! 😊

Fish was amazing,great services.

no one on my table but the starving girl enjoyed their food burger was horrid mushy peas were flavourless and were luke warm plain sausage was good but as a previous chip shop worker it doesn’t get much easier than a plain sausage toilet was broken with no sign to tell us this the door to the toilet also doesn’t shut and the server was a moody the whole experience was an abomination

There are a lot of fish and chip shops to choose from in Matlock Bath ,we think about 10 just along the riverside ,we picked this one as it seemed busy and had dog friendly tables outside.We got the small fish and chip special for £7.00 and it did not disappoint ,just the right size for me. The chips were proper chippie chips and the fish was lovely and white with a crispy tasty batter.It came with a sauce or peas ,I went for the curry sauce which was a lovey flavour .All washed down with a cup of tea.Service was quick and very friendly .I think it’s family run .As good as any fish and chips I’ve had at the seaside and a great price .

Brilliant place... £6 for fish chips and mushy peas. Matlock's finest 👍🏻🙂

A lovely lady served us with good food on a very busy Sunday. I'd definitely eat from there again.

Average food quality - nice staff - abysmal portion size!

Staff are friendly and polite, the place itself is inviting and clean, but unfortunately the portions and quality of food is a big let down! I always used to come here with my parents as a child, and always remember my dad only ever coming here. Maybe my expectations are too high, however the portion of chips (a large chips and large sausage) was absolutely tiny! Laughable in fact! The battered sausage was so overcooked it was inedible, the chips were majorly pale and undercooked, the fish batter was soggy! Very disappointed for £15! Unfortunately, will not be returning. :(

Tasted good but fish/batter was really quite greasy. Service was good/friendly. Cleanliness was acceptable, just what you expected for a fish and chip cafe.

Talk about good timing and never again! I was just about to order some food from the Promenade fish bar in Matlock Bath when one of the staff walked back in after smoking outside. He walked straight back around the serving counter without washing his hands. That might be acceptable to smokers, but as a non smoker I find it disgusting. I'll not be using that place again..

Called in on Friday tea time for a treat, how things change, chips that are a hazard to teeth, (over cooked and hard) didnt bother with fish as it looked as though it had been in the hot plate all day and the battered sausage was poor needless to say that I didnt even take it home for the dog, steer well clear of this place

Spot on! Best fish and chips is a fair statement 👌 great recommendation! Better than whitby! Absolutely Fishlicious 🐟 🐠 🎣 🍟 🍟

The best chip shop in Matlock Bath the staff are always pleasant and polite , the cod and chips are fab the restaurant is very clean , we go to Matlock Bath a lot tried all chip shops but always go to this one the best

Mini fish ,chips with peas or curry £6 eat in or take away .It was beautiful...Will certainly be going again , the staff were really lovely x

My partner lost his wallet while we were on holiday in Matlock from Leicester. A very kind family handed it into the Route 66 Promenade fish bar. The fish bar then emailed to say that they had got it. We didn't see the email until we'd arrived back home. We travelled back to Matlock today to pick it up which is a small price to pay to get it back safely. We cannot thank the family and The Promenade enough. Its so nice to know that there are still kind and honest people out there. Sadly the family didn't leave any contact details. Thank you again Jean and Gary.

Lovely food, great price, and friendly staff!

Mini fish meal £6! What an absolute delight this was. The fish was cooked to perfection and was just enough for me. We sat outside in the sunshine and watched the world go by. It's definitely worth a visit!

Probably the best in matlock. But still terrible . Not a single chippy in matlock knows how to do chips

Tasty freshly cooked food Friendly helpful staff

We visited this evening with our daughter and grandson. The chip shop was very clean, staff very friendly and couldn't do enough to make our experience any better. The fish was delicious, fresh, and melted in your mouth. Will definitely be coming again.

I loved being served food by people who have warm smiles, the food tastes better somehow. The service here is so friendly. We had cod and chips. The cod fillet was substantial and fried to perfection with a crispy batter (not soggy). Chips were perfect. It was cooked fresh for us. These guys are doing great, I wish them every success. My friend from America was having her first fish and chip supper and had heard much hype about our British staple meal. She commented she couldn’t have imagined just how delicious it actually was. I’m so happy we went to Route 66.

Amazing little place, we often visit on a weekend for fish and chips. Very friendly, good quality and reasonably priced I recommend a visit

Good sized portion of fish and chips, very tasty and at a good price. Nice a clean tables with great friendly staff.

The fish, chips and curry sauce were 10/10! Nice and fresh and just the right amount. Staff were friendly and tables were clean.

Children hardly ate chips were horrible no knives forks till after food was out had too wait non of us hardly ate chips cold and tasteless quire a expensive chip shop and we spent £40 waste of money would not return they were too busy serving take a way customers for us too complain

Lovely chippy with friendly staff. The gravy was amazing! 👌👍

I use the chip shop on Sundays, never had a bad meal , (the 1 nearst the pub)friendly & helpful staff

THE BEST CHIPPY IN MATLOCK BY FAR. my go too every time would 100% recommend

First class in every way, quick service, good hygiene and excellent food. Definitely would recommend.

Lovely place staff nice and friendly 😊 will return food excellent 😀 👍

The food was fresh and very delicious . The staff was very welcoming, will be back again

Fresh authentic and the most friendly team you will ever meet. The fish is outstanding and I would recommend to anyone.

We stopped for food, the staff was very welcoming and the prices were very reasonable.

Fresh authentic and the most friendly team you will ever meet. The fish is outstanding and I would recommend to anyone because it will be a very good treat for anyone.

Fish, chips and peas were delicious. All very fresh and hot. Loved the lovely flakes of white fish and crispy batter. Great mushy peas as well - stand out. Friendly service. We ate them at one of the tables outside (clean). Can’t fault it 10/10.

Amazing 🤩 me and my hubby loved it kids loved it

Been visiting this chippy for many years, we have been in when passing on a couple of New Years Day's. Popped in again yesterday on our way through & we were not disappointed. Fantastic food, great service and still great prices too. We won't eat anywhere else in Matlock Bath.

Updated 2023: We’ve been visiting this fish and chip shop for years and always found that their food to be really good. In recent times we’ve had some very poor food which felt undercooked and just wasn’t nice. Even the quality of fish wasn’t very good. I’ve also always had a mini fish without batter, but they wouldn’t do this on the last occasion which is gutting. THE BEST FISH AND CHIPS IN MATLOCK BATH!!! We’ve been coming here for years, great price, great service and the best tasting fish and chips in Matlock Bath. They’ll even cook me the Fish and Chip special without batter which is a massive bonus for me. Well worth a visit!

Very disappointed. Have been coming here for 20 years and it has gone down hill in recent months due to inconsistent quality of food. Past 4 visits go like this, undercooked, burnt, spot on and burnt again today. Don't bother complaining as they tell you that your wrong and should not complain. Disappointing customer service.

1 fish n chips, 1 sausage and chips- quick service 1 dinner was ok, 1 had 2 long hairs in....attached to the batter so wasn't one of ours!

Nice cheesy chips, friendly staff and very chilled sat outside during a sunny day.

Wasn't very good fish and chips cooked in cheap oil, chips were cooked and fish had skin on. Only good thing was the curry sauce. Your better going to a backstreet chippy over these tourist trap ones. Won't be making that mistake again.

Visited Matlock bath today, me and my husband had our lunch inside. Freindly staff, the fish and chips were delicious. We ordered a small fish each but they were a very good size, definitely not small. We definitely go again and would highly recommend.

Had the best fish and chips from a lovely spot. Ran by the sweetest family who made us feel extremely welcome. Would definitely recommend!!

Tasty, fresh fish in crispy batter - cooked to perfection. Proper chips cooked brilliantly and the mushy peas - perfect. I had the small fish - which was much bigger than I thought!!! What was truly fabulous was Lela gave every customer the feeling that they were special. The others in the team were lovely too. I have avoided fish and chips for years because I've thought of them as greasy and unhealthy. Route 66 must be the Michelin Star fish and chip shop - brilliant

If you want cod, make sure you ask for a small one, for £6.60. ( The price on the menu ) Otherwise, you'll get a big one, which wasn't on the menu, and it cost £11.40 with a cup of tea. The cod was very nice, but too expensive .

This fish bar is open all day, opening hours 11am--8pm, and easily to find in the main street of Matlock Bath. Taste is good, the price is reasonable and friendly staff. I strongly recommend this fish bar.

Nice food, good portions. Nice to sit outside in the sun and people watch. Staff weren't very friendly though.

Lovely fish and chips, good price, sat outside so hard to comment on atmosphere. Service was quick, friendly and helpful. Food was fresh and hot and tasty.

An amazing experience. Would say its the best fish and chips in matlock bath. The owners were very friendly and looked after us, made sure the food was how we wanted it! Would reccomend everyone to go there! Will be my go to place whenever im there again. Travelled from birmingham. Loved it! Thankyou route 66!

Popped in today 17/05/23. They was a fish & chip special for £6 but wanted cod so knew we would have to pay more. 2 cod & chips cost £10 each & were terrible. The fish was ok but could have done with being fried a bit longer but the chips were distgusting! They were very dark in colour & quite scabby as if scraped from bottom of fryer. Will we go again? Definitely not! We should have complained but was in a hurry to set off.

Absolutely amazing service, really friendly and they gave the option to have the cheese melted on the cheesy chips. Would definitely recommend!

Best fish and chips in Matlock ♥️

Excellent food, great potion sizes and really good value for money. Gravy and curry sauces were delicious, would definitely recommend.

Can get very busy at peak times but worth the wait. I had freshly cooked haddock and chips and really enjoyed it.

I have visited Route 66 Promenade Fish Bar many times before, and as usual last night was a great place for top quality Fish and Chips at a reasonable price. I was with 17 other hungry bikers and we were served promptly and we were lucky to fill all of the tables out side. As a regular at chippies, I noticed just how good the fish was, crispy light batter cooked all of the way round and the fish tasted like the quality usually only found at Whitby or the sea side. The friendly staff served up quickly enabling all 17 of us to be eating together. So well worth a visit with indoor and outdoor seating, as well as take away for anyone wanting to enjoy the great views of The Derwent Valley and Matlock Bath as well as the Illuminations

The very classic British food. Taste great, cheap and worth every penny. The customer service is top. Make you feel very welcomed. We should value this type of service. If in area again, will be back again.

Please avoid. We all came down with horrendous food poisoning shortly after eating here at the weekend.

Mini Fish was haddock, curry was delicious, plenty of seats for us, great friendly service and they remembered me. The Perfect gem amongst many average chippy's.

Called for our lunch yesterday, was hot and tasty crispy batter and the chips were lovely. Absolutely lovely staff and go the extra mile, nice cuppa too. Definitely will go again . see you soon .

Our family and I visited yesterday I can't thank the woman enough who works their she gave us a ice pack for my grandsons head as he banged it in the amusements near by and also comforted him and gave him a biscuit she is amazing xx thankyou very much x all our food was lovely x we always go in here when we come too matlock bath The best chippy in matlock bath.the staff are very kind and always helpful.reasonable prices and very good tasty food ❤