Sanders Fish and Chips in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Early Saturday evening we decided to give Sanders a try. The car park over the road is free after 6 pm so it was easy to access. The eating area was clean and well lit. My wife opted for the “Special” which was Sea Bass, whilst I took the cod & chips. We declined the Drinks List and the Cocktails Menu. My fried cod was very good, the chips I found a little dry. My wife found the Sea Bass served with salad and chips in a bucket very good. The Bill: £38.94 which was fair.

Based on today's experience and have to say I wasn't really impressed. I have a slight disability where I occasionally need the toilet without much warning. Both of the toilets ran out of toilet paper which could have been embarrassing if unnoticed. I had to mention it 3 times and even then the lad didn't place any paper in there. I've noticed over the last couple of months that the standards have dropped slightly and I only went back today for the benefit of the doubt. I won't be going back as it clearly showed that he wasn't too bothered about making sure that the toilet facilities were fit for purpose. I went in after 15 minutes of opening and should have made sure something like that was checked before the doors opened. The food is not as good as it always used to be. Quite disappointed with Sanders.

Really tasty fish, chips and curry sauce and quick service. Decent portion of chips but in my opinion very expensive fish for the portion size. £8 for the normal sized cod and I’d say it was around half the size I’d have expected to get and do get at other chip shops which is a shame. I’m not a local so perhaps it’s standard for Cornwall but will probably try somewhere else next time to get more value for money.

Firstly the price, thought it was expensive for what you got. Portion size not that great which is an easy win if you're charging a lot at least you can easily give the perception of better value. Service was ok and food came relatively quickly as it was cook to order for pretty much everything. Fish was lovely, chips average and peas tasted like they were tinned. I'll try somewhere else next time as I felt I got little value for £12.90 for fish chips and peas to takeaway. Too many fish & chips shops spending lots of money on fancy boxes that just go in the bin and we are paying for them in the price!

We sat in the restaurant. Staff were polite, and quick (as it was nearly empty). Food portions were good sizes and tasted nice and fresh. For fish chips & small amount of mushy peas, and one burger with two soft drinks it was just shy of £45. They don't add a service charge, but when you pay, they have an option to to add 10, 25 or 50% tip if you wish. Next door they have a take away which was much buisier and the prices seemed a lot lower. In my opinion the restaurant is very overpriced, and possibly why it was empty.

Ordered online for collection. Food was freshly prepared and ready on time for our collection slot. Ordered regular cod and chips x 2, jumbo sausage and chips, a child's cod & chips, 2 pots of curry sauce and a pot of mushy peas. The portions were really big and the food tasted amazing. It was all packaged well and was still piping hot when we got it back to the holiday park we were staying at. Staff were lovely and friendly and couldn't ask for better food or service. Prices were also fair for the quality and portion size. Thought it was amazing value for money. We will be back for more when we are here next on holiday.

We were recommended Sanders and were not disappointed. We pre-ordered hake and chips and jumbo sausage and chips to collect. Although they were very busy on a Friday night our meals were only 5 minutes late. The fish was excellent and the batter on both the fish and sausage was delicious light and not at all greasy. The chips were also very tasty. We would recommend.

Lovely fish, chips and peas. Decent size fish and good potion of very nice chips, mushy peas lovely too. And gave me a huge bag of scraps (unsure if charged) Cost £25 for Cod, chips, mushy peas, bag scraps Small cod, small chips, mushy peas. It wasnt cheap but I don't think any fish and chip shops are these days. Would definitely return

Excellent, a place that does supply what it states on the menu ie Cod+Haddock not a substitute like Coley, staff service with a smile.

I've just had the most perfect meal in Hayle Sanders Fish + Chip restaurant: pan fried salmon fillet with salad + chips. Followed by a gorgeous fudge cake + cream, not too rich or sweet.

Very good fish and chips a good price

Great food whether eating in or taking away. Welcoming and friendly staff create a great atmosphere in the restaurant.

Another but better visit to sanders good atmosphere and friendly staff but best of all the food I had homemade fish cakes and they had lots of cod in them and homemade slaw was yummy would definitely recommend if your in the area it does get busy well worth the wait . Take away or eat in .

Fabulous meal, with lovely attentive staff. Will definitely be visiting again.

Very nice vibe and helpful staff.

Excellent fish and chips good price cooked fresh friendly staff highly recommended

Absolutely blooming lovely. Immaculately clean and everything cooked to order

All had fish and chips and 2 children s meals. 6 adults 2 children + sauces

The best fish and chips by a mile - absolutely outstanding haddock, fluffy batter, salty chips. We click & collected our order, everything was piping hot and well organised. Nothing to improve!

Very disappointed, ordered for pick up, and found the food just sat on the shelve waiting and going cold. The food wasn’t even warm. Must of prepared the food soon as the order come in, even though I order for pick up at 3pm to collect at 4pm. No common sense, to pack it much closer to the collection time or even put it under the hot plate. Got home and binned it all.

Really good fish and chips. The fish feels more lightly battered than up north but I actually liked that.

Great quality food, little bit of a wait, not too long at all, but well worth it to have everything freshly cooked. Thoroughly recommend.

Great food, it was a takeaway so can’t really score the atmosphere. The service was good, they had run out of bottles of vinegar to sell. The lady behind the counter went out of her way to give me some in a curry sauce pot. We actively pursue fish and chip shops wherever we go and this is one of the best. The batter was excellent, the chips were excellent. I am critical in my reviews and the fish was almost a five and not quite a five but great nonetheless. You have to be very careful in many touristy towns. The food is often mass produced. I like finding places like this as I know I’m getting real food. You cannot go wrong going to this place.

Lovely place but wow do you pay the price to sit in, the staff were lovely and understandably busy on a Friday evening in the Peak of the summer holidays, a long wait and incredibly expensive for small portions, topped off with being charged £1.65 for a small glass of tap water. As local as we are unfortunately would not come again which is a shame.

The word "Elite" comes to mind. Honestly the best fish and chips ever. The curry sauce is phenomenal

The food was really nice good portion for both adults and kids. But the service was horrible the women sat around talking amongst themselves I had to repeatedly try and get their attention but they would look and not acknowledge me. Until I had to raise my voice to grab their attention but even still they did not serve me. The only waiter who did serve us was David. I did feel slightly discriminated in service compared to the other customers that were present at the time.

Came in on a rainy day, friendly staff, seemed quite high end but prices were still reasonable, lovely place for lunch, fish was fresh and pizza pretty good

Lady in Tesco garage Penzance recommended and so glad we followed her advice. Lovely tasty food which was enjoyed by all. Waited a little while but it was busy. Would definitely go again when in the area.

Good food and lots of choice, not just fish and chips. Well worth waiting for. My daughter and I shared half a roast chicken and large chips and couldn't finish it!

Visited here a few times on a our week in Hayle. Great choice of food and Gluten Free options are available too! The 1/2 chicken was delicious, highly recommend. Portions were generously sized.

We were late looking for something to eat last evening and happened to find Sanders. We were greated by a friendly lady, and took our order without any fuss. The cod supper was hot and perfectly cooked. I would highly recommend Sanders.

Great chippy in Hayle Good value and good fish and chips

Great Food as always, Tara was great at front of house service. We've been here several times the last few years when on holiday and I'd recommend to anyone visiting to go here. Good and service is always fantastic

Not recommended. Walked in to order. Waited 45 mins before chasing up my order. The young lady who served me shrugged her shoulders but a more 'mature' lady apologised as it hadn't been processed. Chips soggy when arrived. First & last visit

Tara was our server; such lovely service and food. Will recommend!

Really impressed by the food here, had a lovely veggie burger and chips! Wasn’t too busy when we went which was a bonus too.

Lovely meal. We ate in. Service was super fast and lovely friendly staff. Best fish & chips ever.

Best gluten free fish and chips in 🇬🇧. Nice portion and if you have not enough chips you ask for more for free.

Ate here on Monday evening, the place was busy with a great atmosphere. Service was top notch with explanation of specials and a new dessert menu option Fish was the best I’ve had and being from Ireland that was a surprise! Bottomless chips is another great addition to the menu. If you are visiting Cornwall this is a MUST!

Four of us had fish and chips in restaurant with a real ale Lovely bit of fish

Lovely fish and chips, big portions 😋

Excellent restaurant. Great food at reasonable price.

The best fish restaurant in Hayle...I look forward to going every year when in Cornwall and it never disappoints! Thank you all.

Perfect fish and chips in a lovely place 😋

Stooped to pick two portions of fish and chips to eat on the beach . Oh boy, not disappointed top quality and very good value and tasty .

Extremely expensive and small portions

Really great fish and chips that fry using vegetable oil - amazing if you're veggie or vegan. Definitely recommend, especially the onion rings!

It's fish and chips. What can you say. Well on this occasion. Stunning. I mean I didn't realise a lump of haddock accompanied with chips could be so good.

Fantastic evening and the tastiest fish and chips I’ve had, the staff were very friendly and the warmest hospitality received the whole of my holiday in Cornwall. Nothing was too much trouble. Nice and fresh food and perfectly sized portions. Thank you

Fantastic fish and chips which were very very tasty, what annoyed us was the fact that when we asked for kids meals the lady asked if we wanted fish goujon’s or a small fish and chips. We elected for the small fish and chips, unknowingly these were almost double to price! Overall nice food but very expensive.

Great food and service with a genuine smile !!

Didn't taste the same as years gone by ......chips not the same ......

Best fish and chips in a long time

Very good food 👍 , Over priced though for a fish and chip resturant.( Not dog friendly.. so I won't be returning.

I go at dinner time for a, special dinner time offer Very friendly staff

First place we tried for fish and chip supper and can honestly say we thoroughly enjoyed it. The girl that served was friendly and so helpful, even made us a peppercorn sauce for the chips. She also recommended where to get the best Cornish Pasties.

Quite simply the best fish and chips in Hayle. A nice modern restaurant with friendly staff. Can fully recommend!

Don't go if your in a rush. Half hour for a portion of chips.

Delicious fish, chips and curry sauce, don't forget the gerkins. 2024. We walked into the chip shop and wow its had a complete overhaul. It's bigger, brighter, with more choice on the menu. Its even more welcoming. The staff are friendly and the fish and chips cooked to perfection.

Newly refurbished and easy to collect takeaway, only shop that uses just oil for frying so suitable for those who don't want beef dripping used : vegans or others who have a medical or dislike for that.

Fish n chips were very nice. Needed more Salt n Vinegar if anything. Still enjoyed and would def go there again

Lovely fish and chips. The staff were very friendly

Absolutely delicious food and welcoming staff.

Had a large cod and chips. It all tasted very nice but the portion size of the large cod was terrible. Very thin cod mostly batter. Very disappointing as the food did taste good

Superb lunch stop, best haddock and chips ever, so fresh and delicious! Perfect batter, crispy, fresh oil, everything is just quality, don't change a thing, thank you, we will be back.

Large Cod and Chip's, mushy pea,'s and gravey. Ding Dong

To be fair the food is good BUT .... and it's a huge BUT .. Why oh why does it take so long from ordering to actually getting the food ? It's like iv been the only customer in the shop , she takes the order then I wait ... the guys out back cooking NEVER have ANYTHING ready even chips are cooked to order, I order chips and curry sauce for my lad it takes a good 20 minutes.. other people walk in and we literally stand there looking at each other thinking why is it taking so long ???? Some people just ordering sausage and chips waiting a good 20 / 25 minutes ???? The warmers are EMPTY EVERY TIME NOTHING PREPARED NOT EVEN CHIPS ?? sorry but its not acceptable and come high season they are going to find customers walking out , if its like this in the take away I dread to think how long it takes in the restaurant ??? Seriously guys pull your finger out and take it seriously, at least prepare chips ??? Also not accessible for my sons wheelchair

Food was good. Service was good. Not happy with your embarrassing expectation of receiving a tip

Fish was lovely, curry sauce was nice but not very warm. Not keen on the chips, were of dry consistency like oven chips, I personally prefer a slight greasey chip. But all was extremely clean and well presented.

We visited the newly built fish restaurant at Sanders on Friday .Our group of four sat by the window and were impressed by the new and bright decor making the whole atmosphere very welcoming. The food was excellent, specially the sharing fish platter, the service was friendly and speedy . We will certainly visit again !😀

Really lovely new restaurant great service and fab atmosphere Very tasty Haddock and chips Such a brilliant venue to have in HAYLE Run by really lovely people

Ordered two fish and chips via their app. arrived at the pick up time and the shop and restraurant was full, it was their reopening evening. walked in and picked up the order, very good service and fair play to the management the new set up looks fantastic. Good sized portions the chips were nicely cooked as was the fish with a nice crisp batter. well worth a visit

Great fish and chips +plenty more on the menu.

I ate here with 2 friends recently. We all had standard fish and chips. We thought the Fish was tasteless and very small. Given it cost over £50 with 3 soft drinks it was not good value for money. Also there were quite a few bones in the Cod which is not what we expected. We definitely would not eat here again.

Great food and nice surroundings.

We arrived at the new restaurant to a warm welcome, the place looks amazing, the staff were so accommodating and the food was outstanding, every course. We had the king prawn starter and prawn cocktail both generous size , For main we had the dish of the day the treo of fish with salad and truffle oil chips ( soo good) and cod with salad and chips. For dessert we both had the creme brûlée. I can not praise them team enough, it was a wonderful evening with excellent food, so lucky to have such quality close by

Very Dissapointing, there was multiple stones in my chips which is not a good image for this place..

Only went to Sanders because highlanes are closed . Sanders is no comparison to highlanes . Sanders are bland and left an aftertaste which isn't nice.

Excellent fish and chip shop, take away or eat in. We ate in and the staff were all lovely and friendly. Very good service and no complaints at all about the standard of the food. Prices in line with other similar shops in the area, not too expensive. Can recommend if you are at the Viaduct end of Hayle.

The worst fish and chips ever? How can it take so long to produce something that is so dry it’s inedible. Surely if it’s that dry it must have sat around for ages so how can it take so long to be put in a box? The final insult is how can you run out of vinegar by 6pm! You really have to try hard to be this bad, so good effort keep up the bad work!

Good vegan and gluten free options. Even the sweets were vegan friendly. The Staff were friendly and happily answered our questions. Tasty food and plenty of it.

Always very good food to take away. Chips were good, fish excellent! Large portion just enough for 2 adults with smaller appetites.

Lovely food and not too expensive

Service, Friendly Staff and Atmosphere was good. Food was tasty.Would recommend this place

Best fish and chips ever. Batter on fish so crispy and light. Staff and food amazing

A great experience overall. Lovely and friendly staff who went out of their way to help. Beautiful fresh fish with really thin and crisp batter. Great portion sizes and value for money. When we got there it was almost full but they kindly moved tables together and a kind group made space for us. The best fish and chips we had in Cornwall and would recommend highly.

Very nice staff, food good and free top up on chips with main meals if you can manage!

Lovely fish and chips and plentiful too. Pleasant friendly staff. We always like to get our chips from here when in Cornwall

Amazing food and staff are lovely best fish and chips ever

Highly recommended food was LOVELY

Called in here on the off chance as we had just arrived in Hayle for a week’s holiday. We were not disappointed. Efficient staff. Lovely fish and chips.

Absolute best, never eaten such tasty scampi and chips, Quality.

Excellent fish and chip shop. We decided to eat in and the service was really friendly.

We were in Cornwall for the week. Bought some fish & chips to takeaway. The best fish and chips in my opinion. Very clean and great atmosphere if you choose to eat in. 👍🏻

Absolutely the best Fish and Chip around. Food wonderful, restaurant spotless and staff cheerful and friendly. I can't recommend this establishment more highly. We'll be back.

Really good fish and chips and great service. Fish was cooked on order and for me Sanders is one of the best.

Proper authentic fish and chips. Really delicious, not too heavy with the batter which is perfect. Also you can drive down the road 2 mins and eat them at the beach

Delish takeaway every time we stay in Hayle Sanders is a firm family favourite for a takeaway! The batter is lovely light and crispy, service is quick but they do get busy as they are very popular!

Super fresh food, the batter is light crispy and fluffy. Great little fish and chip restaurant.

Had gluten free cod. It was the best I’ve had. Great value. Was staying along agar rd with family. Well worth a visit if your coeliac like my self Wonderful friendly service