St. James Fishbar in Southampton - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

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I get fish and chips from her regularly. They used to be very, very good. The last couple of times the quality of the chips have been very poor. They are usually sitting around for awhile have black bits in them and are scrappy bits of potato. I keep coming back and hoping that the quality will Improve. However, unless you go when they have just freshly cooked the chips they are pretty rubbish.

The food was cold and parts of the order missing . The staff are lovely had food for the care home we run and it was lovely and hot

Nice food but the chip portion sizes aren't consistent. Sometimes you will get a good sized portion but other times they're tiny. A medium portion is supposed to be for 2 people but sometimes it's barely enough for one.

I only wanted a small portion of chips. But I have to say those were some of the best chips I have ever! Super crispy on the outside still soft inside, absolutely perfect balance of salt on them. Very generous portion too. You do have to pay extra if you want sauces on them though.

I ordered a kebab with chips as takeaway, and it was cold on the inside, although the outside looked cooked. Tasted more jello and had to throw it away. Had better. The chips, on the other hand, were awesome.

Best chish and fips i have had in a long time ,go get em ,yummie

Huge portions that are reasonably priced. Good service - really friendly. Best chippy in Shirley!

Great size pea fritters and burger in batter, all freshly cooked including their chips. Could really teach a fee other chippies a lesson in how to do it right

Local chippy with everything cooked fresh. Tasty fish and chips, the doner and chicken donor are also both tasty! Always immaculate. Keep up the great work.

Best fish and chips in Southampton. Super friendly 'family' staff and a good selection of food.

St. James Fish Bar: Top Marks All Across The Board Had a fantastic experience at St. James Fish Bar last night (February 10th, 2024)! The premises are clean, spacious and really invite you to try the food within. The staff were very friendly and welcoming, which always made the experience even better. Onto the food! Their menu is impressively broad for a chip shop which is great if, like me, you like trying new foods. This time, I kept it simple and went for the classic combo of chips and fish, and let me tell you, it was *excellent*. The fish was perfectly cooked – crispy batter, fresh and flaky white fish inside. The chips were just right – golden, fluffy, and not greasy at all. Portion sizes were very generous, too, leaving me feeling happily satisfied. I also bought a double cheeseburger which was very good quality. The vegetables were fresh and the onions were plentiful, whilst the beef was good quality. Feeling a bit adventurous, I also tried their deep-fried Mars bar. The combination may sound unusual but the result was, without a doubt, delicious! The warm, gooey chocolate with the crispy coating was a delightful treat without being sickly or over-indulgent. Honestly, there wasn't a single thing I could fault about my visit to St. James Fish Bar. The food was top-notch, the atmosphere was great, and the service was friendly. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this place to anyone looking for a delicious and enjoyable meal. I'll definitely be back for more fish and chips (and probably another Mars bar, too!). **Overall rating:** 5 out of 5 stars **Pros:** * Clean, spacious, and inviting atmosphere * Friendly and welcoming staff * Excellent quality food with generous portions * Particularly impressed with the fish and chips, and the deep-fried Mars bar was a tasty treat! **Cons:** * None **Additional notes:** * Would definitely revisit * Would highly recommend to others

Best fish and chips in Southampton, Fish always cooled to order, this is an up date there fish and chip are just getting better and better 10 out of 10 still the best

I bought fish and chips and a chicken wing. It was a bit oily and the chips tasted a bit bitter. Nothing too special!

Good service, lovely food. Definitely a major improvement to the first time I wentg there but that was a fair while ago

Great chippy. Friendly, family run business. Good sized portions and great food.

the chips were ok but on the menu they had rock salmon they don't have any and I have been on asking couple times I think they stopped doing it now still you can see it on the menu but the chips are alright the service was ok

Soggy batter on my fish when asked for well done twice, looked good till I pulled the batter off 🤢 I won't be returning

Great fish and chips, warning you get lots of chips. So a large chips is a large chips.

Still the same great team and great food as ever 😉

Very good Fish and Chips and Pies. Nice people too.

Really good fish and chips with cheese. I went in when they were closing, but they still served me with a friendly manner!

Nice chips but the fish batter is a bit soggy

Provided take away fish and chips for our quiz night (37 people). Food was ready on time, hot and great quality - I had lots of comments about how good the fish and chips were. Great service - thanks!

Highly recommend this chippy. Catered for our quiz night (37 people) on Saturday. Food was ready on time, hot and I had so many comments about how good the fish and chips were! Big thank you to the team at St James Fish Bar.

Cod and chips were delicious. Cooked fresh and efficient service.

Was recommended here by friends. Simply the best Fish & Chips I've had in years.....

Fresh food, generous portions. Lovely Portuguese family running it

Great place to go and get fish and chips. Good quality, didn't find it too greasy. Staff very friendly and chatty. Good portion sizes. The wait can be a little long as it's very popular. Definitely would recommend!

Definitely the best chippy in Southampton, can't be the quality of food as well as the price. Can't fault

Not as good as it used to be, batter was quite thick but last time it was light and fish was flaky

Best size Cod large and great beef onion pies (not in the microwave) chips are the when they just been cooked.

Best chippy ever. Such value for money

Amazing food very delicious will definitely go there again !

I love fish and chips and this place does them to perfection

It is my first really English fish Chip chips in U .K , during our lunch hour , staff told me about this great well know Fish Chip shop in the area , menu have a lot of selection , not pricy , wow ! the Cod is so fresh , batter just right and not oily , portion sizer is a lot , only English people know how to do a fabulous Fish Chips ! staff so friendly and helpful ! so if you visiting Southampton , try to drop in try their Fish Chips ! oh , the mushy pees is truly taste different ! chicken pie not shabby at all ! I am happy and too full .

It taste good but the fish was very oily

Great size fish - not with excessive batter as some do, which was great! All cooked freshly and still hot by the time we drove home!

It's one of the places with the biggest selection of takeaway food: fish & chips, burgers, kebabs, grilled chicken, pies, lots of different sides and extras you can get as well! Well priced and generous portions!

Always good. Just need to change their curry sauce back

They do a gluten free menu! We are so happy about this and our coeliac son happily had fish and chips without any ill effect. All chips are cooked in a gluten free fryer and there is a gluten free menu for other items too. Well done St James Fish Bar! We’ll definitely be back!

Always great food and good service!

This place rocks, great people, great service, great food, great prices.

I waited in my carers car while my carer got the chips quite quick turned out to b nice chips

Best service and lovely fish and chips for miles around

One of the best fish and chips (and saveloy) that we've ever had, lovely tasty batter on the fish, great chips and a perfect saveloy (not dry or sat in salt water for hours as we've had at other places). Also great value for money. No other fish and chips place in Soton even comes close. We've found a new favourite takeaway.

This is my local chippy and as others have said always used to be very popular. It has gone through several changes of owners over the last few years and I thought I would give it a chance today with a spring roll and chips. Well maybe I have missed something but a spring roll to me is packed with delicious oriental style vegetables. This one was filled with heavy sludge with a few peas and carrots in it. I have no idea what it was even meant to be. My instinct says this is left over chips chucked in the food processor but I could be wrong. The chips were fine but rather in the big hefty style without any crispiness. I'm really sorry but I certainly won't be returning.

Friendly, safe and great rock salmon

Service was great, only thing didn't like was the batter on the fish was rather soggy.

Lovely chips, staff are lovely friendly and helpful

Always quality food whether its fish,burgers or kebabs. Chip portions are huge! Always a treat having a take away from here😋

Although fantastic customer service, ordered cod and chips and battered sausage , unfortunately the chips were so greasy and over cooked and the cod was soggy and greasy , battered sausage was ok but had to throw most of my order away which was a total waste of money 😟

As always, the best fish & chips in town

Excellent fish and chip shop food exceptional great price very tasty

Good customer service and fish and chips are good

Really good portions for the money payed. Really friendly staff.

Good quality very friendly staff

Best fish and chips in Southampton

Very friendly staff willing to.go extra mile. Generous portions and always fresh. Happy to even peel more potato if close to closing time. Never disappoint new menu with kebabs is great and good prices

Best chippy in Shirley. Lovely friendly staff

Got home and realised a meal from our order was missing. Everyone shared parts their meals to compensate but no one felt like they had a satisfying meal. Food was average, overcharged/under delivered. Can’t imagine that we will visit again.

Very good quality food,good portions for the price and the staff are friendly.

Fresh, nicely cooked and drained before serving. The mark of an experienced chippy. Can't ask for much more.

Awesome fish and chip shop, huge menu including Glutten Free options, I've posted a scan of the menu so you can see what's on offer. I'm hoping they'll expand their GF range. Maybe a GF pie :-)

Very impressed! Very clean and well organised. The staff were lovely and the food was excellent. I especially liked the large vegetarian choice. We will certainly return soon!!!

Once upon time St James’s Chippy used to be the best. The End.

First time we used this fish and chip shop well organised fish and chips freshly cooked good portions we will use them again.

We've have used this fish and chip shop on several occasions. Always good food and friendly staff.

I have to say this is a very good fish and chips shop, my family went there because everywhere else was shut due to coronavirus but we go there every time we want fish and chips now, it has amazing portion sizes and very friendly staff who are always nice to customers, the food is also amazing.

It was the 1st time I've purchased Fish and Chips from this chippy and I have to say I was very impressed. I did read all the reviews 1st and they were right. Clean, masks worn, fresh fish and chips, they give you large portions and chips lovely and yellow not oily or black bits. Highly recommend, will definitely go back 🙂

Asked for fresh chips and fish extremely disappointed by the product quality and taste less food this is the first and last time I will use this shop previous owners were amazing and decent food

recommended, quality fish and chips

Fantastic for chip night treat.

Not as nice as the original owners food. Chips are bearly warm but massive portions. Good value for money.

No queues wanted in the shop. So get everyone to hang about out the front instead. Not really encouraging social distancing. Apart from that the fish and chips served here are great

Brilliant Fish and Chips. Best in Southampton.

Awsum size portions, best chips I've had from Southampton yet. Would like the batter on the fish more crisp, but can be forgiven due to the value for money. Would from there again. Thank you St James Fish Bar 👍

Quite impressed. Fresh cooked fish, chips were perfect. First time I've been here ☺️ very good.

Brilliant lovely fish and chips

Just found our new chippy. Friendly staff, really good chips and decent sized portions

Excellent Fish and Chips, great friendly service, recommend

Nice food, not greasy. Value for money, would recommend.

Great fish and chips and stayed open throughout Covid

Come here quite regularly, never been disappointed. Rarely a long wait, food is usually cooked to order and portion sizes are generous. Service with a smile, always aim to go here if I fancy chips.

Excellent value. Regular cod was surprisingly large, medium chips easily enough for two (or three!). The best in the area!

Great chippy fast service nice stuff great food

Came here for lunch today (27-5-2020) was welcomed by the young guy behind the counter. Food was served quickly, was very hot & food tasted great. Would definitely recommend to others if passing by etc... It would be helpful If they had menu flyers on the counter to take away to look at prices etc 👍🏻

Just bought a large cod and chips and it was luke warm. Its our first time in this shop but last time as well. We would of waited longer for a nice hot fresh chrispy fish and chips. 😏

Excellent fish and chips. Well worth popping in. Wide menu to choose from. Happy customer:):):)

Friendly service with a great selection including some really good veggie options. Always fresh and tasty.

Very warm and freindly family that run it, food is excellent quality and we are regular customers, best chips in Southampton.

Beat chip shop always fresh and cooked to perfection.

A family run business serving quality fish & chips and more.

Over priced food not even that nice

Best Haddock and Chips in Southampton!

Polite people neat clean good service good food

Not mean with the goods here chaps. We only wanted small portions but the smallest is medium and that was enough to feed us for two meals. Hot and tasty.

The food is always good and tasty, but sometimes the portions of chips can vary a lot!

Currently the best fish and chips in Southampton. Very helpful and friendly staff. Love them.

Amazing, fresh, friendly. Highly recommended ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐