straits fish & chip shop in North Norfolk

If you are old enough to remember that fresh fish cooked in beef dripping is proper fish and chips, then Straights is for you Got to be one of the best chippys in UK

I am not sure if there has been a change of ownership recently, but I can't understand the negative reviews. The people running this place are lovely and accommodating. They looked after our bags so we could look at the sea front. And then the fish, wow! I love fish and chips and as a Londoner try every one I can in the capital, as well as when we travel. I haven't had fish as good as this for years, maybe a decade! The batter was so good. I got fish bites honestly expecting small, slightly greasy fish balls, But these were 5 huge pieces of fish more than a normal portion. The chips were very good, too. Highly recommended by this visitor, and many thanks for your kindness.

Food was delicious and service even better! Sadie went above and beyond for us. We will definitely be back :-)

We phoned through a big order tonight and asked for it to be ready at 6.45pm. We arrived 5 minutes before and the staff were busy cooking and preparing it. This gave me lots of confidence that the food was freshly cooked. Very efficient and good value-£63 for 7 people. Everything was delicious and hot. The fish (of all sorts) was delicious. Chips perfect. Well done and thank you for being so friendly. Good luck and I hope you’re successful!

We’ve recently moved to Sheringham. We wanted fish n chips on our first day and we stumbled across Straits. Have to say, we were very impressed. Fish was huge and the batter was crispy and tasted very good, there was no need for large. Chips were great. The staff were very friendly. We’ve now been back 5 times. Very tasty.

The best fish and chips I've had for a long time! We were visiting the area and dropped in by chance and were so glad we did. I asked for a 'large cod' (as most places have kept the same wording but reduced the portion size) : this portion was huge and perfectly cooked! The fish was delicious, tasted very fresh and melted beautifully in the mouth! An all-round treat! I can definitely recommend Straits.

When I return to Sheringham, I'll be making a Beeline for this chippy. Biggest and tastiest piece if cod I've had in ages. Huge portion of perfectly cooked chips.

Great fish and chips - and no skin on. Great staff and product.

What a lovely find called in Monday night for Haddock and chips. The haddock was so chunky and flaky or fish. The batter was cooked perfect my younger son had chicken and mushroom pie and chips and gravy. Oh my God the gravy was spot on. Thanks again will be back next week.

Had the most wonderful fish and chips at ten pounds all made to order so was a few minutes wait but well worth it staff were amazing shop clean and fish very fresh ❤️

Went here on the 40s weekend, wasnt particulaly busy yet people were standing outside waiting for chips. This seemed like a promising thing that the chips were fresh and hot, I ordered large haddock and chips. Omg I can honestly say that this is the worst fish I have ever had, I should have taken a pic. The fish batter was dark brown and like concrete, yet it was cooked while I waited. Wont go back, little shop down the alley opposite called Daves is much much better

Sadly the fish and chips we had were horrid, the fish was a deep mahogany colour, fried and re fried ,chips soggy, such a shame and at £17 not cheap

Lovely small fish bar by the sea in Sheringham, prices very good and food very tasty.

Very good food cooked fresh while you wait! Very reasonable prices. Service with a smile. Great find!

Lovely fish and chips, crispy batter, skinless fish, we also had sausage and pies - all excellent! Very generous portions and reasonable prices. Under new management - best fish and chips I’ve had in Norfolk.

Excellent service by the very friendly ladies working who went out of their way to help my daughter with a sauce issue. Fish & chips were incredible quality and hot as made fresh to order! Bonus points for the curry sauce which was the icing on the cake.

Absolutely wonderful fish and chips. Great portions , crispy batter Excellent. Thank you

We were a family of 10 with 6 adults and 4 children, none of whom could make up their minds what to order, but with great patience the staff managed to sort us all out. How they managed to get all of our order correct is a miracle. The staff were incredibly helpful and cheerful with lots of banter and joking. We ate by the beach and the food kept hot until we got there. The food did not disappoint, everyone agreed, the best they had ever had. Lovely crispy batter, delicious fresh fish and dry chips, not greasy at all.

Very professional chippy that I have used many times me my friends and family’s go to place the staff are lovely and friendly and professional Fry to order best way and ticket order system best curry sauce on the coast my go to chippy

Found hairs on sausages, large cheesey chips was realistically a small & most of cheese stuck to wrapping

Rang order in and was very impressed from Lovely Staff Quality of food so lovely and hot all food and will definitely use again

Best cod bites in town will be back

Always great fish and chips here. The chips were medium chunky, the fish white-fleshed and succulent, and the batter hot and moist. Making everything just right. Thanks to Sadie and the team for fast and friendly service. Same time next year?

Best fish and chips I've had in a while. Fish was huge, fresh and delicious, cooked to order by a friendly staff. Would recommend.

Great fish and chips. The fish is very meaty and worth the money.

Huge fish and Sausage Cooked Fresh Tasty Curry Sauce Fantastic Staff lovely This is the Chippy you need to try.Well worth a visit.

Delicious fish, chips and curry sauce! Very helpful and friendly staff. Great value too.

Would recommend to anyone, been coming here for lunch since I started working in sheringham, lovely food! Good prices and lovely staff and great customer service! Will be back pretty much everyday:)

Under new ownership and back on track as in the top 2 of fish and chips shops in Sheringham. The fish is excellent and their foot long sausage is awesome. Pity they don't do pies or burgers. I'm

After many recommendations we decided to try straits. Upon arriving you intially could be mistaken that there’s a queue .. infact it’s a well organised system .. simply walk to the counter , order , pay (and they accept card unlike Dave’s!!) receive a little number step outside wait for your number and return to collect your food. The fish was enormous and the batter delicious , slightly thicker and crispier than some fish and chips shop but definitely more tasty.. we also ordered a battered sausage amazing !! Oh and some curry sauce. The whole family LOVED it .. best fish and chips in sheringham for sure

The Sheringham fish and chip scene is a funny thing, ask a local for a recommendation and they’ll usually tell you very subjectively their favourite. A kind of blind loyalty for one reason or another, which is fine. Not helpful or relevant and completely biased. If you want to say X is the best, you need to test the others. If you never go anywhere else, how would you know? I’ll offer my loyalty to the outlet that offers freshly cooked fish to order (not hot holding). With recently, well-cooked chips. I’m not really bothered by what they fry in as long as the end result is tasty and not too greasy. Good, friendly service goes some way with me too. Consistency is everything, and the real deal-sweetener for me is good curry sauce. Sounds simple? This for me in previous years was Stevensons, but they were closed in order to refurb, following a fire forcing me to find a “next best thing” after being consistently satisfied there. Having tried all of them and Straits coming into new ownership within the last couple of months of writing this review, I can hands down say they are the best (in my opinion). Portion sizes as expected. Excellent cooking skill demonstrated by the chef, efficient and friendly service from Sadie and the other team members. Delicious curry sauce (everyone else’s seems to be bland and lumpy). Nothing to complain about at all (the other outlets had something for me to mention). Well done & thank you. As long as the team keep up the great work they do, i’ll happily give them my custom.

Really good food and great service

Great tasting Cod and chips from these guys & girl! We ordered at about 8pm, and they were still busy. Waited about 10 minutes as the food is cooked to order. 2 medium cod & chips for £20, which I thought was quite reasonable considering where they are. The Cod was cooked fantastically, crispy light batter, no skin or bones on the fish, and the chips had a great taste, not sure what oil they use, but it was all delicious. Would definitely recommend this place. Go and sit on the seawall and eat them whilst watching the sunset, brilliant!

they served us late yesterday, with good chips and excellent battered cod.

Staff are incredibly rude, if it wasn’t the only place open we’d have walked out. Avoid

Always a good choice for a weekend tea because the batter is absolutely perfect, crispy but not greasy, the chips are fantastic and finally the staff are wonderful, friendly and professional and considering how busy they are they are quick at what they do... thank you, we will definitely be back.

Best fish and chips we tried in Sherringham. And very friendly staff.

Chips tasted like fish! They must have been cooked in the fish fryer because they were absolutely rank. And they were ones from the heater which looked like they had been there a good while, really dry. Then girl on till wall training another young girl and was absolutely horrid to her. Made a point of being polite to her so she wasn't totally confidence knocked. £3.70 for smalls chips and curry sauce.

Ran out of chips. Was told it would be a 5 minute wait and it turned into a 25 minute wait because of this. This wasn't communicated, we just heard from other customers coming out who tried to order. There was no apology for this or the long wait either.

Don't fall for the low price of a "large" chips. It was barely enough to fill my 10 year old son and was a bit bland. Don't think it will stick with the reputation it had before it re-opened.

This lovely fish and chip shop has been a favourite of ours for many years. Food is cooked to order and never fails to please

In fairness it was only a portion of chips. £3 seems expensive but it is probably the going rate now. The chips were poor, dry and bland. Lots of competition so they need to up their game. Other reviews seem good so I’ll put it down as a one off.

On 16th September at approximately 7.30pm Straits achieved fish and chips perfection. Simply the best I ever had. Everything cooked to order, piping hot , crispy light melt in the mouth batter, beautiful chips even the mushy peas were stand out . Still the best in Sheringham.

Fast service, cod cooked to order in about 8 minutes. Delicious chips, good size portion. Lovely mushy peas.

Very rude gentleman taking orders. £23.60 for two portions of cod n chips. Extremely small portion of cod for the price charged, and only a handful of chips. Definitely not worth the money. Go to the chip shop directly opposite, for a good value portion of fish n chips and avoid Straits.

Really really good chips. Good portion size but not silly large. Prices reasonable. Ketchup portions are 25p but are plenty for one person. Would definitely return. Did not try the fish.

Absolute rubbish fish n chips the chips were not cooked the batter on the fish was a soggy mess and was way overpriced avoid like the plague

Visited Sheringham for a holiday and decided to eat some chips from the local chippy however they have given me food poisoning!! Now suffering at home with food poisoning due to badly cooked chips! Very unimpressed with the quality of their food! Don’t recommend at all!

Came here on the first day of our holiday. Service was quick, friendly & efficient. Food tasted great, was cooked & seasoned perfectly. Fish tasted fresh & the batter not too greasy. Tried to order here on the last day of our holiday, but they'd sold out. Would highly recommend & will definitely have our fish & chips from here on our next visit to Sheringham.

Best chippy in sheringham the scampi is amazing , all fish fried to order so fresh and prices are affordable

Longest queue in town, biggest wait and even larger disappointment. Undercooked batter led to a short nights sleep.

Not great, small portions and the cod bites were really greasy…

£10.50 for a portion of cod and chips seemed like rather a lot.. Chips not great, but cod was good.

Had a meal for two with sauces and drinks and was pleased with how reasonably priced the cost of the meal was had two fish cakes and chips and two batterd sausage and chips was lovely and was served very quickly and the staff we very friendly and polite will be coming back again for sure

Great chips decent portion sizes staff are very welcoming and friendly and take time to take an interest in your day and make u feel very welcome high recommend to all friends and family.

On day trip to sheringham. Not the best , asked for mushy peas and when got back to the car , no mushy peas , wouldn’t go there again , fish and chips and fish cake were not the best,fish looked like it had come out of a box, not fresh!

The fish was fresh and nicely cooked but the batter was unfortunately undercooked and soggy. Chips were OK but not plentiful. Service was slow wrapping the cooked food. Previous annual visits have been good so maybe this is a one off🤞🏼

Terrible, avoid, dirty oil means nasty batter and greasy chips, threw away most of it, should be shut down

We stopped by for fish, chips and curry sauce. All of it was fantastic and the best we’ve had in Sheringham. Yes we had to wait about 7 or 8 minutes while the fish was fried but it was beautifully crisp and piping hot. Friendly staff too. We were sad the see the next day that They’ve now closed for the season, and hope they’ll reopen next year.

We waited 35 minutes after they took our order - for 2 portions of chips. There were 4 people making abc serving so I’m not quite sure ehagg to the problem was. Chips were a bit flavourless. Disappointing

Probably the worst fish and ship shops I've ever been. It took them 30 mins to fry a sausage and chips, as only one out of four people working the is actually frying. Don't get me wrong, I still consider these places as fast food, so expect food to be done quicker. And after 30 mins I got a tiniest portion of chips with a sausage. And they didn't add salt as requested in my order. So bad.

The world's slowest place. Nothing else to say, terribly managed and a lack of common sense as well as lack of warning of how slow food would be

Went here on a busy Saturday night and everywhere was packed! They had a great queuing system (you go straight to the counter to order and get a ticket) and the order came in 10-15 mins. Had 2 cod & chips & mushy peas which were piping hot and excellently cooked. The batter was good and the fish was amazing! Would definitely recommend.

Very small portions and over priced. Chips tasted as though they had sat for a while. Staff were friendly but food was disappointing.

Took such a long time to get portion of chips. Poor service. Could do so much better with a bit more engery and enthusiasm. Sorry for poor review but a real let down

The staff didn't seem to understand when asked whether the chips were vegan or not (i.e. are they cooked in animal products). Eventually we got some chips, after a long wait, and they were flavourless, floury and just unpleasant.

great fish and chips the cod was cooked perfectly with a light crispy batter, and the chips were golden clouds of wonderfulness, all cooked fresh to order , will definitely be going back

First visit since Straits re-opened for the 2022 summer season. Fish was beautifully cooked and chips were tasty. Friendly and efficient service - lovely to be able to come back and enjoy proper fish and chips again. Ps curry sauce was also excellent

Best fish I have tasted for ages. Light crispy batter and lovely white cod. Friendly staff. Reccomended.

Expensive. Chips old brown stale. Cod thin and super greasy. So rubbish I thought I would post a review simply to warn others as you want nice fish and chips on holiday at the seaside.

Queued outside for 20mins for them to just shut the doors. Not even an apology. Absolute waste of time. At least 2 other fish and chip shops equally as nice. Don't waste your time.

Great chippy on the main road, small shop but great quality of food, although often busy! Handy too for the seafront to eat al fresco!

After seeing some good reviews I tried for the first time Straits for some cod and chips. The cod was just about o.k. but nothing to write home about. The chips were exceeding disappointing, although they were freshly cooked half of them were just little...

Chips were ok. A bit brown. My main issue is the cod bites which contained the most miniscule amount of cod inside. I'm pretty sure one was just batter. The batter was nice fortunately. My wife ordered sausage and chips, the sausage was very small and beige plus it looked as though it had been given a vasectomy. Please note that one of these stars was for the attractive ginger lass who served us and not for the food. .

Had some lovely fish and chips here yesterday...always do when in the area! 10/10 for sure and good service. All I would say is that you should do Pies! as one of my daughters is not too keen on fish, but she did have it...

Oh my goodness, how disappointing! A very long wait... A chip shop with no pies, burgers, sausages. Very poor customer service. Young men, 3 of them, more interested in chatting, not working 😕 Doubt I will return.

Tiny portion sizes for the price, asked for salt and vinegar on the chips yet they seemed to have nothing on, and 20p per sachet of ketchup?!

The food is amazing, and all the fish is cooked fresh! Very friendly staff, and they cater to different markets since they fry in vegetable oil. I would highly recommend, as they are by far the best in the town

Probably the worst chips I've ever eaten, on unwrapping they looked like they were about 2 days old and hoped they tasted better than they looked. Were all dried up and hard but also managed to be a bit soggy. With the taste of cardboard. Won't be going there again.

Had fish n chips from here today - the chips were so hard they must have been reheated 2 or 3 times, The batter on the fish was dirty brown as recon cooking oil obviously passed its best. The lot went in the bin!! Will certainly Avoid this place in the future.

Staff very weird And portions very small 🔥burnt dried up chips Staff not friendly and stare very uncomfortable and never going back

Had fish and chips here bank holiday week as a family of 6 they where lovely and freshly cooked we all enjoyed them. Was very impressed with all staff wearing masks as we only buy from fish shops that do.

The food was really good, but the staff members made me feel uncomfortable by staring at me creepily and that's quite enough to put me off going there again.

Very poor Fish and Chips Oh dear what’s happening to Fish and Chips in Sheringham 2 different place to awful meal won’t Had Straits Fish and Chips before this time oil must be knackered as both fish batter and Chip look over cooked Won’t be...

Expected it to be average, but i'm impressed, chips were really nice and crispy, not at all greasy. Cod again was not greasy, cripsy batter and a decent size. Keep it up.

Searched for Straits because it mentions Gluten Free fish and chips on their site. Only to be told they don’t do it anymore but I could have chips as they don’t cook fish in it. Update your site please.

Not worth the money they're charging - nothing special and expensive for what you got.

fantastic fish and chips, would highly recommend

When this shop is open the fish and chips are amazing! It takes a bit of a while to actually get it but it’s worth the wait.

We have had excellent fish and chips at this establishment in the past so we're bitterly disappointed with Our 2 Cod and 1 chips to share One of the fish was very small and was not good quality the chips were greasy and over cooked...

I was recommended Straits from a good friend as the best fish and chips in Norfolk and they weren't wrong, very tasty, chips cooked to perfection. Got to be popular when there were Ques out the door before they were even open!

This was a disappointing experience. 2 stars as they are the only chippy that accepted card payment. 2 cod and chips £16.00, the chips was greasy and had no salt or vinegar as requested and the cod had so much salt the batter was not edible.. The cod within the batter was the only nice part. No napkins either... disappointing...

ordered a burger didnt say if there was mayo in, got it and there was mayo, then asked if i could have a new one as i dont like mayo and they said no so i asked for a refund they said no so they...

Very clean. Very fresh fish and good chips. All at a great price

Popular spot which tells it's own story. My recommendation are the chip butties/cobs/rolls with a twist. They are delicious and wide in variety. No seats though so you will be best hitting the seafront for a bit of seaside dining.

Just had cod and chips (hubby had batter sos and chips) and it was really delicious so good we nearly went back for more Chips were crispy and tasty the cod was in a lovely batter and perfectly cooked Thanks guys best fish and chips I have had for a long while

A visit here is always a must when we come to Sheringham. It doesn’t disappoint ,beautiful fish and chips

Quite simply, one of the best fish and chips we have had and we've tried a few since we have been here. Thoroughly recommend this take away

Fish cooked to order, light batter & great chips, 5 of us all really enjoyed them.

Join the queue for the best cooked fish in Sheringham. Gorgeous batter, lovely fish. Accompany them in its chips from the kebab shop opposite and you are in for a treat.