Tasty Fry in Stirling

Many fish and chip shops claim to be the best in Scotland. I've been to several and most are very good. Having been to the Tasty Fry in Callander Main Street on several occasions, I can honestly say that I've never tasted better.

My wife and I try to visit here once a week We simply LOVE their fish and chips and sausages and combined with a couple of buttered rolls,ketchup,Coke and the cheery service makes our 70 mile round trip absolutely worth it even if the weather’s bad.👍❤️

Staff are great but the food…..I won’t be back again. Ordered 2 sausage suppers today and they were nearly inedible. There was a pile of precooked battered sausages in the heat display so I should have known. They had been there a long time. Sausages were half deflated from dehydration and the batter was extra chewy. At over £6 for a sausage supper not the quality you expect. Had this been the first time I’d give another chance but won’t be back for a third.

They should learn how to batter a sausage, absolutely rancid. Chips were like Casper the Ghost, like chips that are blanched before the second fry. Got a refund and apology in fairness but only after she tried to make it like it was my fault. It takes a lot for me to take something back, even more so when it involves a long walk through the village but this did it! I'm not posting this in the hope that owners will read it and raise their standards as it's clear they don't give a toss, just letting others know.

Staff where lovely and friendly just went in for chips but they were so good went back for more Certainly would go back next time in the area

Got fishsupper the worst I have ever tasted batter wasn't cook through. Better going to the shop further up street

Always been the best chippy in Callander

3.3⭐. We are international travelers. This is a dedicated fish and chip shop, ❗take away only. As we have had better tasting same food, the fish tasted good, not too juicy, with a special saltiness, we knew it was probably not too fresh and should be frozen fish, the chips were a bit too dry, but ok Within what we can accept. We stopped in this small town for a while and found a store that could quench our hunger which was actually pretty good. A set meal costs 💰 £9.6 and can be shared by two people. It seems they accept cash and credit cards. As an aside, the fish sculpture at the door is very cute. 20240805

Good food at reasonable price 👌 👍

Literally drive 50 minutes to get this! Honestly one of the best fish and chips I’ve eaten! Can’t understand the bad reviews!

Won't be back, when I was in the queue I witnessed the older female staff member be rude and cheeky to 3 customers, also seen her slap the young female staff members hands as she thought she had clicked the wrong button on the till! (Which she had not) she was clearly stressed and making all customers in the shop very aware. The food was edible but steak pie overdone and portion sizes are so small for the price they are charging.

If you're passing by this place then continue to pass. Lady serving tries to be sarcastic but comes across as an idiot. If you class that as banter at least make sure your food is up to scratch. Ordered a steak pie and ended up with a 50 piece jigsaw. Even on pieces the pastry was chewy. Sad as well as there's a queue out the door with the town being so popular with passing trade. Screw the head on and take pride.

We were just off the flight with a school trip heading from Edinburgh to Oban and I called to order 22 bags of chips for 630pm. It was all ready, fresh and the staff were awesome!!! We go with family for fish and chips when we are camping nearby!! I’ll be back!!!

Amazing staff and comfy good food

Come here every time I am in Callender. Great fish and chips for under a tenner. Friendly staff and there is always a queue out of the shop. The staff are very good at getting you served quick even when they are busy. Look forward to coming back.

Got a couple of rolls and chips and a can of juice. Just under £9. Seems a lot. Also the chips were like bricks. The people were friendly and it was a nice atmosphere but we couldn't eat the chips.

Excellent fish and chips really tasty and the batter was cooked to perfection not soggy at all! The chips were lovely too! We bought a bottle of chippy sauce as we prefer that to vinegar. The fish was freshly cooked as we waited! Fantastic friendly customer service! Iwould highly recommend it!

Great chip shop. Large chips £3.50 but BIG portion & tons of vinegar. Picture is half eaten.... Couldn't wait 😁. Highly recommend

Extremely rude staff person, almost walked out and left my food. Chips were also dripping in grease.

Me encanta este lugar tanto, a pesar de que el personal eran idiotas, la comida era deliciosa, que estaba goteando con aceite tal como me gusta, aceitosa aceitosa aceitosa mmm así es como me gustan mis hombres. Me dieron una cena de pescado, una cena de salchichas, una cena haggis y nuggets de pollo niños a mí mismo. todo estaba bañado en aceite y era tan delicioso delicioso delicioso.

I honestly can't review the food as this place fell at the first hurdle and we decided we'd rather not eat than eat at this place. We visited on 31st March around 8pm when we were greated by the gargoyle working behind the counter who we found less than hospitable, who bore all the hallmarks of someone whom life had given lemons and they had sooked them all at once. Won't be back, terrible service, no customer service skills.

Went this chip shop for 2 fish supper’s and a sausage supper for my grandson I can honestly say it’s the worst fish supper I’ve ever had the fish was greasy in the middle under the batter the chips where ok but my grand sons sausage supper had a small metal washer in one the sausages shocking I would go back and complain but it probably wouldn’t have done any good lesson learned best avoid this place I wish I had read the reviews before I went if I could give zero I would

Stop ere just before closing pick up yummy food great service owner and young lad where so nice good laugh will be back 😋 ps would off added photo smell so good i ate it lol

me and my boys (miniminter, w2s, calfreezy ect..) went on a sidmen shoot to get som scran. better than in Brighton. that little boy that works there is proper kind. best chip shop EVER. only thing that would make it better is if they sold prime. #DRINKPRIME

Really nice and friendly staff and the haggis supper was excellent and very reasonably priced 👍

Top class food at reasonable prices from friendly staff😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We want to grab small bite. So we ordered chips with curry sauce. Food was ok type what you expect from this type of small shop. One thing i can say you will get enough the amount you paid.

Food was good, staff were lovely , my problem is the tub size of curry sauce, it’s that small it it’s won’t cover one chip, decent sized tubs are required , fish rubbery like a bouncy ball

As other reviewers have said, bad attitude by the older female, pie supper in the afternoon was clearly from the night before, hard as a rock, disgustingly greasy inside, it was almost black like black pudding inside, as was the chip that were like broken glass, the dreggs indeed. My dog eats better

Very friendly service, super fresh fish and chips which were delicious!

I am very unimpressed by the manners and etiquette of the staff here. They called me a cheeky wee **** cause I asked if they could give me more ketchup then insulted me about my weight . The chips were nice but the fish was like sushi and batter was raw

Delicious as always. Battered sausage was perfectly crisp. Chips are always excellent. I come through here from Stirling especially because the chips are consistently good.

I had a very upset stomach a couple of hours later after eating their awful stale chips, they tasted like they were reheated & made from cardboard. I ate less than half because I was just so hungry but left the rest. My husband had battered haggis, he is really not well today. Feels very sick & upset tummy. Neither of us ate anything else yesterday & our Dr on ringing her suspects it’s the food from this place, On reading previous reviews on Trip Advisor today, it looks like it has happened before. They need to up their game considerably. This chippy needs rebranding to the “Nasty Fry”!

My husband had battered Haggis. I had a chip roll. We both ended up with chronic upset stomachs, my husband is very unwell still today, the day after. The chips tasted stale, like they were warmed up, I ate some of them because I was hungry. Worst chips I’ve had. Need to do so much better.

Phoned at 20:30 to check their opening times which was until 21:00, told them we were 15 mins away which they said was fine, arrived at 20:45 and they had already closed… very bizarre! Go to The Frying Dutchman along the road!!

Bad service in general. Unfriendly manager. Won’t come back. —> Frying Dutch man is a much better option!

Friendly staff but sorry worst haggis supper I've ever eaten ☹️

Probably one of the best chippys I’ve been too!!!

Great chip shop highly recommend you try if you’re visiting Callander and the curry sauce is a must with fish supper or sausage supper staff always friendly

Fish bites were delicious and worth waiting a few minutes for. Service was excellent considering it was a busy Friday night.

Love a Nice chippy on a sunday morning, great food and would recommend to any tourist - jake howland

Chips on Tuesday absolutely beautiful. Chips tonight not so nice. See if they were always cooked fresh and not overly done with fresh oil then they would be 5 stars all day. Too much of a hit or a miss.

Amazing food staff were amazing

Lovely wee chippy. Have visited Callander a few times over the years and tried this as well as Mhor Fish. Both places lovely. Only bought some chips but were absolutely delicious and wouldn’t hesitate to return

Me and my partner come here when we get a weekend off together, usually evry couple month and we always get a fish supper each, I have yet to find anywhere near as good for a fish supper absolutely delicious n staff are very friendly, keep it up bud n gals.

Just back from Callander, dropped in for a couple of fish & chip supers. Wish we had saved our money. The fish was very greasy and the chips sub standard. Plus you've to pay extra for sauce. £19.00 wasted. It's now in the bin. Do not recommend.

Far from the best chippy in the town

Always fresh food. The fish is probably one of the best in Scotland. The lady who fries is a legend, we go up here on the bikes quite often.

Friendly service and good food. Great wee chippy.

It's ok.. would say overpriced. Was £9.50 for fish supper and you have to buy sauce if you want it. One piece of fish.. my local chippy gives 2 slices fish in supper for less with free sauce... However was tasty and boneless

Amazingly friendly staff. Food delicious. Portion sizes massive. Thanks for a lovely meal.

What a terrible excuse for a fish supper the fish was dripping in grease and the batter was not cooked as it was so thick so it didn’t stick to the fish and was still white underneath i tried a bit of fish and a few chips that was not under the fish it was so disgusting that it went straight in the bin what a waste of a tenner I noticed theirs quite a few negative comments and they still carry on

Called by here and had the fish bites ‘supper’ which includes chips, about £8.50 or so I think, although you can just have the fish bites on their own for about £5.00 or so too. My wife and I shared and glad we did as the portion was generous. Nice lady who served us, chatty & friendly. This was our first fish & chips in Scotland lol. Sat in our car by the river on the car park at the back and chilled. Very nice.

Very good salt and viniger chips

Pretty rank .potions were small had to pay extra for sauce which was new to me .the chicken nuggets I spat out the first one I ate it tasted bad like cooked in butter or somthing binned the rest .we passed through calendar on way home from a great day out we obviously picked the worst chippy in town

Sorry was at this chippy last week fish supper Was very greasy could not eat fish chips for dry 9-50 for one fish with chips to dear went round to bench at water at bin thier was few chippy boxes full food out of chip shop people Complaining how bad it was

Brilliant chippy. The batter was delicious.

Absolutely fandabydosey loved it chippy chips are my favourite and they were scrummy to say the least scrummy yummy chips and lovely crisp fish just what my lovely helonten family needed😋❤️🥰

Friendly owner, fresh and well prepped fish and chips (tourist opinion, not a fish n chips expert). Get your meal, enjoy it at the river side; great combi!

Worst experience of a chippy ever. Ordered 9 meals with family during a weekend in Callander to celebrate a big family birthday. Not one single meal was finished, we asked if they offer gluten free options - to which we were told no. Pizza crunches & battered sausage were greasy, completely inedible, chips were dry and were like frozen chips you can by from a supermarket. 4 meals were fish suppers, all of which were terrible, it was not fresh or enjoyed by any in the group. I would certainly avoid.

We ordered 2 fish suppers. Not sure if they use frozen fish but I suspect they do as the fish was very dry in one portion and just passable on the other. The batter hadn’t been cooked all the way through so it was rubbery & soggy, left the majority of it. Quite liked the taste of the chips, tasted like they had been cooked in dripping.

Visited here with slight hesitation going by mixed reviews but was giving benefit of doubt as love a fish supper. Unfortunately however we were very disappointed. People mention portion size v’s price being a positive, we however pay the same in our home town for the same if not larger portion , £10 for a fish supper! The chips were tasty but the fish which is the main event was very dry and over cooked and the batter was so thick is detached from the fish and was very crispy on the outside but still congealed and raw on the inside, very very poor. As we bought two of these, they were consistent so it was not one bad fry. Premises are small but staff professional although never saw any smiles.

Don't go here. Nasty, oily and old. The oil was so old, the fish and chips has a horrible smell. The batter was soggy. We threw £23 worth of fish and chips in the bin. What a horrible and expensive experience

Made me sick and my fish was singing way oil my fish was supposed to be sorted but sank in the container my chips keep it slightly warm but pickles way cola good

The fish and chips were awful. It was made in old oil. The batter was soggy and it all really had a fowl smell of old oil. We threw £23 worth of food in the bin.

Unhygienic chips all over the floor, server picked my sausage up with his hands no gloves on, poor portions small to say the least I could count on 2 hands the chips I was given, also no sauces peas beans gravey etc no kebab ready no nothing, definitely will not be going here again from a tourist point of view, also expensive! £10.90 for chips pie sausage and curry!

Superb! The best fish supper we have had by far. Visited while on holiday for a takeaway & we had the best fish & chips ever. Thank you x

First of all, I cannot understand why there are so many poor reviews for the Tasty Fry? Myself and better half have been eating from these guys for nigh on 10 years, we travel a great distance around 6 times a year (weather and Covid permitting) We have never been dissatisfied with the Fish Suppers, to a degree that we recommend the shop to friends (many) and Family. Chips have just the right amount of crispness but still fluffy inside, the Fish is always fresh and white, flakes perfectly and the light batter stays lovely and crispy until the last mouthful. Leanne has always been serving on our visits along with various other members of the team, unfortunately we didn't get their names. We have never received anything other than Friendly, Prompt and Courteous service, we always chat to the team whilst awaiting our suppers. As for customers posting reviews about litter and polystyrene trays, I must agree about the polystyrene trays, I much prefer a cardboard box that most Chip shop now use, however this is a personal preference and it is entirely up to the owner what he/she wants to use. Once a Customer leaves the shop it is up to them to dispose of the packaging and not the Tasty Fry! I have personally not seen any overflowing bins around the park/river area, it this has been the case obviously it's the council at fault? I would like to take this opportunity to highly recommend the Tasty Fry to anyone who either lives in the town or visitors to Callander. Give them a try, you won't be disappointed.

This place is the business! Best fish ive tasted in a long time! The service was outstanding, the young lady that served me is leaving in 2 weeks! Owner please pay her more to make her stay! ❤️❤️❤️

i would just like to say to the public that i went here for 2 and a half years straight best time of my life staff are awesome and the batter is the best thing ever there is nothing wrong with this chippy dont avoid like all other reviews say

this is the best food in the world i went thare for 2 and a bit years every day and im not dead it is the best chipy of all and the staff are nice.

Lovely ladies, make a perfect fish and chips, thx £17 was a little expensive for 2 suppers

After a disappointing visit to Callander, the missus and I decided to share a bag of chips from here. Huge portion size for half the price of our local chippy. The staff were friendly and the food was excellent. I remember this being the favourite chippy of my late Grandfather and he said it had been around since he was a wee boy - he was 94! Whether that's true or not, I don't know, but he loved his occasional visit to the chippy - and we weren't disappointed!

Rude , rotten , rubbish .avoid at all costs from a honest person it’s one of the worst chippys I’ve had . Had many all over Scotland . Just my advice save urself a disappointment on a rubbish dinner Frying Dutchmen up the road 100% better .

Absolutely braw chippy. Fresh fish, nice chips, great service.

Lovely fish supper. 2nd time I’ve visited on my munro hiking trips. Not sure what all the negative reviews are for as I really enjoyed my food, having worked in a good chip shop previously I can say that these were very good. Thanks to the 2 ladies who served me tonight. :)

Friendly and hilarious ladies working there, great fish and chips, excellent location

Headed here for supper. Closed when we arrived at 8.30pm. Listed time was 9pm

The fish and chips meals are very good

Popped in today was lovely, got served by a women and a young gentleman, they were very professional and spoke nicely. Would definitely come back great chippy

I'm sitting in the cat park eating a fish supper, well the service was absolutely spot on, Lovely couple, the chips are fantastic and I must say the best tasting fish I have ever had the pleasure to eat, bar none. I loved the wee funny signs in the window, great light hearted humour in a world of frowns. Top chippy, top service and unrivaled taste. you made my day. Thank you. Pat. 26.9.22.

We visited this place one evening for our evening meal ad what was called a "sausage supper". It was very good at a not unreasonable price and gave us a very enjoyable meal. I would recommend this place for a takeaway meal.

Worst fisch and chips ever, it's a shame. Dry, hard, fat dripping out, soggy fries etc. Never comming back!

Old school chippy, small traditional menu... tasty by name and tasty by nature !! 😆 kebabs and pizzas need not apply Oh also fry in beef drippin 😋

Great Food, Friendly, Helpful staff

Fantastic fish and chips. Excellent service, value for money. Will stop again on our long trip from the Isle of Tiree to Kendal.

Very nice,polite staff,will keep going back,highly recommended to anyone!.

The only chippy in calender so not much choice, it's a chippy but wouldn't be my first choice.

My husband went up for 2 fish suppers greeted by two nasty pieces of works. Went up the road to a fantastic chip shop with lovely friendly staff. Remember the customer pays your wages after all or you wouldnt have a job!!!

Used to love getting my supper from here, food was consistent and excellent. However, I went today during a busy period around 6pm and wasn't impressed to see the portion size was more than halved from the normal. I don't know if its the new normal, or if they'd simply reduced the portion size due to it being busy, but either way it wasn't worth the wait nor the price at that portion size. Unfortunately I won't be returning now...

Worst chippy I’ve ever had the batter on the fish was rock hard and the chips were the same will not visit here again 😡

Great chippy always stop off here on the way home ☺️

Best chippie in Callander. Can be busy on a sunny day.

Friendly staff and the quality of a fish supper is excellent, would recommend.

So friendly & helpful, told us about the park by the river. My husband & I enjoyed our meal by the river celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary. Best fish & chips we’ve ever had….it’s big, can definitely share 1 meal, but we got 2…would recommend 2 pieces of fish & 1 fry. Would eat there again.

Chips are great fish disgusting inedible I'm almost 100% sure this fish was pre battered pre frozen supermarket packet fish.... batter fell off it in one single slobbery sheet... that dosnt happen with fresh battered fish at all, fish was more grey than white..again goes...

Rotten - ordered a sausage supper, black pudding and chicken nuggets with was too soggy with the batter and i cant describe how much batter they put on it was ridiculous complete heart attack material , the amount of grease coming out of it also was astonishing, wouldnt even feed it to my dogs

Amazing fish and chips and service this review is from Killin Taxis.

Being a regular in Callander I decided to give the tasty fry chip Shop a try And it was terrible the chips were re heats You can tell buy the colour of the chips greasy Terrible portions And rotten attitude from the woman serving you...

Went for lunch today and was served by a young male, we were telling him our order, then he turned around and said abruptly anything else with throwing his arms out to the side, and looked angry as saying it, tone, manner and body laungage...