The Elite Fish & Chip Restaurant in Lincoln

We had a lunch there. It was very good. Terry Ward.

Lovely place to go to have nice fish n chips. Some of the servers could at least look like they enjoy what they are doing and be polite, especially on the takeaway area

I must have got a bad fry day. Got a regular cod to take out. Not a thick bit of fish at all, unsubstantial. Had a bit of aftertaste with it. Not as stunning as it used to be a few years ago with the original owners. Service was cheerful and fine. Loads of crunchy batter and not too greasy. I could have almost picked the fish up and ate it. Not the great taste as I remembered it, but as I have seen in other reviews the quality seems to vary on different occasions? Today was definitely not a fish day. Will not revisit.

We by fish and chips at Elite on a regular bases . We have been a customer for over ten years and the quality of their food has always been excellent.

Went for lite bite fish haddock was amazing 👏

Excellent always staff friendly. Could do with an itemised bill before you pay, though.

Was given a gift voucher for the Elite Fish and Chip restaurant , so me and my husband went as a one off treat. Got there approximately 1pm , to find a packed restaurant , so full we were asked if we didn't mind waiting. We were happy to wait and within three minutes we were seated. We both went for one of the restaurant's specials , large haddock , chips , mushy peas , bread and butter and a pot of tea (we also asked for extra hot water). What a super meal it was - fish chunky , batter crisp , chips tasty , peas had just the right amount of mushyness. Bread was fresh and we got three cups of tea each out of the pot. Price was a touch over £20 each , but for not such big appetites , there are plenty of other smaller and cheaper options. Service was quick , with friendly and polite servers. Restaurant was clean and tidy , tables were being cleaned and re set constantly as customers had finished. Toilets fresh and clean. Will definitely be going back again to the Elite again.

Always lovely staff and great food

Had evening meal here on Friday, family came over from Ireland, we all enjoyed a fantastic night out with good food and service

THE best fish and chips anywhere and I've had 63 years of eating them. Why the local chippy can't produce the same is beyond me. Highly recommended.

I love this place, I live nearby so easy enough for me to get there

Just love it here. Traditional red hot fish and chips. Great service too 🧡

Lovely chips definitely going back

Fish and chips are perfect every time we visit.

Excellent all round, staff brilliant, food first class, best fish and chips we've had in a long time. We dined in and would definitely return.

Our family's favorite spot to get fish and chips! The food is fresh and delicious and the service is very kind and helpful. Highly recommend!

No issue getting a table at lunchtime midweek. Very polite, friendly and efficient service. The fish was excellent, the batter was thin and crispy 👌 Chips were also spot on, couldn't fault the food at all. Been before for sit in and take away meals, never dissapoints

Fish Chips and Peas as it should be 😀

Very good chicken nuggets and chips

Big 90th birthday party. Bloody marvellous. Great food, great atmosphere, lovely polite & efficient staff. Well done Elite, you made a lot of people very happy.

We went here on a Friday afternoon, we ordered cod and haddock. My husband thought his cod tasted odd, probably because it was actually haddock. My haddock did not look or taste like haddock, if I had to guess I would say it was some kind of flat fish, it looked nothing like haddock and I didn't much like the taste. We couldn't even swap as my husband's had vinegar and ketchup on, which I hate! Very disappointing!

It's all about the homemade fishcakes. 😋

Up to the normal standards. Excellent as ever.🍴.

Beautiful food, nice friendly staff

As someone from out of the area it's not clear that you have to order all cooked items as soon as you go in. Also overpriced for standard fish & chips. The large cod was more batter than fish.

Service was fine , food was terrible. Didn’t fancy fish and chips so opted for the poached salmon and jacket with salad . The potato was clearly microwaved and dry as anything and the salmon was the driest salmon I’ve ever eaten . Non of it was enjoyable at all .

Good food, good service at a reasonable price. What more can you say 😄

This restaurant came highly recommended as a local favourite. Portion size was good and price was reasonable. The fish and chips were both perfectly crispy. Staff were lovely and we were served very quickly. The only minor complaint would be that if you ask for tap water, it comes in a tiny glass, that will certainly require you to ask for more, but maybe that's the point?

Very nice fish and chips - especially the fish as the chips were good but I have had better. Haddock was lovely though and not too greasy. Staff were friendly and helpful and the experience a positive one - I would go back if in the area again. Reasonable price when eating in restaurant.

Lovely poached fish in white wine, made to order, highly recommend the chef. Thank you!

My husband and I tried a takeaway,which was eccellent,, and served by a charming. girl ( a student?) with a lovely smile. Thank you!

Very attentive, friendly and efficient service. Lots of options and the fish was delicious

We used the takeaway restaurant, accessible from St Paul's Lane, twice during our weekend in Lincoln. Although this is not hard to find, this is tucked out of the way and offers a quiet place to stop and eat alfresco. The nearby wooden dine benches they provided were clean and tidy. I believe we were lucky to catch them in a quiet period, so spaces were available on both occasions, but there is a park just round the corner with lots of seating. They have a great value light bites lunch deal, which was more than generous. This includes fish chips and sides. It is topped off with the fact these are the best fish and chips I've tasted in some time. Highly recommended.

Lovely fish and chips and a great specials board. Staff are friendly and service is efficient. Nice place to go for a quick, quality meal.

I have been here many times and the fish and chips have been consistently excellent. In my opinion it would be difficult to find better fish and chips

My absolute favourite 🤩 Fish & Chips!!!! Tried several places (even by the sea 🌊!!!!) no one seems to be able to beat The Elite! 🥳

We've been coming here for 5 years. Everything, Everytime is perfect. Thank you to all of you for making our visit lovely. Especially your friendliness. ♥️

Fairly reasonable prices and friendly staff. I had take away but the restaurant looked ok. I saw chicken on the menu and had to leave I don't think chickens are welcome here. Chips were good though.

Great fish n chip supper at The Elite restaurant. Great quality food and terrific service. We were a party of four and three of us had the standard size haddock and my wife had a children’s portion. There was so much fish I couldn’t finish mine. We will be back

A really nice clean and comfortable restaurant. Food excellent served by friendly and helpful staff.

Really nice here, food, staff and prices are excellent. I would strongly recommend the Elire fish and chip restaurant. Not so good today when we visited, the fish was very very greasy. Revisit today 21/02/2023 better today. The tomato sauce you get a very small amount come on Elite put the bottle a the table. Had another visit this Sunday 21/07/2024 fantastic excellent food and lovely staff.

Definitely the best lunch take away haddock, chips & curry sauce by far. Very tasty & efficient service. Impressed; thank you.

My family and I just had an amazing fish and chip dinner here. We used the takeaway side and they do an amazing job. It is the best fish and chips I have ever had. Crunchy on the outside, tender and flaky inside. The staff is very friendly and we will be going back before we leave Lincoln!

Absolutely love this place. Fish and chips are amazing 🤩. Staff are lovely. Definitely recommend. Will really miss it when I move

Great place to eat and great food .well worth a vist .

We were in Lincoln for a concert at the castle. I'm a coeliac so no gluten and lactose intolerant so rather than chance not getting anything to eat in the venue we decided to eat in the city. We happened across this restaurant by chance with an EXTENSIVE GLUTEN FREE menu the like of which I have never seen in my 20 years of the diet. The venue was very pleasant, we ate upstairs, the staff were polite, calm and appeared to be a little too laid back. However their turnover of tables and warm welcome soon indicated how very good and efficient they all were. I had the regular gluten free cod with salad. I've never tasted such a wonderful, fresh and beautifully cooked piece of fish. The salad and chips were also good. My only regret was that I couldn't leave a tip because we were 'no cash' ready for the concert.

Definitely the best fish in Lincoln. Update : still the best fish in Lincoln!! Cracking scampi too..!!

Only had takeaway from here. Order on entry and it's cooked whilst you wait. Nice staff. Food is great plenty of choice and do light bites if not to hungry. Also do ice cream!

Had small portion of fish n chips outside on tables provided.

Me and partner visited elite tritton road yesterday.Friendly, prompt service and our food was brought out in good time🙂👍

We came here to eat for the first time today,the staff were so polite and helpful and food was delicious,we had cod and I can honestly say it's best we've tasted.Will definitely be calling again,Thankyou

fabulous fish & chip restaurant , no better fish & chips around. I just wish they would get a hand blower instead of paper towels, staff are very friendly, the service is very fast, all round a nice place to dine,

The service level from the front of house was fantastic, during a busy evening with a huge queue in the take away side, the staff at the front of house were taking and dealing out orders flawlessly with a friendly and hospitable attitude without missing any order and making zero mistakes. The problem was the food itself. We spent nearly £80 on our order and my god was it bad. Has to be the greasiest products we’ve ever eaten. The fish, the onion rings, the scampi; we could not finish any of them because of how greasy they were. A decade ago, when we first got takeaway fish and chips from this place, we thought it was the best place ever. Sadly that’s no longer the case.

Excellent food and service portion sizes just right

Most of staff are very nice but for one very rude young woman, absolutely bad attitude , no respect for customers I don’t know if she knows how to speak politely, face like thunder and it’s actually put us off returning which is a shame as husband really likes the food , I don’t know if she’s management and a bit of power gone to her head or she’s very unhappy in her job , either way she really needs to check her attitude

Great food, a little pricey though.

This place use to be great now living off a reputation that isn't anywhere near to what it use to be.

Don’t ever eat in here, unless you want very very bad service and horrible food, severed by untrained ignorant teenagers, pretending to be staff.

Excellant as always nice pleasent stall, food always of high standard and well presented. Resturant always clean and tidy, we use this resturant about once a mouth

Plates were smaller than the last time I went in to an Elite restaurant. Portion sizes also smaller. Ketchup and tartar sauce served in miniscule ramekins. As was sides of mushy peas and curry sauce. However I have amended this as we had a takeaway of the same meal and ate it outside on the tables and chairs provided. Great quality and portions were far better. Fish was nice and thick rather than thin with more batter than fish.

Dining with a large group, the service was friendly, helpful, informative & quick. Foods arrived within 25 mins, having 2 of the homemade fishcakes & chips was enough for me! The "WC" was clean, compact & facilitated well! 😁👌

Bought a takeaway meal which was excellent. The light bite was just the right size with super thin battered fish.

Dropped in had large haddock and chips to takeaway. Everything cooked fresh the fish was delicious

Great chips with beautifully crispy batter on the cod I had.

Tasty fish and chips. Generous portion sizes and friendly efficient service.

My friends and myself go there every Thurs and it's allways cooked lovely I'd highly recommend this chippy

The food was just awful, the batter was rock hard and the fish was very overcooked and I was unable to eat very much of it, the chips were ok. I complained at the till and I was told it was a new chef and that was it, I will never go back.

Enjoyed a great fish and chips, mushy peas and a glass of non alcoholic lager. Service was prompt and friendly, only downside is waiting to pay. I was waiting for a while on my own, it's only when others joined the queue that someone came to take our payment. Could do with a dedicated member of staff, or even better, ask for payment on delivery of food and drink.

Nice food and quick, friendly service. Offers takeaway and eat in. Would recommend.

Originally I'm from Whitby so tend not to eat Fish and Chips as much when I'm not on the coast as they're never quite as good, but this is definitely the best place in Lincoln for Fish & Chips. Never disappointed, its called Elite for a reason.

Great service food served quick hot

If you are happy to wait 40 minutes after placing your order then this is the place to eat, but we weren't told we would have to wait that long! So we won't be returning, it's your loss are we would have spent alot of money here that night. We would not recommend this place 😕

It's my favourite place for a treat. You just have to try the rock salmon. Friendly staff, great food and a lovely atmosphere.

Great fish and chips with good service. I take my parents here every other week for Friday dinner.

Very good fish and chips. A good size. Mushy peas and curry sauce also good quality.

Fantastic service and great food, they serve rock salmon and skate too, so extra points. Recommend booking ahead.

Our 'go to' place for birthdays , anniversaries or just when we want a treat. We turned up unexpectedly at a busy time , however the staff soon put tables together and within five minutes we had ordered and food was being brought out to us. Fish was chunky with lovely batter , chips not greasy and mushy peas were real yummy. Fresh bread for the bread and butter and we were given a pot of tea with extra hot water as we had asked for. Altogether , my family ate everything (which with two fussy children isn't always the case). Absolutely 100% recommend.

Lived in Lincoln all my life but have never visited this very well known chip shop, until today! Absolutely amazing food, friendly staff. Little on the pricey side, but well worth it 👌

Went in and was very busy. Despite not booking, we were given a table right away. Only spent a few minutes waiting for each course. Food was excellent and service excellent.

Very good fish and chips have been loads of times and will continue to go. Service is always excellent

Called in today for lunch with some friends. We all had the haddock and chips meal deals. I like my grub but opted for the medium one and it was more than enough. The fish was excellent and a really good size for a medium. The bit that stood out for us was our server julie. She was chatty and hilarious. A real credit to the restaurant.

The fish and chips are amazing! The cod was beautiful.We ordered a special costing £15.95 However the bread and butter was very dry though! Some of us later ordered desserts, I ordered a lemon meringue dessert for afters, which was very disappointing!! it was absolutely tastless! worse dessert I've ever tried!!. They did happily refund my money, and the lady was very apologetic. I inquired if they were bought in frozen one's and they were! I let my friend try it and she said it was horrible!! I suggested that there staff taste test what they serve to the public, as the dessert prices started at £4.95 to £6.95.We was a group of seven and only three paid for a pudding, as some of my group thought they were to expensive. I did however inquire what a few of the other dishes was like, as they had sold out of one we had ordered. They admitted that none of them, had tried any of them!! Come on elite management! it would of been five stars otherwise.

Best Fish in town, fresh and not greasy. Polite, friendly and helpful staff

Fast and friendly service Good food Good choice

We visited on a busy Sunday afternoon and were seen, seated and served quite quickly considering how busy it was. When the food came (steak pie and chips) my first thought was that the portion size was a little on the small side, however eating any more chips would have just been me being greedy - so no, you won't get a massive plate full of chips, but do you really need it? The steak pie got off to a promising start, with a really crispy, flaky top. The steak chunks and gravy tasted great, but the rest of the pastry was a bit of a let down seeming a bit stale and cardboard-like. The chips weren't great, not terrible, but not great. Finally, the atmosphere suffered because of an extremely rude older 'gentleman' who decided that he had to take an important phone call and put his phone on 'speaker' because he couldn't hear over the cacophony of a busy restaurant. Unfortunately, that meant the rest of us diners also had to listen to his conversation. I can guarantee he was the sort of chap who would moan about the younger generations being on their phones all the time. Not necessarily the restaurant's fault, however they could have asked the chap to take his call outside.

Can I just say that there is a reason they call it elite fish and chips, the restaurant is elite. Food is amazing and the staff especially on a Friday afternoon are amazing. Atmosphere is so good that I wish I worked there. The place it literally ELITE

I would first like to say I enjoy elite fish and chips and love their product. But sadly my time there was ruined by a man constantly talking abuse to a poor girl in the take out area. I believe his name is Matt or mark and he was working on the fryer. He was constantly belittling this poor girl and swearing and making a poor environment for the rest of the customers, I even heard a few other customers talk to the girl and say they thought it was wrong too.

Been eating with family at this restaurant for years. This evenings fish was the worst I've ever had and decided to send it back. The manager brought my plate back out, said it's weighed and if I wanted a replacement I would have to pay for it. No apology was extended just the bad attitude. Not wanting to cause a scene I left it. Shocked at the customer service. We will vote with our feet, goodbye Elite we will not be returning.

Visited lunchtime 16/02/24 and busy but the staff found us a table. Excellent service and excellent food I cant really say any more. We had the meal deal with a regular size haddock and you would have to be hungry to want the large. Staff very friendly indeed. I would recommend a visit if in the area.

Excellent service and efficient lovely staff never been before but certainly will be going back

Very polite staff and prompt service The chips were cooked great ( my stepdad needs softish food and these chips were perfect for him) I love that the fish was skinless too. We didn't feel rushed to eat and leave. It was a very relaxing meal with the family.

Last Wednesday my Wife and I visited the Elite on a shopping trip to Lincoln from our home in Church Warsop nr Mansfield. This is a regular occurrence when visiting Lincoln have lived there 3 years ago. My Wife is a Type 2 Diabetic and during the meal had a hypo due to her diabetes. Two members of Staff arrived including the First Aider and carried out First Aid and stayed with my Wife for a hour until she recovered. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for there first class assistance to my Wife. Bernard and Anne Greene

Just brilliant, food freshly cooked, servers lovely polite friendly and welcoming

Expensive now, but lovely quality

Good food good service couldn't wish for a better meal

Stopped here for lunch on the way home nice chippy lots of parking ,quick service

I frequent this establishment since I've moved to lincoln, best fish and chips in town.

This place is a Mecca for pensioners, but at 48, I didn't feel misplaced. The menu had great choices, including healthy options. First came the standard bread smeared liberally with margerine, which is a nice traditional appetiser. I ordered cod, chips and curry sauce, and when it came it didn't touch the sides. My two kids, 6 and 10 were satisfied and impressed by the dandelion and burdock. The wife and my Mum were satisfied and commented on the nice meal.

Very expensive but food is fantastic hot and tasty

I have to say that the staff at this restaurant are the best I have come across in a long time. Friendly, efficient and attentive and very hard working. Service with a smile and excellent fish and chips made for a very enjoyable meal. Would definitely recommend.