The Fisherman's Wife in York

Nice food and staff are friendly and polite

Fish & chips / scampi in the restaurant is amazing. Mushy peas and tartare sauce are home made and fab. Service is good and very friendly and helpful staff. Please go and give it a try. Take away is fab to

Lovely meal, had fish, chips, mushy peas and gravey. The strawberry cheesecake and ice cream was yummy and a nice ending to our meal. The staff members were really friendly. Our 2 small dogs were also welcomed into the cafe area.

Ate in the cafe and fish and chips were absolutely superb …. The best we have ever had ! Lovely presentation with salad as well . Fresh hot & plentiful & lovely service from friendly staff . Crisp batter & lovely white fish. Clean cafe & reasonable price to eat in with good portion sizes .

This is the last night of our caravan holiday and we had a lovely meal at the fishermans wife. We ate in the cafe area, which was lovely and clean. Our meals arrived promptly and we both enjoyed our fish and chips with salad. My husband also had mushy peas and bread and butter. This is the best fish and chips I've had, and I would recommend anyone to visit here. The staff are friendly and helpful. We will definitely return if we come to York again.

Since it changed hands years ago, I’ve not used this fish and chips shop, BUT IVE looked in a good few times and not liked the look of food. (I think in my head I’m a F&C Connoisseur) Well today was the day , I didn’t go inside as I was driving . if I had, I’d have walked away ,if I’d seen the product . Anemic !!! Best distsciption . Fish ok ish. Batter Anemic -1. Chips below average Anemic and soggy.Mushy peas 5💥👍 Hundred percent I’m sure there’s a market for this product but actually it was everything that I feared ever since it was taken over and I’ve been playing Mr. nosy.

I actually stayed in York for a few weeks . And the fisherman's wife just was my place to go .. great staff absolutely amazing food .. and this Irish curry source they do . Omg no words I would actually go just for the source to drink . I can not big this fish and chip shop up anymore . 20/10 any day ..

Nothing bad to say about this place, it seems some people just like to moan. I have used many places and this place is the best place locally for customer service, the staff are lovely and down to earth and the food is spot on 👌❤️

Fantastic Fresh Food Lovely Service & staff Very clean

Ordered 3 haddock and chips, mushy peas. Cost circa £15 a head. The haddock was OK (although the 'batter' was more like breadcrumbs) but the chips... urrg. Disgusting would be putting it mildly. They were a weird mix of chewy chips that had obviously been cooked days before and reheated, mixed with fresher chips that were clearly only partly cooked - rubbery in fact. Being starving hungry we ate the fish and I was dumb enough to eat some of the chips. I've had the squits for 2 days now, pebble-dashing the loo every few hours. Last time anything like that happened to me I was a teenager. I STRONGLY recommend you avoid this place at all costs. Incidentally, the 'mushy peas' were black rather than green, we didn't even try them, and the service was ... surly is the only word I can think of. This mistake on Friday 16th 2024 has cost me my weekend, and made us all violently ill. This is apparently 'the best fish and chips in the North East'.

Your staff are very rude and very inexperienced. Very rude and wearing false eye lashes and false nails wich can fall into customers food..we complained two weeks ago. And one of your staff saw my partner in cost cutters.and came behind the counter and started to slag her off.not acceptable. Good fish shop ruined by greedy bosses.

Usually a very pleasant experience. Today ran out of mushy peas at 5.00 pm. Chips poor when usually crisp and fresh. Needs to get back up the expected standard. Fish fresh okay.

Absolutely superb fish and chips in the cafe.. I don’t think we’ve eaten better.. I would seriously recommend them and we will certainly eat there again when we’re next in the area.. First class..

Food is absolutely delicious, and the staff are awesome! You can tell they are happy to be there, and such nice people too! They recommended loads of great places for us to visit. Definitely recommend this place!

Popped in on a sunny June afternoon. Ordered fish & chips, scampi & small chips & curry sauce. Food was excellent, fish was flaky & tender with a light crispy batter. Lots of scampi & the chips were crispy on the outside, fluffy in the middle. Curry sauce was really nice & reminded us of old style chip shop curry without raisins which was nice! Staff were excellent, fussed over our dog & brought some water for her & gave her a sausage to take home as a treat. Top chippy, great food & staff. Good portion sizes & value for money….Highly recommended. Thanks

Really good Haddock, chips and mushy peas all washed down with a can of Ben Shaw's Dandelion and Burdock. Good portions and great service. Located just slightly out of the city centre.

I ordered Sausages, Chips, and Curry Sauce. The curry sauce tasted great, the sausage was decent. The chips were a bit of a let down unfortunately, as too many chips had bruises and it was clear the quality of the potatoes used wasn't very high. The prices are reasonable though, and if you go at peak times, your food is likely to be hot and fresh. The chippy itself is a nice place to order your food and wait. There are better fish and chips in York, but it's worth dropping in if you're passing by on a nice day, and wanting some food to walk with on Bishy Road or in Rowntree Park.

Take away meal staff friendly and helpful

The food was really poor. Both the fish and the chips tasted like they’d been sat out for hours. Even my husband who can stomach anything thought they were gross. Unfortunately all ended up in the bin.

Nice clean chippy, pleasant staff & food was bang on. Chips, battered sausage, chicken nuggets and curry sauce.

The fish and chips here were amongst the best we'd ever eaten 😍

We ordered a takeaway, the chips were very dry and not tasty at all. The staff were young and did not have any people skills and are in need of training in customer care.

I don't know what has happened to this place but it's changed massively,was great when the cafe was at the back,ordered small haddock n chips twice and the portion sizes went even enough for a child?! Never mind adult!!! ridiculously small fish looked like it had been cut in half! I mean seriously?? a total rip off!!! I'm fuming and sincerely wish I would of went back into the shop, Complete joke! Got home and now going to cook food, never felt so ripped off in my life,this place has seriously gone down the swanny,never going back, avoid if you expect NORMAL portions! I could of had a Sunday dinner for the price of this!!!! Disgusting,you should be ashamed

I wish I looked at the reviews before ordering food,,,don't eat here,it's terrible food...won't be back...

We live in Essex but visit York regularly, staying in this part if the city. They cook with beef dripping - a true northern chipshop with fish caught in Whitby. It is a truly locally run fish'n'chip shop that is reasonably priced.

Great fish and chips and exceptional customer service

The shop itself is clean and nicely presented. No sit in, counter only. There isn’t a massive choice of fish…just haddock or scampi that I could see. We were the only customers so our fish and chips was served quickly and freshly done. Nice crispy batter. Rather a smallish fillet but fresh, flaky and sweet. Chips were below par, but adequate and generous portion. Paid an extra £1 for homemade Tatare sauce but really it was simply big chunks of poorly chopped gherkin in mayonnaise and wasn’t worth it (although better than the highly acidic, chemically sachets sold as such). Approved of the compostable packing. Pleasant, efficient and friendly staff.

Fish and chips lovely , if you are after a sit in experience though that is v limited 😂😂

Picked up some chips to go with a pasty. Looked at reviews and was sceptical BUT it was raining and the closest to walk to. The chips were fresh and tasty! Don’t let the negatives stop you from trying something because you could get a surprise! The only downsize is the portion size but maybe our local is more generous? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Recently had the pleasure of visiting The Fishermans Wife in York - undoubtedly the best chip shop I’ve ever come across. The staff were incredibly friendly and the shop had a great atmosphere, everyone was very friendly and chatty. The food was fantastic, I had Haddock & medium chips. The haddock was flakey, all the fish is delivered fresh from Whitby which makes it extra special. The batter was perfectly crisp. Chips were just to my liking too. Overall can’t recommend it enough. Will be back again x

Haddock was large and flaky, cooked perfectly. Mushy peas were excellent, curry sauce was tasty and home made tartare sauce delicious, chips were plentiful and tasty, zero complaints here, will happily return

This used to be a great chippy when the couple from Bridlington owned it and the local family before that going back to around 1985. BUT they're overpriced compared to other local much better Chippys and mostly cannot get the basics right of how to fry Chips, having no set standards for quality like picking out the burnt chips or shaking the grease off the chips before serving. Their portion sizes are small also and they don't do large portions of Chips or small portions of Peas. I've not had Fish from here for a long time so cannot really comment on that. May benefit from some Staff Training to get back up to a higher standard like some of your other TFW Chippys.

Superb Fish & Chips and a friendly welcome. Had Small Fish, small chips and Mushy Peas for £7. The fish was plenty big enough and with light tasty batter. My friends all had fab food too.

The driest scabbiest chips we have ever had please don’t waist your money medium portion which wouldn’t even be a regular portion at other chips shops and at nearly £4 we feel like we have been robbed

We’ve been a few times - keep coming back in the hope it gets better, but unfortunately keeps getting worse. Fish is hit and miss (usually a miss). But the chips are very poor. Usually undercooked, small, and the portion sizes are pathetic. We only live a 2 minute walk and last couple of times they’re cold by the time we get home. Very unfortunate as it is on a road full of great food places. Bishy Road deserves better.

Really nice fish and chips and very friendly staff. Was just staying over a couple of nights in York and really glad we found this place. The staff serving were very generous and I would definitely recommend the food.

One of the smallest portions of fish I've ever even served. The chips needed another couple of minutes in the fryer,I'd describe then a soft and anemic.

I’ve been enjoying fabulous Yorkshire fish & chips for over 50 years—and ALWAYS haddock. I have no idea what fish The Fisherman’s Wife are now serving, but is definitely not haddock! It was grey, translucent, mushy and completely tasteless. Anyone who knows haddock knows it’s solid flakes, white and full of flavour. I’m so annoyed I’ve just paid £9.50 for one of the most disappointing portions of fish & chips I’ve ever had. I know times are hard, but please don’t insult discerning customers by serving that abomination and claim it’s haddock! Your food used to be superb—what are you doing?! On the hunt for a new chippy that serves decent food, now! (I took a picture of the fish to show how dreadful it was, but there’s no way to add it here.)

I’ve been enjoying fabulous Yorkshire fish & chips for over 50 years—and ALWAYS haddock. I have no idea what fish The Fisherman’s Wife are now serving, but is definitely not haddock! It was grey, transparent, mushy and completely tasteless. Anyone who knows haddock knows it’s solid flakes, white and full of flavour. I’m so annoyed I’ve just paid £9.50 for one of the most disappointing portions of fish & chips I’ve ever had. I know times are hard, but please don’t insult discerning customers by serving that abomination and claim it’s haddock! Your food used to be superb—what are you doing?! On the hunt for a new chippy that serves decent food, now! (I took a picture of the fish to show how dreadful it was, but there’s no way to add it here.)

Excellent customer service. Food is really good. Highly recommend. Have to mention Chelsea who served us today. Thanks for your service.

Fish just about OK, but batter was falling apart. Chips really bad. Like warm, soggy and chewy. They looked more grey than yellow. Definitely not worth the £8.50 I paid.

Just had a lovely piece of haddock. - fresh cooked. And chips were fine

Just been to get some food to take away, my brother and I, and how disappointing it was. Wasn't it's usual good standard, chips were under cooked and a small portion (medium was ordered) fish was ok but nothing to brag about and battered sausage was way over cooked. And to top it off the 3 staff that were on were messing about with their phones, not washing their hands along with inappropriate tunes playing in the shop, this is how places lose stars. Disappointing experience today. Staff need to concentrate and pay attention to what they are doing. 😢

Just had chips , battered sausage , home made fish cake & pease , portion size ok services good with pleasant staff. Chips had a skin(made them a bit tough to chew) home made fish cake was cold inside not cooked , battered sausage batter was very good sausage was fine , peas where very good

Haddock was delicious. Would give an extra star for the big pun chalkboard if I could.

Really lovely fish and chips served by cheerful and obliging staff.

I had the fish burger which was absolutely devine. The fish was light and flaky, the brioche bun finished it off perfectly. The fish burger wasn't massive but the perfect size if you don't fancy fish and chips.

Perfect proportioned Haddock, chips & mushy peas which were totally enjoyable & the staff, service etc was great. Highly recommended as a take out.

Had take away fish and chips not great quality great poor batter and fish was not very big. Chips soggy and greasy I will be visiting again soon terrible. Overpriced seems gone are the days off crisp piping hot chips and great batter and tasty fish it seems.

Excellent £9.50 haddock and chips twice, and a smaller £7 fish and chips combo with mushy peas.

The unhelpful staff need some staff training. Used the Whitby one and it was great. In my top 3 of worst fish and chips ever. No large chips available, a medium chips is really small, not big enough to share. C'mon, £3.25 for one potato worth. Turns out they were cold and barely cooked so they saved on the heating too. Fish was warm & just cooked but hadn't been in long enough so the batter was closer to runny than crispy, not edible anyway. Not a matter of personal taste, just awful.

Had the Salt & Pepper Chicken. It was perfectly fine strips of chicken, and perhaps it was on me for expecting a perfect copy of the Chinese Chippy staple from such a traditional looking chippy, but someone needs to tell them that real Salt & Pepper seasoning isn't just a sprinkle of salt and pepper in the batter.

Not at all as we expected. Chips had been standing for a while. Cold and tasteless. Fish not much better. Had to put in microwave when we got back to caravan, just 5 mins away. Very disappointed and won’t be going back.

World class fish and chips. Fresh and cooked perfectly. Don’t change a thing. Update: based on experience today (29 April) I’ve lowered to one star. Think the normal cook wasn’t doing the frying and it badly impacted the quality. Hoping next time it’s backs to it’s usual best .

What can I say… The shop had some refurbishment works and is looking very smart and clean. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming, I had Fish and Chips and they gave me a Homemade Tartare Sauce to try which was exceptional The batter was crispy, the fish was flakey and fresh and the chips were lovely. I did appreciate the staffs use of portion control, sometimes being over-faced with a mountain of food is not good and is wasteful. It was the perfect satisfying amount. The seemed to really care about the food and we had a lovely conversation whilst I waited for it to be fryed freshly. 100/10 would highly recommend

Chips were cold young lady we very helpful

Paige was very friendly and the food was delicious. Was also very fresh

Skimpy portions, the assistant made sure she took chips off so were level with half a tray!!! Also plenty of eyes in chips!!! Expensive rubbish 😞

On my experience today, I'd happily use this chippy again. A gorgeous piece of perfectly cooked haddock with a reasonable wodge of chips at a decent price.

Used to be excellent. But now very disappointing. We went in. Waited 25 mins for disappointing food. Cold. Peas were hard. Fish was cold and stale. Chips were average. This is Yorkshire… and they never asked if we wanted scraps. This was my GO TO place for fish and chips. Management need to have a work because this place has become far too comfortable. Slow service, poor quality food.

Tonight’s supper was a tiny, lukewarm portion of chips that were barely cooked and swimming in grease. I threw them away. Vile 🤢

Nice portion sizes, fair prices, quick and friendly service! Home made tartar sauce very good! Will be back to try again! Thank you

Just had two fish and chips with x 2 mussy peas. Not very impressed at all. Peas were cold, not warm but cold. The batter tasted disgusting. It taste like old batter. The whole experience not at all good. Both meals went in the bin.

Always good food. Reliably tasty and well cooked.

Great fish and chip shop take away

Not the cheapest but consistently good quality fish and chips. Best in the area

We holiday in York quite a lot and this chippy is practically on our doorstep. When it's good, it's really good. But you have to check your food order either before you leave or outside as they often make mistakes, as in no fish or a missing chips order. This has happened frequently for us and I have never said anything bad but today was the limit. We bought fish and chips and just chips. The chips were, to be blunt, bloody awful. They were like bones and if the pet shop ran out of cuttle fish bones for people's budgies, then these chips would have been ideal. They should have been chucked in the bin, instead they served them up while frying a new lot at 7.45. (they close at 8pm) on a brighter note, their fish is lovely.

Fantastic food! Fish and chips was the best we had tasted! Visited twice on our 4 day break! All staff so so friendly and Kelly was amazing and so friendly, loved our dog Bella and give her a free sausage:) Thanks again Kelly, you made our stay in York a great one! Looking forward to coming again real soon.

Quality fish and chips. Whats more to say

We collected a take away for a family of three. Unfortunately the portions were very small and this them made it very expensive compared to other fish and chip places in the area. Very little batter on the fish and over all very poor quality.

very small fish, greasy and cold - seems to have been sat there for a long time. 2 days later I am still unwell with vomiting WILL NOT BE BACK

The price of small fish with chips£ 8.50 is a joke I never bay again !!!!!

Okay fish and chips, rude staff who hardly can be bothered to look at you or serve you. Try blue fin on hull road as they are much better all round.

A little conflicted. I only live round the corner so maybe go once a week and generally it's pretty good. Today I went and got a medium chips, I got home to find there was maybe a total of 20 chips in the box. Normally the portion I get is easily triple the size of not more. Bit of a joke tbh. Consistency is key.

A local to the caravan club site and a proper chippy tea place with them making a decision to do a fish of the day. So cod one day, haddock, pollock or whatever fish is available. There seems to have been a concious decision to make the food affordable too, so portions are good and not ridiculously large. The mushy peas and curry sauce were good and complimented the main course. Opens at 4pm and fresh cooked fish during quieter times.

Great customer service. We had a mistake with our order and Daniel was was quick to apologize and quicker to sort it out. Very impressed with both the food and the service

Called in here on Saturday 12th February 2022, lovely helpful staff and amazing food, definitely recommend

Small battered sausage, medium chips and a can came to £5.13. Chips portion size seemed very small and they were luke warm. Food however was nice once warmed up a little in micro.

The staff where very very very helpful to me and spoke to me

As a local resident, i am a regular and usually the food and service are both top notch. However, tonnight was a different story. The wait was long, not enough staff and both deliveroo and just eat come in every 5 mins and jump the queue ahead of customers in the shop. The card machine has been broken for weeks and customers are asked to go across the road to the cashpoint. Chips were luke warm and peas were stone cold.

Greatest chippie-shop I know. Ate there every chance I could!

The best fish and chips with the best staff!!! Kelly, the manager, is a treasure of the bishy road community ❤

Lovely fresh food staff very friendly and knowledgeable it is very clean and well maintained thank you

Great fish and chips, friendly staff and good value.

Not happy since when do chip shops shut so early, the chip shops in the south don't shut until 2200, very disappointed can't get fish & chips after 8pm

Ordered for collection, got there 5 minutes early and it was sitting on the side getting cold. There was very little batter on the fish and the fish itself was dry and tough. The chips were passble but the worst of it was it was all cooked in lard/dripping 😲 so not a very pleasant taste and the fat dried on the plates as it cooled. Glad it is not our local chippy.

Great service, excellent food and open fresh environment.

Excellent food, quality service. We stopped overnight in the Rowntree Park campsite and had haddock and chips. Phoned the order through and it was ready in ten minutes. It’s a short walk from the site and everything was ready when I go there. Piping hot and perfectly cooked.

Absolutely love the fish from here.

Not as good as before. Disappointing.

Without any hint of exaggeration, I will state the Haddock and Chips I had from here were the best I have ever had. To the extent that we made sure to fit in a return visit during our recent stay in York. Everything was delicious, but the fish in particular was a stand out. I am drooling right now, just thinking about it. Delicious! The counter staff were very efficient and polite too. I don't suppose they deliver to Glasgow? :-P

Reasonably priced, good quality, the other half loved the scraps.

The service is great here and the fish and chips are normally great but the last time I went it was a bit disappointing

The fish was miniscule and dry. The chips were very few and some were even rotten ! Never again.

I ordered fish and chips. The fish was tiny and dry. I received about 15 chips of which 3 were rotten. I won't be back.

I just went to give this shop one last try to find them closed yet again at tea (dinner) time. It’s 1810 on Sunday and they’re closed. It’s almost as if they don’t want to make any money. The last time I successfully managed to actually buy any food from them when I caught them at one of the occasional times they’re open, I ordered haddock, chips and mushy peas (no meal deal for these unlike so many other places), I found the chips to be ok, but not the best I’d ever eaten, but the issue was the fish. There was a strong ammonia smell and taste from the fish, a clear sign that the fish was not the freshest. This was back in May and I had been really looking forward to the food. It was such a disappointment, and made me feel a bit ill. Today, (27th June) finding it closed yet again at tea (dinner) time was just the final straw and I shall not be returning. There’s plenty of other fish and chip shops which can actually be bothered to open and are far better value.

Revisited here last week, excellent food and served quickly. I have been coming here for many years and never had a poor meal from them.

5 stars if the fish actually had batter. Let's take a step back shall we, We ordered here after convincing my family that the Leeds market branch was the best fish I ever had which yes it was. Tonight we ordered and we noticed scraps was not on the menu so my mother put it in the description or whatever it is called to include scraps when it came the fish looked half battered with scraps thrown on top of it. This didn't happen at the Leeds market branch so why here? Apart from this the fish was as good as the Leeds one I had. We may order again so a 5th star is possible if this mistake is not repeated. I am all for one off's apart from this one issue which stopped it being PERFECT. delivery time was spot on. Take care Lexus. Been to the Leeds market one 5 times now 5th time in a row PERFECT I am considering trying here again to see if there is still a difference. Leeds one get's 5 stars any day of the week.

I ordered a take away last night the fish was overcooked and dried out. It was cooked to order not been lying in the warm tray!. The chips were cold and under cooked due to corona6virus systems you do not see what they are providing until you open the big brown bag at home.

Fish overcooked dried out chips soggy you need to employ a frier with a timer very poor lots of staff but no organisation