The Friendly Place in North Warwickshire

A place with a worthy name. Nick and Cal provided the friendly service and were great to chat to. This establishment which has a long history in delivering quality food is definitely worth having a scrumptious meal from. The cod was cooked to perfection with a savouring taste that is delightfully coated with a crisp to perfection batter. Quality makes a difference and they sure know that. Looking forward to ordering from them when I next pop around Atherstone 👌🏽

Always an amazing meal here. Fresh food cooked perfectly. Same again tonight everyone feeling happy and full of to notch grub. We will definitely be back. Thank you to Nick and family see you again soon.

The best fish and chips I have ever had was here about 40 years ago so returned and it still is just as good.

I went round my mates house today and his dad owns the chippy and brungs us back some food I had fish and chips with curry sauce and there's nothing bad to say about it. The food was unreal amazing and good portions absolutely amazing would 100 percent go and try there food it's the best chippy I had in ages huge thanks to nick for getting the food ❤️

We had the best fish and chips (medium haddock) ever last night, cannot rate it highly enough! Not greasy like some other places around, gorgeous flaky fish and the best chips to date.

Haddock was a different level well done the staff were excellent thank you food was fabulous I will definitely be back again

First time going here today and the food was lovely and so was the staff. The chips was really nice and soft and not over done the Kebab was yummy and the gravy mushy peas was nice and hot the gravy was amazing lol. My roe and fish cake was done perfectly would definitely recommend xxx I really liked the gravy if u have the recipe please

Lovely crispy batter, good portions.

Great food. Does take a while though. But worth the wait

It was the worst fish and chips I’ve ever had by a mile so felt compelled to warn others. Portion size was tiny, the chips where bland and starchy, barley any vinegar or salt, and the fish was appalling as the batter was like rubber and greasy and it was the size of a fish finger

Friendly clean place service was fast food was awesome had potato fritters and steak pie with curry sauce it’s a family run place

Ordered a burger got home opened it to find just a bun and salad

Love the chicken nuggets, taste amazing. Sad delivery is limited though.

Food good service poor , been let down twice when ordering food , ordered in advance then they didn’t process it second time this has happened

Not great fish and chips at all. Chips tasted stale and so did the fish. Chips stuck together and just food quality was not great. Staff were ok, hygiene seems a little off here. Food in the display looks unappetising also. Would not go here again unfortunately

It was a lovely experience. We came in with a family of five one adult and four children. Probably one of the cheapest yet best quality places we have been at. It cost about twenty quid. All the staff were lovely and kind especially the owner asking if everything was ok.I definitely would recommend it.😊

It was GREAT! Like seriously love it! 😍 And there were pictures that were from the 19s and I think there was LED lights food🌭🌮🌯was pretty good I was already full😋also there was FREE food it was called batter bits tasty and yummy! 🤤🤤🤤

Very nice food here but would prefer a better naan for the keebabs

What good fortune that I noticed this whilst looking for another takeaway Lovely clean shop Great friendly staff and amazing value I just had the OAP lunch at 4.99. Cod, chips and peas It was excellent Wish I’d taken a photo, but ate it😂😂 Would definitely recommend and look forward to re visiting Thank you

All of the food is top notch. Really friendly staff. Food always piping hot. I think it's slightly on the pricier side but 100% worth it. Best chippy I've been to in Atherstone or Coventry.

Best cod in the midlands by far 😎

Only ordered chips, they were hot and really nice. Over £2 for childs/cone of chips not sure they are worth it!!!!

Lovely people, fab fish n chips!

What a lovely place for food Fantastic service

Kebab in naan was absolutely banging. Massive! Proper tasty, salad was the best ever from a chippie proper fresh red tomatoes 2 types of onions and some yellow peppers. £7.55, bargain, could feed two men easy. Mate had a small chips said they was banging too. Might go again tomorrow as im in the area

Wait time over 30 mins from ordering, food awful quality - chips all stuck together, black bits in the mushy peas. Not great hygiene standards from the staff witnessed whilst waiting in the store.

Lovely fish and chip shop food was lovely , staff really friendly and helpful

Best chippy in Atherstone by far.

Probably the best chippy in the Midlands

Chicken pitta kebab, was huge and v tasty. Spot on.

The BEST chips I've ever had . Kicks all the other chippys to the kerb .

First time we have used this chippy due to living the other end of town. Safe to say not disappointed at all! Fab service, friendly staff, great portion sizes for the price. Fish was beautiful! This is our new go-to!

Supplied the food for our football presentation night. Was superb, thank you

Had some lovely meals from this chippy yesterday,haddock was cooked fresh nice kebab,and nice southern fried chicken,also curry sauce was great chips lovely,young lady serving was friendly and helpful l will definitely be back my first visit,recommended by my daughter who lives local lm from bham thanks dennis

Best fish and chips in town (in my opinion). Wouldn't go anywhere else.

I found chips are very expensive

Lovely chip shop and lovely staff

Best chippy around and the fish is always perfect

My wife and I used to order here a year or so ago at least twice a month until we moved away and usually found food enjoyable. However, on a recent solo visit to town, I found the food disappointing. Fish was rather dry and not flakey at all. Chips had a raw potato flavour even though they appeared cooked. Just not a good experience..

Rarely have a reason to review food as I’m either unlucky or food is average .but tonight I have been wowed !!! Friendly plaice I take my hat off to you . Mixed Grill I had tonight and it was faultless gravy too notch steak cooked to perfection bacon proper bacon not thin slices you get at some places I would highly recommend

Our local chippy, great value and friendly staff

Excellent fish chips and mushy peas.

Lovely chip shop, great food and friendly service.

Worth the walk from the canal. We took them back to our boat to enjoy and they were really nice chips. The onion gravy was really good too. Glad I checked out the reviews and picked this chippy. We would use again.

Lovely meal, the fish was large, well battered and cooked perfectly. I'd recommend this place. On a side note .. There is a car park at the rear, there are double yellow lines at the front and lately the vultures are handing out tickets like mad in the town.

I use this chipshop all the time because the quality of food and the service is above and beyond.

Being from black country we know a good chip shop.... unlike this one I wouldn't even give it a 1 * Chips was like they were burnt/brown and extremely dry The batter on the fish was extremely thick and greesey Staff wasn't very friendly either 😕 I would not be eating here again Many thanks

Been around for years, its a very well run Chip shop for takeaway only. Never get a bad meal here, the girls serving are always friendly and it's reasonably priced.

Great food and lovely friendly staff.

Always sure of a great meal from this local takeaway. Try their chicken kebabs in naan

Always a good experience, the food is always first class and service great. Highly recommended

My favourite chip shop in Atherstone. Not only providing amazing food with a variety of choice, cooked in a clean environment but the staff are really helpful and friendly. Worth the 5 star.

Good fish and chips, kebab needs a bit more meat in it, but very nice though, prices are reasonable

Great food great staff need to extend the opening hours close to early in the evenings

Absolutely fantastic food and service from The Friendly Plaice again! These guys are in a different league to other local chippys. The food is on point, but the service is second to none. Also do fantastic work supporting the local community.

Wonderful fish & chips, good size portions. friendly staff offering an excellent service. Definitely I will use this place again. Many thanks

food was so fresh! we drove out of our hometown to eat here. kids were super happy, we were super happy! portion sizes are amazing for your money! will be making this a regular place to eat

Staff very polite and friendly. The food was quiet a decent portion as well as being extremely tasty worth the 20 min walk in 30C Degrees .

Was it third time lucky? No! The Friendly Plaice used to be the 'go to place' for fish n chips in Atherstone. They had a refurb and the place looks great...but...the quality of the fish and chips are now, well, meh! Average at best. The REAL problem for me is the staff. They need to change the name to The Miserable Plaice. Three visits ago: food wasn't good but the girl that served me was so down, really uninterested and sour faced. Not good. Two visits ago: food was better but only average, same girl served me as before but just as miserable. Visit last night: again, food was average but Wow, different girl but even worse that the one before, sooooooo fed up, miserable, couldn't care less. So, if you want fish n chips that are average, go there. If you want service with a smile...avoid, go to a cemetery, much more fun. Seriously, if you're in a job that means dealing with customers, smile. If you can't do that or don't like your job, leave, do something else as all you're doing is destroying your employers business. Unfortunately I can't recommend The Friendly Plaice anymore, the staff simply ruin the food...in the cooking and service. Thanks for coming back to me, yes, would to chat about it. Next time I come in I'll ask for you...but only if I get a smile from the person serving me. Fair?

Fantastic quality fish and chips, the batter is nice and crispy and fish great value. I’m actually away in Cromer and I’ve honestly had nothing better here that back home at the friendly plaice 👍

Usually good but today's chips were soggy and the fish size had shrunk to children's one. Disappointed.

Very good food n friendley service

Loved the food and the people that run it ..well worth a visit

Best chip shop in Atherstone. Beautiful white cod cooked to order.

Really excellent fish and chip shop. The range of stuff available is astonishing.

Today 13/5/21 got sum food from here today it was bad when I got home I had no chips with my fish nan Kebab was rubbish and kebab looked like it bi kick up and down the street or bin in the tray since look down I will never go to this place again bad bad 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡if you have go I wood never go a gen

Fish and chips so good you don't want to eat them

Friendly staff polit staff and safety comes first there well pland out food well worth the money

Best Cod I've eaten in many a year. Batter cooked well unlike 90% of Chip shops.

Overcharged and Order wrong for the THIRD time! I've been going here for near on 8 years, so class myself a regular. The newly rebuilt shop now seems to have new owners and so not known them for long, however - on the THIRD occasion since the new shop opened I found my order was wrong. Never used to happen. This time I was £7 out of pocket; the bill being wrong (charged for items I did not order) and missing items on the order. When I asked next time I went in (I go every week) they point blank refused to correct the problem. Quite rude and they made it out to be MY fault!! Really! Hardly a Friendly Plaice any more... So if you do go there, then check everything very very carefully, both your order AND your bill. I have since found 2 good chip shops are available very close-by in the area who are cheaper, better quality, easier parking and genuinely friendly. I would highly recommend checking them out. UPDATE: Having seen the reply: Unfortunately no, I wasn't the gentleman, wrong gender!! Also I used to go on Saturday's. That "gentleman" is a much respected member of our local club and having heard his story yesterday I realised my experience was not unique hence the review. I'm not sure if it was the same lad in the shop that I spoke to a while back, but I will show the gentleman the response; He may wish to provide a review himself following the accusation of Free Food! Very disappointing.

I've been going here for near on 8 years, so class myself a regular. The newly rebuilt shop now seems to have new owners and so not known them for long, however - on the THIRD occasion since the new shop opened I found my order was wrong. Never used to happen. This time I was £7 out of pocket; the bill being wrong (charged for items I did not order) and missing items on the order. When I asked next time I went in (I go every week) they point blank refused to correct the problem. Quite rude and they made it out to be MY fault!! Really! Hardly a Friendly Plaice any more... So if you do go there, then check everything very very carefully, both your order AND your bill. I have since found 2 good chip shops are available very close-by in the area who are cheaper, better quality, easier parking and genuinely friendly. I would highly recommend checking them out.

Food was amazing delivered on time highly recommended

Best fish and chips around, travel from Hartshill to get some

The best chip shop in Atherstone. The food is always really fresh and hot, the fish tastes really good and the batter is crisp. Service is swift and the staff are friendy. A really clean open plan cooking area, you can see everything from the queue and hygene is perfect, cost is average but the food is exceptional. With the current social distancing rules The Friendly Plaice have done a great job of clearly laying out floor distances markers and segregated ordering and waiting areas. Perfect!

Ordered over the phone, was able to collect 15 mins later, and this was absolutely the most delicious fish and chips ever. Huge piece of haddock, cooked for a little longer on request as we love extra extra crispy batter. Didn’t disappoint, cannot recommend highly enough. Thank you The Friendly Plaice, you are the best.

So disappointed the fish cost £5:50 and the batter fell off as it had been recooked so greasy that it had to left on kitchen towel before it was plated. Chips were soggy and not anemic all in all a big let down, Will not be using the chip shop again.

The food is really nice since the revamp and the staff are brilliant .

Formerly my grandparents' fish and chip shop - the current owners have renovated it completely it appears, but it still holds a special place in my heart for my family memories helping and eating there in the past. Anyway, the food is great - light crispy batter, huge fish, just the right size of chips in a cone portion for me. I alternate between this one and The Batter of Bosworth as there is nothing really to choose between them - I am a fish and chip fan, it's in my blood. Keep going guys - will get my 'fix' asap. Thanks.

Love this plaice! Great value for money and great food.

Had a mixed grill for the first and omg it was fantastic and get loads well worth the money well done all xx

Ordered from The Friendly Plaice using their app. Was advised our delivery would be 8.30... came at 8.00. Delicious mixed grill in THE tastiest gravy I've had in ages!! Will def order again but share one as it's HUGE!

Ordered the mixed grill using their app.... advised 8.30 delivery... came at 8.00!! Fantastic!! Best gravy ever and a huuuuuuge portion!

We had the best fish and chip tea, delivered on time - hot and crispy batter, succulent cod and lovely chips that were cooked to perfection, no grease. Pineapple fritters and cheese fry’s were tasty. The regular cod is big, and a large chips is sufficient for two hungry adults. The contact free delivery service is a bonus in these Coronavirus lockdown days. We used the app to order and pay, it’s easy to use and takes away the worry of having to have cash at hand. Thank you for a great service, this was our third delivery and we will be booking a delivery very soon.

Vile everything tastes under Cook last 2 times bin there never going again

We've had a few home deliveries, always on time and the fish and chips are lovely, definitely recommend

First time we have had a delivery from here, certainly won`t be the last. Absolutely Spot-On and plenty of it. Thank you all.

Amazing food and service. Not stingy on portions either! Food is always spot on when we have it from here. Thankyou once again.

Fantastic food, really good portions, fish is the best around 👍👍, kids absolutely loved their meals, my 7 year old ate a full large fish

Lovely meal, prompt service ready on time for collection, very clean and tidy.

Brilliant service. Tried to place an order on app this evening however as I went to Confirm they stopped taking orders. I called them and was told they had to stop taking orders as they were so busy. I explained that it was my sons 6th birthday and he had chosen a chippy tea as we couldn't go out due to lock down. The lovely lady took the order for us and was so friendly and polite. There was also a lovely happy birthday message on my sons drink for him when the delivery arrived.. Excellent service. Thankyou so much for Making my sons night.

They also allow online ordering for collection or delivery. I missed my favourite chippy when they were closed but there has been no issue in making up for it since their remodelling. Smashing food and lovely staff.

ordered two kababs and a bag of chips the kababs was that small it would off not been enough for a kid the donor meat was in chunks and over cooked the chicken meat what chicken meat the was very little the chips was of a very poor stdit was all of a poor std none of this food was any good i threw it all away. this cost me £16 and a few pence i will not buy from there again i use this chippy before it was rebuilt and they have gone down hill and prices have gone up and portons have been reduced this chippy was the best in the town but i would say its now the worst. it has lost its heart what a real shame :(

Placed an order for Pie and a portion of chips, kebab and chips and a saveloy. After a long wait that I wasn’t informed about when ordering this FAST food we got home to find there was no portion of chips. I even asked the girl serving if she had put salt and vinegar on the other chips and she said yes. It gets worse... The saveloy and pie were stone cold and the pie felt like it had come straight out the fridge. The kebab meat was also disgusting and missing mint sauce. When we went back to tell them about the issue we were confronted with very rude staff. They insisted that the pie had been warmed and it had been in the fridge.. When returning home for a second time I found the saveloy had split and the chips were overcooked. This place is obviously not following the correct procedure on heating food and definitely not doing temperature checks. Avoid!

Friendly place for fabulous fish and chips.

Came in today 9/3/20 excellent piping hot food , had mini fish chips . Quality of fish + chips outstanding , great value for money also . My parents had the same meal , and said its the best fish chips they have had in a long time . 10/10 :)

Ok if you don't mind vegetarian food cooked in beef dripping.

Gave 4* because no hairnets or hats are worn

We come here for lunch on a Thursday and love it great portion sizes and great food

Lovely fresh fish cooked while you wait lovely friendly people and it's you can see why it's got a 5 star.

We placed an order on line quick and easy, we were given a time to collect. The food was all wrapped up nicely to keep it warm, got the food home lovely and hot and nothing missing off the order. Will definitely order again and loved the ordering on line and then the just collecting scenario. Staff lovely and friendly too.