The Kingfisher in Allerdale

Popped in while going through the area and was not disappointed! The staff were all very friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was very relaxing and welcoming. The food was all warm, tasty and filling. Will definitely go here again if I'm ever in the area!

Absolutely cracking takeaway. Chips weren't at all soggy, and the near foot-long Cumberland sausage was delicious! Would definitely return when visiting Keswick again!

Upstairs in restaurant, Great food, friendly staff and nice prices!

This is a very welcoming and friendly place. We had a long day of traveling around the area. We’re craving for warm food because we had all cold foods since yesterday. Highly commendable to visitors and those that are traveling around discovering the unknowns of this place. The food is delicious, staff of the restaurant is really very friendly. This is the best place ever, I visited in the area. Outstanding service, Outstanding Food, Outstanding Hospitality. Keep up this good service. Thank you very very much!

When they say they serve large battered cod, they aren’t lying - it was ENORMOUS!! So delicious and such good value. Light and crispy chips too. 10/10!

I've been here many times over the years and I've never had a bad meal. This time it was the small fish (except it wasn't so small), chips and peas, and it was delicious. I usually opt to eat in their restaurant, which is above the chippy, and as usual this time the service was very good, polite and professional and a friendly atmosphere.

Had lunch there with my husband and friends. The service was quick and pleasant, the portions quite big for our standards (plus the prices were reasonable) and the place was quiet and comfortable, just what we were looking for! Would highly recommend!

Can't fault this Chippy. Super friendly welcome. Service with a smile & chat. Top class food. Banging.

Had a takeaway fish supper. Fish lovely. Chips perfectly cooked. Staff polite and friendly. Will be going back for more. Thankyou.

Best fish and chip I have had in a Long time cooked to perfection 👌

The food is out of this world. I recommend to anyone

Rapid pleasant service but Luke warm chips and soggy fish Has a good reputation locally but definitely an off day today

Called up to place a very large collection order, they had it sorted within 30 minutes, still hot and with no mistakes. Really great service and quality food

Quite simply the best curry sauce anywhere. Need to offer it as a larger portion

Went specifically for gluten free meal. Fish was ok. Could have had a better batter on it.

Food excellent, 👌 recommend the lasagna and best chips l have ever tasted.

Just had fish and chips here, I must say it was one of the best chippy meals I've ever had. The batter on the fish was nice and light and fish was cooked to perfection, the chips were delicious too! Great value for money, would definitely recommend!

Clean, bright, fresh, upstairs dining room with attentive friendly staff. Tasty, quality fish and chips with great mushy peas in exactly the right sized portion. Came with a pot of tea in a proper cup and saucer. Only caveat is I had the pensioner lunch and it was only a shade under£10. Call me old fashioned but isn't everything a tad expensive these days??

So good, we managed to visit twice. First time we booked in advance and we were not disappointed. Nice thin, crispy batter and very well cooked chips. Fish was extremely flaky and you can tell this has been cooked fresh. Staff are very friendly and welcoming. Second visit we managed to get a table without booking. You meet soo many characters and people Up North are always willing to speak and talk to you! Definitely recommend if you are in the area.

Freshly cooked chips,friendly staff ,love the mushy peas.Beat the queues by ringing your order and then go pick your order up .

Great Chips, currently our preferred Keswickian chip shop. Recommendation.... Battered Jumbo Sausage Chips and Gravy!! Totally awesome Good Job The Kingfisher 👍

Excellent fish, chips and mushy peas plus pot of tea for £9.50. Brilliant. Friendly and helpful service as well

Excellent fish n chips, mushy peas n gravy/curry sauces, portion was massive so we shared between 2 adults n was plenty. Sticky toffee pudding was great also. Definite return visit required. Recommended!

Went here while on a visit to Keswick. I was we had pie, chips and peas and it was really good. Would highly recommend

nice little place….only place i could find in keswick that serves as a restaurant before 5 o’clock

The food was amazing highly recommended this place xxxx

We were looking for a quick meal in Keswick, thinking we'd just grab some fish and chips at a takeaway. Then we came across the Kingfisher, and saw they had a sit-down restaurant as well as takeaway. Well, why not? We'd had a big day and could use some sit-down time. It was mid-afternoon, and yet the restaurant was well patronised by local people. Good sign. My wife ordered a burger and chips, and I went for the steak and kidney pudding. I can still taste this wonderful meal. This is what the traditional English cooking is all about. A real 'pudding', not a pie. Succulent beef with generous chunks of kidney in a rich, tasty gravy. And a load of perfect crispy chips to accompany it all. To cap it all off the staff were charming and friendly, and the food was served very quickly and piping hot. You pay more for the sit-down meal, but it is worth it. Relax and enjoy. What a great find!

We just had a take away, for four, all very nice. Fish , sausage, chips peas and gravy and the Steak & Kidney pudding was excellent, and twice the size of a Hollands pudding less than £20

Can’t fault anything fresh cooked food and lovely atmosphere

Best fish and chips in Keswick.

Gluten free fish and chips is fabulous!

Best fish and chips I’ve had in a long time

Thoroughly enjoyed a huge portion of Cod and chips ; fantastic quality and beautifully prepared. Attentive and very welcoming staff. Just what " the doctor ordered " on a cold, wet evening. Wouldn't hesitate to highly recommend . John Macfarlane

Visit here every time I visit cumbria. Good food and a variety not just fish. Would recommend

Worst value fish and chips I've ever had. The fish was tiny

Best fish and chips in a long long time from here…up there with best I’ve ever had

A lovely traditional fish n chips shop, prompt, pleasant service, the pensioner special is great value.

been twice now for fish and chips the takeaways was not to bad price ok service good second time we sat in price goes up £4 the fish was awful old oil and thick crispy batter all stuff on to small a plate will not be going back as could not eat it

Warm and welcoming, eat in or take away, very reasonable prices, clean and tidy, all round good place to eat.

Excellent fish and chips (visited twice in fact).

Fish with scraps. Chips was hard on the outside and hollow on the inside.. rubbish!

Lovely restaurant for lunch, friendly waitress’s, recommended.

Really lovely staff, very clean and well run but unfortunately the chips just didn't do it for me. We got a bag of chips from here on 2 occasions during the week, (tried again thinking maybe the first visit had been bad luck), but unfortunately the chips weren't nice on both visits. It's as if they've been fried more than once or over fried? They are too crispy, (I like a crispy chip but only when there's still fluffy potato inside but these were just hard), taste like the oil they are cooked in and just seem like mediocre pub chips not proper fish shop chips. We never had fish and honestly it looked lovely but just a shame as the chips put me off.

Great people working in the restaurant, very friendly. The atmosphere is perfectly nice as well. The food came very quickly, scampi was cooked very well as was the battered sausage. The curry sauce was great. The standout was the chips, some of the best chips I’ve ever had, cooked to perfection. Price was more than fair. A very enjoyable fish and chips.

Fish and chips beaucoup trop salé!! Il vaut mieux laisser le client se servir en sel car la c'était vraiment pas bon.

Delicious cod and chips for the hubby and a decent sized portion of small sausage and chips for me. Moody teen, of course, doesn't like chippy chips. Forgot to get hubby ketchup so it was the end of the world "how can I possibly eat fish and chips without ketchup?" Oh my days Don't forget your condiments. It was lovely quick service, we had takeaway, I have seen it some days with a line right out the door, there is also seating area upstairs. Lovely reasonable price, much cheaper than the pizza my moody teen had taken a liking to whilst in Keswick

The Kingfishers is genuinely among the best; it offers fantastic fish and chips and top-notch service, its a 5 star from me.

Absolutely divasted today on my holiday. So excited for Fish & Chips & my chips were so hard & dry. Also my Fish Pattie fell apart. For the price I paid here today was disappointing!!!

Good portions, tasty fish and plenty of chips. Batter on fish was thin and crispy, packaged well so batter didn't get pulled off the fish on the way home. Highly recommended.

Brilliant and friendly service. Great chips and cod, just a limited fish menu.

Nice fish and chips. Thin pieces of fish for price. Chips and sides (peas, curry sauce and gravy) all excellent. GF sausage very tasty.

Oh my! This is our third or fourth visit in the last few years. The best chippy in England for sure. Be sure to eat here at least once or twice during your holiday.

Had fish supper, portion size good,chips good,fish tasty,crispy batter, cooked fresh to order

The Kingfisher have outdone themselves. We asked them to do a take out order for 28 people. They were ready on the time agreed and everyone agreed they were hot and tasty when we got the order round at ar picnic place. Thank you so much to all the staff at the Kingfisher. You are fantastic.

Excellent fish & chips 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nice place, friendly staff, good pie and chips+ gluten free Cumberland sausage and chips!!

Very good, would definatly recommend. It is the perfect place to go out and eat or pick up a takeaway. The restaurant upstairs is very well laid out and the food is just amazing. Great portion sizes. No soggy food here. There are car parks all around and well within walking distance.

Not cheap..but food was absolutely lovely..Nice polite staff..

We have been here several times. Food hot. Tasty. Great gluten and dairy free option

Who would have thought.A glass of wine with your haddock & chips. Excellent.

I'm giving this a 3 star and the reason is on Wednesday we got fish and chips and peas and they were beautiful 5 Star beautiful white fish lovely chips. So called Friday wife got chips and sausage, beautiful sausage really tasty and now very disappointing chips more crispy hard hardly any potatoe in them for me they were refried chips and that bad business for my view on this matter. But try these Cumberland sausage beautiful and if you do get chips check them before buying.

Honestly the best fish and chips place on the whole of Lake District! Best fish I've ever had.

A really good chip shop sit down.

Best fish & chips in Keswick by far!

Very good food in comfortable upstairs restaurant, prompt service

I had a takeaway Chips and Cumberland sausage. 15/07/2023. The best chips I have had. crispy and light and fluffy inside. The cumberland sausage was excellent. Even though I took it back to my self catering lodge and warmed it in my microwave. I was gratly impressed by the quality. i wood recommend this chippy.

One of the best fish and chips I have ever had wish Iived nearby it would be a regular place to go.

First time using this fish and chip shop. Good size portions, chips were very nice. Fish was a very thin fillet, batter was greasy. Looking at some of the pictures on the other reviews their fillets of fish looked a lot thicker in size. Curry sauce was nice good consistency and a nice little kick to it. Overall not bad. Gave it overall 3 stars manly because of the fish being greasy and a thin fillet. Yes I would try this chippie again next time I'd have a pie. Not bad value eather considering today's economy. Would I recommend giving this chippie go, yes I would.

Crispy, tasty fish & chips! Thanks!!

Very tasty fish and chips! My friends also had burgers and everyone was happy!

My wife and I come here for our anniversary meal and it is by far the best fish and chips we've had in a long time. Cooked to perfection and friendly staff. See you for our 15th, if not before.

Great fish and chips served with a smile. Seating is a little cramped.

5* all round. Food was absolutely amazing. The large fish looked and was gorgeous was bigger than the plate itself! The normal fish and chips with peas was a good size also. Really surprised at the size of the fish too for the kids menu!! Woaw! Great value for money. Food was delicious not greasy, chips were yummy. Ladies were very helpful and friendly. Only thing I may say as a disabled person it was quite difficult to do the stairs. But the chippy does take away menu downstairs. The restaurant is upstairs. Would highly recommend 👌🏻

Loved the fish and chips best we have had in a long time

Well what can I say 😊the best fish & chips I’ve ever had . Tonight upstairs table service crispy chips hot crunchy batter mushy peas & curry sauce very good service from friendly & efficient staff we will be back again next time we visit Keswick there was a que for takeaway that’s always a good sign 👍

While the restaurant is very nice and clean and the service staff is prompt and attentive theres a reason why hardly anyone eats it. It's almost 5 pounds extra per dish/item/order from the takeaway below. So for the four things we ordered we paid 20pounds + service extra. I wish we had known this earlier, wouldnt have eaten in. Food itself was really good. The big cod was massive and the lasagna special was fantastic. The veg and chicken burgers were just about ok. Wouldn't pay 10 pounds for them, but takeaway would be good. Big issue was not being able to order without the fries, so a lot got wasted.

I liked it Helen wasn't so keen Lottie loved here fish and chips and ada as usual picked away at hers First time eating in at a chippy

Great dinner refuelling the family after a long day on the fells. Excellent, friendly service and quick food, with good portion sizes! Will be back next time in Keswick!

Been coming here for the past 9 years sitting in, great fish and chips

Average quality food, no more, 3 fish and chips and teas came to over £50! Ridiculous prices

Superb service & the fish was absolutely amazing.

Fish and chips was fresh and fair-priced. The service was welcoming and the space was cozy.

Ate in the cafe/restaurant upstairs as there was a long queue for the chippy. Prices appeared to be the same to eat in and the food and service were lovely. Highly recommend for a good chippy in Keswick.

Beef and kidney pie is great. Fish is crispy and hot, but it’s a little bland for our taste. Nice service. Lovely decorations. Clear table instructions. Great atmosphere.

Best fish and chips I’ve had in years

Cant fault them,great fish & chips very reasonable price

Visited here several times now, food always delicious, good value for pensioners specials. Very clean, quick service.

Excellent value for money and quality

Reasonably priced chippy food, good size meals👍🏻

Superb fish and chips. Excellent table service upstairs. Excellent chip shop downstairs.

A must to eat fish & chips here every time we visit Keswick here again still the best fish and chips in England

Best fish and chips around, lovely staff in the restaurant, great value for money, and great to have gluten free. Thank you, live local, so definitely returning.

Great chippy tea in the restaurant is expensive, but energy and oil cost must be expensive, so it is what it is . The large cod is very large at £14 ....hmmmm it was good

Not a good meal on this visit. Pie was overcooked and chips were no better. The other 3 people eating with me were also unimpressed.

Absolutely fantastic meal in restaurant above shop, good price and lovely staff

We have been coming here for years whenever we visit Keswick. The Kingfisher has never failed us. This time we had take away but we have also eaten in the little restaurant upstairs. This time was chips and curry sauce to go on a busy bank holiday weekend but no queue, friendly and fast service and delicious fresh chips. The curry sauce is some of the best we have ever had. Fully recommended if you are ever in Keswick!

Lovely fish and chips as usual. Gluten free options available.

Got large chips here a few times on my trip to the Lakes. £3.70 is okay value for tourist hot-spot. Very prompt service and nice food. Great after a days hiking

Great food good service nice atmosphere. Will have to go back again. Thanks 😊

Absolutely brilliant fish and chips today. Mushy peas the best I’ve ever had. Highly recommend.