The Pelican Fish Bar in Rother - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Returned to camber sands after 4 years for a week with the wife, only to find the best fish and chip shop "Pelican" had changed hands very disappointed 😞 a standard cod was like a gold fish in batter and chips nothing special and the outside seating area benches are rotting away....so be careful! . I'm afraid they do not know how to run the business like the previous owners which I'm sad to see them gone. We will never return to the Pelican again.

Awful. The cod was so dry even the dog didn't want to eat it. £30 for 1 cod, 2 chips, 2 sausages and a chicken burger. Over priced. Had 25 minute wait so expected decent but it was awful. Chips were OK but lacked seasoning.

Would give it a ZERO if I could. Absolutely terrible fish batter and their price it as if it was a Michelin star restaurant, chips £3.50, sweet potato chips £4.50. It used to be a good place, with a quality fish, reasonably priced...now it is an utter rip off without any quality in return or price justification. Avoid at any costs!

Ordered with a delivery time. No food turned up with a driver stating wrong delivery address. Rang restaurant to resolve and was treated rudely and offensively to then be cut off. I paid for food that was never delivered. Avoid this place, they have no morals and will take your money with no remorse. I will never contact or eat from here again and suggest you do likewise 😉

Only had chips and they were OK apart from you don't get alot

It's an amazing chippy. Near the sea. It's got everything you'd expect and reasonable prices. The staff are lovely and very accommodating. can't fault anything I've had from here. We've been going for years and it's still good. Unlike some places in this area.

Oh my God, unless locals get different food and service, this place must survive on the once only visit, holiday trade. My two youngest grandsons had to be put to bed before I got back with the food, having waited 25 mins to order and 35 to receive order. Chicken nuggets and battered sausage were good. Fish, chips, chicken steaks and pancake roll all very poor. Will travel to Sainsburys next time.

Great experience! Lovely guys, good portion sizes, freshly prepared and really tasty! Would definitely recommend!

Terrible. Don’t waste your money. Not much more to say.

Great quality fish and chips with lots of halal options

Told our food would be 10-12 mins. 20 mins later we got our food. Thought that was positive as it must have been cooked fresh. Awful. We drove 2 mins back to our house and the chips were terrible. So cold they'd clearly been sat there for 20 mins. Fish coated in some weird and terrible batter. Won't be using them again. Avoid.

I gave the £15.80 fish and chips to the seagulls. What a waste of money. Completely inedible.

The food was cooked fresh for everyone however it was very very slow was told about 12 mins but 20 mins later still waiting. The chips were not that nice either!

Waited almost 20 mins for 2 sausages, chicken nuggets, pie and chips. In that time although there were about 5 other customers only 1 customer got there food. I appreciate that things were cooked to order but the wait was ridiculous. The sausages had hardly any flavour and the chips were awful. Defiantly won't be using this place again

Google says open from 12, we waited over 1 hr when the shop finally opened at 4. Although next to sea, all fish are usual frozen stuff you get anywhere else. Only reason we went there was they had different fryers for fish and meat, and also all the meat served was said to be halal. Hadn't come across any place in the UK where fish and chips had to be bought separately except here.

Friendly staff, I believe food cooked to order so has a wait, but overall worth the wait

I was expecting better from a seaside town but to be fair the food was pretty good and I'd definitely return again. Chips were lovely and a decent size portion. Cod wasn't the best in the world and a little dry but not bad to be fair. Friendly staff and convenient location. It took about 15 minutes but the food was cooked fresh so I didn't mind.

Not quite the worst fish and chips I have ever had...but pretty close. Ordered 2x cod and chips...£23...cod £8, chips £3.50. A 15 minute wait whilst cooked (we were the only ones in the shop), when opening the box at home, the fish was hidden below the chips in the box...it didn't need to try hard to hide, very small portion and lots of quite meh chips. The chips could have been the ones waiting to be thrown away (think they may have been freshly cooked)...well many were chucked anyhow. Camber is a town in decline, so in the off season, shops like this will live or die on returning custom...sorry we won't be back.

Good chip shop . Was on weekend away . fresh food cooked whilst we waited. Rock£ 7.50. Cod £9.50

Waited 10mins expecting Chips cooked to order .... got them & in-Edible!! .. Rock Hard .. & Raw also no Taste at all to them so bland! At £4.50 for A Portion !! ....couldn't eat them

The only customers in the shop on a wet and cold evening. Ordered 1 large and 1 medium Cod, a chicken and mushroom pie with 2 portions of chips. Was told it would be approximately 15 mins. We waited and expected fresh, moist cod with a nice crunchy batter and fresh cooked. Took the order back to our caravan and was absolutely discusted at what we had been given for the money we paid. The fish was dry and grey with the batter soft and like eating damp cardboard. The chips were limp and again were dry as though they had been cooked hours before we purchased them. I WOULD NEVER VISIT THIS PLACE AGAIN.

Waited 20 minutes for the fish and chips. As we were some of the first people in there thought it would be nice and fresh. Unfortunately chips were stale, batter flat and soggy. Fish still had the skin on it. Premium pricing but inferior offering. Avoid as they don’t know what they are doing.

Not the best unfortunately. Ordered a small battered sausage and chips and they weren't joking when they say it's a small sausage. It was about 10cm long. Wasn't a fan of the chips either. Very dry despite being freshly cooked. The biggest surprise here were the prices. £3.50 for chips for a seaside town is more than we pay in London from much better chip shops and I can get a large battered sausage for £2.30. Not sure what the other options are in Camber but id suggest looking up alternatives before buying from here

Amazing fish and chip, freshly prepared and cooked to perfection, decent portion sizes, makesure you add the curry sauce!

Good customer service, delicious food and great ambience.

I had cod and chips. Fish was ok, a bit dry, but the batter could have been alot crisper and tastier. Chips good and large portion, but flavour average. Friendly staff

They were all eating food themselves while serving us.

Probably the worst fish and chips I’ve ever eaten

Chios are nice but a bit pricey for what they give Also pizza was chicago town cheese and tomato I asked is it frozen pizza when ordering and was told no but was given what wqs clearly. Chicagi town frozen pizza . Price was 8.50 when they are 4.50 in shop so not the problem the problem.was the lieung from.the staff as my partner does not eat that make if pizza

Overcooked fish!!! What a waste of money.

Really really nice food! Friendly & helpful staff. Not wheelchair accessible but I'm sure they would come to you if needed.

We ordered 2 x medium cod and 2x mini cod and chips the cod still had skin on and 100% was not cod it tasted odd, none of the 4 of us actually ended up eating it, £30 for fish in the bin!! the mini cod and chips was absolutely tiny for the price. The chips were nice but I wouldn't waste waste my money eating there again.

We nearly never ordered from this restaurant due to reviews however we thought we would give it a go and we are so pleased with did the food was so fresh and came so hot. We will be definitely ordering from here again

Great service the guys always remember our order and with 12 people that's impressive, never missing items and kid love the pizza . They always find time to make us smile great guys .

Just got food from here and my whole family threw it away it was disgusting definitely do not get it

Food all pre bought from supermarket for the price it was a rip off and not well cooked pizza over done Cod over cook take away not very clean will not use again

Open are using deep fry an old chips

Fish was good, they only had cod so the options were limited. Good communication from the shopkeeper. Chips were just okay, but we very much appreciated the extra condiments for the size of our crowd!

We visited here on the 10th of July 2023 and had probably the best cod and chips ever. The chips were perfectly cooked, with the outside cooked precisely correct and the inside fluffy. The fish had perfect batter with juicy fish. Perfect! All very hot too. Very friendly owners.

If you want a deep fried fly, stale chips, watery curry sauce, bland watery savoloys and zero customer service than this is the place for you. Absolutely appalling. As soon as I opened the regular chips, there was a deep fried fly sitting on the top! Wings and all. Please avoid this place.

Was great food but what a let down not helpful staff let's this down as in such a lovely place sadly want be going back maybe food good service horrible

Large portion of chips were smaller than a normal regular. Too expensive for the quality which was below average. Disappointed

Undercooked chips and we'll over priced

Was really nice fish and chips , with outdoor seating too.

£4. 00 for large chips and personally I have had small chips, bigger than what they served and they wasn't nice. New management in the last few years and very disappointed. Used to be lovely and would have long queues , I can see why it's always empty.

Good food but smells to much of oil

Fish very dry , curry sauce was gloopy, mushy peas was not nice.

Ridiculous prices for unsatisfactory food. Chips were stale and appeared to have been cooked several times over, they were so bad we couldn't finish them and binned them instead. Burgers were minimal and poor. Left us feeling sick really 😷

Awful experience never even showed up. Phones all turned off, dont order from here if your expecting to eat... look else where !

The food wasn't that good at all the sausage in batter seem have been on the shelf for a couple of hours at least

Complete disorder and lack of a queue with not a care in the world from the staff. No one knew where the end of the line was, and the people at the counter had already been standing there half an hour. This on an off season Friday evening at 615.

V busy when visited but fast efficient service. The cod and chips were excellent

Hi. Just wanted to say thanks for the laugh tonight while waiting for our pizza to be cooked. But the rest of the food was a disappointment we was staying at Park Dean and drove straight back from collecting our food and it was stone cold, we had to put it in the microwave to warm everything up, the people that had the fish did not like and said it was horrible and it ended up in the bin. For the cost of what we paid £62 for our order I would of expected it to be hot when we got it back. Could not call you to complain as when we left you said you was closing soon and the fryer has been turned off while we was their. Have also sent you a message on Instagram but no reply.

Very small portions. Large fish. Very small....Large chips small.....

Chips were old and cold, flavourless. Curry sauce was microwaved and watery. Only reason for 2 stars is because it’s cheap and the drinks were cold. Distinctly average.

Being the only chip shop on the strip you could do with re-vamping the place up. Would of got 5* if the place looked fresher

Lovely fish and chips, prob the best I've had for a while!

We only wanted chips but had to wait till other orders were filled. This would have been ok if someone who came in after us hadn't got their order before us. Chips were nice but a bit expensive.

My take away turned up an hour and a half after ordering, items missing drenched in oil , soggy and had to order alternative food. Not happy at all!! DO NOT ORDER

Very slow and terrible staff. Also a worker had I hickey on his neck

We ordered burgers and chips as well as pizza.I must say this was the best pizza I've had in a long time and very well prized

Ordered food took close to a hour to get it then had 2 missing items and chips portion was a small when paid for a large highly disappointed

Ok fish and chips, I've had better

Very over priced, very bland food. Didn't finish food as it was disgusting. £3 for a sausage !

One of the cheapest fish and chip shops in Camber. Portion sizes are good, and the food is proper seaside food.

Halal fish and chip in camber sands. Fish is cooked separately to any meat dishes.. I believe all the dishes are halal as the owners are Muslim..

Edible (because we were hungry), but not at all enjoyable. Shame. They used to have lovely fish and chips, but the chips were stale and tuff. The cod didn’t even taste of fish and was ridiculously greasy! Also ordered a battered sausage. It was very tuff. Couldn’t and didn’t want to finish it. Also had a fish cake for the kids, which was ok (not that you can get that wrong!), but it was very small for the price. It was more expensive than any other chippy in the town. The shop itself looked very run down. Overall, found it to be disappointingly dry, flavourless and not at all enjoyable. Not going back and cannot recommend.

Visited this Fish Bar during the recent heatwave. Whilst it was busy, it wasn't a massive issue as we were able to wait either inside or outside. We ordered for 8 people and had to wait around 20 minutes which was more than acceptable. The food was good, freshly cooked and as reasonably priced as you can get for the only Fish bar in Camber!

Expensive prices. Slow service. Half menu is not available. Photo of a "standard" cod for £7.50 🙄 Was very busy which means they make money but shop is very old, dirty & outdated. Would not recommend.

Don't waste your time or money. I've just waited 25 minutes for 'cod' and chips. The fish definitely isn't cod and half the chips are black.

Have to be very honest it was highly disappointing, smallest ‘regular’ cod I’ve ever seen, the battered sausage was pretty much a majorly deep fried sausage minus the batter and to top it off a standard in each cost me £16.

Great service, friendly staff. Everything halal

Staff were rude, food was cold due to them not keeping one meal warm while cooking the rest of our order. Very disappointing!!!

Fish and chips was lovely, nice and fresh, batter was perfect and the chips were fried up just right. Customer service was very polite and helpful. Very good value for money too, i was stuffed but didn't feel drained after eating. Definitely coming back next time i visit the beach.

Appalling. Been going to this fish shop for years and in the past it was the go to place for fish and chips in Camber. People would queue for their food. First night of our holiday and looking forward to a nice meal. Paid £17.20 for two standard cod and a portion of chips but when we got back to caravan found two strips of dry fish, not big enough to feed a child. Ended up giving my friend both pieces to make a meal. Chips were dry and obviously been there a while. Coming from Hastings where a standard piece of fish is twice the size and a pound cheaper and tastes like fish I was disgusted with my experience. If this is what their food is like now I can't see them keeping their customers.If I could give zero stars I would.

Polite helpful staff. Chips well cooked. Sausage in batter was nice just needed more batter. The chips did have the taste of the battered sausage . Shop opens at 4 but they are not prepared so have to heat fryers which I can appreciate but maybe prepare before opening? Overall I enjoyed eating the food

Great fish shop, outside the main busy bit by the car park, so easier to get served and cheaper! Sat at their tables &ate with the dogs, who enjoyed their sausage! Don't get hassled by sea gulls here like you do in the places by the main car park... Recommend!

It's OK, food is OK, prices OK. Not bad, not great but ok

Used twice while we were in the area. Pizza was lovely as were the Savloys. Portions are large. Staff are polite. Plenty of seating space outside.

I would give it zero stars if I could. Worst fish and chips ever the food was old and stale and the portion sizes were so small, complete rip off. Do not go here and waste your money!

All the food is freshly cooked to order so there is a little bit of a wait, but because of this the food is nice and hot. Prices are fair and portions are good sizes. staff are friendly. Outside seating is available if you want to eat your food hot. Nice little walk if you are staying at parkdean.

Loved it, Fish and chips, beach classic never disappoints 😃👍

Been here a few times and it started really well but I have visited twice recently and they have become overpriced, poor food quality and the wait for food (2 x standard cod and chips) at 40 minutes is extremely poor.

Wow!!!! Five stars to these fellas..fresh fish and chips cooked whilst we waited. Definitely get your money's worth..if you have a big appetite then this is the place to go.. Kebab also cooked fresh, brother ate every last bit..chilli sauce perfect. Definitely returning on next trip..

Freshly cooked, and large portions

Never get fish chips in here again chips was old chips recooked all wrinkle + fish batter was hard very dark. Wife had cod chips same with her food the only good thing comes in a box. But advise don't waste your money £20 down the drain it all went in the bin

Would’ve left no star at all if possible. Terrible. The worst thing is they cooked it fresh in front of me so I can’t say it was old food. What I can say it was disgusting. Wish I’d taken a picture before throwing in outdoor bin. Chips were stale. Fish was disgusting. My guess is old, dirty oil. Avoid this place at all costs. Such a shame as you come to the sea side for good food as well as a beautiful beach and you get this. No good!

Nasty food the battered sausages were horrible tasted 2 days old chips were not much better

Wonderful Chippie, we fancied a late Sunday treat and this place did not disappoint, the staff and so helpful, prices are reasonable, and food is tasty, we could not ask for more.

Absolutely rotten dried up old stale food. I phoned the shop and they told me it's fresh. I will leave this picture here for you to make up own mind up. Dry old rock solid saveloy Dry stale chips Bendy sausage in batter, with dry inside.

Avoid this place! The food here is disgusting 😒 covered all in salt. Fish also covered in salt that you can't eat it. When you tell them there was not even "sorry" from them. My child has got a broken fish fingers. Very unhappy with the food and service. The owner is very unfriendly and just do a business. I can't recommend this place. Will never back here ! Paid and had nothing to eat.

Cod roe was sour, chips were hard, cod meat was tough and old. Not impressed at all.

Order ahead as this is a popular place. Food top notch, highly recommend. Staff so very polite and lovely.

Cod was amazing and the only place in Camber that actually does fresh cut chips (they were amazing too). The shop was very busy but still managed to maintain work ethic and friendly service. Defo recommend if you ever visit Camber!

Food so so and small potions .got fish and chips but was very average

Not very good order for twenty peopple un fullfilled unae to deliver. Not helpful

Just had family Fish and Chip dinner. Food was nice personally I prefer my batter crispy but I'm not marking them down for that only thing stopping this being 5 stars is the price. 2 fish 2 chips and a sausage over £20 most expensive chippy dinner I've ever had.

very nice place now its changed hands the last time we went in there I would never recommend it to anyone Now we had a lovely meal an enjoyed it all thank you

Zero stars. Not even open (29th January) on a Saturday night despite the google info indicating otherwise. No website.

The best chips ever, I have had a lot if chips from different areas over the year, they are so creamy and soft love them..