The Plaice Fish and Chip Takeaway in South Hams

How can you ruin chips? Well be prepared because this place can! Unbelievably disappointing chips! They were clearly frozen, not fresh-cut as expected. Even worse, the vinegar came in pots instead of being poured on properly. Definitely not worth it!

Great local fish n chips for our group for our last night in Salcombe. The staff were friendly, very quick on our orders and gave us a bottle of vinegar for free!

Without doubt, the worst tasting chips I have ever eaten (by that I mean the few I sampled before they went in the bin). Chips are frozen and have come straight off the back of a Brake Brothers lorry. This is NOT a proper chippy. No self respecting fish ship would turn out this kind of tosh. Wish I’d read the reviews beforehand.

Despite the long queues outside, the food was extremely disappointing. The fish was soggy, the chips lacked flavor, and the chicken nuggets were dry. I felt particularly bad for the French family in front of us, who probably had their first (and last) experience of English fish and chips here. Avoid this place unless you enjoy overpriced, tasteless food.

Awful. Just awful. The GF batter could chip a tooth most likely!! Chips too are the worst chip I’ve ever come across with no taste what so ever! Disappointed!!!!

Frozen chips and under cooked fish which was awful. All for £15 ! Terrible..

We read the reviews and went ahead anyway. Lovely fish and chips and the curry sauce was gorgeous .

2 couples , 2 of us we’re celiacs. A fantastic choice of Gluten free fish, pies, battered sausage, pizzas 🍕. This is the first time in 25 years I’ve had a gluten free battered sausage. Chips were great and a good sized portion. The other three meals were fab too. The curry sauce was also gluten free. So nice to be able to enjoy a gluten free take away. My partners chicken pie was excellent as were the 2 x fish.

Simply awful food Frozen chips Really !!! I have never been to a fish and shop and had frozen chips I would not recommend this shop to anyone Had to throw them in the bin

Cod tasted of ammonia. It definitely wasn’t fresh! So disappointed as it was very expensive too. Would not recommend at all.

Having walked 12km from Hope Cove to Salcombe we were looking forward to the prospect of enjoying fish and chips by the harbour. Unfortunately, for our £32 (!) for 2 cod and chip dinners, we were served: soggy cod, oven chips and watery mushy peas. We live miles from the coast and have had never had worse fish and chips in terms of quality and value for money.

Worst fish and chips we have ever had!! Such a disappointment and a shame that Salcombe doesn’t have a good fish & chips takeaway, as you would expect!

We loved the food and service was excellent.

Went to get fish and chips, then saw price....£12.50 for a single piece of cod, just cod, no chips for that. Absolutely ridiculous pricing which is stated to be set at market value! Drove to Kingsbridge (10 minutes away). They charged £6.90 for a piece of cod. How can a tiny takeaway charge such high prices? After reading the other reviews here about quality of food I think we had a near miss.

Good food, well cooked, no issues. Yes, the cod prices are eye-watering, but the portions are a good size, the food is cooked well; we had none of the problems reported in other reviews. No complaints :-)

Arriving on a last minute break, all restaurants were fully booked so we chanced eating here. We really wish we hadn’t! The chips were like cardboard and we left most of them. Definitely not fried! Cod was ok but ridiculously expensive for a takeaway. The steak pie was dry and tasteless. A lot of food got thrown away. We didn’t check the reviews until we got back to our apartment, then really wished we’d seen them sooner. Don’t waste your money here. It’s an expensive experience you’ll regret!

The food is dreadful in every way. 2 different customers while I was queuing brought their food back to complain. I didn't take the hint and made the mistake of still buying dinner there. I took mine home before discovering how poor it was. Go somewhere else.

Disappointed with our overpriced fish,chips and battered sausage takeaway tea last night!!!total for 4 meals just under £52!!!!!expected to pay a little more because of our location,however the quality did not match the price,frozen chips used,small under cooked pieces of cod,wanted a large battered sausage and was given a small,wish we'd read reviews first!!!!

The fish was slimy and greasy I felt sick all evening the chips were yuk too avoid, dont waste your money,I wish i had stayed home and had beans on toast

The fish was in a puddle of fat in the box when i opened it, and was luke warm and too greasy The most expensive fish and chips I have ever had. Definitely ripping everyone off The fork they give you was tiny so made eating it difficult and unpleasant and virtually impossible for the mushy peas Be aware there is a 2 speed queue, some locals ordered about 10 minutes after I did but they got their order way before I did… It’s telling that there are no comments back from the owner to the reviews = they don’t care…..

Great fish and chips - light batter and proper chips. Curry sauce and spicy mayo are also worth a try too!

Worst fish and chips at the most expensive price! Go to one of the lovely, local restaurants /pubs instead!

2 medium potions of cod and chips, child's chicken nuggets and chips, 3 cans of fizzy drinks cost over £40. The staff weren't particularly interested but were polite. The fish was lovely, the batter was OK. The chips however are clearly fried from frozen, not the fresh cut chips you'd expect. Really disappointed and expected better.

Very disappointing! Several young members of staff were all stood around on their phones and looking totally disinterested. Most of chips were burnt and tasteless. Fish also had little flavour and didn’t seem properly cooked. I ordered medium chips but was a meagre portion. Most expensive I’ve ever had by far at over £15 and one of worse! Give this place a miss.You

Great food, lovely service. Have to wait on sidewalk but quaint seafront so lovely. Expensive is only downside but great fish and chips and location.

Really enjoyed our fish and chips, the curry sauce was amazing! Was a bit pricey, but overall, all six of us enjoyed our meal.

Extremely expensive fish and chips. Maybe they'll make up for it in quality, I thought? Nope... Utterly bog standard in every way and a very small portion.

Ridiculously expensive for really poor food. Calamari is an absolute JOKE. Walk by and eat from a bin, it would be better.

Great takeaway, made even better by eating at the harbour. Despite previous reviews, we found the chips tasty and the scampi was particularly good. Yes a tad overpriced but what isn’t at the moment! Service - quick and efficient. Tip - watch the seagulls!

This place is terrible, real poorly frozen fish and bought in frozen chips. Not fresh. Threw over half my fish and chips in the bin.

The fish was fresh and good, But we both didn’t like the chips at all. We paid £29 for one medium chips and two haddock. Personally I think It’s a lot of money for fish and chips. Again the Fish was good, but it wasn’t outstanding for the price. I tried it, but won’t go again.

We ignored the other reviews and regretted trying it. The worst fish and chips I've ever had, whilst also being the most expensive. The chips were totally soggy and the cod was tiny and chewy for £12. They claim that it's this price is because of high market prices, but this is a totally blatant lie as, although market prices have risen slightly, the amount of cod served to us couldn't have possibly cost them more than £2 at the local market. This place is a pathetic excuse for a fish and chip shop and probably exists only by profiteering from visitors to Salcombe. Avoid at all costs.

Hugely overpriced (£16) for a tiny piece of fish and chips that tasted as if they were reheated oven cooked ones.

We were hamstrung for dinner one evening and decided to chance fish and chips despite the terrible reviews on here. What a mistake! The worst fish and chips we have ever had, not to mention a total rip off too. They promise freshly caught fish and that may be true... but they sure don’t know how to cook it, nor a decent batter. Chips like cardboard. Grossly overpriced. What a shame. Is this the best Salcombe can do?! If a seaside town doesn’t have decent takeaway fish and chips something is wrong. You’re better off banging some fish and chips from the co-op in the oven and saving your money!

It’s quite a long wait but the portions are huge and they have really good gluten free options

The fact that it says open, but it closed till end of March is very disappointing. this should have been update.

I went there for some fish and chips tonight and it was shut at 20:10 despite the website saying it was open until 20:30. Completely wasted journey. I've amended the times on the website.

We’ve been coming to Salcombe for over 20 years and can count on one hand how many times we’ve managed to find this chip shop open! This town is really missing a trick! On the coast and doesn’t even have a decent chippie! Went last night (Saturday in October half term) at 6.45pm. Advertised as open from 5-8. It was shut as it had run out of food! Seriously??? Really needs to up its game! Although looking at the recent reviews we had a lucky escape!

Normally I read reviews before going anywhere near any cafe or resturant, especially in a really tourist place like Salcombe where you know they don't have to rely on repeat business. But this time we were on the way back to the car after a long walk, feeling peckish with a while to go before dinner, and so thought why not just get a bag of chips - surely they can't get that wrong. How wrong we were - as others have said, the chips are utter rubbish and appear to be the same sort that you buy in the frozen isle at the supermarket and in no way resemble or taste like fish and chip shop chips should. For me they were most reminiscent in taste of the sort of chips you used to get with school dinners 30 years ago. Please don't waste your money.

I’d you can ever find this ‘plaice’ open, let us know what the food is like. On too many occasions, we’ve planned a chippy tea, turned up well ahead of time, only to find the place closed. Such a shame that the only takeaway chippy in a fishing harbour town is so unreliable. I quite understand the concept of winding down for the season, but at least have the courtesy to give customers a heads up with more appropriate signage around likely closing times. Yes, this is a bit of personal moan, but we’ve been caught out so many times by unreliability and random decisions to simply close for the night, despite being advised earlier in the day that the place would be open.

The experience was professional and welcoming from start to finish. When taking the order they were very informative regarding the dietary requirements for one of our orders. They were also friendly and cheerful on collection especially as it was a busy Saturday evening. The pizzas were awesome and the vegan cheese tasted just like the real thing. Five stars but worth more.

Posting this review originally written Nov 21 as just seen it hadn’t posted. Absolute rip off, most expensive fish and chips ever and when we got back to our apartment found the chips were oven chips, avoid and keep your money or get something from the nearby co-op.

Chips, curry sauce and mushy peas were fab, sadly the cod was over cooked although the batter tasted nice

Nice chips But very small portion for very high price Fish was mushy and wasn't very good

I live in the Southwest and think this is possibly the worst fish and chip shop there is available! When I was served my deep fried frozen chips I was quite surprised that they didn’t have the ability to even chop up a potato! I haven’t got the time to explain how bad all the rest of the food was. But for the only chip shop in such a busy tourist spot to be serving such substandard food at such high prices is terrible. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask!

Going to a harbour front you'd expect there to be a good fish & chip shop. Great range of vegan options, however the pea fritter was very disappointing 2 tiny (frozen style) is not what you expect. The battered sausage was OK, nice crispy Batter however the chips were disgusting and we couldn't eat many of them.

Luckily, the 3 out of 5 reviews prevented us from ordering the fish. If the chips alone were anything to go by, then I'm glad we did. Resembling and tasting more like dry oven chips and I think, cooked from frozen, this was the smallest serving I've ever seen from a fish and chip shop. I'm shocked that such an affluent town as Salcombe, does not have a good quality fish and chip shop? What's going on here?!! Very odd indeed. I guess locals must go further afield or use the local hotel restaurants and pubs, where you can definitely find fish and chips cooked properly. Poor.

Stingiest portions of chips I have ever seen. My daughters portion had 2 hairs in but at least they were replaced. So if you are hungry don't bother. We went to the Coop down the road to fill up after feeling ripped off.

Ordered food whilst the lovely pleasant lady was arguing with someone who was complaining about the quality of the food. Glad we weren’t put off, after an afternoon on the yacht (small boat but don’t let that get in the way of a good review), exactly what we needed! Ok, bit of a sympathy review here but it costs nothing to be nice. Well done to the venue for teaching home economics to the local youth- keeps them out of trouble!!! Smile lads, it doesn’t hurt- unless you are being kept there against your will.

How an establishment that is located on the south coast can manage to serve up stale, fish and chips that tastes like it has spent too long in the freezer is quite beyond me. The cost for this takeaway was marginally below what you would pay in a decent restaurant but was of very poor quality. - we only managed to eat about half and put the remainder in the bin. There is a big opening for a decent fish and chip shop in Salcombe!

Really fancied fish and chips. Paid £36 for take away fish and chips twice and a fish butty. What a waste of money. Completely tasteless rubbish that only manages to survive as tourists subsidise it. I really don’t want to give a bad review but Would rather go hungry next time.

Lovely experience to eat fish & chips on harbour wall or over looking estuary. Very efficient. Always cooked the same. Mind out for seaguls.

The fish was small but nice fish, well cooked buy being hungry after a day on the water 27 chips (many half sized) was disappointing to say the least. Next time we'll go home and make a sandwhich

Being a Londoner I have a phd in getting ripped off but this plaice is another level. Double cod and chips plus peas £29 which provided 2 kids portions. Nothing short of stealing. Locals should be embarrassed. Avoid

Not real fish and chips, from frozen, utter rip off. Don't do it.

One portion of chips for £2.00 there were 19 cooked frozen chips exactly, captive audience in Salcombe, we are here for a week and won't be going there again

They have an excellent understanding of Coeliac disease and dairy allergies - one of the few places we trust for our daughter who unfortunately suffers both. We visit several times on our annual trip to Salcombe!

VILE overpriced, undercooked fish, frozen chips.

Do not go here !! For a family of four we paid £42 !!! Chips tasted like oven chips, fish was ok. Ordered a chicken pie and got a beef pie. We waited 10 minutes for this so thought it might be fresh but no it wasn't.

Very expensive and staggeringly poor value overall. Fish and chips for 4 was nearly £55. The fish portions although well cooked were tiny; smaller than the child’s portions at my local chip shop. The chips also a small portion were dry and tasted stale.

Overpriced at over £13 for a standard cod and chips and no salt and vinegar despite asking for it. Give it a miss.

Horrendous. 30 mins wait for this, take note of the small chips.

Ordered 2 pieces of Haddock and one large chips today £27.80!!! Questioned it as was shocked and then said thank you but no thank you .

It's almost pointless writing this review - this is the only fish and chip shop in Salcombe - and they know it. That (and the fact that they know most Salcombe visitors are not short of money) explains why the prices are such a rip-off, roughly 50% more than other chip shops. What is inexcusable however, is that the chips are the worst I've ever had, try eating some strips of cardboard instead, that would be better! I know the prices won't be coming down, but unless the chips improve dramatically, don't bother!

Just had fish and chips tonight to share, large chips, grilled haddock and mushy peas over £17 which seems steep and then opened the box and found there using frozen chips!! Haddock was good but still £12 and the mushy peas were watery and tasteless. Really disappointed I hate leaving a negative review but frozen chips from a fish chip shop was unexpected and disappointing.

Horrific. Shambolic. DO NLOT TOUCH. 1.5 hours of waiting in utter chaos and the owner comes out to me to challenge the fact that this is a "reasonable wait". And then challenged the accuracy of my watch. Avoid this disgusting shambolic lot at all costs. Utterly appalling - and nasty with it.

Fish and chips at the coast should be good. Sadly this place has nothing to recommend it. Overpriced, £14 for a portion of fish and frozen chips that was watery and soggy. Avoid if you're able to.

Tasteless piece of cod. Cost £10-20 as well. Chips tasted more like oven chips than properly chip shop chips. Wouldn’t go again.

Echo these reviews. Haddock and chips was 15.00 takeaway and cod 13.30 takeaway. Price would have been outrageous even if good and it was terrible. Chips were awful oven chips not fish and chip shop chips. Fish smal portion ans. soggy. Purely taking advantage of...

Tasty pizza, good value and quick turn around. We ended up with a freebie as they weren't happy with the first attempt at the veggie deluxe (base was too soggy, apparently. We thought it was fine). We will return no doubt.

Over £35 for 3 child's fish and chips, a single fish and chips plus 2 peas. Singularly the most overpriced chip shop I have ever been to. This wouldn't be so bad if the chips were not frozen ones and the fish had been cooked properly. The fish was underdone and the portions were not huge. They are the only chippy that does takeaway in Salcombe so they must feel they can serve rubbish and charge what they want. Their loss, we wont ever buy from there again. For the price charged we could have sat in any one of the local pubs and had a decent meal. I would suggest anyone visiting Salcombe does the same.

Over £35 for 3 child's fish and chips, a single fish and chips plus 2 peas. Singularly the most overpriced chip shop I have ever been to. This wouldn't be so bad if the chips were not frozen ones and the fish had been cooked...

£10.50 for a minute piece of cod take away! No salt or lemon given or serviette. Very expensive for what you get.

Lovely fish and chicken nuggets. Chips seemed oven cooked but still nice

Chips were not chip shop chips and tasted strange at £3.00 a portion. £9.50 for a small piece of cod is quite frankly extortionate as it wasn’t anything special. Such a shame as always love to try the local fish and chips by the sea...

The Fish had so much batter on it you thought it was a huge piece of fish, but when you cut into it, it was all batter and very little fish! The chips were actually oven chips that had been fried and they tasted weird....

Poor doesn’t describe it…they forgot to give us the chips we ordered…went back and they treated us like crap….avoid at all costs…!!!

Quite easily the most expensive cod and chips we have ever purchased and not that well cooked! The chips were over cooked and the batter on the cod was too thick and gooey.

Had a battered sausage and chips, the sausage was good but the chips were awful. Not proper chip shop chips I think you can find these chips in any local supermarket in the frozen isle. Very very disappointing. My 83 year old nan could make...

Fish was ok, batter was like a sponge and under-done. Chips were not your usual chippy chips (bit tough) and the portion was small, even when I ordered a large. Battered sausage was a terrible quality sausage and again, spongy batter

Overpriced, greasy, worst value chip shop in the UK avoid. £25 for 2 cod and chips, price gouge chancers. Never will buy there again, neither should you.

£10 for a small piece of cod? Is this the most expensive dish and chip shop in England? Chips weren't great either

A reasonable cod and chips. The quality of the cod was superb as you’d expect - very flaky and meaty. The batter was a little soggy and greasy. The chips were also lovely - although don’t expect the monster portion sizes you get at your typical fish and chip shop where 2 large portions would normally feed an army for a week - here it is just enough for four people. Well run and a short wait for the food at peak time. Unfortunately they forgot our mushy peas but mistakes happen.

We're pretty fussy about our fish and chips and found the fish (Cod), although not massive, was super fresh and the chips were very good.

Friendly service but food underwhelming

Very good 👍 freshly cooked bit expensive childs fish an chips and small battered sausage and small chips with tartar sauce sachet £9.10p

The chips and sausage was fantastic from this chippy. The next door pizza shop was also amazing. One of the best tasting pizzas I've ever eating

The most expensive, yet worst fish and chips I’ve ever had. The chips were fried oven chips, the fish was tiny and the whole thing had a really weird taste. At £24 for two portions these should have been amazing. So disappointing. Unfortunately though they...

Fish was excellent. Chips were oven chips.

Without doubt the worst chips I have ever tasted! They were a very unattractive colour and dry, it would seem that the oil was old and obviously not fresh, and the feeling was they were oven chips. The fish was okay but at £60+ for...

Stale chips and a slither of fish..... Far from good im sorry to say

Not worth the calories! The chips were dry oven style chips, not what you would expect from a fish & chips shop in the heart of Salcombe. Small portions, not worth the money!

Honestly, absolutely rubbish fish and chips.

£20 for 2 normal fish and chips, were a bit mediocre - fish was small and chips tasted like oven chips. For this price u may as well sit in a nice restaurant :/

Terrible dont waste time and money, 11 quid for a large fish & chips, the chips are oven chips probably from coop down the road and fish batter was soft and oily, no idea how they are still open with this load of tripe

Don’t bother - The fish isn’t great and if you’re expecting proper ‘chip shop’ chips then look else where because they are either chilled or frozen chips. This is a very disappointing fish and chip shop for the location. They should clean their fryers more often as well.

Never had fish and chips so bad that we threw away most of it. OVEN CHIPS AND FISH WITH SO MUCH BATTER TO MAKE IT LOOK LARGER, DISGUSTING. the chips were overcooked, and soggy. Spent £40 for 3 portions. Can't believe the chips were oven...

Reasonable, quite a mediocre taste to the chips but other wise you could tell those serving were only doing their personal best.

Disappointed that this chip shop used pre-prepared chips not even peeling & frying own. What a shame they couldn't even peel & fry potatoes. Thought that would be a bare minimum for a chip shop.

Fantastic fish and chips! Friendly and helpful staff. We placed our order and collected at an agreed time as we were a large group, everything was ready, freshly cooked, piping hot and delicious.