The Whitley Whaler in North Tyneside

Place needs closed down, curry sauce like pxss, small portions hig prices, place exists to rip the holiday makers off.

They’re charged me £18 for a large fish and chips, it was possible one of the smallest fish and chips iv ever had. I was still hungry after it, chips were nice, but I won’t be going back. I understand why people go to the willow instead, you pay for the quality & quantity.

Although a busy location, where people will pay an arm and a leg for fish and chips. This is clearly just a buy it cheap and get easy money operation, what a shame! Chips, stale and flavourless. Fish, as seen in photos from other reviews on google, that awful tube shape, not how it should be. Everything greasy, soggy, and warm would be a monumental overstatement. I understand it’s expensive to buy produce in today’s climate, but it was very busy, and always will be. Surely they can spend a bit more, and get rid of the awful system of having everything ready before order. Staff were nice, and the wait was short. It’s only saving grace is being able to sit on the seafront with your food, which was the only thing they can’t ruin for customers! Better options for not too much more within walking distance.

A busy Friday night on the sea front and we found ourselves in the queue for a Fish and Chip supper. To be honest, we could have picked any one of a number of fish and chip outlets along the same row, but we were very pleased with the outcome. The meal was served in cardboard boxes and wooden forks. Prices par for the course, we went across the road to a supermarket for drinks as the cans were typically highly priced. Our two portions were unevenly sized but tasty, hot and the curry sauce was sweet and warmly spiced. Other reviews have complained about the chips, the overall quality and the price. There is no getting away from the fact that Fish and Chips is no longer a budget choice for a meal and there is porbably a premium for the location of the shop. As somewhere to go and get a tradtional takeaway, to go and eat on the promenade, holidaymakers walking by - it seems all part of the archetypal British package.

Unfortunately my first and last time here as we were not that impressed. No fish bites , 28/07/2024 . My fish cake was over cooked the kids and wife's fish was small , my sons chicken nuggets were ok Portion sizes were small. Was edible but there is better places I've been to.

This place is terrible. We visited here as our 5 year old grandson was feeling hungry so we decided to get him a childs portion of chicken nuggets and chips. There was no queue or customers in the shop( Not surprising ) and I got the order immediately. The cost was an extortionate £ 5.85 for 4 nuggets and a small handful of chips, plus £ 2.85 for a small bottle of Fanta orange. The chips were only luke warm and very dry( obviously about 2 hours old) and the nuggets were the same. Even my grandson wouldn't eat the chips!! I strongly advise this is a shop to avoid.

Absolutely horrendous portions for the price! 4.95 for large chips which were in the shallowest paper tray. Kids chicken nuggets with a hanfull of chips and 4 very small chicken pieces. Cheese pattie and chips awful! Whole meal £30! Never ever again. And the ' fryer' was so rude to potential customers, shouting at them to get in line!!!

Chips were bruised and green. Mingin. Absolutely mingin, chips were as black as blooming charcoal.

Absolutely revolting, completely inedible. Black, burnt, green chips, not a decent chip between two portions! Would literally have been impossible for the person serving to have not noticed how bad they were and yet they served them anyway! (Had their back to me so I couldn’t see them) Nearly £20 for food that was thrown away. (Would have returned them if I had time to get back there before it shut!) This used to be a lovely chip shop but won’t be back.

Went for a quick snack with my grandson, had chips and a cheese savoury. The chips were horrible and over priced, the savoury was like a brick. Stay well clear of this place!!!

Fish and chips tastless, despite salt and vinegar. Paid for large portion but the fish was regular size. Disappointing.

Literally the worst chippy in the north east. Burned **** app over the chips clearly to cheap to use clean oil, curry like water, the fish was cold in the middle.

Unfortunately had two portions of fish and chips while away on holiday within a few hours both of us vomiting etc I'm sure you can imagine. Only other thing we'd had was a cereal bar. Ruined the end to a nice holiday and wasn't cheap.."cooked to order apparently"

Chips were anaemic and hard and a very small portion for the price slowest service I’ve ever experienced lass didn’t even know how to close the boxes

Poor Disappointing 28.70.. for fish and chips twice With sauce pop and curry sauce The fish had more batter than fish HAVE A WORD PLEASE

Very good hot and plentiful fish and chips. Nicely cooked crispy batter and chips. Couldn't fault it. Clean and bright staff friendly. What more can you ask.

Food bland fish had bones in it and it’s really expensive.

The lady who was frying the food had no apron on and long hair that should of been tied u where's the hygiene in that . We orderd chips well we thought we did they were absolutely terrible they were still raw . Portion size was dreadful will definitely not return here £ 4.50 for a Box of rubbish .

Everybody should know, this place has to be the very worst Fish & Chips I have ever had in my life. In fact I had sickness & diarrhoea all night. I'm certain it was the fish. The idiot that fried the fish was filthy, the girl behind the counter was just DUMB... I have made a report to the local authorities and, demand they check this place out. STAY AWAY PEOPLE!!!!

I’m not a cheap skate however £7.45 for curry and chips and can of pop is taking the mick a bit

Got scampi and chips, cooked fresh so had to wait and very tasty.

Great fish and chips… but it’s expensive!

Medium fish was more like a small fish. Chip portion was also small.

Don’t waste your time or money if you fancy still being hungry after an adults meal. £6 for jumbo and chips and it’s a smaller portion then the kids menu. Questioned the portion size and was told you get what your given. Over priced and will never return again so I advise others to do the same

Food was good however staff were vomit inducing, the attitude of the staff towards me was disgusting, not to list a few but condensating me and looking at me like I am thick, then shoving the card machine in my face then being impatient when I am transferring my funds even after I said " one second" all I got was cheek off the workers in here on the 5th of November at 7pm ( not just because it was bonfire night it wasn't busy when we went in were the only ones in the shop ) this happened absolutely disgusting none of these people deserve jobs if they are gonna treat customers like that like I work in retail myself and even if you don't like the customers you treat them with RESPECT, it's just basic decency and business practise, very disappointed will not be coming back especially with the eye lifting prices 10,50 for fish and chips could of took my eyeballs out, luckily they are still intact.

Enjoyed the fish and chips with the family. Service was ok, slightly slow but good value for money. Overall fairly good.

Best fishcakes in the north east

Served by a zombie who was half asleep and the chips with curry sauce were awful, will never use again. Its a pity because they have a prime location and could be a lot better but the standards are extremely low. Would not recommend at all.

Served cold chips and dried out fish due to the customer in-front not wanting salt and vinegar on their fish n chips. Spent 33 pounds on tastless food, not recommended.

Chips were definitely from last night. This was a favourite last year, but has appeared to decline. The prices are also high which is not reflected in the quality of food.

£10.50 for fish and chips I paid. Fish was very skinny and not as many chips as I exepted. Had a bad stomach after eating it. Don't know how long this fish was sitting in the fryer. Chips were a little undercooked.never go back again. Not value for money. Too expensive

It is the worst fish shop I have ever been chips not cooked properly

Terrible! If I could rate 0 star I would.first sausage I got was terrible. Second time after bringing up my issue and getting another to try I didn’t get lucky with said sausage either because who enjoys a leathery flavourless sausage?! Spoke to a second member of staff even though I was assured the two children’s sized sausages I’d been offered instead as a replacement were (fresher) as I asked if they would all be yesterdays reheated.

Paid £14 for a small fish and chips, it was barely warm, it may of been last night's and chips and the batter on the fish was rubbery. The lemonade was nice as were the staff but I would stay well away

Worst fish and chips I've ever tasted, being on holiday and not from the area and the chippy being in a prime position would be alright, chips had been laying there were overdone, fish had the thinnest layer of batter on, spent 40 pound and two kids meals which were left was supposed to get a drink for the kids, instead tried putting a bottle of water in between the two when I asked about this he swapped it for a small carton, not worth the money and will not recommend to anyone

This is the 2nd time here. Chips seemed like they had been sitting for a while. The bread bun was stale and the fish was absolutely tiny. Spent over £40 for 3 fish and chips and a chip butty. Felt like we wasted our money. Shame. Won't be back

Ordered and paid for large portion of chips this morning. The member of staff tried palming me off with chips that had obviously been sitting in the warmer since last night. When I refused to accept them, having consulted with a colleague, she then emptied the warmer of last night's leftovers, and put a fresh batch into the fryer. Unfortunately, when the new batch was served up, the only good thing you could say about them is that they were hot. Obviously, the management fail to change the cooking oil on a regular basis, resulting in the chips browning too quickly, and imparting a burnt taste to the chips. Not a pleasant experience at all!!!

Had fish cake and chips. Would go again

Been to this fish and chip shop a couple of times when in the area and always been excellent This time will be our last Food was warm not hot chip really soggy and tasted horrible Fish very small

We shared a fish and chips after a session at Littley Bay Children’s Play Centre with our 4 year old grandson. None of us were hungry and we though the Nipper was having us on when he said he wanted Fish & Chips. Turns out we all tucked in especially the 4 year old. The food was more than acceptable and polished off in fine style.

Worst fish and chips i’ve ever had you’re an embarrassment to be serving fish and chips in a seaside town absolutely disgusting

Chips were ok I guess...but over £14 for three large chips...ouch!

Avoid this place like the plague, absolutely rotten!!! £17.50 for two Smokey and chips and two bottles of pop, all chip ends, cold and tasteless, staff have an awful attitude, do not eat here!!!

Terrible, The worst chips iv ever tasted

Absolutely disgusting food we got two fish and chips and the chips were rock hard and the fish wasn't even that nice they are some decent fish and chips in whitley bay but I wouldn't recommend going back here

Bunch of glue sniffers trying to sell what they call large cod for £12.50… was more like a large fish finger. Soon as I seen the guy frying rub his beard all over somebody’s food I decided this wasn’t the place for me and left the cue

Ordered on uber eats the only good thing was the priority delivery and the curry sauce. The chips were old my fiancèe worked in a chippy and these were just chips laying around in the warmer they arrived cold and stale and were like rocks. Half the laughably large fish was hard and dry the size was just medium at best nothing worth the cost the needs improvement.

Went in for fish and chips until I seen the size of the fish, I've seen bigger tad poles. Such a shame as last year was better. It's rapidly gone downhill. I won't be returning I'll try a different one next time. Bad crack when you can't get a decent fish chips and the coast. Ended up with battered sausage and chips and that wasn't up to much neither. You need a mortgage these days to buy chips nevermind the fish. So sad...

Lovely staff, very friendly. Service was good and food was nice, especially the crab cakes. Definitely be back soon.

Kept veggie food in with the meat - all touching

Love Whitley Bay so thought would give this Fish and Chip takeaway a go. Queued for about 30minutes , queue wasn't even that long...staff were stood on their phones, ended up walking away.

We got fish and chips tonight and they are appalling I live locally so use most of the fish and chips shops around Whitley bay. The chips are all small and mostly look like just the end slice of a potato and the fish was like a shoe sole thin and nothing more than a fish finger of fish in it I took it back and asked for a bigger one and was told it will take 6 mins and will be no bigger. I wouldn’t waste your money go to the one just up from there.

There was a queue but the young lady dealt with everyone in a quick, friendly and efficient manner. The food was cooked to order and this entailed a short wait but again this was not a problem and the young man cooking the food did a great job. The fish and chips were as good as any I have had anywhere. I have nothing but good things to say about the young people running the Whitley whaler and the food was very good.

Can’t complain about the food which was good quality, the two front of house servers were very pleasant, I felt sorry for the young Asian girl who was being told off in an aggressive manner with a shop full of customers, the guy in question is a foreign guy with a goaty beard who has no management skills, embarrassing his staff for signing for a delivery, truly horrible person with no manners or management skills, I would rather May more and go further up the street where the staff are all pleasant and inviting,

The food was of good quality and very pleasant front of house servers, I couldn’t say the same for the frier with a goaty beard who has no management skills what so ever, shouting aggressively to a young Asian girl for taking a delivery with a full shop of customers. It must have been an embossing time for the Asian girl and the other young lady serving just kept her head down, I’d imagine in embarrassment. I would not be using this shop anymore with staff like this

Worst chips I have ever tasted! Arguably the worst I have ever had.

4 portions of chips and 4 cans of pop £25.40 and it was absolutely gash. Chips tasted awful and were all scabby. Wouldn't have it given

Smokey and chips for £6 not worth it at all. Taste was okay i guess. Small chips and small curry sauce £ 3.15 Probably won't go back again

Fish and nuggets were passable but the chips and whatever passes for meat pie were exceedingly bad. The chips tasted like they’d been fried in diesel. Probably overused oil. Never going back I’m afraid.

my chips are brown, my chicken nuggets gave me salmonella, they charged me £4 more than the meal, the gravy was lumpy, never coming to whitley bay again.

Awful bad taste and thinnest fish ever was almost non existent in the batter will never eat here again !!

Absolutely awful..the worst sausage and chips I have ever had, stay clear of this chip shop..🐶💩.

Chips were black from being cooked about 5 times, I've never eaten chips that taste so bad. Bought 5 bags atleast 4 went in the bin!

Worse chippy I've ever been too, not worth the money, frozen fish not fresh and chips being cooked over and over.

small portion of fish and chips- a children's portion at above average price...... not particularly enjoyable either. obviously can get away with it by being on the main tourist drag.

Had to have fish and chips by the sea on Good Friday. Very busy but queue reduced quickly. Lovely food and great little outdoor space to sit and enjoy our meal. Server really pleasant and friendly.

£10 for regular fish chips & curry sauce - completely tasteless and about a teaspoon of curry sauce. Staff didn’t even know how to put salt and vinegar on properly!

dont listen to steph handcock the food was😍would recomend and i would deffo try the bricks the are so tasty

Bloody amazing chips from here yesterday! Absolutely delicious! Was debating whether to get curry sauce or gravy and we opted for curry sauce in the end and no regrets. Chips, batter bits and curry sauce! Absolute treat and a North East delicacy! Please come here and get this in ya belly!!!

Lovely ice cream,nice place to sit.

I hate to complain but!! Ate here today. The clue should have been that the shop was empty where as the one further down was very busy. Me and my husband were very hungry after a walk to the lighthouse and back. The fish was very poor. The batter on the fish was soft and gooey not crispy. The meal was hot but very disappointed.

We had some lovely fish and chips today. 3 kids portions and 2 adults was ample. We have a lot of fish and chips and these were the best we have had in a while. Good portion sizes and the kids ages 10, 6 & 3 could not get enough. Fish was tasty and not too greesy with lovely chips. Will go again if in the area but will be travelling back to Kent so unfortunately won't get the opportunity.

We ate here last weekend and I have to say it wasn't good at all we were going to have fish and chips untill we saw the tiny portions they were giving so we decided on pie and chips they were very poor indeed a pie is a pie and very hard to get wrong fair enough but the chips were a disgrace very small portion like a child's portion and they were very dark in appearance and bitter that tells me the oil is old it's our first and only time eating here our usual fish and chip takeaway is the waterfront in North Shields where you get proper fish and chips lovely and hot golden and a good portion but I'm sure there are far better places than this in Whitley bay it just isn't the Whitley Whaler

Terrible. The 'large' portion was comically small, the chips were dry and burnt and I had the pleasure of paying £3.50 for it.

Absolutely disgusting chips ! Tasted like rotting fish and mushy peas as dry as sticks. The whole lot went to the seagulls.

The chips are the worst chips I have ever has.just been and got some chips. Got back into car opened them up and chips were all brown like they had been there for hours .shocking how they get away serving chips to the public. Recommend please don't go there .

Pretty low quality fish, food tasted like it was left to warm for a long time and it's was very expensive. £25 for two fish and chips, sausage in batter and chips and two diet cokes.

We used to like this shop. But today chips were burnt, cheese savoury was hidden under chips as it was black on the bottom. Fish small and prices expensive. Wont be back.

I would give this place no star rating but can't. ABSOLUTELY THE WORST FISH AND CHIPS WE HAVE EVER HAD! SHOULD OF KNOWN I ASKED FOR HADDOCK TOLD ABRUPTLY COD!CHIPS ALL BURNT FISH WAS PATHETIC. THIS MADE US ANGRY TOTAL RIP OFF ,TAKE IT FROM ME DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT PRCHASE FOOD FROM HERE.

Had food on bank holiday monday from instore more black chips than normal chips/ also looked as if been cooked twice did not complain as was busy was put off by these / used be very good but always seems poor on a bank holiday think just churn them out on bank holiday

Staff not very friendly. Burnt chips. Over priced

The food was amazing, nice and hot delicious food, customer service was excellent and friendly. We got a cheeseburger 🍔 with chips 🍟 definitely going again and recommended to others. I don't understand the negative reviews too.

Even the seagulls refused the chips

Ordered 2 fish and chip payed just over 18 pound fish was small chips was well over cooked looked like they was reheated from the night before tasted dry will never be back

Dreadful. Worst fish and chips I have ever had. Fish had no taste and the chips were obviously warmed up from the day before. Small portions and expensive

Expensive nasty food. £12.50 for 3 greasy sausages and 2 portions of chips that had probably been sat in the warmer for 3 days. Avoid if you can

After waiting for 5 mins for owner to scream at Uber eats driver because he wasn’t on time (owner not Uber) was told to leave because my autistic son was making too much noise outside. Never set foot in place before or will again. Foul man.

Stale horrid reheated chips The worst chip shop in the world don’t go absolutely terrible reheated stale lukewarm And expensive go anywhere else but here

Absolutely disgusting would never go back chips were warmed up and batter was rock hard

Visited 16/4/21 lunchtime, now I’ve certainly been to a lot of fish and chip shops in my time, and clearly looking at the other reviews I can only come to the presumption that when it’s not busy the food and freshness quality must disappear?I can only go on what I experienced, and just to put a bit of paint on the canvass, it was a beautiful day and rather busy round Whitley bay... I had fish chips and curry sauce and they were outstanding. Chips were freshly cooked, fish was of excellent quality, probably not the largest I’ve ever had but enough for a lunchtime, and the batter on it also nice and light/crispy, certainly not greasy. Price come to £9.50 which you could say is steep, but it’s on a seaside resort, I would only imagine the same in Brighton sea front will be well over £10. Food Quality 5/5Portion size 3/5Customer service 5/5Price 3/5

Extremely poor. Chips were cooked in front of us but tasted really old. Surprisingly expensive too, 2 chip butties, 2 small tubs of curry sauce, 2 cans of coke for £14. Wouldn’t have eaten them if they were free.

Was at this chippy yesterday was my first visit.. I ordered Large fish and chips twice. When they where given to me i had a look at my food and it was appalling. Fish was all batter hardly any cod inside, Chips looked like they were made days ago prior to my visit. Everything tased like they were reheated, Absolutely disgusting will never be back. I'm surprised this chippy is even open selling food!!!

Bought 2 lots of chips and they were all dry and burnt and tasted absolutely disgusting, its as if they'd been lying around for 2 or 3 days or more but least the birds were well Fed. Avoid at all cost.

Very expensive for tiny portions

8 pound for two small chips and 2 cans of coke and the chips were terrible all just hard dry bits that looked like the over cooked scraps that had sat all day , first and last time I will go there

Worst chips I’ve every 8 pound for two small chips and two cans of coke bottles , I have a photo but carnt seem to post it , chips were all tiny little hard bits that looked like had been sitting in the back of the hopper , absolutely disgusting would never go back

Ordered fish cake and chips and fish and chips with curry for about £16 and it was awful. The chips were black and old and the fish cake was completely inedible. The fish wasn’t too back but the oil it was cooked in tasted off. Avoid this place.

Called in here for the first time last week and had pretty much the best gravy n chips we have ever had. So we came back today to see if it was just as nice again, they didn't disappoint. Same young girl served us ever so polite and portion size was great

Ordered food through just eats -food arrived after an hour. Chips were all burnt, pie was squashed in a small box with the chips and the fish was so dry and black in one corner and was not freshly cooked. I rang and complained and was told to complain to Just eats and they would give a refund. They refused, the bill was 37.50 and the food went in the bin. Never again, there are plenty of Fish & Chips shop in Whitley Bay so avoid this one

Really poor fish and chips. Chewy, oil maybe old. Definitely avoid. Was the only one open, hence the visit. Nice staff though.