Trawler's Catch in East Lindsey

Had tea there chip's was old and restaurant was full of starlings on tables poor hygiene

Just the best Fish and Chips I've ever had! Huge portion, freshly cooked for you and at a really good price. Highly recommended!

Rude serving staff member - no manners and not helpful at all. All food served in disposable trays, children’s meal in a happy meal type box. Only wooden forks given, no knives. Very hard for adults to eat never mind kids fish in a box with a wooden fork! The fish was awful - soggy batter, chips looked/ tasted horrible. Had to go up and ask for sauces which they charged (okay with that) but please offer it when serving so you don’t have to wait again to pay whilst food is getting cold. The place takes advantage of their prime location and visiting tourists rather than pride in serving quality fresh food. The ques were big when we were leaving and I felt sorry for the families wanting good fish chips. We chose here because they had indoor seating unlike so many nearby who only have outdoor seating. This place has potential to become much better. Very poorly run business indeed. Would give 0 stars if possible

Staff very rude upon serving...and very rude when we both complained about the strange taste of the sausage... avoid avoid avoid. slow serving too

Usually quite busy but visited around noon on a weekday. No queue and quick service. Chicken (wife) cooked to order, which was fine. Lovely Cod, nice chips, with my weakness of baked beans. Unhealthy and gross - loved it. Would go for mushy peas, but nobody has mint sauce!

Really disappointed. Been a couple of times in the past but was really disappointed this time. Fish was okay. Bit small considering it was meant to be a large though. The chips were thin, greasy and cold. Food quality gone down hill. Also stomach didn't feel right the next day. Will be looking to go elsewhere next time we're in Skegness. It's a shame as it was our last night in Skegness and was really looking forward to having fish and chips but this experience was ruined.

Have been previously on a few occasions and has always been to a decent standard but today was very poor. Bad potato quality, weird taste, chips covered in black and green bits, very dry. Service wasn’t great either, lady too engrossed in a personal conversation to acknowledge and serve as as we waited at the counter.

Lovely peas, chips all scraggy end bits, not much fish in the lousy yellow batter, it tasted like everything is being fried in the same oil. Used to be lovely but not anymore, I won't be coming back.

The large cod and chips is big. Cook how we liked it, nice and crispy, to much for me really, Chips where lovely. Who ever we had a gravy, it was a much thicker than you would have gravy. Tasty quite beefy like Oxo. Would recommend the food here. Great place to sit and eat.

First time in Skegness and called into for Fish and Chips, fantastic quality and unbelievable value for money , couldn’t fault the staff as some of our chips weren’t hot and were so replaced without any problems ! Portions were generous and the Spam Fritter was the best ever ! Thoroughly recommended !

Great service, food came out quickly Lovely cooked fish and chips and delicious curry sauce

Came here on the first day of our holiday, I wouldn't say it is the best one in Skegness, the chips were nice enough but the curry sauce was very very thick.

Greeted by a lovely lady who was cleaning the tables. All the staff were polite and friendly. Dog friendly at the entrance tables.The fish was extremely good and well cooked, chips were hit and miss but nothing to really complain about. Coffee lovely and hot. Would definitely recommended and nice to be greeted by lovely staff 😊

Massive fish, taste great service was quick and professional and amazing atmosphere

Very poor quality, definitely gone down hill fish overcooked . Server uninterested in doing his job . Will not be returning

Best fish and chips prices very good This place suits us as we take several dogs and there is plenty of outside seating which is covered over si if it is raining we don't get wet The old guy who keeps the place is excellent Will always use this restaurant xxx

Great fish and chips haddock and cod is best

Food was ok,but feel the quality of food and customer service slipping,unfortunately not the first time thought this,hope this dos,ent continue as this chip shop was and can be much better

Really cool pirate fish and chips shop love the interior it's great, the food is really good fish and chips were banging really nice, one lady server wasn't particularly nice gave me such a dirty look and attitude just for asking if I could have my fish and chips in a takeout box rather than just a bottom tray and wrapped just to make it easier and abit disappointed that you only get sachet sauces rather than a bottle to put your own on and are only given 2 sachets

Fish was dripping in grease, onion rings homemade onion stone cold tip it and the grease run out overall a waste of money DISGUSTING

Great themed fish shop . Good value . Nice fish and chips . Big portions. Friendly staff . Great decorations .

Chips were anemic,fish batter yellow and soggy absolutely no flavour or crispness, peas bland most of it went in the bin

I got a kebab from here last night, no salad available. Throughout the night ive been up throwing up and with a bad stomach. Hardly had any sleep and on the second day of mine and my daughters holiday. Very disappointed as been here before and was nice. Staff also very rude this time along. I wouldnt recommend coming in no peak times. This has ruined our holiday.

Absolutely rude staff. Our chips came out cold, pie was still frozen in the middle. Rude manager refused to change the food unless we paid again. This cost us £39 only to be but in the bin and staff laughing thinking it was funny. Avoid this place. Health and safety need to pay this place a visit.

Apparently the best fish and chips on Skegness. Fish is good, chips are undercooked. The seafront has better fish and chips on sunny days

Huge menu and quality fish n chips. Will definitely recommend

Keeping it simple, service was great, got our orders pretty quickly, fish was alright (7/10), decent batter, but maybe because it was an early time slot, but partner and I agreed the batch of chips we had wernt the best.

Avoid at all costs. Someone got ill after eating there and staff are so rude. So many places within a few seconds walk,just don't give this lot your custom

Awful dump,nasty staff,got sick from the food likely due to being so undercooked

Food practically raw,just shocking bad service and staff as nasty as nasty as they come.do not give these your custom,there's much nicer places just down by the beach.

Please try their Fish and Chips you will be pleasantly pleased 🙂

The food was good, but the chips were a bit anemic for our taste. Portion size was massive! Very loud and busy in the restaurant ( but it was a Bank holiday) the young lady who served me was quick, polite and very helpful

Very busy on a bank holiday. But queues went quickly. Very nice fish, chips & mushy peas. Great atmosphere and incredibly popular. Kept very clean by the staff. Good variety of food options/ kids meals.

Absolute dump,dirty,barely cooked food,rude staff who had an autistic child in tears and ruined rest of our day. Avoid at all costs.

Good fish and chips for good value for money.

Based on number of reviews and rating, we came here on a Tuesday in the middle of August around 11:30 with our 2 little ones. The kids sausage meal was great value at £3.50, they both left some so factor that in. The main (large cod + chips + side) which was around £9 was a good size and very good. Highly recommended! Just an FYI, it got very very busy just after we arrived, so if you have little ones I'd recommend coming early like we did.

An excellent chippy right near the beach. The food was hot, delicious and clearly fresh. Queue took a little while to get through but on a warm Saturday afternoon that's to be expected. The only thing that brought down was the loud and frankly obnoxious pirate audio track that played on a loop (what felt like) every 5 minutes. The content of the track wasn't a problem just a few cheesy pirate jokes. The issue was the sheer overpowering volume! We were sat outside due to limited space inside and after a couple of minutes we were blown away by a sudden and unexpected west country accent bellowing 'ahoy mateys!'. This instantly scared both our young children who didn't know what was going on but also other children around us as the track continued with loud, almost realistic cannon fire effects, angry dog barks and a shrill squawking parrot. Like i've said the track itself wasn't the issue and I understand it matches the theming and will draw in punters but to suddenly go from eating our meal to suddenly being at the front row of a heavy metal concert (it was that loud) really ruined our experience. Also, to the owners you might want to have a word with one of the cleaners on duty yesterday as I saw them multiple times pouring part finished drink cans that had been left on the tables and pouring them into one can before necking the mixed up left overs and then binning the now empty cans. Just give the man a drink so customers don't have to see him swallow multiple customers spit back cans of pop.

Me and my husband always get cod and chips from here when we visit Skeggy from Boston. The food is always delicious 😋, quick service and friendly staff. I asked the girl who was serving us our food, if they have octopus rings. I confused them with onion rings 😅. But maybe this could be another idea they could add to thier menu, to extend their business 🤔. Will keep going to Trawlers catch for our cod and chips. Lovely bit of squirrel 😋💯.

Still one of the best fish and chips in Skegness, my only complaint was the tinned mushy peas. A place like this that's guaranteed to sell mushy peas all day long should be making their own.

This place came highly recommended. We had the large cod and chips and it was deffo large! Well worth the money. Lovely firm fish and golden chips.

We have eaten here before and I would say the food was better quality a few years ago. Guy who served us was very polite but the main issue was the tables were all full (with a large section roped off). Prior to ordering I asked if we ordered, could we sit in the roped off area? The female manager reluctantly said yes but felt like we were an inconvenience to her cleaning plan by her attitude. It was busy and other people joined us on the same area as this was the only place with vacant tables but customer service just felt lacking this time. Would go somewhere else next time.

Really popular so we decided to pop in for a chippy lunch, service was prompt considering how busy it was, very mass produced so the quality wasn’t quite there for us, fish was slightly under, same with the chips

The worst Fish and Chips I have ever tasted. The counter service didn’t serve more like through the food to you. The restaurant was not very clean.

A good fish and chip shop i've been to. The cod was delicious along with the chips and the sides.

Been here with My wife every time We visited Skegness. Used to go to another Fish and Chips restaurant long ago but has been shut down (Says it all). This is the Only place We will go now. Brilliant service, Food, and Atmosphere.

fish and chips were okay, was a long queue and was waiting a while. If you visit don’t sit outside because that awfully loud comedy show that lasts half an hour and happens every two minutes makes it the most annoying place i’ve ever visited.

Bad service, got the wrong order 3 times, do they not get what "to go" means? Or maybe its a new person.

1st time visiting the place. Chips looked abit undercooked but can live with that. Fish looked nice and crispy batter. But that was it fish was very overly greezy. Driping in grease and didn't taste nice at all. Chips didn't taste nice. Only good part was the 10 chicken nuggets. Very dissatisfied

A long queue so have something to entertain you while waiting to be served (e.g. your phone/headphones/book). Luckily I had my phone/headphones. Wonderful that there are electrical sockets for one to charge their phone and that the chips are fried in sustainable palm oil (asking management) so Veggies like me can eat a main meal somewhere in the centre of the Tourism area (near one's meat-eating loved ones who they have come on the trip with). Hopefully next time my loved ones come to Trawler's Catch after being informed (by other Reviews) it's the best Eaterie by the Clock Tower

Couldn't eat here as they no longer serve gluten free food despite still advertising they do on Google!!!

I was very disappointed to not be able to eat at our favourite fish and chip shop today. We have several members of the family with Coeliac disease and it's always been amazing for gluten free until I was told today they no longer do gluten free food. In this day and age when more and more people are being diagnosed this seems to be a huge mistake and a very short sighted business decision. Very disappointing.

Really good food, and one of the only places in skeg for a famous battered mars bar. Great parking up the road for bikers, and a really cool pirate themed establishment. Wait times can be long, but good prices and good staff.

The best themed pirate chip shop in skegness and food and drinks reasonable price and staff always friendly and highly recommended the mascots visits with : Captain Jack Sparrow & Spiderman & Mickey Mouse Pirate and amazing friendly people and highly recommend for photos and hugs and make you feel very welcome

Amazing place to go; the food was brilliant, it was busy but I was served quickly and got a seat. Prices are very good, not more than back home, so that was a refreshing change. It was easy to find.

Nice food but too loud outside with corny pirate jokes booming out. No need for this with good fish and chips saying it for you.

I have always recommended trawlers catch. Haven't been for a while. Got fish and chios to take away today and was very disappointed. The fish was dry and half of it was just batter and the chips weren't that good. Always loved them from there. Hope it's just a bad day ☹️

Absolutely delicious! I was given recommendation for this place , certainly didn't disappoint

Excellent food, there are cheaper chippys about but this was top-notch.👍🏼

Wonderful amazing place! Go every time we go Skegness without fail. Kids enjoy it and we deffo love the big size portions you get

Visited two times with wife and daughter first was great had chips and fishcakes what was also good is that you can order your drinks with your food a lot of other chip shops make you go out to a counter outside for drinks anyway the food was amazing the first time then the second time had same chips ware greasy and a lot of black marks the fishcakes was ok anyway after we had eaten we went then about 30mins later all three of us started with very bad stomache

Monday went trawlers chip shop chips was ok and on Thursday chips was very greasy and not nice the staff was rude we had bellyache after our snap

No longer serve gluten free products! Been comin here years and all of a sudden.. no more. Shocked

Cracking chippy don't be put off by the loud pirates outside

Great fish and chips at a really good price

5 Stars! A Skegness Seaside Delight at Trawler's Catch We had a fantastic lunch at Trawler's Catch in Skegness today and couldn't wait to share our experience! The atmosphere was perfect for a seaside town - nautical themed with a casual vibe. The food was absolutely top-notch. My fish and chips were perfect. The fish was fresh, flaky, and cooked to perfection in a light and crispy batter. The chips were golden brown on the outside and fluffy on the inside, just the way I like them. The peas were a great addition, adding a pop of colour and freshness. My wife was equally impressed with her battered sausage and chips. The sausage was succulent and flavourful, and the batter was light and crispy, just like mine. The curry sauce was the perfect accompaniment, rich and flavourful. The portion sizes were generous, and we both left feeling happy and satisfied. The staff were friendly and attentive, making sure we had everything we needed. Overall, Trawler's Catch is a must-visit for anyone looking for a delicious and authentic fish and chip experience in Skegness. We highly recommend it and will definitely be back next time we're in town!

We had a day out to Skegness.. never seen this place before, but thought we would sit in as was quite cold today !.. just like a chip shop counter inside with seating, not really a restaurant as you might think. The staff were really friendly especially the young man who brought some items over for us.. we both had Large cod, chips and peas, really good portions and reasonable price under £20 considering the location. You clear your own tables, but it was very clean … We would visit again .. Thank you 😊..

Visited here for the first time on 28 June 2024. Very full up and a queue but I can see why it’s popular. I love the pirate display outside and the inside is well decorative. Being busy they had three people serving. I ordered chicken and chips, my partner fish and chips with curry sauce. Very filling meals and I also tried fried mars bar. I don’t like batter but the chocolate bar made it taste better. Would definitely come here again.

Excellent and different fish and chips restaurant with pirates theme thro out auto pirates outside with music and talking children love it mustn't forget spiderman 😀 the fish an chips are good too coffee not bad either

Excellent value for money I thought, very tasty too. Service was very good, with friendly staff.

Lovely atmosphere here brilliant pirate theme for the kids with cannons and smoke outside the front very reasonabley priced cod was nice aswell as the chips curry sauce was lovely ample seating and very close to alot of amneties

The best fish and chips in Skegness , tends to be a little crowded but definitely worth visiting and enjoying a nice and affordable meal.

Plenty of seating and good prices. I personally found the fish and chips a bit greasy. My local is much better. Chips were OK. Fish was OK but a decent size. The pirate display outside is very loud, but suppose it catches people's attention. The restaurant was clean but disappointingly no toilets given the size of the place.

Been today Staff so friendly great Service amazing food as always. Thank you

Just ordered 2x Large Fish and Chips. The food was served promptly and good service, but the fish and batter were tasteless, the chips were also practically tasteless. Even the vinegar was very weak and tasteless. Overall very disappointed and wasn't satisfied with our lunch. The most bland tasting fish and chips i have ever had.

Lovely fish and chips this lunchtime. Good portion sizes and very crispy batter. Good value for money. Cheaper than local chippy at home

The food here was of excellent quality and despite how busy it was we were served in a good amount of time. The decor is unique and different. I would recommend here.

No longer serve gluten free !!!! Honestly it's shocking , is it really that hard to keep 1 extra fryer running for us who cant eat gluten , it's a struggle enough and I was so excited to eat here again after eating here gluten free for a few years now .

Fish was fresh, Chips not so much. Battered Mars Bar to die for. Dog friendly outside. Good value for money.

Looked on reviews and looked decent, however and was abysmal. Service was decent place was clean enough. But the food was hideous, the peas and curry sauce were pretty good. The chips where either black or little pieces and cold the fish was fair size decent batter but tasted utterly vile I could only just manage to keep a mouthful down my partner said hers tasted bad and asked to try mine and spat it straight out said hers was worse. 22 quid in bin

Great food. Comes nice and warm. Not soggy at all. Fish was tasty and not thin. Was good portion size and great price. The only downside was that the top of the pie was super dry but I don’t eat that part so it didn’t bother me

Chips are gluten free but nothing else. Had some Chips wish I never as they was cold and yesterday's Chips

Delicious fish and chips. There's a reason why their reviews are what they are. They get fresh fish daily and the taste is definitely amazing. We came here twice because it was so good. Once we ate at the restaurant the second time we took away. Eating at the restaurant was much better. Curry sauce was good too!

This place is delicious. Highly recommend it. Fresh fish daily, prices right, and it's sooo delicious. I had the skinless cod (large) it def can feed two. The fries/chips were nice. Add little curry sauce, or option of mushy peas, can't go wrong. Add salt and malt vinegar for an authentic English flavor. There are about 7 other fish and chips options right there, but we enjoyed Trawlers best.

Food was shocking I was very disappointed doner meat was under cooked chips were over cooked Staff were helpful but Fish was the worst it was soggy and damp The tables are that old to the point as soon as I sat down, I fell off The table snapped and they have the cheek to charge you 12 pounds each person. Will never return.

One of the best Fish and chip restaurants in the country.

Usually very good but the fish was rubbish. Very greasy and a thin portion. The gimmick of the pirate constantly chatting is off putting. I shall be returning to eptons from now on.

Just to let you know that they no longer do Gluten Free fish and chips. Only GF chips

Good food and good for me money will be going back.

It’s terrible for service donner meat was well under cooked disappointed with the lack of space will never return how can most of the reviews be great

Fantastic fish and chips as I'm not a big eater I got kids fish and chips great hubby got normal fish and chips he was really happy yum yum good prices aswell and nice seating area 😋

Food was absolutely amazing , prices was fantastic as well shall be returning for sure!

Trawlers Catch,no longer sells gluten free fish very disappointed and gutted.Please reconsider a very upset customer

Tables kept very clean and big thumbs up to one of the staff Lesley who meticulously kept tables cleaned and ready for the next customers. Poor size large cod thinly sliced wafer thin cod in fat drenched batter. Will not go again

Good food. Fast and polite service despite having a queue at all times!

Possibly the best fish and chips I’ve ever eaten!

This place has always been a great place for fish and chips. It’s designed to also attract young kids with its pirate theme. Food and drink good with reasonable pricing. However, dropping a couple of stars as they no longer provide toilets. They probably fell out with next door whom they had an agreement with. But for a sit in restaurant with no facilities and aimed at kids is not good. You should pay them more and get it re-opened.

Not the best chips and fish. We always go to the Blue Fin chippy really nice.

Arrived Monday Had footlong battered sausage with chips Mushy peas Fantastic value for money so tasty Wednesday Had large cod chips Mushy peas Fish was huge so tasty Thursday Had large cod chips Mushy peas again they are that good Would not hesitate to recommend this chippy Prices very reasonable for sea side Staff very pleasant and helpful

Visited here a few times over the last 3 to 4 years and the haddock chips were very good, but some as changed this year 1st may 2024 ,we asked for haddock chips peas what we got was terrible it states haddock but it's not you can tell by the quality, taste and texture, it was a cheap fillet of something else possible pollock scrapy chips peas out of a tin , so people be aware that the fish is not haddock it's a con

Me and my friend called in here Friday lunch time . We ordered our food and I asked for mayonnaise and I was told it's 25p which really winds me up because I think you pay enough for your food you shouldn't have to pay for your sauce . On a positive note the guy who was making sure the place was kept tidy did a great job