Walkers fish and chip bar in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

The absolute worst fish and chips I’ve ever eaten! We paid almost £50 for fish and chips here so I was expecting something fairly decent, what we got were the absolute dog ends of flavourless grey fish swimming in grease and batter. The chips were ok. Please save your hard earned cash and give this place a miss.

Absolutely awful, cod and chips were the worst I've ever had. No flavour and very greesy. Won't be going back on our next trip to Padstow.

Went in for a cream tea. Their cream tea does not include tea! I have never been anywhere that doesn't include a tea. Their menu outside says it's included and the menu you get on your phone says it's included, but it isn't. Very poor quality and cold scones.

Worst chips I've ever had in a restaurant, they were the scrag-ends. Also found a hair in the food that was not one of ours. I would not recommend this restaurant and felt very disappointed with the food especially when you consider how much it all cost.

We had cod and chips with mushy peas which tasted amazing. Staff was really friendly and helpful. They also had a good selection of different cakes, brownies, cookies, muffins and shortbread. This place is located on the harbour front with Breath taking views! Will visit again

Had it not been for the fact I was absolutely starving I wouldn’t have eaten this wrap at all. Shame we didn’t see the reviews prior to eating here. Over priced food full of grease, the wait was nearly 50 minutes for a full breakfast and a breakfast wrap with bacon and cheese, which you wouldn’t mind if you were given notice of this, but no warning and with two babies and a toddler this wait time is an absolutel no for most parents. There are not enough adjectives to write how disgusting our breakfasts were.

I wish we had checked the reviews on here before we purchased. Takeaway fish and chips for two was £32. Chips were hard and the batter on the fish was very thick and greasy, hiding a small piece of cod. Probably the most expensive and poorest quality fish and chips I have ever eaten (and I have eaten alot)

Avoid this place. We had cod and chips. The batter on fish was thick and greasy, with very little cod in it. The chips are tough. It seems they are cut small to cook quicker. They are tough and when you bite one in half there is very little potato in them. Most of the chips are inebible. When you look around at peoples plates after they have finished eating, it seems everyone has the same problem Plates full of batter and tiny chips. When I was in the queue for the toilet a couple of people I was talking to said exactly the same. Seem they cater for tourists as they don't rely on repeat business. Only went in there because it started to rain heavy and we would of got soaked walking to Rick's place. Plates not cleared either. Think that may be because the servers don't have interaction with the unhappy customers. Just a shame we never read the reviews before we visited this awful establishment. 😖

We visited here yesterday and I have just checked my bank to see an extra payment has been taken out in addition to my payment for breakfast…. Having read reviews this has happened before so this is worrying. The breakfast was awful … cold beans, everything tasted of old frying oil and toast was burnt, the Hollandaise sauce was dreadful and eggs Benedict was just a poached egg on a muffin with no ham! Give this place a wide berth even if the location is 10/10.

We hadn’t seen the reviews prior to visiting but wish we had, then we never would have stopped off here. The battered cod was way too light in colour & undercooked & my seafood soup had too many herbs & was flavourless. Also, we know our Heinz Ketchup & it was definitely not Heinz in the branded bottle or if it was then they had used vinegar to make it go further. My girlfriend was sick back in our room & had diarrhoea which can only be attributed to her food. What a great location the property is in & it is decorated nicely. Just a shame the food is not worth it at all. I did mention to a number of local businesses about our experience & they all said the same thing. “Walkers of Padstow’ yuk, don’t go there” Shame on you Walkers.

Avoid like the plague!! Got my order wrong - added chips Then thought they refunded me - to notice they actually debited £13.75 on top of my £14 Rude staff , crap chips, robbers Avoid

Terrible overall experience.. the fish was mush .. how can mushy peas be so bad? Mush with several peas more like ! £29 for two fish , 1 chips , 1 peas and a latte .. I feel like they’ve had my pants down…

This place has been very variable over the past 20 years, and now seems to be at an all time low. We had cod and chips for the umpteenth time in 20 years and it was dreadful. Small fish with horrid batter. Chips were very very dry. And all for £27, what an unbelievable rip off. We have now decreed never to go to this place again. Staff are usually foreign temps, and change constantly. No one gives a hoot about quality. It trades on its prime position in Padstow and has rested on its laurels for so long just raking in the cash without a care for the quality it serves up. Like the other Chip Ahoy, they use pre-cut chips. These have to be coated with “something” to stop them going brown. It’s that coating which makes them tough and dry. It’s too much trouble for them to chip their chips fresh with a machine, and they don’t care about the awful chips they produce. I wish people would boycott this place, but people keep paying their £27. Well not any more. We’re avoiding it and I suggest you do too.

Went in today for a fish and chip lunch in Padstow and was so disappointed. Where do I start? The lack of any menus on the tables, just a barcode to scan for a digital menu on your phone which would have been ok, but when you scan and open the link which directs you to a website you then get an error saying the page is not available. The staff advised it wasn’t working and to go and stand up at the counter to view the one menu they had on a digital screen, which several people were trying to look at all at the same time. Then the food - the chips were extremely hard and looked/tasted like they had been cooked earlier in the day and then reheated - a lot of small remnants which looked like they were from the bottom of the pan and most of them were not edible as they were so overdone and so ended up leaving half of them. The batter was also rock hard. Unfortunately it’s one of the worst fish and chip shop experiences I’ve had and I would not return. It’s definitely the location that attracts people in to this place, but don’t be fooled- my advice would be to go elsewhere. I wish I’d have read the reviews beforehand as it would seem most of them are likely to be true.

I am very dissapointed and believe that this place only survives because of where it is, not because of the quality of food they offer. The fish was small for the money paid and chips were so hard that I had a job to pick those I could eat. This was at lunch time when stuff is supposed to be freshly made. The staff that cleaned the tables were nice, the one behind the take away counter clearly didn't want to be there or didn't want anyone else to be there. Try other places instead if going to Padstow.

Fish and chips for the family after a day on the beach. Walking back through Padstow this is the first place we saw for takeaway. Right on the harbour. No complaints about the food it was exactly as it should be. Staff were friendly in the takeaway part and the food was freshly cooked. Cafe looked pretty busy but we decided to take our food away and enjoy the sunshine and view. Just be careful with greedy seagulls.

Absolutely disgusting worst fish and chips I've ever had . Chips looked like they'd been standing for a week and all dried bits and were cold fish was hard to find underneath the greasy undercooked batter mushy peas ok but cold obviously gets trade because of its prominent position overlooking the harbour hence no effort needed and get away with serving quite honestly inedible food . Absolutley shocking

For 2 adults and 1 child, the total cost of £50 is rather extortionate for fish and chips. I had the scampi, and it was stone cold. Chips were nice. Cans £2.50 each is beyond crazy price. All in all, it is not worth the money, which is probably why the majority of the cafe was empty and we couldn't get in at any other restaurants along the harbour due to being busy.

Chips and peas were excellent but the fish was bland and the batter was soggy, pale and flavourless. Service was ok but they do not accept cash which for me, means I won’t return. Heading to a cashless society is a slippery slope!

Absolutely awful food looked like it was the last portion available, super greasy fish raw batter and black chips most of the box had small burnt bits in, no actual proper chips to expensive!!!!and overcharged for items we didn’t have !!!! Don’t bother!!

5 of us has Jacket Potatoes And they were all delicious, plenty of filling. My eldest daughter had the Cheese, chutney and pesto sandwich and she loved it!! Fast service, very pleasant staff and clean venue. Will be sure to return, thank you.

Dreadful all had fish and chips the fish was tasteless batter not cooked, black chips, the mussy peas were fine. Hope they read this. Go somewhere else

The chips were black and very cold and the fish was dripping in fat. Did go and tell them but the guy just shrugged and said really!!!!

Below average fish ok ish chips extremely poor I won’t be frequenting this place again unless he’ll freezes over .

Worst fish and chips ever flabby batter and very greasy. Chips tasteless. I’d avoid here if I weee you.

Ordered scampi and seafood chowder - both only luke warm. Chowder was also like dishwater, not nice and creamy.

Went here twice last year and the fish and chips were very nice. Went here yesterday evening for fish and chips and they were terrible. Batter was thick, stodgy and inedible. Fish over cooked. Chips like cardboard. Very disappointing

Take away fish n chips. Always used another chip shop but after our last experience we avoided it. Went here and OMG can’t believe never been before outstanding fish n chips can’t wait to go back. Staff prompt and polite.

This was always a special trip to Padstow for us every time we're in Cornwall. A trip to Padstow for the fish & chips. This chippy is always busy & you have to jump on a table when you can but we were taking our...

Wished I’d read the reviews before going because I would have given this business a wide berth. Ordered fish and chips and a pot of tea, the tea was warm and the fish and chips were a small portion, fish not skinned and not much...

Awful, grainy ice cream from the kiosk area....had to chuck it away! The service was very poor too. The girl had the ice creams labelled wrong, no apology. I chose Lemon Curd, which I love, but it was grainy and akin to biting into a...

2 coffees - cappuccinos - £6.50 - Luke warm! Made by a machine I believe so no need for them not to be hot unless machine is faulty? Poor value for money. Take-away cod and chips - £8.75. Cod was freshly cooked but chips were...

What an awful experience I went there with my wife they are selling 2nd class fish at very expensive prices, I really feel like we were seriously ripped off. I asked the lady to come and see the fish that was supposed to be cod...

The food was awful the sausage were the cheapest sausage I've ever seen definitely not meat. The fish and chips weren't much better and tarter sauce was definitely not homemade. The tables were dirty and staff were definitely not friendly. Total waste of money ....

I ate here in September 2021, after my first visit here in September 2016 where I walked out after less than a minute. Good points: At the time of my visit in September 2016, there were no toilet facilities at all on the premises. I...

My wife and I stopped here for some cooked food whilst visiting Padstow. The premises is situated in a sea front position giving lovely views of the harbour. The food was well cooked and we did not have to wait too long for it to...

Had our usual here fish chips and peas and Pasty and chips. Very nice and enjoyed our meals. Too many people around to sit for long.

Stopped for a quick lunch. Very overpriced. The coffee was cold would not return again… avoid, plenty of other places in padstow to eat

The food was absolutely disgusting. After paying £22: 00 for fish and chips, I would avoid this place. One of the fish was so over cooked the fish was rock hard. The other piece was so heavily coated in batter it was still sticky inside....

Great quality fish would highly recommend. Only issue is there is the seating is very close together so social distancing is not very good.

A fair amount of choice including a veggie burger suitable for vegans. The server also explained chips unsuitable for vegans as cooked in same oil as the fish. Quick service considering how busy they were on a sunny day. Chips slightly undercooked but the food...

Queued up took a number an paid, but for some reason the kids servicing were too busy trying to get off with each other then serving guests. They completely lost my order and seem incapable of following simple requests. Chips were tasteless too and no...

Terrible - Do not bother! Dreadful disorganised service, average cakes, weak tasteless coffee and prices based on location rather than quality. The only plus point was they had a loo, and it was reasonably clean!

Takeaway. Wasn't worth the wait. Awful Fish and chips. Small fish soft pale batter and slimey chips. Done bother.

This place isn't cheap and for the expensive price of fish and chips I would have expected a decent piece of fish some of the chips where green and we noticed a lot of people leaving almost all of their food. At nearly 30 pound...

Prime location on harbour front. We had fish n chips, mushy peas and chips with curry sauce to take back to our holiday flat. And it was all very good. Decent portion, good batter, well cooked fish, nice chips. Not too greasy but still “chip...

Filthy dirty area cheapest ingredients poorly cooked charge similar money to stein avoid at all costs I’ve fed my dog better

Poor fish and chips, fish had no batter on the top and was undercooked underneath. Chips were hard and barely edible....scampi was lovely but the cooked breakfast and sausage, egg and chips were not great. Very disappointed.

The service & food were excellent and we didn’t have to wait long. They do allow dogs in here though & we had to move tables cause there were 5 at the table next to us. Would definitely recommend the food

We waited in a queue in the rain for 15 minutes to be let down by the whole experience. Fish and chips with homemade sauce, means microwaved fish, overcooked chips and tartare sauce from a packet. When I questioned this, the waitress said ‘I have...

avoid the place the fish was soggy and the chips where over done, Jacket potatoes can out of a box and where microwaved they where stone cold. They mixed up the order and the staff are quite rude, I would never buy anything their again...

Wish I had have got the fish and chips from another place. the lady serving me was lovely as was the fish and chips, but the gentleman serving up the fish and chips had no manners, was rude and just spoilt the whole experience, I...

Long drive to Padstow - weather not great - spotted Walkers - was warmly welcomed - given clear guidance re procedures - service quick - food fresh - warm - plentiful - and, of course, very tasty. Nice place!

Should have a laminated menu at the tables that’s wipe clean instead of asking customers to keep getting up and lean over other diners to look at the fixed menu that can’t be seen from all seats and has a pillar in front of it....

Popped in for a Cornish Cream Tea. Disappointed. Packet of cream and jam served and payment was requested prior to eating (evening when dining in the restaurant)

Very surprised by some of the negative reviews on here. Are they talking about the same place that we love to go to?? We are regular visitors to Padstow and only recently enjoyed a fish and chip supper at Walkers with wine and beer. Covid...

We both fancied a pasty and called in here when it was pretty busy as we noticed they offered pasty and chips. (Question here....why do hardly any Cornish sit-down restaurants offer pasties? Plenty of take-aways, but very few sit-downs). We only wanted the pasty and...

Where do I begin? - our table wasn’t sanitised - food arrived with no salt and vinegar - cutlery cafe both dirty with last customers curry sauce and then dumped on our dirty table with no napkin or anything else - food arrived and totally...

Waited 15 mins outside for a table which we didn't object too, however once seated was ignored and two tables who came in after us were served first. Waited 10 mins but no one came so left, to add insult to injury we were asked...

extremely over priced on some items. we bought a baby breakfast and a cornish breakfast and 2 cappuccinos which came to £21 odd which we thought was fine. But it didn't come with toast so we went back up we was told they only sell...

Nice fish, average (just) Chips, but totally ripped off with the 2 cans of coke @ £2.30 each. If you use this place, don't buy the cans of drink, and you may feel you weren't ripped off as much!!

Padstow is fantastic and we had a great time regardless but this place is very disappointing. It's on the front of the quay so you expect to pay a bit more, no problem. The food is terrible though, the chips are wet and soggy as...

we had fish and chips twice from here on holiday and both times fish was delicious melt in the mouth and chips lovely - very impressed so was suprised to see some of the other reviews when the fryers are serving both the take away...

Frozen fish & chips ‘ What ‘ this is what you get ‘ frozen chips and frozen fish ‘ what a joke ‘ avoid ‘

We paid £53 for 3 x fish and chips 1 x jacket potato and 3 x soft drinks. I wouldn't have minded if the food was nice, but it was awful. As someone said in a previous review they rely on tourists visiting for a...

Dined here on first night of holiday, menu option for dine in was pretty limited, food was served quickly and reasonable. Covid protocol was OK but no track and trace in place.

The take away fish and chips are really good! We always stop in Padstow if we are going to Cornwall. Friendly service, great quality food.

Terrible food. Smoked Salmon was extremely chewy so I left it on the plate, something I certainly don’t do very often

I’m really surprised at some of the poor reviews. We eat here regularly and both my wife and I regard it as some of the best fish and chips we’ve eaten. Haddock and chips is our favourite and we try and visit every time we’re...

Well Over priced for the size of the fish you get, spoke to a member of staff and asked if I’d been given a small fish and got told no they are all the same standard size. Loads of black bits on the chips. Don’t...

If you want rubber fish and disgusting chips , then go here, they wont care as the majority of the customers are one off, id rather starve than eat this inedible garbage next time.

During a trip with friends to Cornwall we stopped in Padstow and choose to eat at Walkers restaurant. Huge mistake. Ordered one haddock, one plaice and two codes and honestly you can say there was no fish in fish only terribly prepared batter. Disgrace....

Lovely fish, chips and mushy peas. Polite and helpful staff. Reasonably priced too. Well worth a visit.

Call in at Walkers in Padstow for a light lunch ideally situated by the inner Harbour even on a cloudy March day the views are amazing, on sunny days there is plenty of seating outside. Good choice of food.

Few days away in Cornwall so had to visit Padstow, fancied some local fish and the restaurant with central position looked the place. Big mistake. Ordered 2 Plaice and Chips, lovely fresh fish totally distroyed with the worst batter and preparation, terrible, will not return....

Popped into here after cycling the camel trail and fancied a hot meal Staff were very friendly food portions were good size and the adults fish cakes were particularly delicious. Fish batter was a bit soft on kids meals Also I know padstow is known...

Chippie and restaurant, very busy as right on the quay but service is good and fast. Hips are ok but could be better

Couldn't rate the quality of the food due to the fact that I popped in to use the loo however the toilet facilities were disgusting. There was mud on the floor, no soap, it smelt horrific and the tap felt scratchy and unclean. The pipes...

Tried a lot of the restaurants in Padstow and this restaurant/cafe is one of the best. Haddock and Chips were cooked well with a good serving. We also ordered hot drinks which were served piping hot. Would definitely recommend.

We were on a short family break and decided to eat here as our children were moaning they were hungry. I wish I would of put up with the moaning for a bit longer as the customer service here was terrible the staff were miserable...

Awful lunch here the chips had no potato in them never had anything like them just hollow crunchy scraps , looked round the place and everyone was leaving chips ! Lots of places to eat in Padstow obviously we chose the wrong one.

We had takeaway cod & chips and scampi & chips on Wed' 18th Sept'. We ate it almost immediately but the chips were barely luke warm. The cod looked ok but it had a strange 'wet' texture to it. The batter was ok. The scampi...

We visited Padstow on 22/08/2019 we decided to have an evening meal and made a big mistake by choosing Walkers. I feel this place is in a prime location with fantastic views off the harbour but then lacks in its business to serve quality seafood....

Unbelievably poor fish and chips at a whopping price of £43, the chips were just terrible and very dry and the fish just ok.

We walked around padstow and saw this place looked very busy,so we thought we would try it. Two fish and chips a mushy peas, curry sauce and two diet coke came to £27. Which I thought was expensive. The fish was lovely but the chips...

Ate here yesterday but not cheap as fish and chips were £9.95 with portion of peas being £1.45 extra but lovely fish. I had the fish pie,salad and peas which was really tasty.Nice waitress who served us and was able to tell me contents of...

Had the fisherman's salad, it was huge! No crab available but had a mountain of smoked salmon, prawns and tuna and lovely crisp salad with fresh brown bread and butter. Service was very fast despite it being extremely busy. Recommended.

We visit Padstow regularly, and having been disappointed at other 'well known' fish and chip shops, returned to Walkers on the harbour. The cod and chips were freshly cooked and generous portions. The service was a bit indifferent, hence four stars, but no worse than...

We each had a tray of chips here and they were terrible. I don’t know when they had been cooked but at least a third of the tray was dried up and inedible with no potato evident.obviously they feel they have a trapped audience and...

We visited this establishment whilst on holiday in Cornwall.generous portions of fish and chips at a reasonable price. The food is cooked to order so well worth the wait. Also nice and clean. Would recommend if you are in the area.

Popped in for fish and chips for 2 to go and eat on the harbour wall, well the cod was ok but the chips, they were awful and I mean awful, so bad that if your teeth are not in good shape then you aren’t...

Needs a really thorough clean. Very few people in there when we visited as it was at the end of the day and you get to see just how filthy it is. The chairs need wiping the walls need wiping at least the floor will...

Mets friends here for breakfast and was total disappointed. Over priced Cornish breakfast (full English)priced at £8.75: Tinned plum tomatoes probably not even Heinz beans, cheap catering sausages and no toast included in price total rip off and below average breakfast! Locals taking advantage of...

We only had drinks here which were latte's and a smoo milkshake which came to approx £9.50 which is a bit pricey but it is a town overlooking the harbour so nice view and we sat outside on the corner with our two dogs which...

The chips were shown a fryer, anaemic, raw chips, inedible The teenage servers had an attitude and quite frankly if you can’t cook two simple items, fish & chips then it’s time to go home..do yourself a favour and go to any other chippy. The only reason this place is still trading is because of its location...plenty of choice in Padstow, just avoid this place..

We had four portions of fish and chips to take away and sit on the harbour. The kids enjoyed theirs but I was disappointed with my fish. It was quite small and too dry to stay on my fork so I had to use my fingers. I won't be returning but they probably won't mind because they have a good location.

Been by the sea and in Padstow, we decided to have fish n chips. We were by the harbour and Padstow Fish n Chips (Walkers), was a large restaurant offering takeout and sit down. As the seagulls were attacking people with takeout fish n chips, we opted for sit down. The chips were anaemic, the fish was under cooked and both, were tasteless. Do your self a favour and look elsewhere, if you want fish n chips in Padstow.

Visited here with my family and we all absolutely loved the food. Service was good and we had a lovely view of the harbour will definitely be coming back.

Stopped off for a coffee and scrambled eggs on toast from counter next to the fish & chips counter as I sat surveying the lovely harbour. Prompt service and the waitress noticed I hadn’t picked up any cutlery and promptly brought them over as it is fatal to leave food unattended in an outside table.

I visited this fish and chip shop on 18 June 2019 with my family. We all had cod and chips. I think it must be the seasonal potatoes but the chips weren't very nice and quite a fes had black holes in them although the fish was nice. I felt that the food was over priced but the prices were rough,y the same wherever you went in Padstow. Next time I will try Rick Steins fish and chips as the price is about the same.