Westlakes Fish & Chips in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Visited on holiday. Friendly staff. food was cooked as we waited. Won’t go again after spending £50 for the group didn’t enjoy

Lovely fish and chips, love this place

We visited Westlakes in St Columb in May 2024. As we were in Cornwall we had to order Cod and Chips. I have to say they were the best. The cod was thick and chunky and the chips crispy and fluffy on the inside. If you are in the area I would definitely recommend a visit. They are also dog friendly.

Saturday 4th May,,Large fish n chips and medium fish n chips,, freshly cooked absolutely lovely,,we moved away for few years,but moved back now so nice to see same owners . Excellent service, be back soon.and prices great.thank you.

Lovely guy who served us even though is was near closing time, highly reccomend paying a visit for some lovely Cheesy chips!

Great fish and chips at a good price 👌 Will definitely be back 😋

Takeaway fish and chips. Super delicious, but why no card machine available for paying in this modern era?

Great service, excellent quality food, competitive prices, large portion size. You won't be disappointed.

Friendly frier and good service.

Just got charged over £10 for 2 cans of drink, 1 medium cod and small chips. Daylight robbery. Nice though.

local fish and chip shop not in newquay centre can park down side street for free, fish and chips 11.99, massive portions would share if don’t want much. fish cakes are lovely and a child’s chips are the same as regular chip portions. the small fish and chips are same chip portions just the fish is smaller. great food abit greasy but overall great…

WORST CHIP SHOP EVER!!!! Where to start, the chips tasted cardboard like and stale and were less chips and more like chippings, the cod we ordered was smaller than usual and massively overcooked making the batter rock hard. Not only that but the food was swimming in grease. And to top it all off what seemed to be the owner was incredibly rude. We were also missing part of our order which was still paid for. Would rate 0 stars if i could, would not recommend.

Friendly staff and the chips are lovely

Only fish and chips shop open till past 8pm, but forget your Padstow expensive Fish and Chips pay this place a visit !! That's all I am saying !!

Great service as always, cooked fresh Infront of you and delicious! Very hygienic and friendly. Massive portions!

Don’t know what the good reviews are about as this has to be the worst fish and chips I’ve ever had. The portions are a joke, tiny bag of chips (don’t taste right or have the usual texture from a chip shop) and the fish (haddock) was the smallest I’ve ever been given. Very disappointing end to our day on holiday sadly. The Staff were nice and friendly though I’ll give them that.

Excellent food! First class service! Great value for money! Freshly cooked fish and chips while you wait! Family owned and run by my family for over 35 years! Simply the best fish’s and chips in the West in Cornwall!! 😊

If you don't mind waiting for it to be cooked, the best fish and chips for miles around. Plenty of other stuff on the menu too..Top Grub.

Friendly accessible place with parking. Only plaice open , quick service and takes cash

Excellent fish and chips. Generous portions. 3 of us, we got 3 large cod and one large chips as we are not huge chips fans. Was enough for dinner for 3. Card payment not working which is a pain. There is a nearby co-op ATM but nowadays card payment should be available at eateries and takeaways.

This was a surprise. There was no familiar fried fish smell and the premises were as cold as charity, with no cooked fish and chips or anything else to be seen. There was no familiar, lit, warm ovens, and nothing displayed. However, the very pleasant owner took our order and produced freshly cooked fish and chips within about fifteen minutes. They were worth the wait - perfectly prepared and delicious. There were three or four tables set, for anyone in an overcoat who wanted to eat in, but no cards were accepted - cash only. Seems to be a thing in St Columb - maybe poor Internet? In all, a good chippy take-away.

Always good, really reasonably priced and generous portions

Awesome chip shop, such friendly staff. Always go above and beyond when my fussy other half asks for something not on the menu x

Can’t say I’ll be buying from here again…. Ordered cheesy chips and got a sprinkle of cheese on very dry cardboard chips. Ordered chicken nuggets which were also cardboard like - chicken was so hard to chew through. Very disappointed

Bit over priced for what is it but just the average fish and chips

Local chippy for local people! had to buy 3 large portions for 3 adults and 3 kids, when at home only need 2 portions, food ok but wouldn't choose to buy from there again if other options available. I was told off for leaning on the counter, owners not too friendly

I dare you to try and find better!! These are hands down the BEST fish and chips in the entire world! So so good 🤤🤤🤤

Looks like a small chip shop it's very deceptive very big in bag with a few seats and some of the best fish and chips I have ever had ,lovely service from the couple serving on ,engaged with my daughter brilliantly while we were waiting, will call again when in Cornwall.

Lovely man behind the counter, friendly. The chips were delicious, as was the fish and jumbo sausage. The large portion of chips and large piece of cod were more medium in comparison to other fish & chip shops we’ve visited. But still tasty so worth a trip

Lovely fish and chips , made even more special because I had trouble getting cash (cash only) so only had £10. The gentleman let me off for the rest and was so kind, also his wife. I had cod, haddock, mushy peas and chips . If I lived here I would have brought the balance back . Fabulous!!

The best chips I’ve ever had from a chippie- still crispy when we got home. Friendly service & freshly made whilst we waited. Absolutely will be back!

Amazing fish and chips! Family run business, great service. We love to dine in when we are visiting! Looking forward to our next visit!

Took the family here, beautiful fish and chips!

Best fish and chips around!! The service is absolutely amazing and is run by such a friendly family. Absolute top marks! 😁 Will visit again (and again & again) 🌟

Excellent fish and chips every time, cooked very nicely and tastes great. I only eat fish and chips from here, nowhere else.

Best fish and chips in the world! Family owned and run fish and chip shop, we get food here every time we're in town and they never fail to disappoint.

I was hungry, I walked in and was served instantly. Bish bash bosh, chips. Tasty, hot and vinegary. Done the job.

Lovley fish and chip shop and if you want to sit in and order you can the gentleman serving owns the shop and it is all freshly cooked as you order thank you Westlakes enjoyed our fish and chips. 👍👏

They change their menu prices more then they change their oil! Wouldn't even rate 1 star. Food is absolutely disgusting and ended up throwing it away. Food hygiene need to pay a visit here ASAP!!!!!

Food was ok, our home chip shop is much better

Read the reviews on here, thought I’d give it a try, what a mistake! Ordered 3 fish 2 chips peas and gravy, Kids and wife waiting patiently in car, got in opened up the food for my starving family, how disappointed we were, unbelievable amount of grease, unacceptable, totally unacceptable. How this business is still operating I’ll never know, they don’t even deserve 1 star, Probably the worst Chippy in the world. You should be ashamed serving up such poor food. DONT GO TO THIS CHIPPY ITS DIRE

Best fish n chips I've had very good price to lovely staff can't wait to go back thanks

Amazing fish and chips everytime, very reasonably priced

Excellent dinner - freshly cooked, crisp and lovely!

Absolutely lovely probably the best chips I have had from any chippy, lovely hot cuppa tea and such a friendly chap thank you

Polite and clean x my go to chippy in the area. Be aware cash only x

Lovely fish with thin crispy batter and lots of chips with lovely crispy bits. Just as it should be.

Really nice food service was quick as well. Would recommend.

Ordered the Cavery, nice choice of meat and veg great value

They make their own chips from local potatoes. They fillet their locally caught fish. They fry their chips to a lovely golden colour. Nothing not to like! Great place.

We was really hungry and Fancied fish and chips for lunch. Was very disappointed to say the least when we went here. First of all, I feel I was ripped off. The guy didn’t even seem like he added up the cost and just said a figure off the top of his head. £20.20 but then said call it £20. So I paid but thought it was odd that it seemed like he made it up. So I added it up myself from the menu and it came to £19.60. I didn’t say anything as I just wanted my food and go. The batter on the fish was in-edible, some of it was rock hard and it just had a weird texture. The chips were disgusting, really greasy and bland. Not proper chip shop chips. I have had better chips cooked at home in the oven. We couldn’t even finish our meals it was horrible. It went in the bin as it wasn’t even good enough for the dog.

The best fish and chips I’ve ever had! Service was great. We will be back. I’m just upset I don’t live locally to get this regularly. Lorenzo was lovely

The fish and chips are really good!

Staying at retallack on a family holiday with in-laws, disabled mum, hubby and 1 year old. Fancied fish and chip dinner with all the family so looked on here and Google for recommendations. Well we were all v disappointed, portion size not massive but the chip and fish quality were really not up to much. The guy was friendly enough but the batter was orange rather than golden, the chips were not proper fat chip shop chips, the sauce/mushy peas pots were RIDICULOUSLY tiny and the pickled onion and gerkins were soft not fresh and crunchy. Rather upsetting as hubby and normally eat once LO in bed but thought it'd be nice to eat as one big family..... mistake going here for that! If you can, go else where. I wanted to try another one in the same town but it was closed but I think that one also has similar reviews... so I really would suggest another town.

Great fish and chips freshly cooked for us.

Nice meal, catered easily for 8 and was very reasonably priced. Large portions of chips and well cooked fish. Worth a look for a cheap meal

lovely staff an lovely fish chips would recommend stop an grab fish chips

Love this place... for me anyway a perfect portion every time

Great fish and chips and friendly staff

Service was great, went above and beyond, the food was great and it was a lovely family run place

Lovely fish and chips and lovely owners

Was looking forward to fish and chips in Cornwall and saw this place had been recommended... I have absolutely no idea why. I walked in and the lady behind the counter gave no acknowledgement whatsoever, I wasn’t actually sure whether she even worked there. In fairness the man doing the frying was very friendly and made an effort to chat with customers and actually had a smile on his face which was the one pleasant part! I have eaten fish and chips elsewhere in the UK and have to say the food here was unfortunately well below average - the smallest piece of fish I’ve ever had from a fish and chip shop anywhere, and tiny scrappy chips that were so greasy I could barely eat them. The grease fully soaked through the paper, it was not at all nice. Not worth the money, would advise trying fish and chips from elsewhere!

Nice clean chip shop, friendly service and good food.

Wow, Westlakes! My partner and I stumbled across this place when driving through and we really fancied some fish and chips after our long road-trip from West Yorkshire. We were chatting to (I assume?) was one of the owners. A really nice man who was telling my partner and I are very funny story about his newly adopted cat whilst making us some delicious fish and chips! Once back at our hotel, we opened the bags of fish and chips. They were made fresh in front of us and tasted completely fresh. The fish tasted wonderful and were not drenched in oils like some can be! The chips too, nice, crispy and fluffy without being drenched in oils and fat. The portions were very big and an absolute 10/10 for value for money! We only wished we lived closer so we could have these again! Super friendly owners and super delicious food and a super lovely looking cat! :)

Best fish and chips I've had in a long time, all cooked to order. Everyone in our party said how good everything was not one person was disappointed in our meal.

Pretty good. Go locally. Good price. Pops nice person

The food here is gorgeous, and the owners so so kind! Me and a friend had a wonderful start to my Hen Do on the weekend with thanks to these lovely people. A little bit of kindness goes a long way ❤ Thank you.

I tried to get one if there pies and it was soggy, the food I’ve had before was horrible as well. Wound not recommend. Only giving 2 starts for the staff being friendly

So glad we visited Westlakes Fish & Chips. Amazing Cod & Chips. Fresh Cod and freshly cooked chips, delicious. Will be back soon although just visiting the area.

Excellent family run business. Great produce and excellent value for money. Really friendly and helpful staff.

Nice place with take away. Lovely chips 🍟. Really recommend

Lovely fish and chips (and nuggets)! I wish we had fish and chips as good as this in Italy. I'll come back again for sure❤

Great value for money, nice friendly staff, excellent food :-)

Best fish and chips in the whole of Cornwall. Lovely local family owned. Cannot recommend enough.

Fancy fish & chips for tea??? You won't be disappointed ... lovely chips & the fish is big & meaty & only a thin coating of better, which I think makes all the difference. Worth a visit

In the caravan near by, and in need of some chips & sausage, this is the place we found.Park just before it, in the car park just before the one way system, or you'll be making a trip through the village again!The food was cooked to order, so a bit of a wait, but it was nice when ut came, and still plenty warm when we got it back to the van.Not the busiest of places, but we would go again.

Great fish and chips with lots of options. Good prices too along with kindly prompt service.

Back again this year whilst camping nearby. Everything cooked to order and tasted good. Our pieces of fish were big and battered well. Clearly used by the locals which is always a good sign.

Great chippy, food prepared while you wait.

Cooked fresh to order but still didn't taste the best.. edible and I av ad worse but I wouldn't eat here again. Peas out of a can and they get microwaved as each one is order in a take away pot .. Not freshly cooked peas that i soak over night. Try for yourself to judge but if wanting some fish and chips and staying in the area bare it in mind that u av Rick stains a further 12mile away well worth the travel but expect to pay more. U get wat u pay for

Lovely people and service! Excellent fish and chips!

We were really looking forward to fish and chips as this particular shop had been recomended in the visitors book at the cottage we rented nearby. Oh dear what a dissapointment. Yes it was cheap, but I would have happily have paid double to get a sensible piece of fish. Chips were fine. The size of the fish portion looked great, until you actually cut into it. So much batter. My wife is not a great lover of batter and when she had extracted the fish from the batter there seemed to be twice as much batter as fish. Yes cheap, but if you like fish, do not go here go a couple of miles away the the other one that is recomended.

This is our favourite chip shop. The chips were to die for and the fish is big and fried fresh whilst you wait. The owner is friendly and we feel very lucky that its our local chip shop.

Lovely friendly service. Fish I'd fried fresh and I love their chips. Just sad as it wasn't open today.

We used Westlake whilst staying nearby. An excellent chippy where everything is cooked to order rather than sat around waiting for people to appear. This meant the fish was really hot still when we got back, with crispy batter and lovely chips.

Friendly staff and owners, nice sitting-eaying area. Basic but homely. Clean kitchen

best chips around. all orders freshly cooked. great food wont go anywhere else. staff so friendly. a must try for people

When we go to Cornwall we always go here for fish and chips . They are fresh and the best. Polite staff and good price.

Popped in for dinner first time I've been here. Place is lovely and clean, walked in and instantly felt like I had stept into the past, net curtains, striped aprons even newspaper on the food! Love it really good place, great atmosphere. Here's hoping the food is yummy too, yet to eat it as I'm sat here while it's cooking.

We had scampi, haddock and sausage suppers ~ all freshly cooked to order by friendly folks. Very good value ~ reasonably priced and quick, efficient service, for cook to order. Sit in or take away. Very clean establishment. Highly recommended.

It was a dark wet and miserable night and I was in need of sustenance. As I drove through an almost deserted mains street I saw the lights on in Westlakes and decided given the time I needed some food. It was not far from closing time and the cooked food was very low. I ordered a fish cake and chips which were cooked there and then especially for me.. As they were being wrapped the owner asked if I wanted anything with them and I said salt and then added I don't suppose you have any lemon juice do you. t which point he picked up a fresh lemon, cut some pieces and put them in the pack. I finally three in you don't have any salad cream do you to which he replied I have mayonnaise and when that did not meet with my approval he went to his own accommodation and brought down some salad cream and filled a small pot for me to take away. The food was piping hot and beautifully cooked. I will definitely call back in next time I am passing through.