Whistler's Fine Fish & Chips in Havant

Excellent service and excellent friendly staff, food was excellent.

Excellent fish and chips highly recommend. Service efficient and friendly staff. Best fish and chips in the area. Will be returning.

It's a fish n chip shop.and a good one at that enough said.

This may be the best fish and chips I've ever had, phenomenal

Great fresh fish and chips. Good service and quick to respond. The delivery service is good but so is the drop in. Highly recommend

Best fish and chips we've had for a long time. Lovely batter on the fish and the chips were so nice and crunchy. Ordering was so easy on line. It was good to be able to order different size fish. Shame we live in Sheffield!

So refreshing to find a Fish and Chip shop that has on the menu Haddock and chips for Senior Citizens, also catering for people with smaller appetites. The best fish and chips we have had in a long time. Definitely 5 stars from me.

On holiday so Fish and Chips is a must! After checking reviews decided on Whistler's. Found the staff really friendly and the food choice good. We had an OAP cod, cod roe and a meat pie. All cooked really well and tasty, chips were great and not too outrageously priced. Would definitely recommend...

They do gluten free fish and chips which tasted amazing! Staff were very friendly, would definitely recommend

Went to whistler's last night we had fish and chips for 3 adults 1 child and a burger and chips which was lovely but we waited 30 minutes trying to explain to our kids that the food want be long was a nightmare if it was a restraunt I would of expected to wait but not a fish shop so unfortunately we will not be coming back .

The time of my visit the food was a bit over cooked for my liking 😒

Sun 18 Au 5.30. Went here as it had good reviews. A complete shambles. Staff bickering between themselves. Waited a very long time but worse thing was that I was charged for a fish and chips that I didn't receive. Feeding hungry children so couldn't go back to rectify. Might have been a glitch but wouldn't risk it.

The best fish & chips! Cooked to order.

Just back from Hayling Island, found this chip shop by pure accident as its not on the main road!! Food was great, really tasty, service was brilliant and considering the fire they had a few days before, everything was great!!!

Visited 6 pm on a sunny Tuesday during the school holidays. There were only two young people working there and it was very busy. I felt very sorry for the staff as they were doing their best in difficult circumstances. A bit of grumbling from customers but most people realised the delays weren’t their fault. The fish and chips were good which was the main thing!!

I recently purchased some fish and chips from whistlers. And I can only say all of it was absolutely lovely. Fresh fish and chips none of which were oily and soggy. I used to use another chip shop on the island. But whistlers is by far the best on Hayling island. I recommend whistlers to anyone, congratulations on improving the quality and service to your customers. Also, may I say, thank you for the blue light/NHS discount. There are no other chip shops on Hayling Island that offer the emergency services any discount, only whistlers 💯👍

I am a regular to this establishment as it is very local to me I generally use their online services to order food and have it delivered. Their food can be very hit or miss sometimes it’s fantastic but sometimes it can be a bit off the mark. my number one disappointment with this shop is that when you order online you can place special requests/requirement I have found that these very often either get ignored or forgotten or just not read in general as I do have special dietary requirements which I always list that specific part of my order is very often very disappointing there has been occasions that I have had to contact the shop to complain about what I have received and have been called a lier despite the fact my husband is a chef so can automatically see that my dietary requirements have not been followed and they do replace begrudgingly that part of my order. however when they do get it right the food is fantastic and my partner loves the fish. great portions for a great price just wish they would pay more attention to what the customer has asked for and are paying for especially when they are DIETARY requirements. This is a very popular shop on the island so I do understand they are busy but all of this can be avoided if they just slowed down a tad to pay attention to the customers needs and what food they are producing then they wouldn’t need to replace the order and I wouldn’t need to have to ring and complain as I HATE doing that

Just ordered 2 fish and 1 large chips. I am extremely disappointed with this! I had to wait nearly 40 minutes for my order, though it seemed the locals had priority. When we opened it, I was disgusted. The large chips were small, but also very oily and tasteless. The fish was a huge grease fest, the greasiest fish I’ve ever had. Thank god it was tiny, as any bigger would have made us sick! On a whole, this is the worst fish and chip shop on the island, dirty, disgusting food!!!

Well, we love the fact that Whistlers on Hayling Island is so local and enroute to the beach.....bbbut, sadly its pretty busy, which is great for business but sometimes the service drops away. This is the third time I have ordered on line or by phone, in advance and found the service wanting. this time I rang and was left on hold for 30 minutes, meaning I arrived and the phone was still on the side waiting to be picked up by the lady taking orders. Probably best, next time for the staff to take the call and just say, 'sorry, we are so busy please order on arrival' or, why not have someone else take the telephone orders at busy times? secondly, having ordered salt and vinegar, it was missed out and we arrived at the beach with no dressings. I really like the fish and chips prepared by Whistlers, but it would be great to sort the service side too. best wishes Jezz

Absolutely amazing service here. The the food was on point. Tastiest fish and chips I've had in a long time. The manager - Emma went out of her way to accommodate for our needs and she cooked our fish separately to the meat and was so lovely about it too. She made sure all staff were aware of our needs. Definitely coming back here. Thank you Emma !!!!

I don't normally leave reviews. However the fish and chips I had from Whistler's are so good that they deserve to be recommended. The chips were perfect.The fish and batter the best I have ever had. Give them a try. Like me you will be back for more.

Food good, service appalling when only youngsters left running it. I walked out in disgust without buying on my last visit. Needs experienced adult at all times.

Love how it’s fresh to order unlike a lot of places.. And the staff are so lovely!

Always my first choice for fish and chips on hayling! Great food and great service! 🤩

Not a good experience. Waited 30 mins for take out. Small portions too. Medium cod was small. Medium chips on the smaller side, to the point where we couldn't share. Its was like my order was forgotten about as it took forever. Young lady serving was also taking telephone orders and trying to keep up with getting orders bagged up. She was overwhelmed whilst 3 others stood at the back talking. Wouldn't return.

Friendly and attentive team, good size portions and reasonably priced. Great to have traditional fish and chips then head to the seaside nearby.

I have been getting fish and chips from Whistlers for a while now as they are my local! Always service with a smile and the cod is amazing! Chips are spot on and a cheeky curry sauce and a drink. Well worth the price! Whistling all the way home with my cod and chips! Thanks Whistlers team! You are all awesome! Will be looking forward to my next visit (they deliver too but nice to pop in for that freshness and a smile)

My wife and I last bought fish and chips here in April 2022 when I gave a five star rating. This time we ordered two large haddock, one small chips and one mushy peas which we ate on a nearby park bench under resplendent sunshine. Portion size was good as was the quality of the fish. Chips and mushy peas were excellent. The only let down was that the batter was a little greasy, though I do appreciate the difficulty in getting the frying time exactly right. Overall, not bad at all and I will still continue to use this fish and chip shop. Note that our order cost £22.60 which I consider to be on the expensive side. Other customers, who appeared to be in the senior citizen category, went for the special OAP option which was £6. For those who qualify, this appears to be a better price option.

Fish was gressey and tiny considering I ordered large haddock cost nearly £15 for fish chips curry sauce also 35 min wait for takeaway

Well we read the reviews and thought is a good chip shop. Just had our meal large chips large fish two large sausages and curry sauce £22 pounds. Looking at the meal it’s small fish small chips large sausages over cooked and poor quality curry sauce Won’t be going back there any time soon No wonder this place has a one star food hygiene rating

Friday night with fresh Cod and amazing chips! I would recommend to call your order in advance to avoid waiting time. They are busy and for good reason! Enjoy

Often pop in on a Thursday evening before Hayling Bike Night and never had any issues. Friendly Staff & Nice Food, can't complain 👌

Probably the worse fish and chips I've had from here. The fish was small, broken in half and cold. The pie was luke warm and the chips, although lovely, were a much smaller portion than usual. The fish and the pie were boxed up before the chips were even cooked which took at least another 4-5 minutes. Sadly I won't be rushing back again soon and will try somewhere else.

Food was great. And loved Emma made you feel very welcome and very personable.

The fish and the chips were superb. Well cooked and very, very tasty. Very reasonably priced. Will be going again.

I'm not local but every time I'm down I make sure to use whistler's it is the best fish and chips iv had

Sat for about 20 mins waiting, which was no problem, but watching member of staff continually licking her finger every time she put paper under the fish ewww.

Yet again no card machine working. In this day and age it seems ridiculous to have this happen time and again. Won’t bother coming again.

Great food, nice staff. Best chips ever !

The chips here are THE best chips I think I have ever had! We stopped for food to bring to the beach and I can’t stop thinking about how good the chips were. I had a pineapple fritter too and the batter was amazing! The staff were helpful and patient.

Ordered online for delivery @ 7:00pm which arrived @ 6:59pm, by delivery driver who was very friendly. All the food was piping hot, generous portions and of very good quality. I live in Scotland but I will definitely use this chippy again when visiting Hayling Island. Well done everyone for excellent food and service.⭐️👏🏻

Great takeaway fish and chips shop, everything prepared to order

Regularly get the OAP special and it’s ok , but tonight we’ll what a let down, fish was nice but the chips were horrible ,looked like they’d picked out all the chips that weren’t good enough to go in main meals , they were hard .,small bits of chips and some were dark brown and so overcooked ,neither my husband or I could eat them, very very disappointed indeed, and afraid I shan’t go back even though it’s very local to me as I live at other end of road

We've just collected 3 cod and 3 chips ended up with 1 piece of fish OK and 2 empty batter casings. Not impressed at all won't be return customers.

Always go here when in hayling island. Order in advance. A good range of vegan and vegetarian options

Would probably check the hygiene rating next time before coming here again (or any other restaurant for that matter! )

Ordered GF food. Very poor service which resulted in the food being served cold despite assurances it wouldn’t be. We won’t be back. Post Review Note: Full-refund provided by Whistler's Fine Fish & Chips. Recieved with thanks.

Amazingly tasty fish and chips and the curry sauce was great too. Highly recommend this chippy

Just moved to the Island and found this gem of a chip shop. The food was excellent, staff friendly and a short wait for freshly cooked fish and chips. Will definitely be our go to in the future🙂

Ok food nothing to shout about. The service , however is atrocious. Ordered for my family and I and took over an hour to get our food. Fair enough it was a weekend so gave benefit of the doubt so the next occasion decided to order online so the kids didn’t freeze waiting outside. Ordered the food , set the time slot to collect and still waited over forty minutes over the time stated online. Got home and the order was completely wrong and no straws for the kids drinks. Went back to get the missing items and no apology just “ so you are sure this wasn’t in the bag?” As if I was pulling a fast one. Never again 👎

Excellent portions, food was fresh and hot. Friendly service. Will definitely be back again.

Highly recommended for fine grub

Nice little place! Staff & food nice!!!

I had the Senior Citizen's cod and chips. Good value for £5.90. Really enjoyed them!

Great food as always. Food was well cooked and hot. Delivery was a very useful I’ll aspect on the island. Ice cream was amazing

Good fresh food, all cooked to order ,I had OAP cod & chips a nice size portion.

Very popular from opening time. Great fish and chips. Be prepared to wait. You can always book in line.

we went there as it was so good on our previous visit. hot fresh food, not to expensive. lovely chippy.

I have to say the overall quality was very good ordered some stuff for myself and my kids The 3 staff members really nice polite and helpful The chips where really nice some of the best i have had from a fish and chips and the battered sausage was spot on tasted like a decent quality sausage so overall the food I can not fault what so ever Now I will say the shop itself needs some work for what they say is a award winning fish and chips the sign outside is broken and the interior of the shop needs some love battered paintwork and the chairs inside I could get newer 1s from a charity shops just old and dirty Overall a lovely fish and chip shop well priced I felt but was disappointed when standing inside waiting for my order it was a little grim

Great fresh fish. Cooked well Good staff. What more could you want?

Here on holiday from germany, first ever glutenfree fish&chips. Absolutly delishes, no difference to a "normal". Made me very happy :)

Nice food. Friendly staff. Not too long to wait for food. All good.

Had two cod and chip dinners, absolutely delicious , never had better , would recommend to everyone who likes fish and chips 👍

Excellent place to pick up fish and chips to eat on the beach. Really nice freshly cooked food, friendly staff. Easy parking, order online, wooden cutlery supplied. Highly recommended.

Drove from Chichester to hayling to get whistler's fish and chips and sit on beach and arrived to find they are closed when online says they are open.couldnt even update there opening times on Google very poor

Best chips I've tasted in a long time. Stopped in just before closing and yet the chips were still freshly cooked and cooked to perfection. Will be visiting again.

No online booking, but thankfully I rang to check as the money was pending in my account so would have been left with no food if I hadn’t as they had no idea of my order. It’s a 2 minute walk from the house. The food was stone cold, the chicken was dry with flabby and not crispy skin! Very small portions and not nice at all. No delivery service at 8pm either. It has been run by a bunch of children for a long time and I keep giving the place chance after chance and have never had a good meal. The young girl that did eventually answer the phone was polite and courteous though, it’s not her fault that the online booking wasn’t working, there wasn’t any delivery and oh they couldn’t take card payments, only cash and only collection! I won’t be making the same mistake again. Too many chances sadly. Since the review the owners made contact and were very helpful and clearly want the best from this establishment for their customers! The good customer service after complaint would add another star.

Lovely 😍 had to wait a bit but worth it.taste was even better sitting on the beach ⛱

The food is _ok_ (but nothing to write home about) and my experience is more about the wait for it. There always seems loads of people working behind the counter, but it takes _ages_ to get food - even when it's a simple order with all of the items in the warmer. Everything seems to be done in strict order no matter whether logic would allow others to be served and got out of the shop. So, don't go there if you're in a hurry!

Very tasty fish and chips, portions are generous as well. We sat on the bench in a nearby park and enjoyed it the sunshine :)

Well went here yesterday there was a wait it was busy and I went there because a friend told me they were good fish and chips we had medium cod and chips and a sausage for the dog the chips were like end of day chips bits the fish was over cooked and the dog did not eat the sausage not again

Just ordered, finishing the meal now in the park nearby. This was genuinely one of the best orders of fish and chips I've ever had. Only wish there were 6 stars to give

Great fish and chips. And oval butcher sausages , easy to get to , can get busy due to popularity. Recommended if if the area.

Looking forward to-be having fish and chips, a small portion. When I got home I could see instantly the fish was over cooked and the chips I had were the bits 😩 not a happy person.

Proper fish & chips. You won't be disappointed.

So pleased to find this chip shop do gluten free fish and chips on a Wednesday and Sunday. Ten minute wait while they cooked, but more than happy to wait for somewhere willing to cater for dietary requirements. Made a very happy holiday maker.

We placed a large order with Whistlers in Hayling Island for over 100 orders. The manager, Sophie, was brilliant and so helpful. Sophie delivered over 100 fish ‘n’ chips, ahead of schedule and everything was warm and delicious. I’m not sure how they managed it with such a big order but they exceeded our expectations, we would definitely recommend! Thank you!

Charged more then advertised on the menu , told price had gone up

Savaloy was microwaved it taste like rubber and it had exploded and alot of scraps in the chips

Excellent service. Best fish and chips I have ever tasted. Will go back again and again.

Lovely fish and chip shop and so glad to see they do gluten free an absolute treat, staff very friendly and efficient even though extremely busy.

Curry made from a kettle. paid for a large portions of chips an got a small portion no salt an vinger on chips an the meal was almost cold. Would not recommend to anyone

Best takeaway F&Cs on the Island. (Remember at lunch they close at 2pm).

Fish was gorgeous staff couldn't be bothered didn't even speak when we picked up online order chips terrible

Very handsome and helpful staff always in a chirpy mood went on Fridays it can be quite busy so would recommend booking online.

Great local chippy, good selection and good quality food. The ability to order and pay online is brilliant, particularly during the pandemic. Plenty of free parking just outside.

Meh, might of been award winning food back in 2015 but certainly isn't now, the chicken was dry and bland and the burger was undercooked and unseasoned, chippy seems to be ran by a bunch of teenagers or college students, girl on the till looked very depressed and unhelpful.

What a shambles! Not my Idea of fast food.....2x Sausage and chips over 30mins when I was told 10mins. Looks like locals get to skip the queue too. It was complete chaos in there with most orders taking in excess of 30mins. Not exactly busy either only 7 customers max. I'd give this chippy a miss unless you have time to kill. Oh the food was ok. Not great but ok.

They need to recruit some grown ups. Teenagers who seem more interested in pratting around with one another or getting out for a crafty 🚬 . So after relaying the order back to me and repeating it twice, I did not get an item i had asked for. Bit more professionalism would pay off. The food, however, is good and could not fault that. It's just a shame it's let down by immature behaviours.

Went at 8 pm as fancied sausage and chips on drive home, probably worst chips I’ve ever had !! The chips must of been cooked at lunchtime, completely not fresh at all, practically all went in bin !!

Dreadful experience. I arrived at midday and ordered a large cod to take away. The cost was a breathtaking £8.55 - which I accepted as I was in a hurry between jobs. The food was made to order. When it was served, not only was it terribly overcooked, but it was only a small piece of fish. Almost inedible, chewy with overcooked batter, but I was pushed for time to complain or re-order. This is the second dreadful experience at Whistlers. Their Westbourne shop was equally poor. They have gone so far downhill and with extremely escalating prices for their food, they won't see me again. Dreadful. Go to Elliotts on the seafront.

Had OAP special which was excellent. Lovely fish with loads of chips. Busy little place. Very friendly staff. Suggest phoning order through on Saturday nights. Highly recommend it if in the area.

Was recommended to me, so went to shop on Saturday last week to pick up a medium cod n chip and battered sausage and chips. Hmmm either Cod suffer from dwarfism or i got a goldfish in batter, rattled around in the tray like it was trying to escape. Chips were more like potato scratchings, were so over cooked and hardly any normal chips. Battered sausage was nice, but again the chips were not very nice very bitty. All this after waiting in excess of 30 mins on my feet in the shop, staff seemed more interested in chatting to each other than interacting with clientele when they arrived. Wont be using this place again.

Been twice in the same long weekend because they are so nice. Food was amazing - fresh cooked. Staff were all great. Will be back next time I am on Hayling!

Didn’t get what we ordered Food was cold Chips undercooked Curry sauce was vile

A bit of a wait as it was very busy, to be expected on easter Saturday tbh but well worth the wait, best battered cod I’ve had in a long time, great chips too.

Lovely fish and chips- £37 for 4 medium Cod and chips- crispy batter, soft fish and lovely chips. No complaints, would recommend and definitely visit again if we ever came back.

Would not recommend this chip shop sorry to say but the food was cold the chips where mainly black n very small bits fish was cold really not worth the money I wish I had taken the food back really not nice food

The last few deliveries have been disappointing. Today, the delivery wasn't right, and the staff member was dismissive. Paid for delivery, small fish was given instead of large, small chips instead of large, missing sausage. Called and explained it was fine about the fish and chips but I'm missing one person's meal in the delivery. The member of staff replied that it could be credited back to account, I said that one person is missing their meal so could it be delivered please? The answer was at 7.30pm- This was at 6.15pm... I explained that the rest of the meal would be cold and she said, well you can come get it yourself? So opted to credit account. Quite disappointed about this, after a long week for the children and my partner it was an end of week family treat that we could enjoy together yet 1 person missed out. Hopefully, the previous standards that the chip shop had resume and maybe in the mean time the staff members learn how to become empathic towards their customers... Poor customer service, Whistler's.

Absolutely disappointed, for the cost I expected loads better, fish had more grease than a McDonald’s fryer and chips had less taste than water. Honestly expected better