Woolacombe Fryer in North Devon

Fish and chips were very nice .

Brilliant little chippy with joyful staff have been all the times we come down to woolacombe and will continue to in the future ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Over priced chips only warm small fish x2 one mushy peas £2.50 total price £28.90 never go back there again even queued in the rain I have waisted 32 minutes of my life waiting for food that is not worth the money

Just collected my order of small cod and plaice and chips! Portions were above what I expected and were delicious. Great to be able to order in advance and go to front of queue to collect.

Supposed to open at 12. Waiting outside and didn’t open. Lucky I didn’t order online like I almost did, they would’ve taken my money and been closed!

No coordination, disorganised chaos at best … online/telephone orders given priority, wait was ridiculously long after ordering from in store from machine … you really need to train staff and get a grip.

Waited 30 minutes today. Chips were very soft and soggy, the sausage wasn't good either. My 16 year old son didn't want to eat it and unfortunately threw everything in the trash. No recommendation.

Although I can see the staff were run off their feet, I have to warn people that if you go in the afternoon they are serving from a limited menu with not a lot and most importantly no forks. One of the lad’s serving got really frustrated and argued back with a customer about this saying ‘it wasn’t his problem’ but they simply could have written a sign stating there’s no forks. People can’t eat beans or peas on the beach with no cutlery. I don’t blame the lad serving, he shouldn’t have been put in that position in the first place, the manager should order enough food and cutlery so during one of the busiest periods of the year, there is enough. Most people want to eat their chippy tea by the beach so the shop should be prepared for their customers and not be dismissive.

Took so long to receive an order of a portion of chips. No system in place to serve up orders in order. Couldn't cope with demand. An hour wait. Got a refund and went to gobblebox, served in 10 mins tops. Delicious too.

Waited over 30 minutes in the pouring rain whilst the staff were too busy chatting taking their time with a whole crowd of people outside to pay £5 for a bunch of half cooked chips, lumpy gravy and a large cod (£15) which was so dry it was like it had been sat there all day. This was by far the worst chippy I have ever visited in Devon, not one to usually leave reviews but if like us visiting this area for the first time and looking for somewhere nice to try avoid this place!

If I could give more than five stars, I would. I turned up to this place just as they were closing and not only that did they give me free food but the customer service was fantastic great banter great staff great establishment

Food tasty enough but defo on the more expensive side, making the most of being the only option, Service was appalling, waited over an hour for our food as did most of the growing crowd of customers. Clearly no system in place to process food orders or stop taking orders when over capacity.

Lovely food, easy ordering system

The menu was an ever moving feast of TV screens which got me stressed from the outset. Crazy making. Rip off chips at £4.70 a bag. Was so grumpy about the prices I only bought a £2.50 battered sausage for myself while the rest of my family had a proper-sized meal. Went to Londis around the corner for a reduced hot pasty (cheered me up a bit). Won't go back again.

1hr & 15 wait for cod & chips twice. They were managing to put out 1 order out between every 3 to 5 minutes with 40 people waiting outside . After asking to see the manager a lady appeared with the worst attitude going. First words were " Who's got the problem ". The young girl & the smaller lad were doing there best whilst a younger taller lad was a waste of space. Suggest get a manager who will help & guide your staff & get staff who can be bothered to do there job because your paying 1 for nothing

Lovely fish and chips although they were probably the most expensive I have ever had outside of a restaurant. What was disappointing was the ordering system that then lead to a 45 minute wait before receiving our order even though it didn’t appear to be that busy. If that is a typical waiting time then we will probably give it a miss in future sadly. FYI we had never come across one of these self order points before and it was only another customer who was waiting for their order that told us about it after we approached the counter.

Very long queue - waited over 30 minutes for very poor quality fish and chips. Staff over worked and hassled. Expensive for what it was. Fish was poorly cooked, overcoated with batter that was so thick it was uncooked in places and chips were soggy. I would definitely not recommend to anyone. Best avoided as worse fish and chips I've ever had!!

Waited on the street for 45 mins to collect 2 cod amd Street. No information on wait times provided before ordering. How hard can it be to fry it up and get it served up. Seems unable to cope with normal summer crowds.

Turned up 9.03 and got shouted at that they had stopped cooking and no fish left. Why be rude when you can be pleasant?

Really good food but team leader was really u professional towards younger worker in front of customers for no reason.

The only fish and chips I will eat in the U.K., the only place I eat fish and chips and don’t get heartburn from the oils. Nice and crispy batter, not too thick and stodgy. We come back to Woolacombe every year and the quality of food from the Woolacombe Fryer is spot on. Keep up the great quality standards 😁

Used click & collect so no wait as you select your time when you order. We use regularly & always have an extremely tasty meal.

Our food tonight was delicious! Fish was delicious with lovely crispy batter. Everything was freshly made, so really hot. I honestly think it was one of the best fish n chips I have had!! It is just so, so slow. Food seems to be being cooked and waiting but very few orders being prepared by front staff. I don’t know if this is because it’s not the food they need. It’s so bizarre. 10 minutes would pass between orders being shouted. Then there would be a flurry ready at the same time. If there is a big crowd waiting my advice would be to only order if you are happy with a significant wait, and probably don’t bother if you are a family and have hungry kids waiting. Everyone outside in the crowd are commenting on the time they have waited. Some jovial and making jokes about it. Others annoyed and getting fed up. There has to be a better way of organising this during busy periods. I have never come across a chippy that takes so long. We waited 35 minutes for 2 fish suppers and a sausage. However, we really enjoyed our dinner - it’s just a shame that it’s so slow. I hate to think how bad it will be next week when the English school holidays properly start.

Not a bad little chippy. Bit pricey for what you got. They could be a little more generous with the portions. But when it's the only chippy we could find, we couldn't be choosey.

Been here every year for years but this year the curry sauce has changed :( not our usual chip shop curry sauce and more like a tikka curry sauce in a pot. Gravy was tasteless. Chips were dry. Peas were Luke warm. First time I’ve ever been dissatisfied In this place :( I hope it’s sorted by next year.

Best Fish and Chips we have had in years. The Fish is huge. Enjoyed very much. Many thanks.

I waited over 25 minutes after paying £5.20 for one small portion of ‘spicy’ chips. When I finally got them and took them home, they were actually inedible! There was so much paprika smothered all over them they were disgusting! How can you get a portion of chips so wrong!!! Won’t be ordering from them again.

Fast & efficient service. Top tier Fish & Chips. We visit here whenever we're in Woolacombe & would encourage others to do so also 👍

Dry chips, crazy expensive prices, spoke to a lady from London, she said these prices are crazy even compared to London (more expensive). Had to throw half my chips away as they we’re so dry. Avoid the place.

Ridiculously expensive fish and chips clearly making a killing for the tourist market £40 for 3 fish and chips

A nice fish and chips , they gave a colouring book to my infant whilst he waited . Really friendly staff

£13.20 for mini fish and a "portion" of chips - and they have the cheek to charge for ketchup £13.20 !!!

They only do 1 size portions of chips for £4.70, chips mediocre at best. The portion size couldn't feed three. Over priced and underwhelming. Great service and friendly staff.

Huge portions,non greasy chips, great service.

Fish and chips expensive and not that good. Wont be going again.

Always busy, good portion size and quality

Terrible service. Children running the place who don’t know what they’re doing. Ridiculous wait for food

Shambles of a place ran out of food didn't tell people its closed attitude of the one young staff member in a hat disgusting

Can’t comment on the food due to being given a refund at my request, due to the wait time and no curry sauce being available. Prior to me asking for a refund, the staff asked if they could provide me with a refund for my curry sauce as they stocked out. The wait time was incredibly long but the most disappointing part was the Poor customer service.

Over an hour wait for some chips and a jumbo sausage ? In May ? Awful place, don’t bother

Ordered fish goujons (Coddies) & chips, the fish was very tasty with a light batter, and the chips very good. Definitely value for money! Service was quick, efficient and friendly. And the mayo & ketchup sachets are decent size and quality Stokes!

Visited today out of season. Service was awful, and staff at the till seemed unapproachable. Chips were a bigger disappointment than I am to my parents. Joking aside they were awful and barely edible.

Great venue. Food delicious & easy to order using the machines. Staff were very friendly :)

Quite expensive for an average meal. Staff sat on counters whilst chatting to each other and on their phones. Felt like we were interrupting.

Food was okay, but had to wait absolutely ages for it. Loads of people waiting in the road for ages, all very annoyed. Staff seemed to have no idea what they were doing. The most hopeless service in a chippy I have ever seen.

Pre ordered our food for 7pm .food ready on time. Beautifully cooked and large portions. Would recommend

Very easy to order on line. Great to get a 15 min pick up period. Not the cheapest fish and chips I’ll ever buy but the food was cooked to perfection and not too greasy.

Really good fish and chips, served quickly, nice fish not greasy and good home made chips. Highly recommended, thanks!

Best fish and chips in area , batter was crispy and portions generous . Takeaway for a group of thirteen and all agreed it was first class

Shocking! Chips were cold curry sauce watered down and cod tasteless…… And extortionate price! Couldn’t even provide a bag or box to carry home! My second time trying this shop…will never try again. Mortehoe worth the walk!

Sorry to leave a 1 star review as the Fish was fine and service good as well but the Chips were so unspeakably revolting that I'm afraid they override any positives. The chips should be -minus 5 if a true rating could be given. They were clearly leftover from the lunchtime shift ( although they looked and tasted like they were leftover from the first Lockdown). I don't understand why a business that makes its money primarily from chips can get it so wrong. Why insult customers and con them out of their hard earned money, and risk the reputational damage when profit margins would still be decent on freshly cooked chips. We appreciate costs have gone up for businesses as well in the past few years so put your prices up to reflect this but don't serve us up filth even if we are tourists who you think might not return again. (bad idea as we go most years to Woolacombe). Fish and chips are an expensive treat these days for most squeezed families and the disappointment on my Children's faces as they took the first bite will stay with me. The only reason we took a chance on the Fryer was because the Fish and chip shop up in Morthoe was closed for the year. However next time we are in Woolacombe and needs chips we will get some oven chips from the supermarket (if Morthoe is closed) Avoid the Fryer unless you like repulsive chips..............................FOLLOWING ON FROM RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK. Thank you for your response however i would imagine that the quality of your chips are going to have a bigger impact on your business than my comments. Have a look at some of the other recent reviews (i appreciate there have also been good reviews hence your overall rating) and you will see that other customers have given similar feedback with one saying they were the worst chips they've ever had. They also said the fish was good, as did our review. This vindicates my review 100% . If you listen to this feedback and bring your chips up to the standard of your fish (instead of squabbling with customers online and accusing them of slander) then the bad reviews will fade of your timeline and your reputation will be restored. However google reviews exists for exactly this reason so people can share their experiences and give honest reviews. Good chips are becoming very hard to get these days and you are not the only place where weve had a bad experience ,and its hard to understand why this is the case?

Very suspicious of this place since the Food Hygiene rating wasn’t displayed. The fish was ok. Chips were poor quality and cold. Served by abbot who looked 12 and asked 3 times if I wanted salt. He dropped a Fisk nuggets so there weren’t enough and had to give me a sausage. And he forgot half the order. Not recommended.

Ordered large fish and chips , not cheap but good quality, would definitely buy from here again

We wanted chips and a curry sauce. TERRIBLE. The chips were made of bits and pieces with a lot of eyes, They must have been out of the fryer some time as the were just warm YUK. The curry sauce was in a tiny pot and was just a watery substance that barely stuck to the chips The single portion was £5.50 the most expensive ever bought never again. So glad we never had the fish.

5 Stars from me! Great fish and chips and they even used extra paper to wrap them as I was on the motorbike!

Excellent service and delicious food, reasonable prices, didn't have to wait long for the food and a beautiful beach to eat it on

Really good food and very fairly priced. Update for September 23. What a difference a year makes. The portion sizes have reduced drastically to the point that there was not enough food for an adult. The wait times are to be expected but there are no other fish and chip shops in Woolacombe now so the prices have risen at the same time as the portions have reduced. The fish was good, the chips were ok and my kids had a chicken burger and chicken nuggets which were also just OK. There is nothing special about this food any more and as one chicken burger, a few nuggets, a piece of fish and two portions of chips cost over £30 we won't be coming back.

Unfortunately these were the worst chips and peas I have ever tasted🙁However the small cod tasted nice. I had to queue as the place was getting ready to open, when it opened there were no chips ready, mine tasted like this afternoon’s leftovers warmed up. The peas had an undesirable taste. Cleanliness of behind the counter looked below average to say it had just opened and rave music was blasting out. Hence the score 👎 the young lad who served was pleasant enough.

We were staying about 50m from this takeaway and had fish and chips one evening. Not the best I have ever had but certainly not the worst. Good fish and batter and a sensible amount of chips. The method of ordering was a bit chaotic; you order at the till and there is a gaggle of people standing in the road outside waiting for the order number to be called. When it is busy it looks difficult to see where the ordering line from the people waiting for collection. I suspect you could be there for quite a while not knowing which line you are in

This is the best fish and chips my fiancé and I have ever had. The batter was perfectly crisp, not oily or soggy at all. Perfectly cooked fish. Kind and communicative staff.

Average! After waiting for the best part of an hour for 2 x cod & chips we were sadly disappointed! Chips were over cooked and very bland. Fish was okay however cooked in waaaaay too much batter! Portion size was pretty decent, but overall, it was not worth the wait or the £30+ spent for a chippy tea!

Young girl on the till is very abrupt and rude and makes you feel like an inconvenience, such a shame as the food is always lovely but we will avoid in future if the same young lady is serving.

Fish and chips are nice, but staff just rude, and by looking at the reviews, I’m not the only one :) Sadly, this chippy has no competition so they can get away with it

Long wait, very disorganised. I don’t know what they are doing in there . Staff wandering around instead of just getting on with it and bagging up the orders. They took the orders quickly enough, then you have to stand on the road and wait for your order. I’m not sure exactly why, they are frying the fish and chips so why not get on and serve it?! The service was SO SLOW and the staff were apathetic and uninterested. Fish and chips ok once we got it. Next time we will buy take away from the Captains Table.

Stopped here for a quick tea on the way back from the beach, after a 20min wait for Chips and batter sausages, we were annoyed on opening the bag on arrival home that the sausages were not present, if you can fail at ensuring there’s a sausage in the wrapping of the food then fair play i would guess this same person still asks mum to tie their laces. DO NOT BOTHER WITH THIS PLACE- Chips we’re dry too

20 mins spent queuing for order to be taken. 60 mins then spent waiting for order! Poor communication between counter staff and the one guy frying. Clearly could not cope with demand and volume of customers. Having visited fish and chips shops with a higher volume of customers, I’m not sure why it was taking so long for orders to be fulfilled.

As In the picture down below the girl served us and instead of politely asking us what we would like she said 'what do you want' I then said chips please she then said 'is that it' she did not ask how I wanted to pay I just said card please and she did not reply stuck out the card machine and then slammed the receipt on the desk. I was upset by this because I had approach her with manners so I picked it up off the side and as I was walking away she gave me a dirty look that was not only noticed by my partner and friend but by another couple in the queue waiting for their food as they said ' she has an attitude she does' I then stood waiting for atleast 20 minutes for some chips and the whole time she kept staring and talking to her other young colleagues whilst directly looking at us making us uncomfortable as I tried not to look in her direction but couldn't help but notice her staring every time I looked up to see if we was being called yet. I then proceeded to take the picture of the store with her in the photo giving me a dirty look as I do so, due to how uncomfortable I was made to feel. We spoke to another young lady when collecting the food as my friend said ' I just have to say can you tell the cashier girl to sort her customer service attitude out as it is disgusting' the young girl apologised for the experience but due to them all clearly talking and staring at us whilst we waited my partner put a review up so that hopefully managers could see and have words with the young girl so that other do not have to experience what we did. However this then lead to the girl herself replying as in the photos below we can now identify her as Elizebeth and she proceeded to try and justify her actions by thinking we was another customer. I did not in fact pay in cash or throw any money at her and if she is saying my phone was more important I was actually getting my card up ready as I was paying by Apple Pay . I took photos of the whole store and not just her and she is clearly in them giving us a dirty. I'm clearly not the only customer who felt like this as I said previously people in the queue had said about her attitude. The same people when collecting their food also said thank you in which she did not reply so the male shouted 'have a good day' loudly and sarcastically due to how rude she was. I'm sorry but I would be mortified to have a business and let 'underage' rude people drag my business down like this. As you can see below she replied and got completely the wrong customers so my question is how many people has this girl done this too? As for Elizabeth yes you are clearly younger then us and that was apparent in your attitude and the way you portray yourself so I do not appreciate being belittled and spoken to in such as manner when I was nothing but polite to you. Please get some training on customer service skills many thanks. P.s. if your going to reply with such lies then please make sure your contacting the correct customers.

Waited in the queue for over an hour then gave up. Owners obviously enjoy a game on reviews and responded in Shakespeare esq. rhetoric. I never even got to speak to their staff I queued so long. Stay clear of this place.

The cashier lady (pictured below) was absolutely rude. She had no manners and slammed the receipt onto the counter. The wait was 10-15 minutes which i didn’t mind, however i don’t like how rude the worker was. When collecting the food, i told one of the workers that the cashier was rude and they apologised for it, but i doubt this would get back to management. Apart from the rude cashier the food was lovely but i wouldn’t go again with the customer service i recieved today.

The fish and chips really were delicious. The wait was a little long, and they are on the expensive side - but overall really enjoyed the meal! Would go back.

I can't even give it 1 star for atmosphere. We have just spent 70 pounds as a family and the girl serving was disgusting. Speaking to customers like rubbish, rolling her eyes, speaking to a member of staff like he's a piece of rubbish. We won't ever ever use this place again. Would rather spend it somewhere where they appreciate the customers. Oh.... And sort out your eyelashes...... You may get in a better mood of you could see properly

We landed here at lunchtime, having been into the town & not finding many places offering fish and chips. It was fairly busy outside, so we thought it was the sign of a good place to eat. In fairness, we didn't have a long wait...

We have been going here for years however tonight, after waiting in the queue for at least half an hour we had a 40 minute wait for our food. When they eventually called out our number I was told they had not put the fish...

Good fish and chips but very pricey. Salt and pepper chicken had hardly any chicken and was basically southern fried breadcrumbs, don’t waste your money. Order taken very quickly but after that a ridiculous wait. Serving staff were very slow and were too busy talking...

Shut early and always run out ir say they have when they don't want to serve you. Its the only Fish and Chip shop in Wooly so arrogant and no customer service as going to get your business as there is no alternative. Go to Tides in for fabulous Fish and Chips great service and a beautiful setting dont bother with a take away its an expensive waste of time if you are “lucky” to be served”

We ate from here at the end of our stay and wished we had found it earlier , fish really nice and the chips crispy really nice highly recommend.

always has been and always will be my favourite chippy ever, been coming here since i was a kid i’m now 41 and visited again today, after all these years i was really looking forward to eating here again and i wasn’t disappointed 👌🏻🔥 fantastic food fantastic staff, top notch in every way.

I've just recently visited here I must say I'm very disappointed with the size of the portions of chips you get for £3.80.

Really would not eat here absolutely disgusting and disgraceful. The staff are so rude and the food is shockingly over priced for what you get and really is not very nice 🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮

Have had fish and chips from Woolacombe Fryer for a number of years and look forward to a fish and chip supper every time we visit Woolacombe (twice a year) and would previously have given 5 stars however this time I am afraid 2 stars only. Whilst the fish was delicious the chips were of poor quality and a very small portion was given. I also made it clear no salt and vinegar but salt was put on the chips. I think it will be back to Ilfracombe for fish and chips on our next visit.

Well worth the long wait. Fish suppers are out of this world.

1 hour 45 minute wait, great fish and chips, no where near enough staff, only order if you can stomach the wait time ( we were told it would be 30-60 minutes)

Great value for money. We got the daily special which was Hake & Chips with a side & it was £22.00. Portions were huge. Busy but service was fast.

Overpriced for average quality. The batter on the fish was thick, stodgy and didn’t taste like it was cooked thoroughly enough. Go to SQ in Braunton or somewhere in ilfracombe for decent fish and chips.

We are in holiday in ilfracombe but read the reviews and decided to travel to Woolacombe to live the dream of watching the sunset and feed the family for a special treat, chips by the sea. Its our last night so we have run all the food we had down to literally nothing. An hours parking was not enough to nip inside this chippy, the service is the most disorganised mess you have ever seen. I'm embarrassed for them. We were unaware getting into the queue just how long we would be or we would have gone somewhere else, my husband had got the card to buy the chips, so i couldn't pay the meter anymore, my hour ran up and I had to circle for another 70 mins. Have you ever been to a chippy where it takes 130 mins to get served, the queue wasn't even that big. My husband and kids were absolutely freezing as in vest tops after the hot day, they were starving and tearful and it was dark when they finally emerged so the sunset was gone, they got into the car and still didn't have any chips, as after that wait the staff didn't want to put anymore chips on at 830 as they were closing at 9. People had been waiting 130 mins, are they joking? Couldnt find anywhere open then and we are all now absolutely starving. Not good enough

Read some of the reviews and were really in 2 minds. Did come here in September but girl serving was an opionated monster. This time had to wait 10 mins for order but that was because it was being cooked. Portion sizes good, prices were...

We are in holiday in ilfracombe but read the reviews and decided to travel to Woolacombe to live the dream of watching the sunset and feed the family for a special treat, fish and chips by the sea. Its our last night so we have...

Some of the best fish and chips I've ever had, well worth the windy walk!

Had fish and chips the fish was nice the chips were dry and the price was horrendous but the service was good and friendly

We have visited a number of times and enjoyed the hot food, gets a bit busy in tourist season but ahts to be expected.

The staff are super friendly but the food was only just average. It was a fair price but I wouldn’t rush back.

Beautiful fish n chips, nice service to. Thankyou

Was disappointed with the quality for the price. Such a shame as a great location to grab a takeaway for an evening supper on the beach.

Waited like many others over an hour on Sunday 21st August. When we finally got to the end of the queue you could see all the food was stacked up and ready, so just a case of excruciatingly slow staff who couldn’t care less about...

Busy but worth the wait. To be far the food came quite quick so dont be put off by the size of the que.

Amazing fish and chips! Arrived at their busiest time but the team worked brilliantly to get through the ever increasing crowd. Very clear and easy to read menus and the best chips I’ve had in a long, long time. Truly excellent!

Queued for 10 minutes to be told they are not making burgers at the moment, yet the vey expensive sign constantly flashing behind the staff is promoting how you can build your own burgers etc. A simple sign saying NO BURGERS would be so helpful....

We have been to this fish & chip shop for 20 years. This was the worst visit. We queued for an hour and five minutes until we received our food. It was literally not moving. When we finally arrived in the door it was clear...

Shambolic! Queued for over an hour to be told rudely we may get nothing but they didn't know. We had the last 3 bags of chips but nothing else. Many people turned away with nothing. Clearly don't care and think they can rely on the...

Ok, so there was a little wait for our food, considering the size of the queue, we got served pretty quickly. About 30 minutes. Read a few reviews that say over an hour. Can't say that was what we experienced. Fast friendly service and great...