Wots Cooking in Shropshire

Wot's cooking is a great place to sit in and get a nice fish and chips. Located in the heart of oswestry. It's located near a post office and even a betting shop, it has plenty around it. The staff are friendly and they are really generous with portions. What's cooking deserves to be on a seaside location really, but it serves well in oswestry. It's cozy in there too, there's been a few times where I've had a meal sitting in there as its been raining outside. So if your in oswestry and fancy some food, get yourself some chips from wot's cooking and enjoy their service!

Yay gluten free fish and chips, and it was delicious 😋 Not doing GF anymore very disappointing 😫

I always love the food from this chip shop. Have been going for many years. However today 25/7/24 the lady serving was extremely rude. No greeting when I walked to the counter. No thank you from her at all. No service with a smile. If I wasn't so hungry I would have gone somewhere else.

I want to thank the man who put my pregnant mates order correct , he went above and beyond after I was rude and screamed in the cafe…..I was impressed with his actions and his manners. Don’t know your name but you knew who I was …. You did a good thing today so welldone you mate and thank you again We spoke about your actions after and everyone agreed you did a fantastic come back on a silly error

The older lady is so rude. Blatantly rolls her eyes when you make a simple request like 'could I have salt and vinegar please'. Embarrassing because I made my colleague come here instead of Salop because I said it was really good. It was...5 years ago

Really nice food!! Would definitely recommend it here because it’s the best chippy in town!

Chicken curry and chips is lovely!

You might not find it, but if you head for Wetherspoons its opposite and up a bit. The staff were all friendly and helpful. We had a short wait for the guy to take the order.. The food was piping hot and fresh. My wife and I had the roe and chips mmmm. Followed with a tea and coffee..The Restaurant is spotlessly clean and well lit.

always impeccable service with delicious, hearty meals to go along with it! The place is always clean and inviting, and the staff are always hard at work from what I’ve seen, couldn’t recommend this place more if you’re looking for a quick and filling meal that hits the spot!

The more senior woman who serves the customers is very rude and lacks manners, constantly huffing and puffing at even the smallest request it’s frankly embarrassing. She clearly doesn’t want to be there but if she has to be the please invest in a crash course on manners she’s in dire need of one!

The worst chips I’ve had for a long time, more bits than chips and the were hard and inedible. A real shame as Wot’s Cookin used to be the best chip shops in Oswestry, it certainly isn’t anymore.

Really good fish and chips. Even do fries which is fab!

This much liked well known eat-in & take-away shop in Willow street, Oswestry has definitely changed since I was last here many years ago. A quarter-pounder burger, chips and regular black coffee to eat in would have cost just under a tenner so I asked for a takeaway instead! Asked for a small portion of chips, charged for a large portion which frankly was excessive and my burger was on the disappointment scale or less than average. The only saving grace was my black coffee... Such a pity that this once family owned eatery and much loved by Oswestrians is so very disappointingly different nowadays. Wot's Cooking will definitely be given a miss by me in future....

DREADFUL, DREADFUL, DREADFUL !!! Having just been in contact with the staff of Wot's, well, disgusted is not the word, but, maybe shocked is !!! Just been told that they are NO LONGER going to cater for a Gluten Free diet. These were always my go to place for a safe tea !!! Sad, sad, sad.

Excellent service and good fish chips

Good size portions. Chips are a bit soggy. Everyone with allergies raves about the gluten free fish, but it was discontinued in May 2023. The chips are gluten free.

Gluten free fish and chips available 😋

Great to have some nice lunch there, especially on a sunny day, it’s packed. Food is pretty good, decently priced and for the most part, the staff are lovely. That being said, one older woman with quite short hair, was, and still continues to be, very rude. When she is serving, she looks unenthusiastic, miserable and downright bored. I don’t mean to be rude myself, but she was extremely unhelpful. The first time, I was halfway thru checking my bank card to see if I had enough to pay for my order, she hurries me up whilst i’m doing this, and whilst I know I can be blamed for saying “card” before knowing if I had the money or not, she handled the situation terribly. The second time, she again rushed me with my order and couldn’t even bring herself to smile or even seem somewhat enthusiastic. She always just seems to be shaking her head. Safe to say, I really hope she doesn’t serve me again. I have been going here for years and I have seen a few slightly uninterested staff but she goes above and beyond. That being said, the other remaining staff are lovely, they serve me with smiles, enthusiasm and friendliness and as long as they are serving me, I will definitely be coming back here.

partner got food poisoning from a hot dog? won’t be coming back. no wonder it was £2.50.

Chips cooked on too high heat so were overdone on the outside but not properly cooked on the inside. Fish was nice, but over all, very disappointing and over priced

Lovely fish and chips with a little salad, and the chicken pie taste home made.

The food was delicious and the staff were very friendly.

My Brother in law always talked about Wots cooking as a good place to eat, long before we tried it. He was right in that it is a good chip shop cafe and takeaway. We have always been served by friendly and attentive staff, who will try their best to look after your requests for strong tea etc! The food is good and plentiful. We had the fish n chips for two deal this visit, and it was really good value. Sometimes I prefer a baked potato instead of chips, and it’s a decent sized spud with plenty of filling. There are other alternatives too but cannot comment as we haven’t tried them. Occasionally we have to come back as seating is limited, but it’s worth it. It is what it is, a lovely cafe attached to a fish n chip shop, no frills, just good simple British food! NB. You could push a wheelchair in but I think it’s unsuitable as there would not be room to sit at the tables unfortunately.

My wife is gluten intolerant and fancied a fish and chips. as we were in the area we decided to try wots cookin. Really nice meal well cooked well presented the only complaint we had "too much food on the plate" we couldn't finish our portions. Really good experience would go again if we're in the area would definitely recommend.

Lovely fish & chips, best in town

So we had take out, and were happy to wait 30 minutes for a GF fish but were delighted with the result to be honest. Fresh chips, lovely crisp fish, bang on. Really nice.

The food was freshly cooked to order, table service by friendly staff. Very clean premises. I had a daily special, Fish,chips and a small pot of mushy peas, also with the meal came a side salad,a sachet of tartare sauce, a pot of tea for one ( I had 2 good cups of tea from it). Due to it being freshly cooked the food was all hot and very tasty, the chips were not greasy, crisp on the outside but soft and fluffy inside. All this for £9. I asked on behalf of my wife if they catered for gluten free food. The lady advised me to phone up 30 minutes prior to visiting , to allow the frier to be switched on to warm up, as they use a separate fryer , correct procedure. I was very impressed by the way this eatery operated. Highly recommended if you are hungry and want to eat good food in a clean and friendly,not rushed atmosphere. Thank you for making my visit to Oswestry a very pleasant day out. In the words of Arnie "I'll be back".

Food was great the day we went. Staff were friendly too. No toilet in there though for customers. If thats helpful for anyone to know.

Good food. Good service, friendly staff, clean premises, competitive prices.

Great gluten free fish and chips tonight. Nicely cooked fish which wasnt too heavily battered. Friendly staff too.

The day I went the chips were lovely and fresh, the bacon was properly cooked too. The staff actually had manners this time aswell!

Great chips, 7 year old son gave them a 9 out of 10 very high praise indeed

Not been here in years so I Went in and placed my order, on the chap putting the order together I checked that he put the sausage in the Tray with chips, he said yes without checking, and of course no sausage, not going to drive back for 30 mins to pick up a sausage!!! The chips were disgusting, black, grey and green. I will never go there again there are plenty of good chippys in Oswestry without buying crap.

Good chippy, caters for gluten free too 👍pre ordered over the phone was ready exactly when they said it would be.

Nice fish and chips, bit of a wait but a very quiet evening. Fish cooked fresh.

Rude service, and I've had better chippys in town.

What a find. It's so hard to get gluten free when your out and about but came across this excellent take away which also has an eat in section. We ordered 2 portions of fish and chips which are prepared in there own gluten free fryer. I'm coeliac and my wife isn't but decided to have the gluten free option. All I can say is wow, we both ate the lot and can honestly say we both rate them as probably 1 if not the best fish and chips we had. Absolutely spot on, keep up the excellent gluten free menu wots cooking, your 5 stars in our book!

a really good chip shop with nice, filling food and happy staff, felt like we were at the seaside despite no sea in sight!

Lovely staff.. Nice fish and chips too . Sadly left it too late in the night to get everything we wanted.. But glad to see they were busy enough to sell out!

Nice staff and delicious food processor

Went today at around 20 minutes before closing. A lady came to the door and refused us service in an incredibly rude way. It was only me and my two kids, we were all wearing masks and stepped away from the door so there was space between us. She glared at us and shook her head and moved her hand across her neck in a borderline aggressive manner, then shut the door in our face. Very upset and will not be coming back.

Had food here to day missing sausage and over charged on a few things one being the yazoo milk shake for my little girl, lovely young girl serving very nice & poliet. Huge menu but dont offer much on it 😂 nothing to eat our food with and cheesy beans and chips is a bit messy and scampi and chicken nuggets and pies. Lot of money though might of been looked after better. ovs u only look after regulars.

Fantastic Fish and chips a very large portion but really fantastic will definitely revisit Fantastic cooked to order so really nice

They were understaffed and busy but the meal was very tasty and fast enough all very good thanks guys

We were so happy to find a gluten free chippy although gluten free options very limited offering a few choices.My partner ordered gluten free sausage and chips and on opening the container was greeted with dark brown, very greasy uncooked chips, totally inedible. Sausage very burnt and greasy with an awful taste. Very disappointed and we can safely say the worst takeaway experience ever, will not be visiting again.

Ordered gluten free fish and chips for my mum and they were absolutely so delicious. Thank you Wots cooking

Says they do Gluten Free but need notice. We tried to call ahead but no answer so when we got there (just after opening) were told would need to wait 30 mins for the separate fryer to heat up. Very disappointing - the wife had to go without as we were picking up lunch for my (2 year old Dad and couldn't wait.

Having found this chippy years ago that do gluten free fish and chips, it was always my 'treat' to visit here. So I was excited to visit last Saturday for my 'fix'. How disappointed was I!!! Has this changed hands because this is NOT the standard it was!! Brown, half raw, soggy chips. Thick batter that tasted of flour. Yuck. A waste of money and petrol to get there from Wrexham. Was going to take them back but couldn't be bothered wasting my shoe leather. What a shame. Won't be returning

Used to love going here for my gluten free fish and chips but not any more!!! What a disappointment!!! What a drop in standards!! Chips were brown and soggy. Batter was thick and all I could taste was flour. Yuck. Couldn't be bothered taking them back but won't be going back there again

Brilliant chippy. We had chips and cheese, a kids chicken nugget meal and the mega burger. All the food was cooked well and tasted delicious! I would recommend

Used to be bery good but gone downhill sadly poor quality

Brilliant/tasty gluten free fish and chips. Friendly staff...nothing too much trouble.

Awful service i never did get my food walked out after half hour wait for a burger

Soggy chips and nothing cooked ready.

Excellent fish and chips, gluten free options are always cooked separately. The gluten free chips can sometimes be a little undercooked

Shannon Riley makes the best cheesy chips in town, get at for your fat boxes of cheesy chips, Shannon Riley is the boss

When this changed hands a few years ago we felt it was not of the same standard as previously but it was OK for us to continue using infrequently. However I collected 3 lots for fish and chips on Friday 5th June for ourselves and our neighbours (iin lockdown) and we were very impressed. The batter on the fish was how it used to be - lovely and crisp and the fish itself was very enjoyable. Well done Wots Cooking we will be using you more often now! (By the way we telephoned the order in and the system worked very well)

Absolutely disgusting food. I've just bought chips ,curry sauce and sausage the chips was raw in the middle and still hard , curry was cold and sausage was burnt on the outside and raw in the middle. The food is over priced and poor quality I wont be coming again.

Late opening today and left on pavement while women rushed around the chip shop. When the chip shop door did open the lady who was from the kitchen side just plonked their metal sign next to my feet - just missing me. Not a word of apologizing for late opening, in fact she seemed annoyed we were there. Really bad service, not friendly and this used to be the best chip shop in Oswestry. Shame it has gone downhill and to top it all some of the chips were hard in the middle - undercooked.

Me and my family popped in for a meal on our way through, staff where exceptionally helpful and the food was cook perfectly, all the food was served and braight out at the same time fish was exceptional, would definitely recommend Me and the family will definitely be coming back again

Came in and was greeted by a rude, miserable young lady. She was rude to an elderly woman and didn't answer me when I asked a question. Definitely don't recommend

Worst customer service I've ever seen had to return chips twice as absolutely disgusting. Tried again my daughter was trying to buy sausage and chips not burnt mess and chips went next day for just chips and whoever's the cook is needs to learn how to treat customers vile vile woman. Foods awful and my daughter had to encounter being talked about because she would not buy the burnt mess the day before. Tips for the cook learn to cook and dont talk about customers where they can hear you. Shame on you back a decent chippy for all of us

Always been a brilliant chip shop cannot fault it!

Greeted by miserable people, faces liked a slapped arse, They huff and puff when you order something they have to cook from frozen.no manners just pure awful food and manners. would rate it 0 stars but it wont let me.

Always lovely food and great service

Ahhhh a chippy with gluten free options fantastic,

Good service and well cooked food

Used to always recommend Wots cooking, but recently things have really gone downhill. The chips are not the same any more, soggy and taste like refries. Sorry Wots cooking I’d rather have the rubbish from my local village and that’s saying something :(

Great value meal deal for two, several choices, we went for fish and chips, the food was well presented with a small side salad, mushy peas, and bread and butter, as well as a brew. Lovely lady served us, cracking unexpected find.

Ate in on a lunch. They have a cracking eat in meal deal wher eyou can get fish, chips, mushy peas, slice of bread and cup of tea for £7 (when we were there). Great chips, freshly cooked and nice fish. Clean and tidy. Oh and tartare sauce came without request - excellent. Not sure what more you could want from a chippy. I don't get take out from here as I've never liked the packaging but for eating in it's grand, if you can get a table. Be aware they are cash only.

Just spent over £11 on crap. The chips were soggy, soft ,fatty & went in the bin. The Chinese curry sauce had no flavour and was as thin as water. I will never go there ever again and would advise others to avoid this expensive dump.

Has always had a good reputation for as long as I can remember,can eat in

I thoroughly enjoyed my meal from Wots Cookin, pleasantly surprised! But I was also surprised at paying just under ten pounds for fish, chips and a sausage. Service is slow and not the friendliest. The food was served in either a cardboard box or a polystyrene box (both totally unnecessary, just use paper?). The food was enjoyable but not so nice that I would pay that amount every time I want fish and chips.

Always go in there but today was absolutely rubbish fish not cooked chips Luke warm no staff on waited and waited when I went to pay she said was everything ok I said the mushy peas and curry sauce where last week's b&b hard so won't be going back so she refunded my money

Staff Not Very Friendley They Seem To Look Down Thier Noses. My Sister Who Is Autistic Stood At The Counter For A While Before Being Served Even Though They Clearly Seen Her! They Are Very Slow! Chips Come Out Brown Not The Same Since New People Took Over! NOT HAPPY!

We are regular customers and think the food mainly excellent but I think it's absolutely unforgivable that they use polystyrene containers which are not recyclable! Are they not aware of the big plastics problem we have on this planet? We are now considering going elsewhere for our fish and chips!

Lovely fish and chips. Best in town

Great chippy. The best in oswestry.

Great food, friendly service, clean surroundings. Freshly cooked to order. Thoroughly enjoyed & would recommend their sitting in menu for fantastic value. This is a genuine customer review.

As my husband is gluten-free we regularly attended Wot's Cooking as they were excellent in knowing the dietary needs and administering them for a Coeliac. UNFORTUNATELY, we believe there to be new management in place and it really has dropped off as (every time we ring up to make our 'special' g/f order) the machine isn't working, has not been repaired or (basically) I think they just can't be bothered anymore! There were FOUR adults placing an order so they have lost a considerable amount of money over a year from us and how many more customers have they lost ???

Stopped off to buy my children some sausage and chips on the way home as the electric was cut off due to a storm at home, wish I hadn't bothered. Chips had clearly been sitting around for some time and where over cooked, sausage was dry and horrible. Won't be going again,

I bought sausage and chips for my children last night as the electricity was cut off at home due to a storm. Wish I hadn’t bothered, chips had clearly been sitting around for a while and where a dark brown colour. The sausages where dry and frankly horrible looking. My boys refused to eat any of it so it went in the bin. I know the chippy is now under new ownership, hopefully they will read this review and make some changes ASAP.

Great gluten free fish and chips!

Very poor, chips were either green or so over cooked then were inedible. Standards have fallen greatly since we last visited about a year ago

Great Gluten free fish and chips

Excellent fish and chips.lovely crispy batter

Love the cheesey chips and gravy.

The quality of the chips has gone, where before it was without a question of the doubt best chippie in town, not any more.

Average fish and chips. Last ones were not cooked enough. Soggy batter not good. Once home too far to take them back

Very friendly staff quick service and I really enjoyed the food.

Had fish and chips, really good, very big portion

An Oswestry legend - what can I say! Always a joy to have a proper British takeaway of pure comfort food. Huge portions and the best chips on earth!!

A classic example of a new owner taking over a thriving business and ruining it. The choice of food was limited and not up to previous standard; the time taken to prepare it was lengthy and unreasonable; the hygiene routine of the server left much to be desired – she was more concerned with texting on her germ-ridden mobile phone than serving customers, and she didn't wash her hands afterwards before going back to handling food.

Easily the best fish and chips on Oswestry

Great chips and great portion's. No soggy chips at the bottom of the box

I bought 1 x sausage and 1 x pie, sausage was undercooked and soggy and pie was so tasteless and so crispy as it was left in the heater since it was put in. Definitley not worth going again

This was our first visit to Wot's Cookin, but I don't think it'll be our last. We had the fish n chips special which is two meals of fish, chips, mushy peas, salad, tartar sauce, bread and butter, and a cup of coffee or tea, all for £13. It was all freshly cooked and lovely. The service was excellent, quick and cheerful. One of Oswestry's little gems!

We stopped here for lunch as we knew that they provided gluten free fish and chips.The staff were very friendly and helpful and steered us to the lunchtime special which is very good value for money ie for two people fish,chips ,peas, tea and bread and butter(non gf) all for £13.The meals arrived piping hot and both gf and non gf fish were coated in a lovely crispy batter,along with really nice chips.Well worth a visit .Will definitely use again

My family and I went on a shopping trip to oswestry on Monday whilst looking for somewhere nice to eat we stumbled upon wots cookin the menu was excellent plenty of choice for a very fussy vegetarian like me the chips were like homemade ones and the veggie burgers were delicious my husband who eats meat had a chicken curry which he said was really tasty the staff were really friendly and attended to us straight away this really is a great place to eat

Gluten Free - separate fryer. Really tasty