The best restaurants in John O'Gaunt Lancaster North West

Great visit! Friendly staff, great value, service and amazing menu! Didn’t book in advance but had a warm welcome and our dinner was delicious!

Short review: Must visit fish & chip in Lancashire, UK. Highly recommended. Detailed review: On our March 2022 trip to Lancaster, Hodgson’s chippy was on our to-do list. It is a multiple award winning chippy, especially at the start of the millennium. We got to know about this place when we were aimlessly flipping across a book titled, ‘Make the most of your time in Britain’ Chapter 111: Tracking down the perfect chippy in Lancashire. This accidental browsing in a way encouraged us to plan our trip to the sleepy county town of Lancaster. Must say, we were impressed by this fryer. Open from noon to 8pm on all days besides Sunday, one could order their meal online with the website being very user friendly. We did not use the app, hence cannot comment. There is no dine in option & no delivery. It is a small brown- bricked, curb side pickup located close to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. When you reach the chippy during busy hours, you are handed a device which bleeps/startles you once your meal is ready. In addition to the specials board, there is a small panel which states the origin & variety of the potato and where the cod was caught. The chips, best consumed hot, are giant finger-thick, chunky, creamy and not at all greasy. While writing this review, my mouth has suddenly started salivating, reminiscing about the crunchy breaded haddock and scampi and the mind blowing tartare sauce. The battered cod was tasty and good in its own league, but in a way pales in comparison to the scampi and breaded haddock. Needless to say, the fish was extremely fresh, the food was well seasoned & the entire experience was worth the visit. I am still drooling and tempted to drive up to Lancaster and relive this feast. Ah…the power of a great meal! Updated review - summer of 2024 Revisited it on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The place was quite empty. The breaded fish and scampi were still very good. Good tartare sauce and mushy peas. The salt and pepper squid, fish cake and cheesy chips were OK, not great. I would not recommend adding salt and vinegar while placing the order. Instead, buy a bottle to prevent the food from getting soggy. Rookie mistake, I know. Parking near the chippy can be difficult. There are two car parks - Nelson Street car park and Williamson Park Car park around 11 mins walk from the venue. Williamson Park is great on a good clear day. There is a Golocal corner shop bang opposite the chippy for a wider selection of drinks. Enjoy!

Quality food at affordable prices, great service, fantastic carvery.

Definitely the best Chinese in Lancaster. I’ve been multiple times and the food is always exceptional quality and well priced.

Very friendly place and well worth a visit

Hossain is a good chef and is very kind to his customers 😊 Ali said he will make it up for you when he sees you tonight 😉 We will order again if you promise that you won’t forget to put the sauce on the burgers 🍔 🤣

This reminded me a lot of the Brown Cow due to the eclectic vibrancy of the patrons jovially imbibing of a Saturday afternoon. There was a positive bevy of voluptuous vixens sporting all manner of synthetic enhancements along with the obligatory trout pouts. These were regular single mums whose children were playing happily in the pub whilst their mothers were enjoying themselves with Charlie Chav in the corner. Other, just as friendly, locals included Gary from Burnley with the Racing Post and big Bazza, heartily chortling to himself at the bar. The building itself is well appointed and most historic and the beer is good value at around £4.20 a pint. I didn’t get any food as I brought my own sausage in which I subsequently took back to one of the regulars house (Krystal) where she also enjoyed it, gobbling away like a hungry horse. Would definitely recommend if you’re on the pull, particularly if you’re not fussy and it’s Giro day.

Just had our chippy tea we ordered early cos wanted to watch RL grand final. However we asked for 2 lightly battered fish , what actually came was a pretty obvious dinner time warm up disappointed to say the least just hope Wigan win 🤞

Great place. Excellent prices, and staff too.

mint sauce was spicy? never used to be,the tandoori chicken legs, must of come from the desert, as they were very dry, chicken korma was great, but the garlic chicken bhuna was not the greatest, and the chicken chat was ok. not sure if they have changed chefs..but overall tonight it's a 6/10