The best restaurants serving Seafood food in Christchurch South West

We found this little goldmine whilst walking through Christchurch town and can honestly say we have never had cod and chips like it,everything including the chips are fresh and tasty,we come down from London to Christchurch 4 times a year and our highlight is to go into the Priory,besides the food been amazing the owners and staff go above and beyond for you,so anyone looking for the best fish and chips in Christchurch give this place a try because I promise you you won’t be disappointed x

Lame effort here. Battered sausage cold, chicken and mushroom pie was tasteless, chips very greasy and bland. Over priced. Staff miserable. Will avoid in future.

This is probably the best fish and chips in the area when you factor in price and access. The do good quality fish and chips plus other items (sausages etc) and are all cooked freshly to order. It can get busy e.g. Saturday dinner, but other times you'll be fine. Even when it's busy, just set your expectations. They have a system which calls you when the food is ready. This is all classic, basic, fish and chip takeaway territory. It's popular, it's reasonable value, there is parking very close nearby and the owners are friendly. In the area and want the classic take away, then this is it. (People I know say it's expensive but it's no more expensive than anywhere else - my tip is the portions are huge so perhaps get one and share - it's enough for regular appetites).

Long time to wait for food due to there being one guy taking orders and one doing the food cooking and handing out the orders. Lots of people hanging around by the hatch making it difficult to get through when your number is called, they could do with asking people to stand and wait elsewhere. When our food did arrive one of the orders was wrong although I queried this immediately and was given an immediate cash refund. Chips were nice, not at all greasy although there were rather a lot for one portion with the fish! Perhaps a bit too much batter on the fish also.

I would never buy fish here as it never looks particularly fresh but each to their own. What is astonishing is that they’re charging £1.50 for a small bag of crab bait consisting of bits of mackerel guts and head - you know the stuff you throw away. So £1.50 pure profit taking it from small children or obviously their parents. Says a lot in my view - none of it good!