Harry Ramsden’s

Oh wow, this is the big momma of fish and chips for me. If you are in the city centre and in the mood for fish and chips, don’t go anywhere else. The husband and I tried this place for the first time last week and really liked it.
You can order all kinds of stuff like vegetarian quiche, burgers, lasagne and curry but that seems bizarre to me. If you go to a restaurant famous for its fish and chips, then order the fish and chips for crying out loud.
I was initially a little alarmed to see the prices — about £5−6 for battered cod etc. Once I had read on, I was delighted to find that this included chips, mushy peas, bread and butter and a drink. Hard to beat and of course the drink has to be Diet Coke to cancel out the calories in the food. Fact.
We sat in one of the little booths and looked out at the slightly depressing sight of Bradbury Place until our food arrived. So many carbs and calories on one plate and I couldn’t wait to dive right in, but not before salt (no pepper) and lashings of vinegar had gone on. Now you wouldn’t eat this kind of food every night, nor indeed every week, but on the odd occasion you do, it’s fab. Thick batter, just the right amount of grease and white fluffy cod, along with big fat chips and a dollop of mushy peas. You have to put vinegar on the mushy peas too. Don’t mock until you’ve tried it. Yum yum all the way to a clean plate for me.
I noticed you can orer your fish grilled. Now what is that all about? Would you go to KFC and ask for grilled chicken or McDS and ask for a baked potato? Exactly. So don’t go to Bishops and ask for grilled fish. The very idea of it.
But please do go and ask for battered cod, chips and mushy peas.

Was great Now unfortunately closed