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It claims the biggest chips in the country and fries them in peanut oil, and it puts tables out on the pavement in a part of Covent Garden where that is worth something. 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Fish can be had steamed as well as fried, which few places offer. It is unlicensed in the old sense - you can bring your own wine.","station":"Bond Street","walk":6,"hours":[[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,19.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 12:00-15:30,18:00-22:30; Su 12:00-19:30","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.goldenhindrestaurant.com/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"The Golden Hind, 73 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2PN, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Berlioz's lodging, Queen Anne Street","s":"hector-berlioz","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":130},{"n":"Marylebone Farmers' Market","s":"marylebone-farmers-market","c":"farmers-markets","cn":"Farmers' Markets","m":150},{"n":"Wallace Collection","s":"wallace-collection","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":154}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":558},{"s":"golden-union","m":962},{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":1151},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":1408},{"s":"fishoria","m":1716},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":1818}]},{"slug":"the-fryers-delight","name":"The Fryer's Delight","area":"Holborn","address":"19 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8SL","lat":51.520367,"lng":-0.117323,"osm":"node/11611015396","website":null,"types":["sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Beef dripping, formica tables and no concessions to the present day.","note":"One of the last London chippies frying in beef dripping rather than oil, which gives the batter a savour vegetable oil cannot. The room has not been redecorated in living memory - formica, long benches, a counter - and the menu runs to rock and skate and saveloys alongside the cod. Cash is easier than card. Sources differ on whether it opened in 1958 or 1962; the shop itself says the fifties.","station":"Holborn","walk":5,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"The Fryer's Delight, 19 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8SL, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Novelty Automation","s":"novelty-automation","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":80},{"n":"Conway Hall","s":"conway-hall","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":88},{"n":"Lamb's Conduit Street","s":"lambs-conduit-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":147}],"near_same":[{"s":"fishoria","m":709},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":823},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":1370},{"s":"golden-union","m":1518},{"s":"fish-central","m":1611},{"s":"fishcotheque","m":1940}]},{"slug":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","name":"The Seashell of Lisson Grove","area":"Marylebone","address":"49-51 Lisson Grove, NW1 6UH","lat":51.522697,"lng":-0.165789,"osm":"node/4522284989","website":"https://seashellrestaurant.co.uk/","types":["glutenfree","licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Frying since before the war, in a marble-and-mint room that takes itself seriously.","note":"The Seashell was frying before the Second World War and has been at this address since 1964. It is the smarter end of the form - marble, tiling, proper service, a wine list - and the portions are large enough to be a talking point. Mushy peas come with the fish rather than as an extra.","station":"Marylebone","walk":2,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 12:00-22:00; Su 12:00-19:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://seashellrestaurant.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"The Seashell of Lisson Grove, 49-51 Lisson Grove, NW1 6UH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Beatles: In My Life","s":"the-beatles-in-my-life","c":"tours","cn":"Guided Tours","m":166},{"n":"Alfies Antique Market","s":"alfies-antique-market","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":266},{"n":"Lisson Gallery","s":"lisson-gallery","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":328}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":1151},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":1369},{"s":"golden-union","m":2107},{"s":"poppies-camden","m":2529},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":2559},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","m":2668}]},{"slug":"poppies-spitalfields","name":"Poppies Spitalfields","area":"Spitalfields","address":"6-8 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR","lat":51.520191,"lng":-0.074024,"osm":"way/157323015","website":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-spitalfields/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Pat Newland's 1950s room, the first of four and still the best of them.","note":"Pop Newland started in Hackney in 1952 and opened this in 2011, decorated as the decade he learned the trade in: formica, a jukebox, waitresses in headscarves. The fish comes from Billingsgate each morning and the menu keeps the older London things alongside it - jellied eels, whitebait, a seafood platter. It is a themed room, but the frying is not a theme.","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":4,"hours":[[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 11:00-22:00; Th-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 11:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-spitalfields/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Poppies Spitalfields, 6-8 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Golden Heart","s":"golden-heart-spitalfields","c":"pubs","cn":"Pubs","m":14},{"n":"WatchHouse","s":"watchhouse-commercial-street","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":64},{"n":"Climpson & Sons Coffee Bar","s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":78}],"near_same":[{"s":"fish-central","m":1795},{"s":"faulkners","m":2428},{"s":"fish-house","m":2756},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":2778},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":2875},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":2995}]},{"slug":"poppies-soho","name":"Poppies Soho","area":"Soho","address":"55-59 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HW","lat":51.512522,"lng":-0.132605,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for W1D 6HW, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-soho/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"The Soho branch, on the corner where Old Compton Street is at its busiest.","note":"The same kitchen and the same 1950s dressing as Spitalfields, in a room that gets the full weight of Old Compton Street on a Friday. Billingsgate fish, jellied eels for the brave, and a licence, which on this street matters.","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":4,"hours":[[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 11:00-22:00; Th-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 11:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-soho/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Poppies Soho, 55-59 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HW, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Algerian Coffee Stores","s":"algerian-coffee-stores","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":51},{"n":"Sondheim Theatre","s":"sondheim-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":56},{"n":"Gielgud Theatre","s":"gielgud-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":78}],"near_same":[{"s":"golden-union","m":472},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":573},{"s":"fishoria","m":681},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":1370},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":1408},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":1431}]},{"slug":"poppies-camden","name":"Poppies Camden","area":"Camden Town","address":"30 Hawley Crescent, NW1 8NP","lat":51.54092,"lng":-0.143912,"osm":"node/3138186730","website":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-camden/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Tucked off the high street, and the quietest of the four.","note":"Off Camden High Street rather than on it, so there is room to sit down on a Saturday. The same Billingsgate fish and the same 1950s fit-out as the other three.","station":"Camden Town","walk":2,"hours":[[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 11:00-22:00; Th-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 11:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-camden/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Poppies Camden, 30 Hawley Crescent, NW1 8NP, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Camden High Street","s":"camden-high-street","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":134},{"n":"Dingwalls","s":"dingwalls","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":148},{"n":"Electric Ballroom","s":"electric-ballroom","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":149}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":2529},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":2597},{"s":"golden-union","m":2876},{"s":"fishoria","m":2911},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":2933},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":3153}]},{"slug":"poppies-portobello","name":"Poppies Portobello","area":"Notting Hill","address":"152-154 Portobello Road, W11 2DZ","lat":51.514774,"lng":-0.204216,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for W11 2DZ, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-portobello/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"The newest of the four, opened on Portobello Road in 2024.","note":"The fourth Poppies, and the one the London guides have not caught up with. Same fish, same fit-out, on a stretch of Portobello Road that is busy on a Saturday and quiet the rest of the week.","station":"Ladbroke Grove","walk":7,"hours":[[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,22.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 11:00-22:00; Th-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 11:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://poppiesfishandchips.co.uk/poppies-portobello/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Poppies Portobello, 152-154 Portobello Road, W11 2DZ, London","in_area":{"slug":"notting-hill-holland-park","name":"Notting Hill & Holland Park"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Trailer Happiness","s":"trailer-happiness","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":37},{"n":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","s":"hermanos-portobello-road","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":96},{"n":"Electric Cinema Portobello","s":"electric-cinema-portobello","c":"cinemas","cn":"Cinemas","m":102}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":2800},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","m":3192},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":3530},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":3701},{"s":"stones-fish-and-chips","m":4273},{"s":"nautilus","m":4397}]},{"slug":"golden-union","name":"Golden Union","area":"Soho","address":"38 Poland Street, W1F 7LY","lat":51.515338,"lng":-0.137727,"osm":"way/475957297","website":"https://goldenunion.co.uk/","types":["sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A 2008 shop that looks fifty years older, and fries once rather than twice.","note":"Golden Union opened in 2008 and dressed itself as something much older - tiles, a counter, an ice-cream sundae menu. The potatoes come from East Anglia and are fried once rather than blanched and refried, which gives a softer chip than the modern orthodoxy. Beer-battered fish, sustainably sourced.","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":4,"hours":[[11.5,21.0],[11.5,21.0],[11.5,21.0],[11.5,21.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 11:30-21:00; Fr-Sa 11:30-22:00; Su 11:30-21:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://goldenunion.co.uk/find-us","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Golden Union, 38 Poland Street, W1F 7LY, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Photographers' Gallery","s":"the-photographers-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":100},{"n":"Scarlett Green","s":"scarlett-green","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":134},{"n":"Oma Coffee Roaster","s":"oma-coffee-roaster","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":159}],"near_same":[{"s":"poppies-soho","m":472},{"s":"fishoria","m":823},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":870},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":962},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":1102},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":1518}]},{"slug":"fish-central","name":"Fish Central","area":"Clerkenwell","address":"149-155 Central Street, EC1V 8AP","lat":51.527573,"lng":-0.097106,"osm":"node/462008326","website":"https://www.fishcentral.co.uk/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A chip shop in a housing-estate precinct that also sells you oysters and lobster.","note":"Fish Central has been run by the same family since 1968, in a shopping precinct on an estate off Old Street, and the setting tells you nothing about the cooking. The fish and chips are straight, and the rest of the menu goes further than it needs to - oysters, lobster, a proper wine list - at prices that have not caught up with the ambition.","station":"Old Street","walk":9,"hours":[[6.0,22.0],[6.0,22.0],[6.0,22.0],[6.0,22.0],[6.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 06:00-15:30,17:00-22:00; Fr 06:00-22:30; Sa 12:00-22:30; Su off","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.fishcentral.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Fish Central, 149-155 Central Street, EC1V 8AP, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Tramps Bar","s":"tramps-bar","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":316},{"n":"LSO St Luke's","s":"lso-st-lukes","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":338},{"n":"Victoria Miro","s":"victoria-miro","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":345}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":1611},{"s":"poppies-spitalfields","m":1795},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":1932},{"s":"faulkners","m":2179},{"s":"fishoria","m":2321},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":2405}]},{"slug":"fishcotheque","name":"Fishcotheque","area":"Waterloo","address":"79A Waterloo Road, SE1 8UD","lat":51.503961,"lng":-0.111705,"osm":"node/5339935734","website":"https://fishcotheque.shop/","types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A Waterloo counter with the best name in the trade.","note":"Billingsgate fish fried to order on Waterloo Road, from late morning through to the end of the evening. The name has been there long enough to be an institution on its own account.","station":"London Waterloo","walk":2,"hours":[[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 11:00-23:00","hours_url":"https://fishcotheque.shop/","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Fishcotheque, 79A Waterloo Road, SE1 8UD, London","in_area":{"slug":"waterloo","name":"Waterloo"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Konditor","s":"konditor-cornwall-road","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":100},{"n":"Tonight Josephine","s":"tonight-josephine","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":159},{"n":"BFI IMAX","s":"bfi-imax","c":"cinemas","cn":"Cinemas","m":163}],"near_same":[{"s":"masters-superfish","m":451},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":1525},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":1742},{"s":"fishoria","m":1778},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":1940},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":2175}]},{"slug":"seafresh","name":"Seafresh","area":"Pimlico","address":"80-81 Wilton Road, SW1V 1DL","lat":51.492535,"lng":-0.140012,"osm":"way/447844761","website":"https://www.seafreshrestaurant.co.uk/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Fifty-nine years on Wilton Road, and still where Pimlico goes.","note":"A sit-down fish restaurant and a takeaway counter under one roof, run since the sixties a few minutes from Victoria. The menu runs well past cod - Dover sole, halibut, grilled options for people who do not want batter - and it is the sort of place that keeps regulars for decades.","station":"London Victoria","walk":5,"hours":[[11.5,22.5],[11.5,22.5],[11.5,22.5],[11.5,22.5],[11.5,22.5],[11.5,22.5],[11.5,22.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 11:30-22:30","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","_note":"Hours from OpenStreetMap: the shop publishes none on its own site.","maps_q":"Seafresh, 80-81 Wilton Road, SW1V 1DL, London","in_area":{"slug":"pimlico","name":"Pimlico"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Conrad's lodging, Gillingham Street","s":"joseph-conrad","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":175},{"n":"CASK Pub and Kitchen","s":"cask-pub-and-kitchen","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":245},{"n":"Lillington Gardens","s":"lillington-gardens","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":327}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","m":1924},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":2280},{"s":"fishcotheque","m":2342},{"s":"masters-superfish","m":2459},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":2470},{"s":"golden-union","m":2540}]},{"slug":"fishoria","name":"Fishoria","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"52-54 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1ES","lat":51.517168,"lng":-0.126189,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for WC1A 1ES, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":"https://fishoria.com/","types":["sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A modern room doing it the old way, on New Oxford Street.","note":"Fishoria is newer and brighter than most of this list, with a frying method the family say has been handed down - fish crisp outside and still giving inside. It trades on New Oxford Street near the British Museum, despite the branding pointing at Oxford Street.","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":4,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 12:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://fishoria.com/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Fishoria, 52-54 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1ES, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"James Smith & Sons","s":"james-smith-sons","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":47},{"n":"Museum of Comedy","s":"museum-of-comedy","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":105},{"n":"St George's Bloomsbury","s":"st-georges-bloomsbury","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":117}],"near_same":[{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":271},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":681},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":709},{"s":"golden-union","m":823},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":1716},{"s":"fishcotheque","m":1778}]},{"slug":"masters-superfish","name":"Masters Superfish","area":"Waterloo","address":"191 Waterloo Road, SE1 8UX","lat":51.500722,"lng":-0.107773,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for SE1 8UX, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":null,"types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A canteen that has been south London's answer for decades.","note":"Masters buys at Billingsgate each morning and serves it in a room with all the atmosphere of a works canteen and none of the apology. Portions are large, the whitebait is worth ordering, and prawns and bread and butter arrive before the fish whether you asked or not.","station":"Lambeth North","walk":4,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Masters Superfish, 191 Waterloo Road, SE1 8UX, London","in_area":{"slug":"waterloo","name":"Waterloo"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Old Vic","s":"the-old-vic","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":177},{"n":"Lower Marsh","s":"lower-marsh","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":280},{"n":"Young Vic","s":"young-vic","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":286}],"near_same":[{"s":"fishcotheque","m":451},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":1797},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":1977},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":2162},{"s":"fishoria","m":2229},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":2391}]},{"slug":"michaels-fish-bar","name":"Michael's Fish Bar","area":"Leyton","address":"4 The Pavement, E11 1EG","lat":51.569248,"lng":-0.003492,"osm":"way/1041761862","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Cash only, no frills, and a small cod and chips for about eight pounds.","note":"A neighbourhood counter in Leyton, run by a Chinese family, where the batter comes out golden and flaking and the prices have not moved with the rest of London. Veggie pancake rolls sit on the menu beside the rock and the skate.","station":"Leyton Midland Road","walk":3,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Michael's Fish Bar, 4 The Pavement, E11 1EG, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Gravity Well Taproom","s":"gravity-well-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":298},{"n":"Filly Brook","s":"filly-brook","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":553},{"n":"Perky Blenders","s":"perky-blenders","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":799}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-kingfisher","m":3430},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":4444},{"s":"fish-house","m":4578},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":4962},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":5582},{"s":"faulkners","m":5844}]},{"slug":"fish-lounge","name":"Fish Lounge","area":"Brixton","address":"1a Brixton Hill, SW2 1AA","lat":51.454694,"lng":-0.119305,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for SW2 1AA, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Spotless, under the same owner for four decades, and the best in Brixton.","note":"The Fish Lounge has been run by the same man for more than forty years and is kept immaculate. Thin, delicate batter and thick chips, cod and rock and skate and plaice, and Jamaican patties alongside them because this is Brixton.","station":"Brixton","walk":12,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Fish Lounge, 1a Brixton Hill, SW2 1AA, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Windmill Brixton","s":"the-windmill-brixton","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":233},{"n":"Brixton Windmill","s":"brixton-windmill","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":352},{"n":"Hootananny Brixton","s":"hootananny-brixton","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":428}],"near_same":[{"s":"olleys","m":1363},{"s":"kens-fish-bar","m":1765},{"s":"seafresh","m":4739},{"s":"masters-superfish","m":5180},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":5272},{"s":"fishcotheque","m":5503}]},{"slug":"kens-fish-bar","name":"Ken's Fish Bar","area":"Herne Hill","address":"131 Half Moon Lane, SE24 9JY","lat":51.453313,"lng":-0.093924,"osm":"way/125758854","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Family-run since 1984, and the chips are the reason.","note":"Ken's has been frying on Half Moon Lane since 1984, and what people come back for is the chips - fluffy inside, properly salted - under cod in a batter that shatters. It turned up on Somebody Feed Phil, which brought a queue it has mostly absorbed.","station":"North Dulwich","walk":5,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Ken's Fish Bar, 131 Half Moon Lane, SE24 9JY, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Half Moon","s":"half-moon-herne-hill","c":"pubs","cn":"Pubs","m":475},{"n":"Dulwich Village","s":"dulwich-village","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":541},{"n":"Brockwell Lido","s":"brockwell-lido","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":871}],"near_same":[{"s":"olleys","m":521},{"s":"fish-lounge","m":1765},{"s":"brockleys-rock","m":4228},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":4841},{"s":"masters-superfish","m":5358},{"s":"seafresh","m":5496}]},{"slug":"olleys","name":"Olley's","area":"Herne Hill","address":"65-69 Norwood Road, SE24 9AA","lat":51.451053,"lng":-0.100522,"osm":"way/177113754","website":"https://www.olleys.info/","types":["glutenfree","licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A National Fish & Chip Awards finalist beside Brockwell Park, since 1987.","note":"Olley's looks like a taverna from the street and takes its sourcing seriously inside: Loch Duart salmon, traceable white fish, a gluten-free fryer. It has been a Top 20 finalist in the trade's own awards. The set combinations are named after people.","price":"\u00a310.45 for a small cod with chips and mushy peas; the standard portions run higher.","price_min":10,"price_max":16,"price_checked":"2026-09-21","station":"Herne Hill","walk":4,"hours":[null,[17.0,21.0],[17.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo off; Tu-We 17:00-21:00; Th-Su 12:00-15:00,17:00-21:00","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","_note":"Hours from OpenStreetMap: the shop publishes none on its own site.","price_band":"cheap","price_label":"\u00a310\u2013\u00a316","maps_q":"Olley's, 65-69 Norwood Road, SE24 9AA, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Half Moon","s":"half-moon-herne-hill","c":"pubs","cn":"Pubs","m":177},{"n":"Brockwell Lido","s":"brockwell-lido","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":468},{"n":"C. L. R. James's room, Railton Road","s":"c-l-r-james","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":724}],"near_same":[{"s":"kens-fish-bar","m":521},{"s":"fish-lounge","m":1363},{"s":"brockleys-rock","m":4723},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":5179},{"s":"seafresh","m":5505},{"s":"masters-superfish","m":5545}]},{"slug":"brockleys-rock","name":"Brockley's Rock","area":"Brockley","address":"317 Brockley Road, SE4 2QZ","lat":51.459456,"lng":-0.033696,"osm":"node/2124587325","website":"https://brockleysrock.co.uk/","types":["award","glutenfree","vegan"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Shortlisted for the best takeaway in Britain, from a former Chinese takeaway.","note":"Brockley's Rock took over a run-down unit on Brockley Road in 2011 and has been on the National Fish & Chip Awards shortlist for the best takeaway in the country. It runs a full gluten-free menu and a vegan one - banana blossom, battered vegan sausages - alongside the cod, and makes its own tartare sauce. Fish is priced on its own, with chips ordered separately.","price":"\u00a315.55 for cod at \u00a311.95 and a regular portion of chips at \u00a33.60.","price_min":15,"price_max":16,"price_checked":"2026-09-21","station":"Crofton Park","walk":6,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[14.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 12:00-22:00; Su 14:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://brockleysrock.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","price_band":"mid","price_label":"\u00a315\u2013\u00a316","maps_q":"Brockley's Rock, 317 Brockley Road, SE4 2QZ, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Nunhead Cemetery","s":"nunhead-cemetery","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":1259},{"n":"The Ivy House","s":"the-ivy-house","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":1282},{"n":"Two Spoons","s":"two-spoons","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":1320}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-golden-chippy","m":2104},{"s":"kens-fish-bar","m":4228},{"s":"olleys","m":4723},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":5324},{"s":"fish-lounge","m":5955},{"s":"marlow-fish-bar","m":6391}]},{"slug":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","name":"Sutton & Sons","area":"Stoke Newington","address":"90 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 7NY","lat":51.559995,"lng":-0.073718,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for N16 7NY, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":"https://www.suttonandsons.co.uk/","types":["licensed","sitdown","vegan"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A fishmonger's chip shop, and the most serious vegan menu of any of them.","note":"The Suttons were fishmongers before they were friers, which shows in what is on the counter - oysters shucked to order alongside the cod. The vegan menu is not a token: banana blossom in seaweed batter, done properly enough that people come for it specifically. Hackney beer on tap and Mrs Sutton's cakes after.","station":"Rectory Road","walk":5,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-22:30; Su 12:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.suttonandsons.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Sutton & Sons, 90 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 7NY, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Oddono's Stoke Newington","s":"oddonos-stoke-newington","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":274},{"n":"The Jolly Butchers","s":"the-jolly-butchers","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":284},{"n":"Esters","s":"esters","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":300}],"near_same":[{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":1007},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":1916},{"s":"faulkners","m":2005},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":2054},{"s":"the-kingfisher","m":2597},{"s":"fish-house","m":3232}]},{"slug":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","name":"Sutton & Sons Hackney","area":"Hackney","address":"218 Graham Road, E8 1BP","lat":51.54654,"lng":-0.056396,"osm":"node/9883943765","website":"https://www.suttonandsons.co.uk/","types":["licensed","sitdown","vegan"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"The Graham Road room, with the same fishmonger's counter behind it.","note":"The Hackney branch of the family's three, doing the same thing: fish bought as a fishmonger buys it, a vegan menu built on banana blossom rather than an afterthought, and local beer.","station":"Hackney Central","walk":1,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-22:30; Su 12:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.suttonandsons.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Sutton & Sons Hackney, 218 Graham Road, E8 1BP, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Cock Tavern","s":"the-cock-tavern","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":74},{"n":"Oslo","s":"oslo","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":88},{"n":"Hackney Empire","s":"hackney-empire","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":111}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-kingfisher","m":1114},{"s":"fish-house","m":1316},{"s":"faulkners","m":1432},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":1664},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":1916},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":2287}]},{"slug":"sutton-and-sons-islington","name":"Sutton & Sons Islington","area":"Islington","address":"356 Essex Road, N1 3PD","lat":51.54425,"lng":-0.089268,"osm":"way/197695794","website":"https://www.suttonandsons.co.uk/","types":["vegan"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"The Essex Road branch, takeaway only with a bench to eat it on.","note":"The third of the three and the plainest. This one serves the takeaway menu rather than the restaurant one, and the seating is a bench rather than a table.","station":"Canonbury","walk":7,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-22:30; Su 12:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.suttonandsons.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Sutton & Sons Islington, 356 Essex Road, N1 3PD, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Marquess Tavern","s":"marquess-tavern","c":"pubs","cn":"Pubs","m":435},{"n":"Canonbury Tavern","s":"canonbury-tavern","c":"pubs","cn":"Pubs","m":575},{"n":"Canonbury Square","s":"canonbury-square","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":737}],"near_same":[{"s":"faulkners","m":965},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":1076},{"s":"fish-central","m":1932},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":2054},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":2287},{"s":"poppies-spitalfields","m":2875}]},{"slug":"mickeys-chippy","name":"Mickey's Chippy","area":"Stoke Newington","address":"2 Pellerin Road, N16 8AT","lat":51.551566,"lng":-0.079066,"osm":"way/321745645","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A corner shop by the Army & Navy, with a Friday queue that says everything.","note":"Mickey's is the kind of chippy a neighbourhood keeps to itself: a corner counter near the Army & Navy, fast, fresh and consistent. It changed hands recently and the queue has not shortened.","station":"Dalston Kingsland","walk":5,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Mickey's Chippy, 2 Pellerin Road, N16 8AT, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"EartH","s":"earth","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":242},{"n":"Abra\u00e7o Dalston","s":"abraco-dalston","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":281},{"n":"Dalston Superstore","s":"dalston-superstore","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":296}],"near_same":[{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":1007},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":1076},{"s":"faulkners","m":1087},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":1664},{"s":"the-kingfisher","m":2669},{"s":"fish-house","m":2858}]},{"slug":"the-kingfisher","name":"The Kingfisher","area":"Homerton","address":"147 Homerton High Street, E9 6AS","lat":51.548839,"lng":-0.040702,"osm":"way/849047057","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"An orange sign on Homerton High Street, frying since 1971.","note":"Turkish-run and unchanged since 1971, down to the sign. It is a neighbourhood shop rather than a destination, and the appeal is the vintage of the room as much as what comes out of the fryer.","station":"Homerton","walk":3,"hours":[[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[12.0,21.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 11:30-22:00; Sa 12:00-21:00; Su off","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","_note":"Hours from OpenStreetMap: the shop publishes none on its own site.","maps_q":"The Kingfisher, 147 Homerton High Street, E9 6AS, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Castle Cinema","s":"the-castle-cinema","c":"cinemas","cn":"Cinemas","m":326},{"n":"Dark Arts Coffee","s":"dark-arts-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":391},{"n":"La Camionera","s":"la-camionera","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":649}],"near_same":[{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":1114},{"s":"fish-house","m":1336},{"s":"faulkners","m":2541},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":2597},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":2669},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":3396}]},{"slug":"faulkners","name":"Faulkners","area":"Dalston","address":"424-426 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA","lat":51.542006,"lng":-0.07578,"osm":"way/460833841","website":"https://www.faulkners.uk.com/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A proper sit-down fish restaurant on Kingsland Road, since the early eighties.","note":"Faulkners is a restaurant rather than a counter: tablecloths, a menu that runs to halibut and Dover sole, and a bar. It has been on Kingsland Road since the early 1980s, and the Turkish side of the neighbourhood has worked its way onto the menu alongside the fish.","station":"Dalston Junction","walk":5,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Faulkners, 424-426 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ellie's","s":"ellies","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":9},{"n":"Three Sheets","s":"three-sheets","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":214},{"n":"De Beauvoir Square","s":"de-beauvoir-square","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":223}],"near_same":[{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":965},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":1087},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":1432},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":2005},{"s":"fish-central","m":2179},{"s":"fish-house","m":2204}]},{"slug":"fish-house","name":"Fish House","area":"Victoria Park","address":"128 Lauriston Road, E9 7LH","lat":51.537108,"lng":-0.044892,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for E9 7LH, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":"https://fishhouse.co.uk/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Victoria Park Village's fish restaurant, with a counter attached.","note":"A family-run room on Lauriston Road with an ethically sourced, seasonal menu that changes with what is landed. There is a restaurant on one side and a takeaway counter on the other, which is a useful arrangement in a village where the park is two minutes away.","station":"London Fields","walk":12,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Fish House, 128 Lauriston Road, E9 7LH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bottle Apostle, Victoria Park","s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":61},{"n":"Pophams Victoria Park","s":"pophams-victoria-park","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":140},{"n":"Chisenhale Gallery","s":"chisenhale-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":575}],"near_same":[{"s":"sutton-and-sons-hackney","m":1316},{"s":"the-kingfisher","m":1336},{"s":"faulkners","m":2204},{"s":"poppies-spitalfields","m":2756},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":2858},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":3170}]},{"slug":"nautilus","name":"Nautilus","area":"West Hampstead","address":"27-29 Fortune Green Road, NW6 1DU","lat":51.554027,"lng":-0.196474,"osm":"node/596793657","website":null,"types":["sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Matzo meal instead of batter, which is the whole point.","note":"Nautilus fries in matzo meal rather than batter, in the Jewish tradition of north-west London, and will grill instead if you ask. The result is lighter and drier than the standard article and has its own devoted following. Mini portions are on the menu, which few places bother with.","station":"West Hampstead Thameslink","walk":9,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Nautilus, 27-29 Fortune Green Road, NW6 1DU, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Una Marson's flat, Mill Lane","s":"una-marson","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":434},{"n":"Masaryk's house, Platt's Lane","s":"tomas-masaryk","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":694},{"n":"West Hampstead Farmers' Market","s":"west-hampstead-farmers-market","c":"farmers-markets","cn":"Farmers' Markets","m":717}],"near_same":[{"s":"poppies-camden","m":3915},{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":4079},{"s":"poppies-portobello","m":4397},{"s":"two-brothers","m":5018},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":5096},{"s":"toffs","m":5344}]},{"slug":"two-brothers","name":"Two Brothers","area":"Finchley","address":"297-303 Regent's Park Road, N3 1DP","lat":51.59916,"lng":-0.196492,"osm":"node/379142164","website":"https://www.twobrothers.co.uk/","types":["licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A north London fish restaurant that has outlasted most of its rivals.","note":"Two Brothers has been a fixture on Regent's Park Road for decades: a proper sit-down room, fish fried or grilled, and a menu that assumes you might want a starter and a glass of wine with it rather than a paper wrapping.","station":"Finchley Central","walk":4,"hours":[null,[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0],[12.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Tu-Su 12:00-14:30,17:30-22:00","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","_note":"Hours from OpenStreetMap: the shop publishes only that it is closed on Mondays, which OSM agrees with.","maps_q":"Two Brothers, 297-303 Regent's Park Road, N3 1DP, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Stephens Collection","s":"stephens-collection","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":322},{"n":"artsdepot","s":"artsdepot","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":2051},{"n":"Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb","s":"central-square-hampstead-garden-suburb","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":2084}],"near_same":[{"s":"toffs","m":3748},{"s":"king-neptune","m":4823},{"s":"nautilus","m":5018},{"s":"poppies-camden","m":7425},{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":8763},{"s":"poppies-portobello","m":9398}]},{"slug":"toffs","name":"Toff's","area":"Muswell Hill","address":"38 Muswell Hill Broadway, N10 3RT","lat":51.5896,"lng":-0.14446,"osm":"node/5163825194","website":"https://www.toffsfish.co.uk/","types":["award","licensed","sitdown"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Named the best in London by the trade's own awards, and frying since 1968.","note":"Toff's has been on Muswell Hill Broadway since 1968, wood-panelled and family-run, and the National Fish & Chip Awards named it the best restaurant in London. The fish is traceable and British, fried in a matzo-and-egg coating or grilled, and the menu has a fish soup to start and a spotted dick to finish, which tells you what kind of room it is.","station":"Highgate","walk":17,"hours":[[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[11.5,22.0],[12.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 11:30-22:00; Su 12:00-21:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.toffsfish.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Toff's, 38 Muswell Hill Broadway, N10 3RT, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Doppio Coffee","s":"doppio-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":120},{"n":"Oliver Tambo's house, Alexandra Park Road","s":"oliver-tambo","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":926},{"n":"Alexandra Palace","s":"alexandra-palace","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":1072}],"near_same":[{"s":"two-brothers","m":3748},{"s":"nautilus","m":5344},{"s":"poppies-camden","m":5413},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-stoke-newington","m":5893},{"s":"mickeys-chippy","m":6189},{"s":"sutton-and-sons-islington","m":6323}]},{"slug":"king-neptune","name":"King Neptune","area":"Edgware","address":"131 Deans Lane, HA8 9NY","lat":51.616348,"lng":-0.260618,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for HA8 9NY, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Frying on Deans Lane since 1946, and the regulars still pay cash.","note":"A neighbourhood shop at the far end of Edgware, frying since 1946, with the manner to go with it: a jug of water put on the table unasked, regulars known by name. The fish is honest rather than remarkable.","station":"Mill Hill Broadway","walk":11,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"King Neptune, 131 Deans Lane, HA8 9NY, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St Lawrence, Little Stanmore","s":"st-lawrence-little-stanmore","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":2169},{"n":"Royal Air Force Museum London","s":"royal-air-force-museum-london","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":2525},{"n":"Bang Bang Oriental Foodhall","s":"bang-bang-oriental","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":2582}],"near_same":[{"s":"two-brothers","m":4823},{"s":"every-fish-bar","m":6135},{"s":"nautilus","m":8225},{"s":"toffs","m":8555},{"s":"stones-fish-and-chips","m":10799},{"s":"poppies-camden","m":11635}]},{"slug":"every-fish-bar","name":"Every Fish Bar","area":"Harrow","address":"Station Road, HA1 2JN","lat":51.582823,"lng":-0.331167,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for HA1 2JN, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A Harrow counter where the fish comes with jerk seasoning and jollof.","note":"Mohammed Gbadamosi runs this, and it does the traditional article alongside Caribbean and West African cooking - jerk, jollof rice - from Billingsgate fish. The two halves share a fryer rather than sitting on separate menus.","station":"Harrow-on-the-Hill","walk":7,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Every Fish Bar, Station Road, HA1 2JN, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Old Speech Room Gallery and Museum, Harrow School","s":"old-speech-room-gallery-and-museum-harrow-school","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1178},{"n":"Harrow School","s":"harrow-school","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":1188},{"n":"Harrow Museum","s":"harrow-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":2069}],"near_same":[{"s":"king-neptune","m":6135},{"s":"stones-fish-and-chips","m":8397},{"s":"two-brothers","m":9479},{"s":"nautilus","m":9844},{"s":"poppies-portobello","m":11589},{"s":"toffs","m":12921}]},{"slug":"stones-fish-and-chips","name":"Stones Fish and Chips","area":"Acton","address":"331 Horn Lane, W3 0BU","lat":51.519272,"lng":-0.265546,"osm":"node/12085209747","website":"https://stonesfishandchips.co.uk/","types":["award"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"One of two London shops on the national shortlist, run by a French Algerian couple.","note":"Amine and Najett opened Stones on Horn Lane in 2015, and in a decade it has gone from a local counter to one of only two London shops on the National Fish & Chip Awards shortlist for the best takeaway in Britain. Fry magazine had it among the fifty best in the country before that.","station":"Acton Main Line","walk":4,"hours":[null,[16.0,21.0],[16.0,21.0],[16.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[16.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo off; Tu-Th 16:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-14:00,16:00-21:00; Su 16:00-21:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://stonesfishandchips.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Stones Fish and Chips, 331 Horn Lane, W3 0BU, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"London Transport Museum Depot","s":"london-transport-museum-depot","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1958},{"n":"Depot open days: design classics","s":"depot-open-days-design-classics","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":2158},{"n":"Happy Sky","s":"happy-sky","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":2344}],"near_same":[{"s":"poppies-portobello","m":4273},{"s":"nautilus","m":6144},{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":6912},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","m":7259},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":7798},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":7929}]},{"slug":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","name":"The Mayfair Chippy","area":"Mayfair","address":"14 North Audley Street, W1K 6WE","lat":51.513163,"lng":-0.153267,"osm":"way/342745880","website":"https://www.mayfairchippy.com/","types":["licensed","sitdown","vegan"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A chip shop in the Michelin Guide, with a chequerboard floor and a wine list.","note":"The Mayfair Chippy is in the Michelin Guide and holds an AA rosette, which is not a sentence you write about many chip shops. The room is black-and-white tiled and does a full restaurant service; the vegan menu runs to battered halloumi and a to-fish. Priced for the postcode.","station":"Bond Street","walk":4,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"The Mayfair Chippy, 14 North Audley Street, W1K 6WE, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Mercato Mayfair","s":"mercato-mayfair","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":9},{"n":"German Kraft Mayfair","s":"german-kraft-mayfair","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":9},{"n":"Badiani Mayfair","s":"badiani-mayfair","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":26}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":558},{"s":"golden-union","m":1102},{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":1369},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":1431},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","m":1833},{"s":"fishoria","m":1925}]},{"slug":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","name":"The Mayfair Chippy Knightsbridge","area":"Knightsbridge","address":"138 Brompton Road, SW3 1HY","lat":51.498697,"lng":-0.165991,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for SW3 1HY, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":"https://www.mayfairchippy.com/knightsbridge","types":["licensed","sitdown","vegan"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"The Brompton Road branch of the Michelin-listed chippy.","note":"The second room, on Brompton Road opposite the Knightsbridge end of the shopping. Same kitchen and same approach as North Audley Street: a restaurant that happens to serve fish and chips, rather than a chip shop with tables.","station":"Knightsbridge","walk":6,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"The Mayfair Chippy Knightsbridge, 138 Brompton Road, SW3 1HY, London","in_area":{"slug":"south-kensington","name":"South Kensington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Brompton Road","s":"brompton-road","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":57},{"n":"Bunch of Grapes","s":"bunch-of-grapes-knightsbridge","c":"pubs","cn":"Pubs","m":152},{"n":"Hafiz Mustafa 1864","s":"hafiz-mustafa-1864","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":172}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-mayfair","m":1833},{"s":"seafresh","m":1924},{"s":"the-golden-hind","m":2383},{"s":"the-seashell-of-lisson-grove","m":2668},{"s":"golden-union","m":2692},{"s":"poppies-soho","m":2775}]},{"slug":"the-golden-chippy","name":"The Golden Chippy","area":"Greenwich","address":"62 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8LF","lat":51.475867,"lng":-0.018558,"osm":"node/3233066044","website":"https://www.thegoldenchippy.co.uk/","types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Greenwich's queue-out-the-door shop, frying since 2005.","note":"The Golden Chippy is small, always busy, and the fish comes with chips and a Mediterranean salad rather than the usual two items - which is the house signature. Halal is available on request. It has been on Greenwich High Road since 2005 and the queue has been there almost as long.","price":"\u00a315.50 for a standard cod, which comes with chips and a salad; \u00a317.50 for the large.","price_min":15,"price_max":18,"price_checked":"2026-09-21","station":"Deptford Bridge","walk":4,"hours":[[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 12:00-23:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.thegoldenchippy.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","price_band":"mid","price_label":"\u00a315\u2013\u00a318","maps_q":"The Golden Chippy, 62 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8LF, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Endeavour","s":"endeavour","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":438},{"n":"Deptford Literature Festival","s":"deptford-literature-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":470},{"n":"Trinity Laban","s":"trinity-laban","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":487}],"near_same":[{"s":"brockleys-rock","m":2104},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":4994},{"s":"kens-fish-bar","m":5792},{"s":"olleys","m":6313},{"s":"masters-superfish","m":6767},{"s":"poppies-spitalfields","m":6768}]},{"slug":"marlow-fish-bar","name":"Marlow Fish Bar","area":"Anerley","address":"57 Marlow Road, SE20 7YG","lat":51.404355,"lng":-0.059949,"osm":null,"_note":"Not matched in OpenStreetMap by name. Coordinate is the postcodes.io point for SE20 7YG, the address given by the guide it was found in.","website":null,"types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"Cypriot-run since 1962, and everyone gets called darlin'.","note":"A family shop in Anerley that has been going since 1962, where the cod comes out flaking and the curry sauce is thick enough to stand a chip in. Everyone gets called darlin'.","station":"Birkbeck","walk":3,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Marlow Fish Bar, 57 Marlow Road, SE20 7YG, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Carnival Coffee Roasters","s":"carnival-coffee-roasters","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":1174},{"n":"Dadabhai Naoroji's house, Anerley Park","s":"dadabhai-naoroji","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":1361},{"n":"Crystal Palace Dinosaurs","s":"crystal-palace-dinosaurs","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":1568}],"near_same":[{"s":"olleys","m":5905},{"s":"kens-fish-bar","m":5931},{"s":"brockleys-rock","m":6391},{"s":"fish-lounge","m":6947},{"s":"the-golden-chippy","m":8453},{"s":"josephs-fish-and-chips","m":10345}]},{"slug":"batterfly","name":"Batterfly","area":"Surbiton","address":"90 Alexandra Drive, KT5 9AG","lat":51.389937,"lng":-0.2831,"osm":"node/11215291207","website":null,"types":["award"],"attrs":[],"verdict":"One of the fifty best in Britain, in a Surbiton side street.","note":"Batterfly made Fry magazine's top fifty takeaways in the country, which almost no London shop does - and it is in London, whatever the Surrey postal address suggests, in the Royal Borough of Kingston. A residential-street counter with a national reputation.","station":"Berrylands","walk":13,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"maps_q":"Batterfly, 90 Alexandra Drive, KT5 9AG, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Surbiton station","s":"surbiton-station","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":1475},{"n":"Kingston Museum","s":"kingston-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":2486},{"n":"The Coronation Stone","s":"the-coronation-stone","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":2628}],"near_same":[{"s":"fish-lounge","m":13447},{"s":"olleys","m":14368},{"s":"stones-fish-and-chips","m":14435},{"s":"the-mayfair-chippy-knightsbridge","m":14599},{"s":"kens-fish-bar","m":14890},{"s":"poppies-portobello","m":14988}]},{"slug":"josephs-fish-and-chips","name":"Joseph's Fish & Chips","area":"Bermondsey","address":"83 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 4TW","lat":51.496301,"lng":-0.082791,"osm":"node/677315950","website":"https://www.josephsfishandchips.com/tower-bridge","types":[],"attrs":[],"verdict":"A husband-and-wife shop on Tower Bridge Road, named for his father.","note":"Turan grew up in Southwark and Ebz in Hackney, and they named the shop for Turan's late father. The fish is bought fresh rather than frozen, and sourced locally where it can be.","station":"Borough","walk":11,"hours":[[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 12:00-15:00,17:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-21:00; Su off","hours_url":"https://www.josephsfishandchips.com/tower-bridge","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-21","maps_q":"Joseph's Fish & Chips, 83 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 4TW, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"M. Manze","s":"m-manze","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":5},{"n":"Bermondsey Street","s":"bermondsey-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":146},{"n":"The Arzner","s":"the-arzner","c":"cinemas","cn":"Cinemas","m":206}],"near_same":[{"s":"masters-superfish","m":1797},{"s":"fishcotheque","m":2175},{"s":"poppies-spitalfields","m":2778},{"s":"the-fryers-delight","m":3594},{"s":"fish-central","m":3616},{"s":"rock-and-sole-plaice","m":3624}]}]}