Angelfish - Northumberland

I was excited to try the award-winning fish and chips at this fish and chip shop, but to my disappointment, it was closed. Instead, there was a mobile fish and chip shop outside the Angel Inn that seemed to be affiliated with them. The fish was freshly cooked, but the chips were barely warm and the peas were cold. I should have been warned when they placed the pots of peas on the counter before the fish was ready. Despite being only two minutes away from our rental, the supper was ruined by the time we got home. It seemed like it was cold even before it was served to us. This experience really put a damper on our evening.

The cod was delicious, the batter was brilliant, and the beef fat chips were perfect for a cold and damp evening. This chippy had everything you could ask for.

I ordered online and was stung for £1.50 service charge and 53p tip. None of these extra costs were optional- is this actually legal? The fish was good but the chips were tiny scrappy bits. I won’t be back

Stil a little puzzled as to why I got the death stare, instead of a customer friendly smile, on entering the premises but perhaps I was being anonymously selected as the days “Punter to really upset”! My wife and I ordered two small sausages and a small portion of chips and two fish cakes and a large chips. I really can’t begin to tell you what happened after this but the translation of this order by laughing boy and his equally morose assistant were beyond human comprehension. At one stage the idiots were about to produce two portions of sausage and chips and two portions of fish cakes and salad with a further two large portions of chips, apparently the word “portion”,which we had not actually introduced into the original order is all you can have and ordering fish cakes means that you have to have their cakes and salad, you can’t have chips and fish cakes as a meal it seems-well that’s a new one on me at 65 years old. Anyhow after a verbal battle, during which which I could feel myself getting more and more annoyed, the 2022 customer service champions managed to produce the requested food, chips obviously recooked and soggy and two cans of soft drinks for the best part of twenty quid. I did actually say “Apologies for the confusion, caused by you” and that went straight over the top of the head. Do yourselves a favour and change your “Under new management “ to one saying closed.

We thoroughly enjoyed our food from Angelfish. The chips were really good, full of flavour and not that dreaded oily/fishy flavour you often get. The curry sauce was delicious, nothing like the generic chippy sauce. The shop itself is very well presented. The wine fridge is an excellent addition, it would allow you to make a real occasion of such a traditional 'quick tea ' which I find really charming.