The Allan Water Cafe - Stirling

Got a fish super tonight 5th July 2023 was one off the worst fish I have ever had. Very dry looked like it had been sitting for a long time. If thus is the product there are serving its not cheap) I wouldn't recommend it.

It's probably the best fish and chips I've ever had in all honesty. Lovely cafe to sit down in, and the service was very quick. The chips were fluffy and perfectly cooked. The fish was massive, and the batter tasted amazing. Then, the ice cream sundae to follow was nice to top it off. Staff very friendly.

Steak pie was fantastic! Breaded haddock was good, but unexpected. Battered haddock tastes the best. Rocky road was sad, no crunchy road bits at all just soft bites : . Ice cream is very tasty and worth the detour. Toilets have very limited space and require you to bend down to enter. Great place for dinner and I will come back again!

It was very busy with no availability for a table, so we went to the chip shop, also busy , with a line outside and this is usually a good sign as it shows its popular with locals . Chips were not good, the potatoes used were full of eyes and I left lots of uneaten black bits, fish was OK. Everything freshly made so nice and hot, but this obviously added to the stress of the main Fryer person as he was quite terse while taking some orders. It would be better if the juice selection was visible so the cashiers didn 't have to answer questions about what juices they have the cans were stored below counter height so weren 't visible to make a selection before asking) . I finished my fish but left most of the chips.

Food was freshly cooked and piping hot. The small portion was more than enough with the size of fish and amount of chips. The large would have been sheer greed. Both the staff behind the counter were very nice. And the place was busy for a Monday night. Will return. Worth another visit