Price of Fish & Chips - How Much?!?
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Driver101 said:
Mobile Chicane said:
It doesn't look big to me. That looks closer to a small fish here, but the portion of chips looks big. 
"How did you find your fish sir?"
"I picked up a chip and there it was."
hungry_hog said:
my good local place is Toffs in Muswell Hill (London N10)
GBP13 for a large haddock and chips, prep pandemic was about GBP11.
Expensive, but as people have said on here, much cheaper than other take out
For Chinese (or Indian) of main/starter/rice its £25 for decent places. There are some cheaper ones but to be avoided unless you fancy reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy on the toilet the next day!
The best place I have found is Ollys in Norwood when I lived the other side of the river.
There are some really bad chip shops in London...anywhere that sells other fast food is generally awful. If you ask then to de skin the fish and they refuse, walk away!
Why do people keep comparing a fish supper to an Indian or Chinese 2 or 3 course meal? Why not just a main meal? GBP13 for a large haddock and chips, prep pandemic was about GBP11.
Expensive, but as people have said on here, much cheaper than other take out
For Chinese (or Indian) of main/starter/rice its £25 for decent places. There are some cheaper ones but to be avoided unless you fancy reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy on the toilet the next day!
The best place I have found is Ollys in Norwood when I lived the other side of the river.
There are some really bad chip shops in London...anywhere that sells other fast food is generally awful. If you ask then to de skin the fish and they refuse, walk away!
£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
No pictures but tried a "new to us" place a few days ago.
I had a (northern style) fish cake, whilst the mrs had a cod roe and we shared a more then generous small chips.
The roe was freshly cooked and nice but a bit on the small side, fish cake was more than decent and the chips epic.
For £5.10 I can see why they always look busy whilst on the other hand the one in my first post shut down after less than a month...
I had a (northern style) fish cake, whilst the mrs had a cod roe and we shared a more then generous small chips.
The roe was freshly cooked and nice but a bit on the small side, fish cake was more than decent and the chips epic.
For £5.10 I can see why they always look busy whilst on the other hand the one in my first post shut down after less than a month...
Driver101 said:
Why do people keep comparing a fish supper to an Indian or Chinese 2 or 3 course meal? Why not just a main meal?
£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
I guess my logic is fish and chips is so massive the amount of food ends up similar in terms of being full for two£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
I'd also count rice + starter as one not two... but this is all semantics
Chinese: main 14 quid, starter 8, rice 3
COL crisis plus London
If you know some good places cheaper would be interested to know. Place I go is called Bund and is packed every night for eat in.
hungry_hog said:
Driver101 said:
Why do people keep comparing a fish supper to an Indian or Chinese 2 or 3 course meal? Why not just a main meal?
£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
I guess my logic is fish and chips is so massive the amount of food ends up similar in terms of being full for two£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
I'd also count rice + starter as one not two... but this is all semantics
Chinese: main 14 quid, starter 8, rice 3
COL crisis plus London
If you know some good places cheaper would be interested to know. Place I go is called Bund and is packed every night for eat in.
The preparation of a curry is more time consuming than fish and chips.
Just looking at the Bund menu.
Chicken satay skewers £5.30. Shredded crispy beef £8.90 and rice £3. That's £17.20 and not £25.
Driver101 said:
hungry_hog said:
Driver101 said:
Why do people keep comparing a fish supper to an Indian or Chinese 2 or 3 course meal? Why not just a main meal?
£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
I guess my logic is fish and chips is so massive the amount of food ends up similar in terms of being full for two£25 for just rice, starter and a curry to get good quality? That's really expensive.
I'd also count rice + starter as one not two... but this is all semantics
Chinese: main 14 quid, starter 8, rice 3
COL crisis plus London
If you know some good places cheaper would be interested to know. Place I go is called Bund and is packed every night for eat in.
The preparation of a curry is more time consuming than fish and chips.
Just looking at the Bund menu.
Chicken satay skewers £5.30. Shredded crispy beef £8.90 and rice £3. That's £17.20 and not £25.
Many places now put a main dish into a half rice container now or those shallow plastic containers.
Then it's blended onion en mass in liquid.
Meat pieces count is vastly reduced. Yet they aren't quiet, or appear quiet so punters are expecting it.
I used to eat curry once-twice a week. Now it's once a month at best.
I guess that a straight comparison between a £10 fish and chips and a £20 curry needs finessing because the curry will probably do for a dinner and a lunch (or it used to).:
The problem being now that it's not 20 quid for a modest curry it's more like 35/40.
I haven't ordered once from my Indian takeaway who put his prices up astronomically a few weeks back.
The problem being now that it's not 20 quid for a modest curry it's more like 35/40.
I haven't ordered once from my Indian takeaway who put his prices up astronomically a few weeks back.
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Have you seen the quality of a curry dish?
Many places now put a main dish into a half rice container now or those shallow plastic containers.
Then it's blended onion en mass in liquid.
Meat pieces count is vastly reduced. Yet they aren't quiet, or appear quiet so punters are expecting it.
I used to eat curry once-twice a week. Now it's once a month at best.
You are going to the wrong places. Many places now put a main dish into a half rice container now or those shallow plastic containers.
Then it's blended onion en mass in liquid.
Meat pieces count is vastly reduced. Yet they aren't quiet, or appear quiet so punters are expecting it.
I used to eat curry once-twice a week. Now it's once a month at best.
princeperch said:
I guess that a straight comparison between a £10 fish and chips and a £20 curry needs finessing because the curry will probably do for a dinner and a lunch (or it used to).:
The problem being now that it's not 20 quid for a modest curry it's more like 35/40.
I haven't ordered once from my Indian takeaway who put his prices up astronomically a few weeks back.
£35/40 for a modest curry in the same area fish and chips are £10? The problem being now that it's not 20 quid for a modest curry it's more like 35/40.
I haven't ordered once from my Indian takeaway who put his prices up astronomically a few weeks back.
It's over £10 for fish and chips here. Poppadoms, chicken pakora, curry, rice, dips and naan is £20. The £20 Indian is substantially more food than fish and chips.
I am staggered by the prices of Indian and Chinese takeaways being reported on this board. The following menu is from my favourite Indian takeaway in Kent. My missus and I would normally have Dansak, Meat Biryani (includes a veg curry as well), Sag Aloo and a plain Naan - £21,70 for two people and they still do normal portion sizes, so enough left over for a decent, spicy breakfast the next day.
https://www.masumsgravesend.co.uk/masums-take-away...
https://www.masumsgravesend.co.uk/masums-take-away...
I too am staggered by the prices in Indian food being mentioned.
To try and get fair comparison for 1 pers.
Our regular chippy, 1x Cod, 1x med chips, bread roll £10.30
Our regular Indian, 1 x Chicken Jaipur, 1 × Pilau rice, 1 x Naan 12.50, that's eat in prices too. 15% off if takeaway. So 12.50 becomes £10.62.
To try and get fair comparison for 1 pers.
Our regular chippy, 1x Cod, 1x med chips, bread roll £10.30
Our regular Indian, 1 x Chicken Jaipur, 1 × Pilau rice, 1 x Naan 12.50, that's eat in prices too. 15% off if takeaway. So 12.50 becomes £10.62.
Two nephews stayed over last night, so for a change went to the local chippy .
2x mini fish and chips and curry sauce pot ( fish isn't really mini tbf)
1x Roe and chips
1x battered sausage and chips.
£21.50 and no one finished all their food, well stuffed and compared to going out for a meal for all of us, reasonably priced.
Still a curry night out mind.
2x mini fish and chips and curry sauce pot ( fish isn't really mini tbf)
1x Roe and chips
1x battered sausage and chips.
£21.50 and no one finished all their food, well stuffed and compared to going out for a meal for all of us, reasonably priced.
Still a curry night out mind.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
snuffy said:
princeperch said:
£10 for a large one from the codfather in leytonstone
The codfather - oh, how I laughed.FiF said:
I too am staggered by the prices in Indian food being mentioned.
To try and get fair comparison for 1 pers.
Our regular chippy, 1x Cod, 1x med chips, bread roll £10.30
Our regular Indian, 1 x Chicken Jaipur, 1 × Pilau rice, 1 x Naan 12.50, that's eat in prices too. 15% off if takeaway. So 12.50 becomes £10.62.
That is about the same as ours then. I have had a look at the best local chippy and two large cod with one large chips is £22, so pretty comparable.To try and get fair comparison for 1 pers.
Our regular chippy, 1x Cod, 1x med chips, bread roll £10.30
Our regular Indian, 1 x Chicken Jaipur, 1 × Pilau rice, 1 x Naan 12.50, that's eat in prices too. 15% off if takeaway. So 12.50 becomes £10.62.
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