Fry Magazine Unveils UK’s Top 50 Fish & Chip Takeaways and Top 10 Restaurants for 2026

Fry Magazine has revealed the UK’s standout chippies, showcasing high standards, community spirit and resilience during a challenging year.

The top 50 are as follows:

• Ainsworth’s Fish & Chips, Caernarfon, Gwynedd
• Auckley Friery, Auckley, Doncaster
• Batterfly Fish & Chips, Surbiton, Surrey 
• Beedle’s Chippy, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, 
• Callaway’s Fish & Chips, Dorchester, Dorset
• Catch, Netherlee, Glasgow
• Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire
• Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
• Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Langney, Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Country Fried, Ribble Valley, Lancashire
• David’s Fish & Chips, Brixham, Devon
• Fiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, Herefordshire
• Finney’s Fish and Chips, Benllech, Anglesey
• Fintans Fish & Chip Co, Llanishen, Cardiff
• Fish N Fry,  Easton, Bristol 
• Garioch Fish Bar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
• Greg & Lou’s, Redruth, Cornwall 
• Harley’s Fish Bar, Great Barr, Birmingham
• Hikary’s Fish Bar, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
• Hiks, Brynhyfryd, Swansea 
• Hird’s Family Fisheries, Halifax, West Yorkshire
• Kirbys of Horsforth, Horsforth, Leeds
• Kirbys of Meanwood, Meanwood, Leeds
• Lighthouse Fisheries of Flamborough, Flamborough, East Yorkshire 
• Linfords Traditional Fish and Chips, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
• Lows Traditional Fish and Chips, Berryden Business Park, Aberdeenshire
• Monster Fish & Chips Co, Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire 
• Moore’s Fish and Chips, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway
• My Plaice Fish & Chips, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
• Portside Fish & Chips, Starbeck, North Yorkshire 
• Portside Fish & Chips, Kirkstall Road, Leeds 
• Quintiliani’s Fast Food, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
• Redcloak Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
• Sandgate Chippie, Penrith, Cumbria 
• Scott’s Plaice, Gosport, Hampshire
• Sea Salt + Sole, Dyce, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
• Shappy Wheels, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
• Sykes Fish and Chips, Pendlebury, Manchester 
• The Big Chippy, Dudley, West Midlands 
• The Cafe Royal, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway
• The Chippie Van, Eden Valley and Carlisle, Cumbria
• The Codfather, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• The Corner Plaice, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire
• The Fish Bank, Sherburn in Elemet, North Yorkshire
• The Fish Works, Largs, North Ayrshire 
• The Hook of Clacton, Clacton on Sea, Essex
• The Oyster Shell, Bath, Somerset
• The Proper Fish and Chips Co, Honiton, Devon
• The Trawler, Golspie, Highland 
• The Village Fish & Chips, Orpington, Kent
• Town Street Fryer , Stockport, Manchester
• Westend Fish and Chips, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
• Westend Fish and Chips, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
• Your Plaice or Mine Mobile Van, Thorne, South Yorkshire

10 Best Restaurants

• Anstruther Fish Bar, Anstruther, Fife
• Fish City, Belfast
• Fishy Delishy, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
• Harbour Lights, Falmouth, Cornwall 
• Pier Point Bar and Restaurant, Torquay, Devon
• Quayside Restaurant and Fish Bar, Gourdon, Montrose, Aberdeenshire
• Shap Chippy, Penrith, Cumbria
• The Elite Fish and Chip Company, Tritton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Trenchers of Whitby, Whitby, Yorkshire
• Trenchers Spanish City, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear

Reece Head, competition organiser, comments: “Congratulations to this year’s Fry Award winners. Over the past 12 months, these operators have faced significant challenges, including higher wage costs, rising energy bills and exceptional pressure on fish prices. Despite this, they have maintained consistently high standards, supported and motivated their teams, and kept customers informed as changes were needed. That commitment was evident to our mystery judges and is what secured each business a place among the UK’s leading fish and chip shops. Exceptionally high pass marks of 96% and 97% were set this year, demonstrating the consistently high shop standards in place.

“Their success proves that our nation’s favourite takeaway remains nutritious, great value and stronger than ever.”