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Title: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Donnywolf on November 09, 2021, 06:25:38 am
... would or could be an interesting Thread - everyone seems to have a favourite so lets see what they are
I ask because I saw " Doncaster area Chippy in Top 10 in Yorkshire" said Yorkshire Post and I immediately thought  "Fish Bits" where I barely have a less than great Fish n Chip experience but NO it was actually Auckley Friery where I barely have a less than great Fish n Chip experience

If I am staying local I opt for Chips n Things in Moorends where I barely have a less than great Fish n Chip experience

There must be some equally "good" that are waiting to be "outed" on here lol so whats your "go to Chippy"
Realise I opened Thread called "best Chippy" and have 3 which I cant "split" personally


Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: selby on November 09, 2021, 07:26:41 am
Wolfie, if you are ever out Selby way try The Frying Nemo at Carlton on the Selby road from Snaith they are very good, Not exactly the Doncaster area but worth going if out this way.
  I am not expert on many things, but fish and chips I am.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: DonnyOsmond on November 09, 2021, 07:27:19 am
Whitbys
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Post by: Ldr on November 09, 2021, 07:57:06 am
I miss newtons
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Post by: SydneyRover on November 09, 2021, 08:14:33 am
sorry guys the last 3 posts are off, off topic  :)
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Filo on November 09, 2021, 08:14:50 am
Harry’s in Dunsville
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Post by: mushRTID on November 09, 2021, 08:18:02 am
Another vote for Whitbys here.
Their steak pie is also tremendous.
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Post by: Metalmicky on November 09, 2021, 08:29:56 am
Make your own - half the price and better for you... only thing I buy is the mushy peas...
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Post by: glosterred on November 09, 2021, 09:17:19 am
Make your own - half the price and better for you... only thing I buy is the mushy peas...

Hands up all those that remember their parents having a chip pan when they were kids that you had to melt the dripping in the pan before you could get the chips frying

Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Axholme Lion on November 09, 2021, 09:46:03 am
After writing in the other thread about healthy eating i shouldn't be replying to this! Last time i went there the Auckley Friary was good, although the last time i had anything from a chip shop was walking back home on Referendum Night, ( did you like how i got on to Brexit ).
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on November 09, 2021, 10:38:10 am
Not been back home for years but a while ago for me it in my local area it was Roberts Golden Cod on York Road and a lad i knew ran a chippy called Martin's Plaice off York Road and he then ran the chippy on Rowena Drive in Scawsby. Martin Bilby he was called.

Not been to a chippy back in Donny for years now.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: BahrainRover on November 09, 2021, 11:50:53 am
One of the only things I really miss not being in the UK is fish and chips. Not quite in Donny, but has to be Bell Lane Fisheries in Ackworth. and not to start another debate, it has to be Haddock not Cod.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: foxbat on November 09, 2021, 11:55:33 am
Great idea for a thread DW , something cheerful instead of our usual monitoring of the depressing sh1te going on.
Is Rothwells on Copley Road still going ?
not been down there for years.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Axholme Lion on November 09, 2021, 12:23:53 pm
One of the only things I really miss not being in the UK is fish and chips. Not quite in Donny, but has to be Bell Lane Fisheries in Ackworth. and not to start another debate, it has to be Haddock not Cod.

Is that the little one on the corner?
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on November 09, 2021, 04:32:39 pm
I thought Rothwells was the one that used to be opposite the market near to the Castle pub?
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Post by: Monkcaster_Rover on November 09, 2021, 04:47:59 pm
Again, nothing to do with Donny but one of the few highlights I discovered whilst living in Hull was the Papa's chippy they have. Mint.

For Donny - I'd go with Fish Bits!
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: drfchound on November 09, 2021, 04:56:32 pm
I thought Rothwells was the one that used to be opposite the market near to the Castle pub?




On the corner of Copley Road, at the market end.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: tommy toes on November 09, 2021, 04:57:49 pm
Yes Rothwells is still going strong. We went in their restaurant recently. It was excellent.
The chip shop near me in Armthorpe is poor.
Best I've had is Mother Hubbard's in Scarborough, or Quayside in Whitby
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: tommy toes on November 09, 2021, 05:00:59 pm
I thought Rothwells was the one that used to be opposite the market near to the Castle pub?




On the corner of Copley Road, at the market end.

No it's not.
That is now a sandwich shop/cafe called Shakespeares.
Rothwells is near the Castle pub as someone said earlier.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: drfchound on November 09, 2021, 05:04:05 pm
I thought Rothwells was the one that used to be opposite the market near to the Castle pub?




On the corner of Copley Road, at the market end.

No it's not.
That is now a sandwich shop/cafe called Shakespeares.
Rothwells is near the Castle pub as someone said earlier.




Really!
That shows how long it is since I bothered going into Donny.
How long is it since the chip shop moved then.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: tommy toes on November 09, 2021, 05:14:54 pm
Don't know.
Was surprised when I saw it was a sandwich shop myself!
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Muttley on November 09, 2021, 05:41:06 pm
Rothwells didn't move - they had two branches, one in the marketplace and one on Copley Road.

The Copley Road site is now a bakery called Shakespeares, the market branch is still open.

Harrys at Dunsville or Fish Bits for me.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: DonnyOsmond on November 09, 2021, 05:57:48 pm
Fishbits is never the answer. It's cheap and OK but overall a bit bleh.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Ldr on November 09, 2021, 05:59:58 pm
On a tangent but related note. Chippies up here in Newcastle don't sell Chicken and Mushroom pies, heathens
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Janso on November 09, 2021, 07:55:52 pm
Not Donny but the chippy outside Rochdale's ground is the best I've had.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: 5minstogo on November 09, 2021, 07:57:07 pm
Not been back home for years but a while ago for me it in my local area it was Roberts Golden Cod on York Road and a lad i knew ran a chippy called Martin's Plaice off York Road and he then ran the chippy on Rowena Drive in Scawsby. Martin Bilby he was called.

Not been to a chippy back in Donny for years now.

Also dabbled a bit in the Mexican takeaway as I recall. Shared a taxi with him once after a Billy Pearce show at Pastures Lodge. Random fact.
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 09, 2021, 08:03:52 pm
Our chippy used to be shite, but it's great now. The owners used to replace frier after frier, blaming them for the lack of customers. Then they started buying better quality fish and chips and they became the best in the village!
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Post by: i_ateallthepies on November 09, 2021, 08:35:03 pm
Golden Cod in Armthorpe is very good.  Whitby's also worth a visit.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: River Don on November 09, 2021, 08:35:28 pm
I still like Rothwells best, though Fish Bits is pretty good.

Not such a fan of Whitbys, not bad food but I don't like that it's a chain and I prefer veg oil to dripping.

Papas is also a chain, I've tried it in Cleethorpes and it's pretty good.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: River Don on November 09, 2021, 09:10:14 pm
Further afield, it's difficult to find good Fish n Chips in bloody London but the Two Brothers in Finchley is excellent. Close to the station, it has a posh restaurant which does seafood way beyond just fish and chips but great fish and chips and they have a fish bar takeaway for the classic experience.

If you're ever in York, Millers are very good. They have a pop up restaurant in Parliament street when the Chrismas market and things like that are on.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: belton rover on November 09, 2021, 09:33:00 pm
Peter’s Crispy Cod on Carr House Road. Though I haven’t been for a few years.

My local chippy got taken over by a retired priest. Thinking I was funny, I asked him if he was the fish friar. He said no, he was the chip monk.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: scawsby steve on November 09, 2021, 09:35:07 pm
Not been back home for years but a while ago for me it in my local area it was Roberts Golden Cod on York Road and a lad i knew ran a chippy called Martin's Plaice off York Road and he then ran the chippy on Rowena Drive in Scawsby. Martin Bilby he was called.

Not been to a chippy back in Donny for years now.

Martin's a lovely guy, as was his late dad, Ron, who has a seat in Cussy Park dedicated to him.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: River Don on November 09, 2021, 10:03:59 pm
Tickhill fisheries used to be very good. Not been there for years though.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Donnywolf on November 09, 2021, 10:09:37 pm
Rothwells didn't move - they had two branches, one in the marketplace and one on Copley Road.

The Copley Road site is now a bakery called Shakespeares, the market branch is still open.

Harrys at Dunsville or Fish Bits for me.

I thought they closed Copley Rd and moved to Market Place as its only a "chip" and a putt away
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: River Don on November 09, 2021, 10:16:29 pm
Rothwells didn't move - they had two branches, one in the marketplace and one on Copley Road


The Copley Road site is now a bakery called Shakespeares, the market branch is still open.

Harrys at Dunsville or Fish Bits for me.


I thought they closed Copley Rd and moved to Market Place as its only a "chip" and a putt away

Rothwells has long been in the market place, perhaps Copley Rd was first, I have a feeling that's right but they have both been around together for a longtime now.

For me it's the classic Donny chip shop.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 09, 2021, 11:19:35 pm
None can compare nowadays to Newtons in Spring Gardens back in the day, of course. Bloody lovely. Incomparable.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: River Don on November 09, 2021, 11:35:18 pm
None can compare nowadays to Newtons in Spring Gardens back in the day, of course. Bloody lovely. Incomparable.

They were good. But I still think Rothwells compare well.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 10, 2021, 12:25:16 am
None can compare nowadays to Newtons in Spring Gardens back in the day, of course. Bloody lovely. Incomparable.

They were good. But I still think Rothwells compare well.

Yes, must admit, Rothwells were always bloody lovely especially after a few pints round town.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: SydneyRover on November 10, 2021, 12:34:07 am
As we have move out of the Donny area, the best fish n chips I had was in a pub just outside Reading following a meeting at the Anglepoise plant.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: bahrain rover on November 10, 2021, 02:01:48 am
One of the only things I really miss not being in the UK is fish and chips. Not quite in Donny, but has to be Bell Lane Fisheries in Ackworth. and not to start another debate, it has to be Haddock not Cod.

Is that the little one on the corner?
On the right heading to Wakefield. Opposite the big pub Boot and Shoe I think its/was called if its still there? I've not been in the UK for 8 years.
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Post by: SydneyRover on November 10, 2021, 08:28:00 am
This is a good one too

https://doncasterjoiner.co.uk/
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on November 10, 2021, 09:11:11 am
As we have move out of the Donny area, the best fish n chips I had was in a pub just outside Reading following a meeting at the Anglepoise plant.

Yep. Doesn't quite fit into the 'the best chippy in donny area' criteria really with it being in Reading. Last time i checked, Reading was in Berkshire. Its sweet that you want to get involved though. Bless.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: SydneyRover on November 10, 2021, 09:34:01 am
As we have move out of the Donny area, the best fish n chips I had was in a pub just outside Reading following a meeting at the Anglepoise plant.

Yep. Doesn't quite fit into the 'the best chippy in donny area' criteria really with it being in Reading. Last time i checked, Reading was in Berkshire. Its sweet that you want to get involved though. Bless.

Your slip's showing, there's others
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: River Don on November 10, 2021, 06:00:16 pm
Looks like this thread might have run its course, I'll just finish it off by mentioning my two favourite fish & chip shop names.

Rock and Sole Plaice (rock and soul place, of course) is near Covent Garden, pretty good but a bit pricey.

And my favourite named Chip shop is in, of all places, New York City. I haven't tried it.

Assault & Battery
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Post by: tommy toes on November 10, 2021, 08:23:40 pm
Back in the Conference days, the chippy near Northwich Vics ground was great.
Stood with John Ryan outside one time as we all tucked in.
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Post by: knockers on November 10, 2021, 11:00:22 pm
The one at Boston was also great!
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Post by: SydneyRover on November 11, 2021, 12:14:05 am
There was one just off Piccadilly Circus yonks ago, just hidden around the corner, I could have sold tickets when I was wandering around eating mine.
Title: Re: The best Chippy in Donny area ...
Post by: rtid88 on November 11, 2021, 12:29:18 pm
Auckley Friery definitely the best in Donny.
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Post by: sha66y on November 11, 2021, 07:10:15 pm
Kirk sandal chippy, bit pricey but worth it
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Post by: Donnywolf on November 12, 2021, 06:37:35 am
Auckley Friery definitely the best in Donny.

Giving it a go later - never been disappointed
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Post by: selby on November 12, 2021, 09:36:31 am
  And I always thought you were a highly tuned athlete following a strict healthy diet.
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Post by: Donnywolf on November 12, 2021, 11:41:42 am
.... oh I am ... and will be running to Garage all night for more home brew lol

6 barrels to go at
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Post by: roversdude on November 12, 2021, 07:01:16 pm
Go steady with that injury DW

Whitby’s is hardly a chain, do like them.
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Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on November 12, 2021, 07:19:50 pm
If we are going further afield. I love Brid Bay Fisheries and also the small chippy on Coble Landing at Filey. The chippy at Filey near the Tesco is horrendous though.
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Post by: River Don on November 12, 2021, 07:32:14 pm
Go steady with that injury DW

Whitby’s is hardly a chain, do like them.

No, Whitbys isn't a chain really. Not yet anyway.  That was the original plan but it does seem to be taking a longtime to expand beyond two restaurants.

https://www.retail-week.com/dfs-founder-lord-kirkham-set-to-batter-fish-and-chip-market/5035439.article?authent=1