Fish and Chip shop on Northcross road

[Guest]

Hi

Does anyone know what the food's like from that fish and chip shop on Northcross road? I think it's called Emma's Fish Bar at the top near Uplands pub

thanks

Tx

[nharrod]

Its ok, not spectacular, on a par with the codfather on east dulwich road.

[timtim]

The 'codfather'? Genius name ;)

[Guest]

The chips are very good, try walking over there and buying some,

Btw the owner, a Cypriot is a really nice guy

[Quaywe]

Yes, it's not bad. Not as good as Sea Cow of course but still a good and simple place to get takeaways. The owner is really nice too.

[Guest]

The owners of Emily's fish and chip shop on Northcross Road are really lovely friendly people and serve the most enormous, good value portions of fish and chips in the area. You can phone in advance to place your order.

[Guest]

The best local fish and chip shop is on uplands road, next door to the kebab shop owned by the same family. The sea cow on lordship lane is a right rip off, wouldnt catch me paying those prices for a bit of fried cod!

[Guest]

I'd agree that the Sea Cow is a bit pricey, but the quality of fish seems a lot better than you get in the one on Uplands Rd and their chips are less greasy too.

[Keef]

Gail Macintyre Wrote:

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> The best local fish and chip shop is on uplands

> road, next door to the kebab shop owned by the

> same family. The sea cow on lordship lane is a

> right rip off, wouldnt catch me paying those

> prices for a bit of fried cod!

That's Underhill Road (between Crystal Palace and Barry)... And yes it is a great fish & Chip shop!

[Ant]

I keep on getting Uplands and Underhill mixed up.

[Guest]

Yes the Underhill Road one is the best (at the junction of Crystal Palace Road and Whateley Road).

[jbob]

I had Snapper at the Sea Cow the other day and it was tough as old boots, a friend visiting from Canada had Cod and was distingctly unimpressed with her first experience of English Fish & Chips. Perhaps it was just an off night?

[nutty]

I've never been disappointed by the sea-cow. I used to live just over the from Emma's and the owner IS very friendly (used to wave at me every time I walked past) and DOES serve big portions, AND it is cheap, but I'm afraid the quality is just far better at sea-cow so I haven't been to Emma's for a long time now.

I might have more opportunity if the Uplands itself hadn't gone so downhill since it changed ownership a couple of years ago. I remember the time when that was the nicest pub in East Dulwich, is now languishing down the bottom of the list somewhere!

[maxonian]

I've been to the Seacow once and never again. ?6:00 for fish n chips in a fancy box in a fancy carrier bag a total ripoff!!!

Bit like some of the Christmas presents one buys, you pay for the wrapping the goods are rubbish....thanks for the tips on the other chippy's.....i can smell them now just talking about it :-)

[boomerang]

I reckon the chippy at the other end of LL is worth the drive - the one opp Harvester.... I only ever have haddock and he always has to cook it fresh there and then - takes 15min, but well worth it! Nothing better than freshly cooked fish

[rbmartin]

boomerang Wrote:

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> I reckon the chippy at the other end of LL is

> worth the drive - the one opp Harvester.... I only

> ever have haddock and he always has to cook it

> fresh there and then - takes 15min, but well worth

> it! Nothing better than freshly cooked fish

The Seagull Fish Bar, very friendly staff and as you say the fish is freshly cooked.

[yeknomyeknom]

The fish and chip shop on Northcross is great. Nice staff, great portions and if you are happy to wait, they will cook the fish from fresh.

[swiders]

quality is definitely the sea cow. except for the red snapper. i sent it back once because it was like an old boot and there was no fuss made at all.

emilys is good for massive serves that is for sure and the staff are really good. we only just noticed the codfather yesterday on a post-ny-hangover-from-hell walk through goose green. we are going to give it go just on the basis of a genius name!

[fish]

Emily's are the tops - Britania, not so good and, as for Sea Cow, hmm?

[HOMum]

Sema's on underhill road is the only place i go for a chippy takeaway!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Does anyone bother to think why Sea Cow might be more expensive than your average chippie or do people really just look at the price of everything and judge accordingly??

You still might favour the food in other chippies and the Sea Cow isn't perfect but having bigger premises, an alcohol license, the range of fish, a commitment to fish stocks etc surely counts for something? WHo knows, maybe the staff get paid a little bit more as well...

(Not that I ever go in there as I don't do seafood - have tried the chips and loved them mind)

[Ultraconsultancy]

Why's that then Sean?

There's a lot of seafood allergy in my [irish] wife's family. Not on the rise is it? What was that famous fish and chip shop in Dublin that was started by a cabin boy who survived the Titanic sinking?

Stick to haddock rolled in oatmeal, as any scot will tell you.

Ultraconsultancy

[SeanMacGabhann]

Why do I not do seafood? No allergy, just last remaining hurdle. My diet to the age of 20 or so was....beyond one-dimensional. No meat, no veg, no fruit (pretty much)

No even sure why - I just didn't see the point. Now it's the complete opposite but fish remains an anomaly. I have dabbled in the last year and am working towards it (a fellow forumite even managed to get me to try eel at Buddah Jazz... but then it had chili all over it so that was easy)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I think Emily's is great but be prepared to wait because he always insists on frying fresh fish. The Codfather changed hands recently and the chip quality and portion size have gone down. It was a good kebab/basic fish and chip shop but is branching out a bit too much into other things. Keep it simple I say.

Best kebab now is Sam's on corner of Oglander/Bellenden Roads, but chips not much cop.

A propos of nothing, last time I went to Prenton/Tranmere on the Wirral I went into a kebab shop where the owner used to work in a kebab shop in Lordship Lane. How spooky is that?

[BarryRoad]

My girlfriend swears by Emily's fish bar's chips, but neither of us have had the fish there.