First........the GOOD. very clean establishment, excellent service, the batter was a near perfect golden brown colour. The Not-so-Good............The owner needs to realize that fish shops must serve white vinegar, as well as malt vinegar. He also needs to buy some glass pepper shakers because many Canadians like pepper on their fries and their fish. Delivering up those tiny tear-packs just doesn't cut it. To some people, that might be a small thing but not to me. I like my pepper and in quantity.
While the portions appear to be large, I found that the Halibut was sliced far too thin and this leads to the fish being dry instead of nice and moist. Please do not try and fool us this way. We are not stupid. Pricing was reasonable and on a par with many other places that specialize in fish and chips. The chips were obviously hand cut on site and while they were not fantastic, they were cooked properly and I ate them all.
If I was in the neighbourhood and in the mood for fish and chips, I would return to J's........but I would not drive there specially.