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| - Do NOT go here expecting traditional "fish AND chips", because, while they do indeed fry freshly battered fish, and at a very good price, they curiously serve anemic frozen supermarket french fries to accompany the fish, rather than freshly cut chips, as one would expect from any "fish & chips joint". Any reviewer that calls these french fries delicious, must be the same ones who call Pizza Pizza exceptional Italian food, and keep it #1 in Ontario. Lol.
If they instead cut their own chips from fresh potatoes, like any respectable fish & chip shop does, it would lower food costs for them, and be a massively better product for the customer.
On the other hand, if you don't mind paying a bit of a premium for well-prepared, fresh fish, but in a questionable neighborhood, you could do much worse than coming here for a dinner of nicely grilled, hand selected, fresh fish of the day.
The neighborhood, and the plaza are sketchy, and the restaurant itself is odd and kitschy, but the fish is very fresh, and delicious, especially if prepared by the very charming owner in the traditional singari bbq style, which is much enjoyed by the largely Arab/Egyptian clientele, and accompanied by yummy fresh babaganoush, ok hummus, lightly seasoned rice, salad, and vegetables, plus pedestrian supermarket pita bread.
We found the grilled fish to be excellent, especially if you skip the cheaper bream ($30*) and purchase a quality whole Snapper ($39*) or Grouper ($$*) etc., the kalamari ($22 lb*) and fried shrimp ($26 lb*) to be solid, the owner Hesham, to be an enthusiastic, friendly man, but the prices to be a tiny bit on the high side, *based on changing market prices, especially given the location and ambiance.
Overall, this place gets a solid 3 stars, which would be upped to 4 stars with fresh-cut fries, and/or the addition of fried scallops (my fave), and/or better pricing, but that is based on only one visit, and I will be back.
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