I like fish and chips as much as the next person so I thought I would give this place a try given a) the yelp review b) the reviews of coworkers about this specific location.
You'll see in the pictures that the portions are pretty big (plusplusplus) but for approx 10-15$ they better be.
The best thing of this meal was the tartar sauce though... (interesting point..those little packets of tartar sauce (PC brand but not president's choice) are the best tartar sauce ever. Several people at work and I all agreed that we've neevr tried tartar sauce better than that anywhere else...anyone else know a place with great homemade tartar sauce let me know!!!)
Maybe it was just this run, or that we brought it back to the office first but:
1) The fries were soggy. They were good in that way where you can taste through the sog and know that there was so much potential there...
2) I thought the fish was oily which for fish and chips is probably a must. But these were so oily that they went through the plates/napkins and oiled up the table beneath.
But even with all the oil...I could only describe these as dry. How could they be dry when they were this oily????
And don't take my word for it. We had an ex halagonian (from halifax...its how they like being called) who also tried my fish and said the same thing.
I would have rated this place higher except for these two reasons.
1) The halagonian holds strong sway on my opinion given her heritage with fish and seafood of all kinds
2) While I love eating oil especially if its disguised as food (because just eating oil is currently something that only future generations would appreciate and understand...like einstien or the catcher in the rye) but seriously...I couldn't taste anything else for the rest of the day but oil
However, the place has potential and maybe it just requires going there sitting down and having a proper old fashioned eating...so until then...