"2"^^ . . "2012-05-30T00:00:00"^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . . "0"^^ . "My visit was for take out at 6:30pm, height of Monday dinner time. \n\n Visit Again?: Yes, but only because of proximity\n Party Size: 1\n\nI didn't mind the retro squalor, some might. It seems halibut is their feature fish, as there are ads for its nutritional value and posters for Alaskan Halibut posted prominently. Adding to their credibility is a review from the Toronto Star (though from 2004.)\n\nI had the haddock & chips.\n\nI wanted to have the experience suggested in the review from 2004, but I wasn't that impressed. The chips were sort of warm when I got them home (something I thought about when I saw him ladling them from the chip shelf instead of fresh from the deep fryer...guess he was saving those for someone else.) The haddock was good, the batter could have coated the fish more consistently, however what was there was crispy. I ate it all, despite disappointing chips. \n\nMore on those chips. The chips lost them a star here. Is there anything less palatable than a tired, not hot enough, greasy chip? And they could have been thicker cut for my preference, in keeping with the English tradition. \n\nI liked how they wrapped the fish & chips. Not newsprint, but newsprint paper - echoes of England and the fish & chips of my youth.\n\nIt wouldn't take much to get this place up to a higher standard, but sorry to say my 1st visit was not great. Also not impressed by the client coughing on and handling the ketchup packets at the front desk, though not the proprietors fault. Seedy as heck from the outside, but I liked that. Pull your socks up guys, you could be great!"^^ . .