Verrills Fish Shop - Hartlepool

Arrived around midday on Saturday but queue moved really quickly. Service war polite and efficient food was fabulous generous portions and lovely Haddock and Chips x 2!

Born and Bred in Hartlepool some seventy years ago we always remembered Verrills as the place to go for really good Fish and Chips after a good day out at the nearby Fish Sands Beach . Although that was half a lifetime ago we did look forward to re-acquainting ourselves with Verrills last Saturday when the sight of the long que stretching out along the pavement did bode of good things to come. However, what a disappointment. The best way to judge our Fish and Chips would be to give each component individual marks out of ten, so here goes. I watched in dismay as my quite large piece of Fish was was lifted out of the frying pan, placed on the display ? shelf and immediately placed, visually dripping with Fat/Oil on top of the Chips already waiting in the take away tray . I should have objected there and then, but the shop was packed with many first name termed customers so I didn 't. My Mistake . We retired to the nearby Croft Gardens with some apprehension to sample our first Verrills offering for some years. Marks out of ten. The Fish. 6/10 Soaking Wet Batter, Quite Large Portion. The Chips. 3/10 Overcooked, Very Soggy, Sweet Tasting indicating a change of Oil/Fat long overdue, lots of small scrappy bits. The mark of three awarded to the Chips is only given only as their sustenance value to a starving person. Very, very disappointed.

Nothing to say but just the bestno matter what you get no mattre where I'm living its worth the travelling

I've heard about Verrills for years from people I've worked alongside from Hartlepool. As I'm from the Boro me and my good mate went there to try them for ourselves we both had cod and chips with mushy peas .And after tasting them we both strongly agreed they are the best we both have ever tasted .in fact we both went back the following week for the same and can't wait for the next time. Absolutely delicious

Well, we were in the area, had heard about verrils many years ago, actually went. Lunchtime and it was rammed, but a fast moving queue, staff were all over it. We got fish and chips to share, and I got a battered sausage. The sausage wasn't needed as the fish was essentially a whale. SOOO BIG, so delicious. Was absolutely out of this world.