A quest to find the perfect Fish and Chips - Angelo's

Angelo's, Lochend Road
Price: £5.90 (Supper)

After last week with the highly contentious chip shop on Rose Steet, we went a bit of the beaten track and went to this place in Restalrig.  On the corner of a roundabout and with a competitor right next door, this place was a little bigger and less crowded.  On the door it says that they accept card so I was a little surprised to be told that they don't and would have to walk to the end of the road to get to the nearest cashline - a ten minute walk there and back.

When we returned they took 5 minutes to serve us some food but our time was filled pleasantly with some good banter from the lady behind the counter, who was on top form.

There was unfortunately nowhere to sit so we alighted to Penman's car. My food was served up in a paper tray so I expected it to be quite tasty.  To my dismay, I discovered that the fish was mainly batter and the little bits of fish that I did find were really dry.  The same could be said of the chips, some were crispy and some were dry.   There was no taste to the vinegar at all, leaving the result really salty and I had to practically down my can of Irn Bru afterwards to get rid of the thirst.

On average:
4/10

A quest to find the perfect Fish and Chips - Rose Street Takeaway

Rose Street Takeaway 
Price: £7.50 (Supper)
Expecting nostalgic times I visited this place after coming when I was much younger and went to the internet cafe Easy Everything (yes there was a time when the internet was faster in a cafe than even on my mobile).    This is a cramped little chip sho
p which could use some upgrades to it's presentation.  The staff were very blunt and did not seem to have time for any chat other than giving the food.  I was also offered diet Irn Bru as a replacement for the real thing?

My food took 10 minutes to serve so it was fairly fresh and served in a polystyrene tray.  There was nowhere to sit so we took to Princes Street to enjoy our meal.

Despite my complaints about the presentation and staff, this was more than made up for by the delicious food.  Even though the chips were a little burnt the vinegar served with them was one of the nicest I have had on this quest.  My batter on the fish was really crispy and the fish was quite flaky.  I wolfed down the whole serving, despite Louis's protests that he wanted to try.

I would definitely recommend this place to anyone on a night out on Rose Street or George Street or anyone who doesn't care about the presentation.

On average:
6/10

A quest to find the perfect Fish and Chips - Montgomery Fish Bar

Montgomery Fish Bar - Montgomery Street
Price: £6.70 (Supper)
After the disaster last week, we decided to try a place that we often walked past on the way to do other reviews.  I was told on Google that this place had seating but unfortunately this seems to have been outdated information.  This is a family run place by the look of Italian looking servers.  Apparently it was also better "back in the day", although the reviewer did not note what day this was.

The shop did feel quite dingy and the staff gave us no chat at all.  In fact when I was taking the photo (apologies for the quality), the woman glared at me such was the friendliness expressed here.

That being said, the food served up in polystyrene trays was actually not bad.  It certainly wasn't as bad as the week before.  My chips were quite chunky cut but other than that had no redeeming quality to them whatsoever.  The fish was also mediocre although was not as fresh as I would have liked it to be (It had been lying there for a while I think).

All in all, this place was let down by unfriendly staff and mediocre food.

On average:
5/10

A quest to find the perfect Fish and Chips - Concorde

Concorde - Home Street
Price: £6.70 (Supper)
After last week's review, my expectations were high.  We decided to walk to this place from Waverly and eventually found it.

The inside was very well decorated with an arcade machine and a professional looking counter.  Our server was a jokey Italian gent who almost came across a little try hard.  We discussed the rugby and football for Scotland.

There was nowhere to sit, so we alighted to the Meadows with our polystyrene trays.

Unfortunately that was where the niceness ended, as I dug into my meal.  The fish was positively slimy and resembled a wet rag.  I could only eat half of it before I had to stop as it was just so poor.  My chips were soggier still and had virtually no flavour.  I only managed to eat a quarter of these before I started feeling ill.

I'm reluctant to recommend this place, however it might make other food better but judging from my experience with the fish and chips and the indigestion I had to walk off afterwards, I won't be back.

On average:
4/10