Bump.
Rare I have fish and chips these days for two reasons. Very few decent chippies in the Greater Manchester area and the ones that are considered decent are mostly overpriced.
Best chippies are in Yorkshire because most serve fresh fish and cook their chips in beef dripping. I watch quite a few youtube vloggers and this guy (Gary Eats) visited Murgatroyds fish and chip restaurant at Yeadon (just north of Bradford) a few months back and the other week I had a craving for some proper fish and chips so got in the car and drove there to try them out for myself.
Been 4 times now over the past month and first time I had the 'Billy Murgs special' which is an extra large haddock with a generous portion of chips peas and 3 slices of bread and butter with tea or coffee. The fish was huge and must have weighed about a pound. The crispy batter encased a fresh and delicious haddock fillet and the chips were well fried from quality spuds. I struggled to finish it but I ate the fish and a left a few chips and a slice of bread. Decent value at 20.95 I thought but excellent quality, and that's the main thing.
Next time I went I noticed the senior citizens(over 60) 3 course special priced at a bargain £15.50. I had the haddock again but it was nowhere near as big as a Billy Murgs but still bigger than the average size chiply fish and the chips were a smallish portion but that was OK as I had 3 slices of bread to fill me up. For starters I had a prawn cocktail which had lots of north Atlantic prawns in but it was a £2.50 supplement I didn't mind paying extra for but there's a few other options that are included in the price, think I'll try the battered mushrooms next time with salads and garlic mayo. I think they make all their own deserts and I had cheesecake with cream which I enjoyed. I drink tea and it came in a teapot for 2 with another teapot of boiling water, enough for 4 cups!
I really recommend Murgatroyds because of the quality and reasonable prices and it's definitely worth a drive out to but it gets busy at peak times, although they take telephone table reservations.
