Fisherman’s Plaice

The boyfriend had a craving for fish n’ chips, so I turned to the lovely Unilocal list for local places and we decided on Fisherman’s Plaice. The location is in an industrial area, which explains its early closing times. The inside is a total flashback in terms of décor, very basic but standard for most quality fish n’ chippers. We arrived at 5pm, which is early for dinner, so it was just us plus an elderly crowd. Over the next hour, the restaurant filled up and take out orders were always 4 – 6 people deep.
We both ordered the haddock special, which comes with fries, coleslaw and a drink. Plus, we ordered onion rings and pickled beets. Given it was our first time, we had no idea about portion sizes. In hindsight, the onion rings were a mistake as portions are very generous! Our food arrived 10 minutes after ordering, so no complaints there. We were so excited about the delicious looking fish, we commenced shoveling and immediately burned ourselves on the freshly fried goodness. Everything seemed to be housemade. As a previously Unilocaler stated, you can watch them hand dip the fish. I wasn’t a fan of the coleslaw, but my boyfriend liked it. Fish was light and crispy and not overly oily like some places The fries were good and plentiful.
Service was incredibly pleasant and efficient. Obviously run by an adorable family who care very much about their business and their regulars. We will be returning to the Fisherman’s Plaice.

Best fish and chips in the city hands down. The fish is light and crispy and hand dipped. (My mom and I have watched them do this many times) and their french fries are homemade as well as their onion rings. The service is amazing and the prices are very good.

Everyone loves to claim their local Fish n Chips place is the best. In this case the claims for Fishermans Plaice are pretty accurate.
As someone of Scottish birth and having eaten at what I think is the best chippy in the world in Oban I have high expectations. I have been coming here for 20 years and they still make a damn good fish supper.
This was originally a McNies second franchise and at some point they changed the name but still make them the same way. They’ve dispensed with a lot of the other Scottish stuff like Irn Bru and Scottish bread. Which is a shame because they are pretty authentic in every other way.
I still think High Street in Don Mills makes the best Scottish style fish supper but Fishermans Plaice is a close second.

The employees are on point.

I have been going there for years, this place is worth the drive, even under new ownership they have kept a good place happening, one lady from Indonesia has been there from the beginning sorry forgot her name but if you are a regular user you know whom i m talking about, long life to the fisherman plaice and there friendly staff