Longbridge Fish Bar

Serving the locals around the station area of Longbridge the classic English dish fish and chips, Longbridge Fish Bar harks back to the classic traditional chippy from yesteryear in its design and pleasant, chatty service. A pleasing departure from the increasingly homogenous, seemingly kit-​built takeaways popping up everywhere, the shop has a real community bases business vibe about it, which is very nice, and increasingly difficult, to find. I’m not much of a fish fan, truth be told, but this is the one place where I choose fish every time, as it really does seem to be something special here. It’s not the cheapest chippy in Birmingham by a long stretch (£4 for kebab meat and chips, my second choice, is more than you’d pay elsewhere), but the quality of food makes the greater expense worth it. That there’s seemingly always people inside, no matter what time of day, is a testament to the quality of the food.

Pretty average place in an undesirable area