Welcome Fish Bar

My mum lives Kings Norton way so when I visit her I sometimes pop into the Welcome Fish Bar which is located on Hawkesley Square. It’s not the best chippy in Birmingham, but it’s consistent and I think the prices are very good compared to other chippys in the area.
There are a range of special offer meals which seem to be fairly static; the usual meal deals such as sausage & chips, pie & chips etc. These are generally served in a tray or box so the amount of chips you get is limited to the size of the carton, although when you ask for a paper wrapped portion of chips the serving is really generous.
The food is always lovely and fresh and I have never known them to serve stale tasting chips, as if they were left over from the night before. The fish is wonderful, whether you are having a full sized piece or the mini fish it is meaty with a nice thin, crispy batter. Especially lovely soaked in vinegar!
They do a range of kids meals too which are served in boxes with a little toy, my nine year old likes to collect the toys and is always happy with her food. She loves the sausage from Welcome and always has her own little pot of curry sauce because she says how lovely it is compared to the chippy by us.
My older daughter has the special £1.50 kebab meat and chips (smothered in ketchup) and I must admit the doner meat is absolutely delicious even though I don’t usually like it.
They sell some little munch products like chicken nibbles, samosas and stuff but I’m not really a fan of things like this so haven’t tried them. I know my cousin lives on this stuff from Welcome though so it must be good!
As I said, prices are reasonable in Welcome and when I buy for me, my fella and our three children it comes to around £8 which isn’t bad at all. There is another chippy just up the road on the Redditch Road and the same meals cost us over £12 recently, so I’m confident I’m getting a good deal at Welcome.
The shop is very clean both in front of the counter and behind, the place gets extremely busy with queues out of the door sometimes so the floor gets wet and dirty but there is little the chippy can do about that. Even though the queues are so long the service in Welcome is quick and I’ve rarely waited longer than around 5 minutes to be served.