Blue Dolphin

luvli grubli. do visit this place as u won’t b disappointed. friendly staff serve u delicious fish n chips. sumtimes a queue exists and otha times not. as a northerner i am spoiled by yorkshire style fish n chips done in beef dripping, yummmm. these were the business however…

Pretty ordinary fish n chips. Dry chips not fresh at all, ok ish fish. We had Cod, fairly small portion for nearly £7.00 Pretty tight doesn’t come with even a spoonful of peas, everything like that is an additional extra. Wouldn’t return.

When you go to the sea-​side you have to have fish and chips.
It’s the rules.
The Blue Dolphin has long been praised in the area for being the BEST fish and chips.
Now if Hastings does one thing right, it’s its Fish and Chips. As with any resort by the sea you’ll have a plethora of choice along the promenade and through the Old Town. These tasty battered offerings in abundance, it’s quite a thing to claim the ‘BEST FISH AND CHIPS IN TOWN’.
In my opinion, the Blue Dolphin has good fish and chips. Better than most places in the country, but not the BEST.
Because of it’s reputation, it is reliably busy all through the summer and seating is limited inside. If you don’t mind waiting in the inevitable queue, sometimes stretching through the car park then you’ll be greeted with a mighty fine, fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside chip and a perfectly battered bit-​o-​fish.
It does have a bit of a reputation for just being closed sometimes. Randomly closing here there and everywhere. But if you wander down there, find it closed… just keep walking, they’ll be another.

Not really fast food but if you are happy to wait your turn it does hot the spot. Usually well cooked generous portions make it a good choice if you do not want to sit at a table. If you do choose to eat on the beach watch out for greedy Kamakasi seagulls their single-​minded desire to rob you of your chips can be a surprising to say the least!

the best fish and chips in town…
always very busy with some days having massive ques but believe me — it’s worth the wait.
i have eaten in a couple of times and the service is fast and polite!

People in Hastings speak with such pride about this place. I went there after several recommendations and was really underwhelmed. It was OK, but that was about it. Just like any other chippy really…
A little like the town itself it was perhaps better a few years ago. It’s doubly sad as they still fish here with a small fleet of beach launched boats.
So. Where to go for the best fresh fish? Straight to the New Inn at Winchelsea. The best grilled plaice I have ever eaten. Anywhere.

This is supposed to be the best place for fish and chips in Hastings. In my opinion it’s not. But it might just be the best place for a fish supper in the old town.
I recently ordered four sausage and chip meals from them during a not very busy afternoon. My order was given to me minus a sausage but this was soon sorted out.
The chips were nice — not too greasy or overcooked, but we all agreed the sausages were awful. They seriously need to change their sausage supplier. It was like eating a vaguely sausage-​esque mash in a thin rubbery skin. Not a pleasant experience — in fact none of us could finish them.
I would go back and try their fish as I’ve heard this is exceptional.
The Blue Dolphin offers good value for money with friendly service and good chips. But not sausages.

Great fish and chips. Really really good actually however, it hasn’t been open the last couple of times I went in the summer. Hopefully it doesn’t shut down.