Lau’s Fish & Chip Shop

Lau’s Fish and chip shop is in keeping with the Liverpool trend of mixing various forms of takeaway under one roof mainly chinese and traditional english fish and chips. The problem for me is I’m not sure if I really get it and I’m not sure whether I enjoy these two types of cuisine being mixed together in such close proximity. I believe it takes a top quality eatery to mix so many types of food and still manage to keep them all at the highest level of quality. Lau’s for me does not manage to get the balance right.
The front window of the shop advertises good food and good portions and the portions part is actually quite true I’m still just not sure about the standard of the food. For me the chips were far too greasy and the chinese dishes seemed to lack much of the flavour and spice you would get in a real top notch eatery. I haven’t been brave enough to eat their kebabs yet but even by kebab standards they do not look particularly appetising.
The prices are okay but nothing exceptional to draw in the student crowd and I feel they need to try some more student orientated offers to keep them coming in. The staff are nice enough and they try hard to serve you quickly and efficiently which is what you want in terms of fast food.
The shop itself doesnt look great from the front not dirty exaclty but perhaps a little bit scruffy which is not really what you want from a food establishment.
This place isnt exactly bad but the food has not really made a fan out of me either. My advice would be if you want a good chinese go to a chinese takeaway and for chippy go to a traditional chippy not somewhere which tries a fusion of the two and never really manages to pull it off.

Okay, so I know Everyone says that their local chippy is the best, right? Well this actually Is the best. The portions are absolutely humongous and ridiculously tasty. It’s just your average chinese chippy menu but done well. The Special Fried Rice… there are no words. Apart from perhaps Yum because I’m too busy eating it to talk about it. You cannot beat it, so if you’re in the area and want a chippy tea or a decent chinese, join it.