Churchill's Fish Chips - Braintree

Large cod and chips is what I ordered. I got a medium at best and that's being generous. The fish was dry with burned bits of batter. I suspect it was the last of the fish and they couldn't be bothered to cook any fresh. The chips were wet and cold, £12+ for the experience. Absolutely awful. I only gave one star because zero wasn't an option. Never again.

A nice piece of haddock spoiled by soggy thick batter, accompanied by a mountain of cold soggy chips, enough for the whole street, now in the bin! Unappetizing or what, and all for a small haddock, chips and a Wally. Won’t be going back

We thought they were getting better, food quality was going down as prices were going up so didn’t go there for a long while. Heard they got better so had a meal from there a few weeks ago and portions had grown and quality was ok, then we had it again and portion sizes were tiny. Last night wanted something quick so popped in and we had the worst chips I have ever had from any chip shop, appalling, I think they dug them out of the bin and served them up. Dry, burnt, couldn’t get your teeth into some, how on Earth can a chippy be this bad?? Avoid!!

I used to buy from Churchill's regularly but it has been sometime, I was glad I hadn't been for a while. The fish was a good size and cooked freshly (I'll come back to this in a little while). The chips were okay if you wanted half of them edible. Okay the reason for one star. The oil had not been changed since the frier won the 2020 grand prix. As soon as we opened the packet at home it was obvious by the smell the oil was really stale and at £31 for two portions, it wasn't very good value either. I won't be going back there as it's obvious they're cutting costs to the detriment of the product. We both had really bad indigestion after eating les than half of it.

Very expensive for bland food.dry chips and not a very big portion either ! Should have learned after passing through with the family last month.