Mersea Island Fish - Colchester

Lovely staff and food had a wide variety and was excellent. Prices were very reasonable and a lovely atmosphere. Will definitely come back again.

Very busy on an early Sunday evening, so we had a short wait, but it was definitely worth it. Fish and batter was very tasty and the chips were delicious

Been visiting Mersea Island for many years now and at least once a year, buy some chips for my wife and myself from here. Experience and quality does tend to vary, year-on-year and I 'm wondering if yet again, it has changed ownership. Called in there yesterday, to buy a large bag of chips to share down on the beach. Was amazed to find that they 'd hiked up the cost yet again and this time to a whopping £3.95! Quality of the chips didn 't match the price either : not that hot, clumped together and most were not full-sized chips, just 'end ' pieces. Also, if this was a 'large ' portion, goodness knows what the size of a regular one is! Out of interest, we picked up a current menu and were equally gob-smacked at the prices that they were charging for other items. Over £9 for a 'large ' piece of cod! Judging by the quantity and quality of the chips, I 'm glad we didn 't speculate and buy a portion of cod! I wish that some businesses such as this, when inflating their prices, would realise that a price- point is reached, beyond which people are NOT prepared to pay. MY wife and I have reached that with the Island Fish Bar and won 't be going there again.

Good fried oysters are a test of a good fish place. There are 3 places we know that do good fried oysters One is the Fishermans restaurant in Half Moon bay, California. Another is the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, New York City. A third is the Mersea Fish Bar. Half Moon bay's are the best but the Mersea Fish bar's are a very close second. They also do good fried fish and are nice ot their customers.

Fish Chips used to be a cheap and tasty supper, but during the cost of living crisis in the UK it's a rare and expensive treat for most. But we were on our holibobs and so decided to splash out a bit! The place was clean, the staff were friendly, the service was pretty quick. The fish (cod and haddock) freshly battered and fried, was truly excellent, up there with the best. The chips? Well they were okay-ish, pretty much standard quality these days, bit on the floppy, greasy side, we’ve had better. Sadly a good crispy chip seems to be a lost art!