
Eskdale Fisheries
Quick info
About Eskdale Fisheries
On Coach Rd in Whitby, Eskdale Fisheries offers both takeaway and sit-down service. The menu runs beyond the usual haddock and cod to include seabass, pie, and sausage dishes, with chips cooked fresh to order for each customer. The Eskdale Special brings haddock, chips, buttered bread, and a tea or coffee together on one plate, and buttered bread comes free with certain other meals. Mushy peas can be added as an extra, and curry sauce or tartare sauce are offered alongside. A small number of on-site parking spaces are available for those eating in or collecting an order.
Good to know
- ReservationsAccepts reservations
- ParkingFree parking lot · Free street parking · Paid parking lot
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom, seating
- Good for kidsGood for kids · Kids' menu
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention eskdale special, haddock and chips, mushy peas and steak pie.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention eskdale special, haddock and chips, mushy peas and steak pie.
Customer Review Summary
The Eskdale Special, haddock, chips, and bread and butter with a tea or coffee, comes up repeatedly as the order of choice, with reviewers praising the light, crispy batter and hot chips, and several singling out the curry sauce and tartare sauce alongside it. Close behind, the steak pie draws its own praise, and one large family group also highlighted the sausage dishes. Staff are consistently called friendly and quick, with one reviewer noting they travel in from Scarborough just for the batter. The recurring caveat is portion size and consistency: one reviewer found the haddock batter hard-edged and the fish dry and overcooked, with chips needing more cooking and the mushy peas under-seasoned, and another felt the seabass portion and fries were too small for the price, though they noted haddock or cod servings run larger. Parking is repeatedly mentioned as tight at peak times despite an onsite lot. One visit ended with a free top-up of buttered bread alongside the fish.
Customer Review Summary
The Eskdale Special, haddock, chips, and bread and butter with a tea or coffee, comes up repeatedly as the order of choice, with reviewers praising the light, crispy batter and hot chips, and several singling out the curry sauce and tartare sauce alongside it. Close behind, the steak pie draws its own praise, and one large family group also highlighted the sausage dishes. Staff are consistently called friendly and quick, with one reviewer noting they travel in from Scarborough just for the batter. The recurring caveat is portion size and consistency: one reviewer found the haddock batter hard-edged and the fish dry and overcooked, with chips needing more cooking and the mushy peas under-seasoned, and another felt the seabass portion and fries were too small for the price, though they noted haddock or cod servings run larger. Parking is repeatedly mentioned as tight at peak times despite an onsite lot. One visit ended with a free top-up of buttered bread alongside the fish.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Great fish'n'chips (fresh & tasty with crispy batter) in this village restaurant and takeaway. Every bit as good as when we were last here several years ago. Our hungry family group of 9 (from 3 generations) were temporarily silenced by the enjoyable task of clearing our plates. Fast, friendly service, too, and the pie and sausage dishes were also a hit. Highly recommended!”
- Google user
“Magpie chippy in Whitby is garbagevjust come here have a fab time. We enjoyed the fish and the chips Haddock Sea bass Cod A group of 7 of us tried a wide range and it was all delicious great time for a last chippy for a while Make sure to get fish bits they are the best Prices are perfectly fine once you take into account the experience and drinks”
- Google user
“15:30 Sunday - 2 x eksdale specials Haddock, chips, buttered bread with tea or coffee. Added mushy peas for extra. Really good food, perfect crisp to fish, chips freshly cooked right then and there for each order. Buttered break for free is a nice touch 👌 Tangy Qatar sauce was lovely, dont need a lot to go a long way. High rate this place, would go back.”
- Google user
“The nicest batter for miles, not too harsh or brittle, lets the flavour of the fish come through. Staff always friendly, we travel from Scarborough to eat here so must be good.”
- Google user
“The best fish n chips/pie n chips we've had in the Whitby area in ages. Decent portions,the fish was tasty and well cooked,the steak pie....absolutely fantastic,our only nit pick was the chips were a bit pale (very tasty though) The staff were brilliant and a credit to the owner. We shall return!!”
Highlights
“Takeaway and Cafe.”
- Great coffee
- Great tea selection
- Popular for lunch
- Popular for dinner
- Popular for solo dining
- Small plates
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Accepts reservations
- Outdoor seating
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Good for kids
Show more amenities
- Cozy
- Onsite services
- Coffee
- Quick bite
- Dessert
- Solo dining
- Offerings· 1
- Small plates
- Dining options· 5
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Counter service
- Seating
- Table service
- Atmosphere· 1
- Casual
- Highlights· 1
- Great tea selection
- Parking· 5
- Free parking lot
- Free street parking
- Paid parking lot
- Paid street parking
- Usually plenty of parking
- Family-friendly· 1
- Kids' menu
- Facilities· 1
- Restroom
- Crowd· 2
- Groups
- Tourists
- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Location
Restaurants near Eskdale Fisheries
- Railway Chippy4.42452.9 mi
cod and chips, large haddock and chips, generous portions
- Riverside Fisheries4.52523.1 mi£10–20
cod and chips, homemade tartare sauce, cash only
- The Vault, Whitby4.62163.2 mi
sunday roast dinner, chicken burger, seafood spaghetti
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eskdale FisheriesOutdoor seating · Wheelchair accessible · Good for kids | 4.6956 | — | £10–20 | eskdale special, haddock and chips, mushy peas |
| Railway Chippy | 4.4245 | 2.9 mi | — | cod and chips, large haddock and chips, generous portions |
| Riverside Fisheries | 4.5252 | 3.1 mi | £10–20 | cod and chips, homemade tartare sauce, cash only |
| The Vault, Whitby | 4.6216 | 3.2 mi | — | sunday roast dinner, chicken burger, seafood spaghetti |
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