Chipperies - Purbeck

Although I live in Wareham I normally confine my fish and chip buying to The Fish Plaice in Swanage or Lakeside in Poole, which are both excellent. But I'd had a hard day, couldn't be bothered to cook, and hadn't tried the fish and chips here since the shop was refurbished in the summmer. Wish I hadn't bothered. How difficult can it be to batter and fry a fish? In this case my batter was both over and under cooked because it was very thick. So it was too brown on the outside and bitter tasting, yet still slimy inside. Chips were also somewhat overcooked and dry maybe they had cooked a large batch and kept them hanging around. Altogether a poor experience and at £20 for two fish and one large chips, not one that I'll be risking again unless I start to hear some much better reports about this place.

The prices are high and the quality is lacking. Our £11.00 order included two small pieces of cod that were overcooked and not worth the price.

My daughter was visiting us in Wareham with our grandson. She said she would treat us to a fish and chip lunch so decided to visit the Chipperies on South Street. When she returned with our order we were very disappointed. For the price customers pay, one might have expected a larger fish when a large fish is ordered. The portion of large chips was also somewhat lacking in size. Unfortunately, this was not a one-off unique experience. Since the takeaway was refurbished we have visited a couple of times been disappointed on each occasion. Prior to the second visit we did have our doubts but decided to give the Chipperies another chance. Sadly, we were mistaken. I'm sorry to have to write such a negative review. In the past we have always been satisfied with the pricing, quality of the food portioning. Since the refurbishment this seems to have changed. I'm sorry that this business appears to have let its standards drop. I'm willing to visit try again in the future but it wont be for quite a while.

I absolutely love the fish and chips at this restaurant! The lunch deal is amazing as well, very affordable. The staff is wonderful, so friendly and welcoming.

Great Fish and Chips and friendly staff, nice young man with hat on was very polite server. Reasonably priced for fish and chips these days.