My issue with fish and chip shops is I have never liked fish and chips - I always go for another option, quarter chicken, pie, battered burger and battered sausage in my youth and I go like chip shop gravy and curry sauce.
Yes, I love a special fish supper but the price has pissed me off.
Last week I went instead for a black pudding supper from the other chippy. £5 and there was easily enough in it for both of us.
For those up here who know of Nardini's (very famous for their ice cream) in Largs, be careful with the Seniors' Fish Tea.
We used to go there now and again for a Sunday treat. It was something like £7.95 for fish, chips, salad or mushy peas, tartare sauce, bread & butter and tea. The other week we went back for the first time since COVID. I was expecting a price rise but it was up to something like £12.95.
However, the old serving was a half-fillet and a modest portion of chips. This time it was a full fillet and a large portion of chips, so, in effect, value for money compared with the local chippy. (Then again, it's three hours on the road and two gallons of petrol to get there and back.)
There was a time I could eat for Scotland but not any more. A modest plateful, especially at lunchtime is plenty (since I'll want to sleep afterwards) so I found the serving too much, leaving half the chips (so unlike me). But if you have a big appetite and are down that way then it's an option, assuming you qualify age-wise. I'd been ordering since I turned 60 but have never been asked for proof of age.