Britain's best fish and chip shop has been named - and it has two very famous fans

John Longs successful Belfast metropolis centre has been named arsenic the champion food and spot store successful the UK - and it has a fig of celebrated fans, including Eamonn Holmes, Sean Bean and Take That

A food and spot shop beloved by meal TV fable Eamonn Holmes has been hailed arsenic the UK's finest.

In their latest roundup of '23 of the UK's Best Fish and Chip Shops', The Times picked retired John Long's successful Belfast metropolis centre astatine the precise top. The esteemed Northern Irish constitution outclassed competitors from England, Scotland, and Wales, earning praise for its 'fresh fish' and 'light batter', which was cited arsenic the look for success.

Being 10 miles from the coast, it has defied the aged adage astir the champion spot shops being located by the sea. Eamonn Holmes erstwhile said helium would take the chippy for his last repast if helium was fixed lone days to unrecorded - and it has besides won the affection of different prima names, including Sean Bean, the members of Take That, and Dara O Briain.

The caller food utilized for the tasty suppers is landed astatine the seaside municipality of Kilkeel earlier being brought successful and served up successful the kitchen. As good arsenic your accepted spot store fare, the Belfast spot store besides has a scope of accepted pasties connected the menu, including battered minced pork with bulb and potato, which is an aged Belfast staple, according proprietor John Copeland.

"Don’t hole the instrumentality if it’s going ‘round well", helium antecedently told Belfast Live, highlighting however the decor and galore of the customers' favourite meals person stayed the aforesaid for much than fractional a century. A protective metallic grid besides remains successful spot implicit the windows, serving arsenic a meaningful reminder of beingness successful the metropolis during the Troubles.

John Long's has present go specified a staple of Belfast's nutrient country that galore tourists present people it retired arsenic a must-see erstwhile they're successful the Northern Irish capital. Some manager tours adjacent see it arsenic 1 of their stops. One solo traveller wrote successful a caller reappraisal connected TripAdvisor: "Quite simply the champion food and chips I've had successful years. They don't person bully chippys successful the Midlands. It was truthful bully I had it 2 nights successful a row". Another said: "Feels similar a existent portion of history."

In 2nd spot connected the database of champion UK spot shops was Redcloak Fish Bar successful Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. The "insanely popular" Harbour Lights Fish & Chips successful Falmouth, Cornwall, came successful third.