Two food and spot shops successful Aberdeen that are located conscionable 5 miles isolated person some been shortlisted for the prestigious Takeaway of the Year grant successful the 2025 National Fish and Chip Awards.
The 2 nominees, Sea Salt + Sole successful Dyce and Lows Traditional Fish & Chips astatine Berryden Business Park, person made it onto the database of 40 establishments up for the apical prize.
Sea Salt + Sole is simply a favourite among locals and has received glowing reviews for its caller and crispy fish.
One Google reviewer praised the store for its “pleasant unit and precise organised” setup, portion different lawsuit said that “the batter was crispy, and the haddock was bully and thick.”
The chippy’s bulb rings were besides a standout, described arsenic “the champion I’ve had astatine immoderate chippie,” by 1 reviewer.
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On the different hand, Lows Traditional Fish & Chips has received mixed reviews connected Google, with immoderate loyal customers praising its “excellent prime products” and “friendly members of staff.”
However, others noted issues with work and information sizes. One regular lawsuit commented: “The nutrient is good, but the work tin beryllium deed oregon miss.”
Despite this, Lows has secured its spot connected the list, meaning that they indispensable beryllium doing thing right.
The 2 Aberdeen food and spot shops are conscionable 5 miles isolated from each other. It would instrumentality astir 15 minutes to thrust from 1 to the other.
Alternatively, for anyone who wishes to pain calories arsenic they hole to indulge successful 2 portions of food and chips from the 2 antithetic shops, it takes little than 2 hours to walk.
The organisers of the awards said: “There’s a batch to moving a palmy chippie.”
They added that each finalist demonstrated “talent, expertise, and concern acumen”.
Below is the afloat database of the 40 nominees for the National Fish and Chip Awards 2025. Only 10 of those volition beryllium invited to the final, which volition instrumentality spot successful February 2025.
Here is the afloat database of the 40 food and spot shops shortlisted for the 'Takeaway of the Year' grant astatine the National Fish and Chip Awards 2025:
England
Kellaway’s Fish and Chips, Truro, Cornwall
Yarm Road Fish and Chips, Darlington, County Durham
Taffs Fish and Chips, Torrington, Devon
The Forum Frier, Blandford Forum, Dorset
The Hook of Clacton, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
Taylors, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Mike’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Newington Fish Bar, Ramsgate, Kent
Farington Chippy, Leyland, Lancashire
Westend Fish and Chips, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
Frydales (Hinckley Road), Leicester, Leicestershire
Elite connected the Bail, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Linfords Traditional Fish and Chips, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
Brockley’s Rock, Brockley, London
Stones Fish and Chips, Acton, London
French’s Fish Shop, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Angell’s Fisheries, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
Harrison’s Fish & Chip Co., Oxford, Oxfordshire
The Oyster Shell, Bath, Somerset
Seafare Guildford, Surrey
Robinsons Traditional Fish and Chips, Billingham, Teesside
Hawthorn Fish Bar, Birmingham, West Midlands
The Fish Bank, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire
Locker’s Fish & Chips, Redcar, Yorkshire
Mister C’s, Selby, Yorkshire
The Scrap Box, York, Yorkshire
Two Gates Fisheries, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Scotland
Carron Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Garioch Fish Bar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Lows Traditional Fish & Chips, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Mike’s Famous Fish & Chips, Blackburn, Aberdeen
Redcloak Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Sea Salt + Sole, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
The Fish Works, Largs, Ayrshire
The Wee Chippy, Anstruther, Fife
McKays Fish & Chip Shop, Pitlochry, Perthshire
Hilton Chip Shop, Inverness, Inverness-shire
Wales
Finney’s Fish and Chips, Benllech, Anglesey
Posh Fish and Chips (Llandaff), Cardiff, Glamorgan
Zero Plus Fish & Chips, Cardiff, Glamorgan