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Serves meat, vegan options available. Fish and chip takeaway that has vegan-fish and fishcakes. Open Mon-Thu 12:00-20:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-20:30, Sun 12:00-20:00.


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19 Reviews

First Review by honoraryidiot

TeyaDuncan

Points +357

Vegan
07 Oct 2024

Decent enough

Options are good, tofish is a bit bland- just tofu wrapped in nori and deep fried. Could use some marinating.

joel_swe

Points +22

Herbivore
16 Aug 2024

Awesome vegan fish and chips

Stop serving other things I guess? But the vegan options are clearly marked.

Pros: The homemade battered "fish" of tofu and seaweed , Clearly marked menu, The mushy peas

snicketgreen

Points +145

Vegan
02 Aug 2024

Amazing tofish!

Having been in Devon and Cornwall for the past week unable to find anywhere that served tofish we went slightly out of our way to come here and I’m so glad we did. The service was excellent, views incredible and the tofish hit the spot exactly. Really lovely place.

Toria535

Points +90

Vegan
31 Jul 2024

Visit after a graduation

We visited today as a group of Vegans and corpse eaters , the booking was made last November, they where told that 3 of us where vegan in an email and that we where looking forward to trying their Tofish
Despite this, we where told that the Tofish wasn’t available they only had the Jackfruit fish cake

The fish cakes are quite large and are quite a stodgy consistency, you get two with chips ( which are unlimited) and a few salad leaves a tomato and lemon slice

Half way through the meal the waitress announced that they had vegan mayonnaise if we required it

Not a bad meal but lacked flavour

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-31

Pros: The fact that two vegan options are available , Light airy restaurant , Quick service

Cons: No Tofish despite booking months ahead , Offered mayo when meal half gone , Lack of staff

Veganforthewin

Points +3273

Vegan
22 Jun 2024

Best Fish and Chips in the South West

This is truly amazing. First of the chips are one of the best we have had.
Secondly both the vegan fish cake and vegan with had a lovely texture and full of flavour.
We will definitely return

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-22

EvilWizard

Points +348

Vegan
29 Nov 2023

Vegan fishcakes

I was only able to try the fishcakes as the fish was out of stock when I went which was disappointing, but I guess it means it’s popular. Nevertheless, it was still a delicious meal and some very nice chips.

Do be aware though, the floor in the restaurant was very slippery and I fell over onto my bum. Wear grippy shoes.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-29

starcide

Points +578

Vegan
24 Jun 2023

A bit of a mixed/confusing experience here

In general i really enjoyed everything about this place, the view from the restaurant over the harbour is very nice. The food was fresh and tasted great, the onion rings were so so crisp, the chips very tasty and well made. Mushy peas and curry sauce were really excellent.

The only trouble was the fish. The fish is nice, it's tofu covered in nori and batter. At first it seemed great, but by the end of the meal I realised it was very very salty and actually struggled to finish the fish, and I love a lot of salt.

So I'm left a little confused, the quality of the food was *very* high, the salt on the fish was way way too much, a slight problem that could be fixed easily by not soaking the fish in as much brine? or using less nori? Perhaps they didn't taste the fish before serving?

Overall I'd recommend trying as I wonder if they had an off day.

Updated from previous review on 2023-06-24

Pros: Quality of all food bar the fish was VERY high., Great view over harbour

Cons: The fish was wayyyyyy too salty for me.

maisie_s96

Points +97

Vegan
22 Apr 2023

Really tasty!

Vegan ‘fish’ was really tasty tofu and the chips were delicious. A plus is that they’re unlimited too! I would deffo recommend the curry sauce as well

Pros: Yummy vegan options , View of the sea , Quick friendly service

Cons: A bit pricey

xforwhy

Points +51

Vegan
29 Nov 2022

Vegan “fish” and chips

Lovely vegan fish & chips (tofu wrapped in seaweed, then battered) or vegan fishcake. The tofu can be of a varying size though…

Tezza79

Points +48

Vegan
05 Aug 2022

Vegan fish and chips while overlooking harbour. Very nice

We had vegan fish and chips. Vegan fish cakes and vegan curry sauce. We sat in the restaurant overlooking the harbour. Staff very friendly and allows dogs as well

Ellonk

Points +53

Vegetarian
31 Jul 2022

Vegan fish!

Vegan fish was just tofu wrapped in seaweed and battered - nice if you like tofu😄chips never disappoint!

Pros: 3 vegan main options

georgiat98

Points +282

Vegan
21 Jul 2022

Vegan chippy

Had a vegan fish and fish cakes, chips and some other options, was really tasty!

LuluJuju

Points +109

Vegan
19 Jun 2022

Great F*sh and chips!!!!

Bloody lovely stuff!!! Really lovely atmosphere and great staff!!

toastedsandwich

Points +122

Vegan
08 Sep 2021

Realistic and tasty

This is our second time here and we were so impressed with their vegan jackfruit fish - it’s white and crumbly, just like real cod and tastes the same as well. I didn’t like the fish cakes very much, but it’s personal taste I guess. On the day we went tofish wasn’t available but it’s very nice too, just not as realistic as jackfruit (honestly I’d never be able to say it’s jackfruit!!)

Pros: Three different types of vegan fish, Great value , Friendly staff

Raw.

Points +40

Vegan
28 Aug 2021

Vegan fish and chips

Chip shop vegan options seem to be rare, so when I found Harbour Lights I made a special trip.
I wasn't disappointed. Two options for vegan fish which is tofu or jackfruit. I went for jackfruit and it was as close to fish as you can get. Exceeded all expectations. Cooked fresh, crispy batter, delicious and I thought reasonably priced. I also went for the banana blossom fishcake and all the usual suspects. Will definitely be going again soon!
Seating overlooking the water. What's not to like?

Pros: Vegan options

Cons: None

Morini

Points +20

Vegan
23 Aug 2021

Lame tofish and chips

A really disappointing tofish and chips.

Pros: Nice chips

Cons: Unhygienic staff, Watery tasteless tofu barely covered in batter, Even the Nori was tasteless

Leelondon117

Points +548

Vegan
06 Aug 2021

Vegan fish and chips

Great to see a mainstream fish and chip shop offer vegan options. The vegan ‘fish’ is marinated tofu wrapped in nori. The batter was fantastic, crispy and light. The tofu, soft with the taste of the sea from the nori; probably the best vegan ‘fish’ I’ve had. The chips were perfect, crisp, fluffy in the middle snd a generous portion. The mushy peas were also good. Only let down was the lack of salt and vinegar even though I’d asked for extra. It didn’t put me off however as I went and had the same the next night. Highly recommend.

Pros: Vegan ‘fish’, That batter, Good portion

Cons: Not enough salt and vinegar

eleanorl36

Points +229

Vegan
10 Jul 2021

Vegan chippy

Nice to actually have vegan options that aren’t just chips! Unfortunately they had ran out of the fish so I had the fish cake. It was ok but wasn’t amazing to be honest, but was glad I tried it. Would love to try the tofu fish next time.

honoraryidiot

Points +2369

Vegan
09 Jun 2021

Decent and appreciated the effort

The batter for the vegan fish was really good and the chips were perfect. Bit stingy on the salt and vinegar though, could have improved the meal is they were a bit more liberal with it like proper old fashioned chippies.




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