Riverside Fish And Chips

There are a plethora of fish and chip shops in Matlock Bath, and Riverside Fish Bar is a perfectly reasonable choice amongst them. It is the only one of them on the opposite side to all the other amenities Matlock Bath has to offer, and that means it is the only one that offers outside seating that isn 't literally on the main road side. It also means it is the only one that means you can eat your food on the banks of the Derwent, which is a very pleasant thing to do in the summer. Not quite so much in January... The food on offer here is perfectly fine. Nothing wrong with it, other than their idea of a 'large bag of chips ' is actually a medium sized tray of chips. No matter though the chips are decent and the cheeseburgers are surprisingly nice. Well worth a try. This is one of those places that charges 25p for sauces (at times of writing) because they sell them in those irritating plastic pots that are never quite big enough whilst also managing to be hopeless for the environment. They really maximise seating in here, so it can get quite tight when it is busy, however, like I say, there is outdoor seating, so there should always be somewhere to sit. Not a bad place at all. Worth visiting for sure.

Read all the reviews in Google.. u will see how bad. food poisoning worms in fish rude staff dirty toilets dirty hands touching food no lock on toilets under cooked food.. every thing u don't want in a resturant! my daughter qnd her boyfriend had parasites in her fish .... both bits of fish ! worms so big to. Refund given only for 2 x fish cos I'm guessing they expected them to eat the chips next to the worms Also next day felt unwell environmental health Derbyshire dales called. and said this is a quality fish issue... And I showed them all the reviews... case opened and on going..... I say no more because I hope they get closed down !!!

Nice chips and the boys loved the free sweets. However, could not rate higher as the owner came outside to where we were eating our chips to smoke. Really?! I don’t have an issue with the smoking, but not near customers, with young children and whilst eating. Poor form.

The food is lovely , they did a gluten free option which is very good and tasty and good value for money :

Chips hot, battered sausage cold, virtually no batter, congealed beans, it was a case of one slice of beans or two. Not worth the cost