The Ashvale

Aberdeen doesn't have a lot of fish and chip restaurants, which gives the Ashvale a slight advantage but when you're in the mood for a chippy its great to be able to sit in and enjoy it! They have a wide variety of all your chip shop classics, including a teatime flyer: which is a selection of them, including tea and toast or your choice of fruit juices (surely a can of Fanta or Irnbru could be included also?). I would always recommend booking ahead for a table as peak times can get busy. They have also just increased their opening times, which is good if you're not one for eating early. We had used a TasteCard on our visit which gave us some discount as the prices are quite high but you do get what you pay for, large portions served fresh and with some homemade toast... you can't go wrong!

Had dinner a couple of days ago with my friend and my mum. The place was great; the food was too. However, one of the staff members was horrible to us. No idea why!! Very unwelcoming, very hostile, very disrespectful old grumpy woman. When we first came in she wasn’t happy that we have not booked a place and made it sound like the restaurant is so busy and you won’t get a seat etc. However, that was the opposite of reality; half of the tables, if not more, were empty proving her dishonesty. She gave us a table next to the staff toilets, while most of the other tables were empty. We didn’t let her ruin our evening. We had our fun, but it was quite disgusting the attitude she gave us. Another young waitress who served us the fish was the sweetest. Very kind and respectful. I will certainly not be returning. Maybe if they sack her, I may think about it. Horrible worker.

Still the king of the Chippers! Shared a whale between two, fish exceptional batter crispy chips fresh. Lovely member of staff. Was a nice trip down memory lane as we used to go 30 years ago when students.

Large restaurant and chip shop close to the centre of Aberdeen. Very friendly and helpful staff. Good fish & chips with big portions.

Great fish and chip! Ordered the 2-course lunch sets and love them all, especially for the starters haggis bon bons and smoked chowder. The fish and chip is top notch. The staff are friendly and polite as well. Will definitely come back when visiting Aberdeen.

Me and my partner went here this evening, first and last time for sure. Positives, fish was cooked beautifully, crisp batter with good taste and a moist fllakey flavoursome fish. Negatives. Service is slow. No fish or even chips ready to serve. 15 mins for 2 lots of fish and chips. Can’t put your own salt and vinegar on (this really annoys me about chip shops, like the cost of salt and vinegar is going to make them bankrupt) The chips were blonde, dry as hell, flavourless, like they’d been stood for hours and reheated genuinely the worst chips I have had from a chip shop. Wont be back and won’t recommend, many people have left similar reviews. Not sure when they won the award for best fish and chips but it certainly wasn’t recently.

What an amazing place! Never in my life have I tried deep-fried haggis but I must say I really did enjoy it. Staff were friendly and got our order correct and brought our food in very little time. Interior was very nice with old pictures of Aberdeen hung up to be looked at while waiting for the lovely meal. Toilets were clean and hygienic as well. The only problem would be the parking. From what I could see there weren't all that many parking spots so when this place is full one might have to park somewhere off the premises. Other than that would recommend this place to anyone who wants to try typical Scottish dishes such as haggis or dare to tackle the Ashvale Whale! Will come here again hoping that next time I will eat that one pound monster!

A delight to have come back almost 25 years later with my daughter. Fisherman’s Feast just as epic as years back. Fish batter just right. And chips - fresh from the fryer. Great service and even a banter at the end.