Barnacle Barney's Fish n Chips

5 stars. Service is amazing, the prices aren't offensive, and the food is the best I've ever had for cod! Love love love!
I put a post up on facebook and it was matched by like twenty other people saying how much they also loved the location and the food within it. Eat rave local nanaimo.
Now I'm gonna lie and say it's bad, so nobody goes there and then there's a table when I want😆 soooo good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Family friendly Barnacle Barney's & Western Chinese Cuisine located on the corner, Roberts Street and First Avenue in Ladysmith. A local favorite with plenty of seating. The menu offers a variety menu including fish and chips, hamburgers sandwiches, chinese food and more. Owner Jerry has owned and operated the restaurant for ten years with a fan favorite following from his previous location in Parksville. Step on in and enjoy a hot coffee and a bite to eat. Thank you Laurie for pleasant table service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

very nice big meal, fish and chips. Wife had dinner for one combo, good tasting and some left over for later. A very comfortable restaurant with good food. We'll be back

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

A group of us dropped in and decided to try Chinese food combos. Food was hot and fresh. Veggies firm and not over cooked. Noodles flavourfull and not greasy. Can’t wait to go back and try the fish and chips!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was really tasty and fresh. The servers were great as well, very nice and yummy experience

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terrible food, gross restaurant

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Tonight my family and I went to eat here for dinner, what a HUGE disappointment! The food was gross, low quality and some of it was even cold. Not one of us enjoyed our meals. I mentioned it to the waitress and she took $2.10 off of our bill, wow, thank you...for nothing, I feel it could have been more than that. We all left this restaurant feeling sick to our stomachs and hugely dissapointed. We are family that eats out regularly and this is by FAR the worst restaurant we have eaten out at. We will never be go back, not even to give it a second chance, the food was too awful and stomach sickening to give it a second chance. They only reason I gave this restaurant a 1 star is because I could not give it a zero or else I would have

Ate here with my family. None of us particularly enjoyed our meals but the price and proportions were fair.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

A classic diner experience with a twist. There is a kind of westernized Chinese food fusion thing going on at Barnacles Barney's. We got the fish and chips, sweet and sour pork, and chow mein. The fish and chips were great, chow mein was decent, if a bit light on protein, and the sweet and sour pork was okay. I thought it was overcooked and too heavy on the sauce, although that would be a plus with rice.

Service was very friendly and as attentive as could be. One girl was running at least 6-7 tables of 4+ people. Definitely a hustler and sweet as well. We came in around lunch, so I was a bit surprised to see her serving solo.

As for the vibe, it's got the old school diner feeling. Pretty well fits in the rest of the tourist strip in Ladysmith. We enjoyed it and will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cod, Chicken Chow Mein

Was searching out where to go for Chinese food lunch and came upon Barnacle Barney's in Ladysmith. Kind of an odd name for a Chinese food restaurant but they do also do fish and chips and other typical western type cuisine. Reviews looked good, menu looked good. This was definitely the right choice. All of the different foods coming out of the kitchen looked delicious and plentiful. We decided on the dinner for 4 which included, 4 yummy spring rolls, chicken chow mein, chicken fried rice, beef chop suey, sweet&sour lean pork and crispy almond chicken. Everything was hot and very flavourful. Couldn't ask for better service and the final bill very reasonable. Can't wait to go back and try more of the incredible menu. Yum! Sorry I was too busy chowing down to take any pictures.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came in for fish and chips but ...The Chop Suey is so fresh and yummy! Definitely coming back for the breaded almond chicken and chow mein.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

What a great little diner in Ladysmith. We had the fish and chips and a BLT. I've heard the Chinese food is good too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Crispy and delicious! A real treat.

Recommended dishes: Cod

Had chicken chow mien . Great to have sprouts in chow mien but when the ends are black ??? Not good, barely made it home to my bathroom.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

Friendly and experienced staff with a good sense of humor. Food was so yummy! Kind fellow diners, and great atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5