If I could give no stars I would. Wasted $80 lastnight, the fish (if it was even fish) wasn’t cooked, we’re all fighting for the toilet today due to the amount of grease that was bleeding through the packaging and right through my seat covers and into the seat of my car, the fries were terrible and the one burger that we ordered for my mother in law looked like it had been dropped accidentally as it was mangled and seemed to have pieces of hair mashed into it. The staff seem to be incredibly miserable and hate their lives. The only good thing going for the place is the interior is nice, clean and welcoming. Bad food and rude miserable service though isn’t worth returning. Seeing some of the rude replies to others on here shows their lack of empathy for the customer and the reason why we didn’t bother calling to discuss this matter prior to writing this review. We didn’t wish to add insult to injury after throwing close to $80 in the trash and having an extremely poor experience on top of the stomach upset were all experiencing this morning. We simply won’t be back and will continue patronizing Churchills.
P. P.
What in the world happened here and went wrong??? What used to be our go-to and number 1 F n’ C restaurant has gone completely down the drain!!! Ordered on Uber (usually we pick up from here) but being a rainy Sunday, decided to use uber. For reference, ordered a western omelette breakfast (requested bacon and cheese in the omelette IF POSSIBLE) 4 pieces of halibut and small chips, large gravy, 2 x homemade tartar sauce and chocolate milk. Came to $65.00. 20 minutes after the order was placed and the driver was almost at the restaurant to pick up the order, order got cancelled. Called the restaurant to find out why the order was cancelled and was told they didn’t have bacon, cheese or ham for the omelette so UBER cancelled the order. Restaurant didn’t.. they blamed Uber. So rather than calling to discuss the matter and ask if we wanted an alternative, they canceled the whole order 20 minutes in while the driver was almost there. Told us to reorder on uber again and order the cheese omelette and just to add bacon and mushrooms. So… placed the whole order again. Five minutes later I get a notification that my price was adjusted and increased because of the bacon on the omelette. Increased by $1.00 but still. It’s the principle. Whatever. I had no say in the matter. Uber driver (same guy) picked up the order and brought it to us over an hour after the initial order was placed (because of the cancellation BS and whatever other excuse). Wasn’t his fault b Got the food and it was 4 pieces of HADDOCK. Not halibut. Barely any fish in it, it was like eating battered air pockets. The omelette and potatoes were great. The fries were frozen fries tossed into a deep fryer. Homemade tartar sauce was like no name ranch or Caesar dressing… piss thin. Opened the container and it flew everywhere due to how runny it was. Paper bag it came in had grease RUNNING on the outside of it. Don’t know what happened but this place was always my go-to and I would recommend it to everyone. This was my boyfriend’s first time trying it and it was embarrassing after hyping this place up to him. I know everyone has a bad day… restaurants included… but my son ordered lunch earlier this week and it was the same thing. We chalked that day up to being a bad day. I’ll no longer recommend this restaurant to anyone and will be searching for a new F n’ C restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Milan Malata
We dropped $70 here and were surprised by what we got…
Calamari is made out of some paste… never had that before, it tasted like chicken nuggets.
Got an absolute bottom of the barrel french fries, tiny pieces, you could eat it like peanuts. Except no salt.
Fish was okay… very bland, no seasoning just ehh
Leaving this here so I dont accidentally come back
Debbie Fillier
Fish was ok. Everything was very greasy. I expected it to be but was a bit more than anticipated.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Aconyte
This place does the best fish AND chips hands down. I have found a lot of places lacking in the fries department, but the fries here are always delicious and perfectly cooked. The batter on the fish is always light and has a good fluff to crunch ratio. You can tell they change their oil regularly as nothing comes out tasting old or heavy.
My go to is the cod meal. Add a bit of salt to everything to tame it to the next level
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries
umama khan
Good place to have fish. Liked it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips
Sharon Mastrangelo
Purchased a senior fish & chips. Good portion.
Parking: Nice fish. Not to greasy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gravy, Fish, Chips
S M
Mediocre food, ridiculously over-priced, $28 for one pice of fish and a small salad
ve3lks
Good food. Good portions. Good prices.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips
simmon villada
Deliciously soft and flaky fish with succulent chips (they go excellent with the malt vinegar). I had the pleasure of trying the haddock special, gee am I glad I did, it was a serious portion for the price. I almost couldn't finish it as a large male ?. Absolutely juicy, the batter coating on the fish isn't too oily and is light enough to enjoy. Lather both chips and fish in Mal vinegar with tartar sauce, you'll be a happy camper. Will come back again, have been coming back for almost a decade now and the quality stays consistent. Delicious food and friendly staff. Thank you for the wonderful meal and such a great price ($10.99 Sep 2024)
So I ordered just a haddock and chips and a poutine. I figured it would be the normal small piece of fish and little fries. ... nope, I was super wrong!! That fish was hanging out both sides of the box that was also filled to the brim with crispy, perfectly cooked fries. The audacity!!! 😁 I will definitely order from here again next time I'm out this way. The fish was delicious with a nice batter and flaky inside. Thanks guys!! 😊
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries
Andrea Edgson
This was the first time we had tried Halibut King and we certainly weren’t disappointed. The gentleman who greeted and served us was very friendly and welcoming. The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated. We had the haddock and chips special and the portion was very generous - well worth $10.95. The food itself was delicious and we will definitely be back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrew Floyd
When I'm dead I will eat this for: breakfast,lunch and dinner in heaven. The only fish and chip business allowed in heaven is this one across the road from the Oshawa Center!! I have been to them all over the world over !!!
Parking: Plenty
Kid-friendliness: Very
Wheelchair accessibility: Yes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries, Coleslaw
Fred Simkins
Great serving size of fish and chips. Great food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Fries
Bianca Figueira
So I ordered just a haddock and chips and a poutine. I figured it would be the normal small piece of fish and little fries. ... nope, I was super wrong!! That fish was hanging out both sides of the box that was also filled to the brim with crispy, perfectly cooked fries. The audacity!!! ? I will definitely order from here again next time I'm out this way. The fish was delicious with a nice batter and flaky inside. Thanks guys!! ?
If I could give no stars I would. Wasted $80 lastnight, the fish (if it was even fish) wasn’t cooked, we’re all fighting for the toilet today due to the amount of grease that was bleeding through the packaging and right through my seat covers and into the seat of my car, the fries were terrible and the one burger that we ordered for my mother in law looked like it had been dropped accidentally as it was mangled and seemed to have pieces of hair mashed into it.
The staff seem to be incredibly miserable and hate their lives.
The only good thing going for the place is the interior is nice, clean and welcoming.
Bad food and rude miserable service though isn’t worth returning. Seeing some of the rude replies to others on here shows their lack of empathy for the customer and the reason why we didn’t bother calling to discuss this matter prior to writing this review. We didn’t wish to add insult to injury after throwing close to $80 in the trash and having an extremely poor experience on top of the stomach upset were all experiencing this morning. We simply won’t be back and will continue patronizing Churchills.
What in the world happened here and went wrong??? What used to be our go-to and number 1 F n’ C restaurant has gone completely down the drain!!!
Ordered on Uber (usually we pick up from here) but being a rainy Sunday, decided to use uber.
For reference, ordered a western omelette breakfast (requested bacon and cheese in the omelette IF POSSIBLE) 4 pieces of halibut and small chips, large gravy, 2 x homemade tartar sauce and chocolate milk. Came to $65.00.
20 minutes after the order was placed and the driver was almost at the restaurant to pick up the order, order got cancelled.
Called the restaurant to find out why the order was cancelled and was told they didn’t have bacon, cheese or ham for the omelette so UBER cancelled the order. Restaurant didn’t.. they blamed Uber.
So rather than calling to discuss the matter and ask if we wanted an alternative, they canceled the whole order 20 minutes in while the driver was almost there.
Told us to reorder on uber again and order the cheese omelette and just to add bacon and mushrooms.
So… placed the whole order again. Five minutes later I get a notification that my price was adjusted and increased because of the bacon on the omelette. Increased by $1.00 but still. It’s the principle.
Whatever. I had no say in the matter.
Uber driver (same guy) picked up the order and brought it to us over an hour after the initial order was placed (because of the cancellation BS and whatever other excuse). Wasn’t his fault b
Got the food and it was 4 pieces of HADDOCK. Not halibut. Barely any fish in it, it was like eating battered air pockets.
The omelette and potatoes were great.
The fries were frozen fries tossed into a deep fryer.
Homemade tartar sauce was like no name ranch or Caesar dressing… piss thin. Opened the container and it flew everywhere due to how runny it was. Paper bag it came in had grease RUNNING on the outside of it.
Don’t know what happened but this place was always my go-to and I would recommend it to everyone.
This was my boyfriend’s first time trying it and it was embarrassing after hyping this place up to him.
I know everyone has a bad day… restaurants included… but my son ordered lunch earlier this week and it was the same thing. We chalked that day up to being a bad day.
I’ll no longer recommend this restaurant to anyone and will be searching for a new F n’ C restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
We dropped $70 here and were surprised by what we got…
Calamari is made out of some paste… never had that before, it tasted like chicken nuggets.
Got an absolute bottom of the barrel french fries, tiny pieces, you could eat it like peanuts. Except no salt.
Fish was okay… very bland, no seasoning just ehh
Leaving this here so I dont accidentally come back
Fish was ok. Everything was very greasy. I expected it to be but was a bit more than anticipated.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
This place does the best fish AND chips hands down. I have found a lot of places lacking in the fries department, but the fries here are always delicious and perfectly cooked. The batter on the fish is always light and has a good fluff to crunch ratio. You can tell they change their oil regularly as nothing comes out tasting old or heavy.
My go to is the cod meal. Add a bit of salt to everything to tame it to the next level
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries
Good place to have fish. Liked it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips
Purchased a senior fish & chips. Good portion.
Parking: Nice fish. Not to greasy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gravy, Fish, Chips
Mediocre food, ridiculously over-priced, $28 for one pice of fish and a small salad
Good food. Good portions. Good prices.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips
Deliciously soft and flaky fish with succulent chips (they go excellent with the malt vinegar). I had the pleasure of trying the haddock special, gee am I glad I did, it was a serious portion for the price. I almost couldn't finish it as a large male ?. Absolutely juicy, the batter coating on the fish isn't too oily and is light enough to enjoy. Lather both chips and fish in Mal vinegar with tartar sauce, you'll be a happy camper. Will come back again, have been coming back for almost a decade now and the quality stays consistent. Delicious food and friendly staff. Thank you for the wonderful meal and such a great price ($10.99 Sep 2024)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips
Restaurantji Recommends
So I ordered just a haddock and chips and a poutine. I figured it would be the normal small piece of fish and little fries. ... nope, I was super wrong!! That fish was hanging out both sides of the box that was also filled to the brim with crispy, perfectly cooked fries. The audacity!!! 😁 I will definitely order from here again next time I'm out this way. The fish was delicious with a nice batter and flaky inside. Thanks guys!! 😊
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries
This was the first time we had tried Halibut King and we certainly weren’t disappointed. The gentleman who greeted and served us was very friendly and welcoming. The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated. We had the haddock and chips special and the portion was very generous - well worth $10.95. The food itself was delicious and we will definitely be back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
When I'm dead I will eat this for: breakfast,lunch and dinner in heaven. The only fish and chip business allowed in heaven is this one across the road from the Oshawa Center!! I have been to them all over the world over !!!
Parking: Plenty
Kid-friendliness: Very
Wheelchair accessibility: Yes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries, Coleslaw
Great serving size of fish and chips. Great food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Fries
So I ordered just a haddock and chips and a poutine. I figured it would be the normal small piece of fish and little fries. ... nope, I was super wrong!! That fish was hanging out both sides of the box that was also filled to the brim with crispy, perfectly cooked fries. The audacity!!! ? I will definitely order from here again next time I'm out this way. The fish was delicious with a nice batter and flaky inside. Thanks guys!! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Chips, Fries
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