Best is to go out to Howth on the Dart, do the cliff walk and finish of at Beshoffs for fish and chips. I recommend it to any tourist it’s a must.

@aightm8

Жыл бұрын

Crabby Joe's is very good as well

@maryryan9464

3 күн бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous food if it's the place just close to the beach at howth near to bull island if memories serve me well 💚

@maryryan9464

3 күн бұрын

Crabby Joe's is a must if a connoisseur of freshly prepared served food that has a friendly atmosphere to boot😅

You’ll think twice about asking the general public if they wanna try it. You never know where your next Mario is coming from😂

The man with a table and chair rated this place 10 out of 10. As someone who lives about 10 minutes from this fish and chip shop, I can confidently say that your review is far more accurate and fair. This place offers decent food at tourist prices, not great food at reasonable prices. Keep up the good reviews! Far better than table and chair man who gives everything 10 out of 10!

@Yaxrob

Жыл бұрын

He rates everything a 10 though.

After eating Leo Burdock fish and chips recently I agree with your review, I will add they were much better or should I say tastier in the 1990s when I first experienced eating fish and chips from them.

@ljr35

Жыл бұрын

I think it was better 20 years ago also. they would often double fry the chips back then which guarantees crispy chips. the basic flour and water batter they use is indeed a problem - it is the traditional Dublin chipper batter but now that we have all had beer battered fish it just isn't good enough anymore. Having said that I know the flavour of Burdocks so well that I do get cravings for it on a regular basis!

@maryryan9464

3 күн бұрын

Agree with that if u don't like skinny fries from Mc d u are in need of burdock for the chips are always outstanding imo💚

The crispy bits were the batter bits. Little bits of batter thrown in the fryer. Leo Burdock was one of THE best ever chip shops in Dublin or Ireland for that matter. When the fryers changed as he said from the coal fired everything did change a bit but it’s still really good. Years ago there were little or no tourists walking around there and it was the place to go after a few drinks on the way home. Still love it. I always ask at any chipper for the batter well done as I don’t like it wet inside as it feels uncooked to me. Crispy is always better, trust me.

Mario hasn’t paid for fish in years - damned legend that fella 😬! Great stuff lads 👍👍

@FoodReviewClubUK

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 What a bloke!

Im from Dublin but I haven't had Leos in years but its definitely up there with the best

Years ago when I was a kid there'd be queues halfway down the street for their fish and chips. Everything wrapped in newspaper.

@marcdunne7831

Жыл бұрын

Yea I never see queues now for fish and chips

The reason the battery is wet on the inside is because it is not reheated. The fish is supposed to be steamed in the batter, so the batter should be soft on the inside. When a fresh cod is reheated in the dripping the batter goes all crispy and the fish is dry. The reason your fish was soo good is because it was only cooked once..

@allenwixted1992

Жыл бұрын

Polite question, but you can totally batter a fish, cooked once, with crispy batter and juicy fish. How come more chippers don’t do this?! I hate that layer of goo 😅

@mauriceoconnor2859

Жыл бұрын

Personally i never eat the batter only the fresh fish beneath it,the batter is used to cook it,not eat,why anyone would want to put all that batter into there stomache amazes me,the batter is for the seagulls🤗

@MD-uu5nt

Жыл бұрын

@@mauriceoconnor2859 are you mental? The batter is the best bit 😂 So if you tried a battered mars bar you would get rid of the batter and just eat a melted mars bar?

@mauriceoconnor2859

Жыл бұрын

@@MD-uu5nt the best bit for the dopamine affect,not so good for the heart affect😉🤣🤣

@jimmurphy4703

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely terrible and I’m a Dubliner! Had some last visit and I agree wet soggy batter is crap! The chips were crap ! Overall 3/10

Kin’ell Super Mario had half your fish away! You only offered him a chip too! 😂🤣

@C_Pedro13

Жыл бұрын

What a guy🤣🤣

@Pudji.Toucan

Жыл бұрын

@@C_Pedro13 it somehow starts at the beginning along the way passes the middle and finally it finishes at the end

@stephenmcnab6926

Жыл бұрын

Ohh man what a pain in the arse, bet if it was ansrtruther chippy you’d ave cut his hand off 😂 whilst chasing him up the street

Im from Dublin. Beshoffs are the best fish and chip shop in Dublin! Burdocks is great too. But Beshoffs is the fancy one.

@stoicsavage509

Жыл бұрын

Nah

I grew up in the Liberties in the 60s , the queues for Leo Burdocks stretched right back halfway back down bride st, The fish and chips were unbelievable,it was real fish, it's definitely not the same anymore there are far nicer chippers around the area,

@FoodReviewClubUK

Жыл бұрын

Ahh thats unfortunate 😔 what other ones would you recommend?

@vilamor007

Жыл бұрын

@@FoodReviewClubUK try a few around Thomas st and Meath st,

@ljr35

Жыл бұрын

@@vilamor007 Fuscos on Meath St. is worth a try

@Paul-sl9zm

Жыл бұрын

@@vilamor007 In the 60s, it was real fish? As opposed to today's....fake fish?

@LeMerch

Жыл бұрын

@@Paul-sl9zm yeah I caught that as well.. some people think ‘the good old days’ are always better cuz they were kids.. everything was new and different to them. But honestly Burdocks is good. Nothing amazing. Just always a good bag of chips, you’ll never get anything amazing or bad. Which is why it’s stable.

Gotta love Dublin Bus drivers 😂 cheers for coming 👍🏼🇮🇪

Glad you came over to us 🙏 but come outside Dublin . Nice Vid . 👌

That got a bit tense when Mario showed up😂he took half your fish too the cheeky scamp😂

@benwu7980

5 ай бұрын

missed the obvious scampi pun.

Mmm scraps. When I was a kid in the 70's I always asked for scraps on mine. We had a chippy that used to refry Friday night's chips for Saturday lunchtime. After swimming we used to ask if they were last night's chips? Loved 'em.

So glad you hit that actual shop. There are a few all over the county . Some not what they used to be whereas this one always was and always will be . Also Glad you got the bits .. And Mario.

Love the honesty mate.

Some years ago ate Leo Burdock's fish & chips from their shop in Howth, was really even bellow average, more than 10 years before that was regular in Dublin's Leo B. and it was good stuff, but obviously that changed. I reviewed the fish & chips here in Malta just two days ago and it was quite good, nice and crispy the batter.

@TooDamnDank

Жыл бұрын

As a Dublin native i can not recommend enough NOT to try the howth one.

@collette6103

9 ай бұрын

The Howth one and others are franchises to me without the soul of the place in town.

You were lucky. Those seagulls are violent when you pull out food. No joke.

Taste may be subjective, but your good humour is objectively unarguable, good man, keep it going.

Very good video, I'm Dublin born and bred and defo, Leo's is the best for tasty fish & chips. Spot on lad, keep up the good honest reviews 👏

Hard to imagine that Mario was the Lord Mayor of Dublin in 2009

Matt - btw always been same regarding batter. Always referred to batter we don't like as having horrible gloopy floury batter underneath crispiness. Nothing worse.

"Callum give him ya number" Cracked me up! 😂

2 big fish up north bro 👊 the crispy bits are just batter that fell off what ever is fried usually end up at the bottom of the frier and cleaned ❤️

The best bit part of crispy cod the geezer walkd off 🤣🤣

I used to go here most wkends 11 or 12 years ago , I’m now over over oz 10yrs , those crispy bits are next level , if u want a nice fish and chip you gotta head out to howth it’s next level 👌

@jotk9440

Жыл бұрын

How to Aussie fish and chips compare?😊

@MJ-wg6fw

Жыл бұрын

@@jotk9440 shit

Born & bred in Dublin, This one is the best, the one on Liffey street was decent but the one in Temple Bar is an absolute tourist trap, proper kip that one

we call the crispy bits " scraps " up in the north east, just the small bits batter left in the frier, top vids

That’s gas - two of my pals are Yorkshireman living in Dublin, and they think the exact same thing as you about Fish batter in Irish chippers. It’s not as nice they say as the fluffy, crispy stuff they grew up with. Must try it some time!

I was brought up on burdoks fish and chips old skool but its not the same since the early 2000s as they started doing sausage and other stuff ,,when they just focused on fish .. I'm 45 now but when I used to skip school some days I used to leave my school bag with paddy that made the batter for the fish and done so over 65yrs sadly he past 18 yrs ago,, the batter on the fish now isn't the same and there for I don't eat out of there no more,, plus its owner uses the name burdock and made it into a franchise the family name is long gone from the chip shop ,, keep up ur reviews love them liam from Dublin 8,

Great vid 🤣👍👍🙃 I always had good experience with that burdocks all the same, I'd give 9 out if 10, From my experiences. Fair play guys 💚🌸

Best fish and chips ever I’m going there since I was a toddler in the 60s love it

Great video lads, Beshoffs is where its at for fish n chips in Dublin

Upping the game here getting a curry sauce holder 😂

You should try small places around the outskirts of the city, avoide temple bar. That can be a tourist trap. Give the small places a try and. And go out to howth fresh fish!

Beshoff's Clontarf/Howth

loved the bus driver...haha

They called the crispy bits Dublin caviar when I was in.

Mate you should try the New Kingsham fish and chips at Chichester. It’s the best I’ve tried in Chichester

Standard of that chippy has plummeted in the last ten years.

Just subscribed because i like the way you tell the truth, enjoy watching troops 👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 was it anstruther yous loved?

Do Beshoff's in howth much better batter on the fish!😊🐟🇮🇪

Matt, those cripsy bits are called scraps. They are mostly offered up north in england, they are basically just the bits of batter that come off during the cooking process and normally get discarded. Also Mario is Irelands version of Tomaž lmao, for those of you OG's you will know what im talking about.

Crispy bits are the best bits especially when the salt and vinegar melts in

Beshoff’s ) Howth) scampi n chips food heaven !!

Mario took the better part of that fish. I'm heading to Johnny Walker's here in waterford for some fish n chips after watching that🇮🇪👍

@lardosian

Жыл бұрын

Johhny Walkers is history unfortunately

@blinkreunite

Жыл бұрын

Johnny walkers is closed down since last summer

@jay-lm4we

Жыл бұрын

@@blinkreunite I know, i only found out that when i called to mayor's walk that evening 😡. Didn't go there that often but it was lovely for a fish and chip every now and again. The Marian would be my go to chipper but there's a few good chippers in waterford to be fair.

The Beshoffs on mespil Rd Dublin 4 Is delish

Surprised you didn't get hit by the seagulls! Burdocks is avoided by most Dubliner's now. You'll get way better in numerous inner city chippers these days. Even the suburbs have much better fare, especially in the Italian chippers. It's great that it's still going though.

I like batter on fish like that.

I’m shocked you’ve never had scraps before Matt 😂😂

food review club is fucking elite

You avoided the temple bar one which means u avoided the tourist trap one

You say you don’t like the batter but you couldn’t stop eating it haha

That Mario is a great fisherman lol

Boyzone would definitely win a fight against Westlife. I have lots of faith in Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy to box the heads off the other lads. Even the battle of the gays would go the Boyzone way. I'm sure Stephen Gately growing up on Sheriff Street must have got in a few scraps growing up.

@FoodReviewClubUK

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Big up Boyzone

@MD-uu5nt

Жыл бұрын

@@FoodReviewClubUK they kept it real. Westlife lads went off becoming house developers and lost all their money 🤣

best i ever had was deanos in cork . Kinsale . Crispy batter and unreal taste. I gotta go back

nice looking fish and chips 🐟🍟 i give it 8.5 and that a review 😅

Being from Dublin, I agree Leo Burdocks is overrated, like others have said, it was an absolute gem of a place about 15 to 20 years ago, much more selection of fish e.g Ray (British call it Skate) Haddock, smoked haddock, Dublin bay prawns, fresh cod and smoked cod, Chips used to be phenomenal, they were chunky very crispy and floury potato inside, I think it started to go downhill when it was turned into a franchise with Leo Burdocks popping up around Dublin and elsewhere around Ireland, all which closed within about 5 years due to there unpopularity with punters, awful greasy food is all I can remember of the franchised versions. In my opinion, the best "Chippers" (Irish for fish and chip shops) is any branch of Macari"s , they do a mean Neapolitan style pizza also that wouldn't break you.

Our first ever chipper shop experience in Dublin - room temperature mushy fries and tasty but not at all crispy cod - I hope we have better experiences soon!

Boys you wanna try best fish and chips go to Kish Fish in Howth Dublin. Love your channel by the way

Donkey Ford's is a must if you ever get down to Limerick. Real traditional chipper nothing else, one of the best

@mauriceoconnor2859

Жыл бұрын

Luigi is King bud

@TheLastAngryMan01

4 ай бұрын

@@mauriceoconnor2859Longford? Giant chips.

Up here in the north, they are called scraps 🤣😊

Beshoffs Bros in Howth or Clontarf is class. By far the best in Dublin.

big bit of cod 🤣🏃🏻‍♂️

if that guy was in your house and you said to him would you like some tea ?...he would take the hole box of tea bags with him

Macari 66 in churchtown is one of the best.

Do a review on the spice bag

@julienicell2647

Жыл бұрын

Already did

I'm from Dublin, it is the ONE, therefore it became a tourist trap. Everyone should enjoy.

You need to go to Pipers fish & chips in Donabate Co Dublin it is a game changer in the fish n chips Dublin.

I went to their fish and chip shop near Temple Bar and it must be a local way of doing it but they had smoked fish that was then battered ... thought I'd like it but .... l was wrong lol

I'm from Dublin and Beshoff's is the best fish and chips 👌💯🇮🇪

@stoicsavage509

Жыл бұрын

Nah

@STEVIEBHOY

Жыл бұрын

@@stoicsavage509 Opinions are like stoic savages....

I work in a bar called darkey Kelly's on fishamble street, we do amazing Guinness beef stew, bangers and mash and fish and chips. Pop on in

They are great fish and chips. And still warlord in the white paper. Mostly now chips are always in brown bags.

There is Leo burdocks around Dublin but they do not taste like this one. You picked the right in it’s actually unreal in that one people travel from outside Dublin for it

Beshof Bros in Clontarf and Howth! 100% the best in Dublin

Capri in Bray has the best chips around

I knew, as soon as you opened it, that the batter was going to be like wallpaper-paste. You went to the wrong chipper, Beshoff's is best!

Nah that one is ther a long time. I remember it in the 90’s going with my Da. It was top notch then. That one in temple bar is fairly new & a definite tourist trap.

Bang on and in the paper

If you want the best chipper in ireland head to saltiees chipper in Kilmore Quay. in wexford. Also worth a mention are Tony's in rosbercon in new ross followed by raymondos and the penguin also in new ross.

How about trying mergatroids near Leeds Bradford airport. It’s one of the best. Look at the video the Mac master done there. I Have eaten there a few times. Nice stuff give it a try. My son As they say You’ve tried the rest Now try the best 😊

@FoodReviewClubUK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Ask for a lot of vinegar and the fish is sitting in the bag for a few minutes its going to be soggy. I dont know how he didnt cop that.

Please tell me you are going to Supermacs whilst you’re in Dublin?!!! It’s the Starburger of Ireland!!

@aightm8

Жыл бұрын

Hillbillies is the best Irish fast food chain by far. If you haven't tried their chicken you are missing out.

Bruh! You made it to Ireland!

Unfortunately most chippers in dublin suffer from soggy batter syndrome (SBS) there is a chipper local to me in finglas called Salvetas, they do it right.

The crispy bits and the dripping are their signature simply the best chipper in dublin!

🤣😂😆 you're are the celebrities!

@FoodReviewClubUK

Жыл бұрын

Life’s gone mad!

@pumpkinhead1125

Жыл бұрын

Celebrities?

Leo Burdock's and Beshoff's are both great. Hard to argue with the large portions in Leo Burdock's though.

@denisryan8965

Жыл бұрын

Besgoff's is just a franchise - small portions and overpriced.

@colmwhateveryoulike3240

Жыл бұрын

@@denisryan8965 Yeah definitely compared to Burdock's. Is burdocks not a franchise then, no?

Can you review the black forge inn?

@huntermctotahypnosiscrew6211

Жыл бұрын

Forget Conor McGregor

That batter is typical of Irish chippers unfortunately. One of the best fish and chips I ever had was on holiday in Weymouth, a place called Bennetts

@FoodReviewClubUK

Жыл бұрын

Thats unfortunate is there any good ones in Ireland?

@redchristy

Жыл бұрын

@@FoodReviewClubUK to be honest I've never had a good fish and chips here. My most disappointing ones were in Donegal, a big fishing area and they were serving it up with frozen chips😮

Try Beshops in Howth , much better

When I was a kid I use to mind cars along that street, just to get the money for Leo’s and You use to get your fish n chips wrapped in newspaper back in the day from Leo himself. Looked forward to it every week. But now Leo’s is just another chipper, but a tourist trap

@4jfjf

Жыл бұрын

Aw, lovely memories, there!

Bloody polish fish thief’s big moment priceless

Go to the dinky chippy in courtown co, Wexford OMG 😮🎉🎉🎉. It's the best ever

Thanks to Mario it just crept into the 7’s 😂😂😂

Dude walks off with half his fish LMAO

Best. Cod and Chips Airport Chip shop swords Road

Beshoff in howth has to be the place to go for me! Banging fish and chips 🇮🇪🤌