Rock and Sole Plaice is apparently the oldest chippie in London. Not sure if that’s true or not but it does have good fish. The menu is simple. Fish. Chips. Mushy Peas. Yeah sounds gross. Tastes OK. And by OK, I mean like baby food….like whatever a baby would tolerate in their mouth.
I take many visitors to a proper chippie when they visit London. Now, chippies are like pizza vendors in New York. There are good ones and certainly are bad ones, but for the most part, they’re all kinda similar….and there’s always someone with bad hair serving you. Chippies are the same, except replace the bad hair with bad teeth.
You have to make two decisions when you go here:
1. Takeaway or sit down. If you sit down, the fish & chips will cost you 10gbp instead of 7. It does mean you get the tartar sauce and don’t have to eat your fish next to the homeless dude on the street, but the fee for sitting seems a bit steep. And the conversation with the homeless dude might be kind of interesting.
2. What kind of fish to order. Cod is the traditional fish but because of overfishing, haddock has been the replacement fish that people are going for these days. I’ve tried plaice and rock also and I would personally say that rock is the best fish to get but then again, I also enjoy eating thousand year old eggs and chicken testicles. Different folks, different strokes.
At the end of the day fish & chips is something you or your guests have to eat while in London. At Rock and Sole Plaice, I can guarantee fresh fish and bad teeth for the full experience.
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