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Where to eat Fast Food food in Ashford-in-the-Water: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Discover Restaurants offering the best Fast Food food in Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, including Bakewell Fish & Chips, Riverside Traditional Fish&Chips, Relish, Elliott's Fish & Chips, Proper Pasty
1. Bakewell Fish & Chips
Overall Ratings
4 based on 392 reviews
Reviewed By Feedback4free
This harsh rating of one star is based entirely on a persistent problem that management apparently seems to refuse to rectify. Here's the problem: The menu board has a section saying 'Fish and chips' and directly underneath is a list of options, eg. cod - £5.85, haddock - £5.85, etc. Now because the heading has the word 'chips' in, it seems like the price includes chips. It doesn't and chips cost extra.When I placed my order I was asked to pay more than the £5.85 I was expecting. Ok, now here's the problem: when I expressed surprise at being asked to pay a higher price, the server, who to be fair was very friendly and helpful, told me that so many people get caught out like this and stressed several times that it was very misleading but there was nothing she could do about it. Bless her for being so honest and sympathetic.So there you have it, the restaurant is well aware of the problem yet nothing is being done about it. Laziness at best, dishonest at worst.And before anyone says anything about me being a skinflint, I've from Yorkshire so it's hardwired into me to say something when the price doesn't seem quite right. I'm powerless to resist.Oh, and the fish was perfectly cooked but some of the chips were slightly undercooked and would have benefited from an extra minute or two in the fryer. Had it not been for the irritating menu board, this rating would have been much higher.
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2. Riverside Traditional Fish&Chips
Overall Ratings
3 based on 102 reviews
Riverside Traditional Fish&Chips
Reviewed By nealofs2
Not sure what's traditional about Thai's serving fish and chips in Derbyshire . Customer service ... None existent. Made to feel like a burden for interrupting the staffs conversation.... in Thai of Cause . Onto the food . Bland tasteless chips served luke warm at best and had the taste of what I can only imagine cardboard tastes like . Only had chips as had the fish the week before a friend fetched and that was just batter and hardly any actual fish Avoid Far better options in walking distance .
3. Relish
Overall Ratings
4 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By sheepygold
Having had a good look around Bakewell my wife and I were slightly disappointed by the quality of cafes here - there are some good ones but lots of places look a bit below par. This café is in a pedestrianised cut through just off Water Street behind the large Co-op, and near Boots. It has a few outdoor tables that catch the Sun so is pleasant and sheltered plus there is no traffic driving passed. They do the usual cakes and sandwiches here but we only had a very nice quality coffee and a long an interesting chat with the owner. I noticed a number of walkers appeared to use this place.
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4. Elliott's Fish & Chips
Overall Ratings
4 based on 131 reviews
Reviewed By philguk
We always come here for our Fish & Chips (and fry-its, sausages, curry sauce etc etc) and are never disappointed. The portions (especially chips) are generous, and the service speed is never a problem. No need to worry about your place in line, Mr Elliott is on top of things. Even though you might think nit, given the ribbing that goes on here. All part of the service
5. Proper Pasty
Reviewed By Peter S
Proper Pastry Co., 3 Water Lane, Bakewell DE45 1EUEating Cornish pasties in Bakewell Derbyshire â¦. Hmmm, makes you think about priorities, etc. of âWhen in Rome â¦.â. Canât come to Bakewell without at least sampling one of those traditional dolce for which this small town is famous throughout the English-speaking world: Bakewell tarts & Bakewell puddings.But ⦠weâd ordered Cornish pasties. Well, the shop specialized in them; it was lunchtime and tarts and puddings are best associated with afternoon tea (or a second/third course after the mains). Earlier weâd walked passed a shop in Matlock Street that had taken its name from this culinary delight â but, when we looked inside, it had been dark and full to overflowing. Well â¦. the thought had been there.The Proper Pasty Co was shoe-horned into just about the smallest space ever; thereâs no way that you could âswing a cat in â¦â this one. (Never heard that saying before? It comes from taking a break in the Peak District â one of those iconic parts of England in which time appears to have stood still â here you have this gorgeous patchwork of stone-walled fields, sheep/cattle grazing and rolling green country with a scattering of villages hidden in the valleys, limestone outcrops, rivers that have followed the tracks of ancient glaciers and scoured out narrow beds that once provided ancient trails and, now, easy walking for your modern-day hiker/day-tripper. This is a glimpse of the English countryside at its best. So, itâs easy to slip into old fashion language.)We found the pasty shop in the tweeky tourist-focused part of town squeezed in between the River Wye and Bridge Street â everything renovated, smart and novel; the majority food/eating shops and, in the sunshine of early September, the haunt of the holiday-maker; if not the wall-to-wall grey brigade, then a fair number of them fitted that description â all tucking into their local fayre. We were looking to join them. The Proper Pasty shop, like the area around it was smart, pristine clean, full of light; the shop window full of pasties that looked inviting.Weâd been searching for a place to sit and eat â spacious, comfortable, etc. and preferably inside (given the keen wind that was blowing off the hills around). We were the only ones in the shop â and took up half the table/seating available, but it was only the takeaway trade that followed us in during our time. The Cornish pasties looked delicious. It helped that presentation was good â glass, light, clear descriptors/prices, etc. Friendly serving lady too.We asked the friendly lady. âIsnât there some kind of rule that you canât use the descriptor âCornishâ for a pasty of this kind unless itâs made in Cornwall?â.Quick as a flash she came back. âThatâs right, and those in our shop are made there; theyâre shipped in and baked hereâ.Behind the lady you could see through into the large wall oven and the next batch of pasties being cooked.The second question was about design. âMy mother used to fold her pastry and crimp them at the top, running the crimp side-to-side and up-and-over; your pasties are flat and crimped around a sort of half-moon shape, a bit like an apple turnoverâ.âThatâs a Devon pastyâ, she said.Not only friendly then â clever too. On the wall there was an offer âPasty & drink £5.00â; we took the bait and ordered a couple of pasties (Cornish â lamb/mint, and vegetarian) and drinks - café latte and orange juice. Thereâs not much difference in pricing with coffee & pastry â discount of the order 2%, but considerably more with fruit juice & pastry -20%. (Separate prices £2.80, £2.30 & £1.20. You work it out. Our issue, of course, weâd requested the meals.)Findings? Enjoyed the lamb/mint pasty, but the veggie one was disappointing â mixed/minced interior even and/or muddled tastes of contents and pastry; none of that contrasting taste/texture that you get from biting into chunks of potatoes & meat. The veggie pasty remained half-eaten and then got binned. It raises the question of whether you can make a real Cornish pasty thatâs veggie.We enjoyed our break notwithstanding that veggie pasty. Coffee was good.(We'd have summarized the Proper Pasty Co shop as 'Good' but, unfortunately, TripAdvisor does not provide this category - and thus our 'Average given that it did not meet 'Very Good' status).Peter SteeleHartington12 September 2018
