Fish Club

If only all chippies were like this. Sparklingly fresh, sustainably sourced fish are cooked to order here. You can choose traditional fish & chips – with coley, haddock or fishcakes as the star attraction – but the menu encourages customers to try something different: prawn & chorizo kebabs, perhaps, or squid & cuttlefish with sweet chilli sauce. Crayfish cocktail or oysters might provide the opening to a meal, & a glass of wine or two (from a limited but well-chosen list) the lubrication. The picture isn’t entirely rosy: diners can get cramped in the small room at the back, & occasionally there’s a wait to be served (all this cooking to order takes time). Most people opt for takeaways. There’s a roomier branch at 57 Clapham High Street, SW4 7TG.