Independent fish and chip shops in Leeds

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Takeaway · Bramley

Bramley Fisheries is a fish and chip takeaway at 46 Bramley Shopping Centre, on Town Street in Bramley, west Leeds. It trades through Bramley Fisheries Limited, incorporated in October 2025 and registered under the SIC code for take-away food shops and mobile food stands. Companies House records Mehdi Zarifi as its sole director and only person with significant control, holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights. The menu covers fish, chips, pies and burgers, with meal deals pairing a burger or pie with chips. The shop takes orders through its own website and app. It trades on a collection-only basis and does not currently offer delivery. It opens from noon to 8.30pm Monday to Thursday and on Saturday, until 9pm on Friday, and closes on Sundays.

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Takeaway · Chapel Allerton

Captain Thornton's is an independent fish and chip takeaway at 102 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, founded in 2014 by James and Emma Thornton. The couple remain its directors, and also run a second Captain Thornton's shop on Dib Lane in east Leeds — a small family operation rather than a chain. Fish is cooked to order using sustainably caught stock and British potatoes, with vegetarian and monthly gluten-free options. The shop holds the Food Standards Agency's top hygiene rating of 5, last inspected in July 2024, and a 4.2-star Google rating, with reviewers praising the friendly staff and consistent portions. It trades Tuesday to Saturday for walk-in collection, with delivery via Uber Eats, and closes on Sundays and Mondays.

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Takeaway · Armley

Classic English Fisheries is a fish and chip takeaway at 92 Town Street, Armley, in Leeds LS12. Leeds City Council records the premises as a takeaway/sandwich shop and last inspected it on 23 August 2025, rating hygienic food handling "Very good" and both cleanliness and condition of the building and management of food safety "Good". Classic English Fisheries Limited was incorporated on 26 May 2026, with its registered office at the shop's own address, 92 Town Street. Companies House records one director, Kamal Jeet Singh, and gives the company's registered nature of business as SIC code 56103, "take-away food shops and mobile food stands". The council's hygiene inspection predates the company's incorporation.

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Takeaway · Restaurant · Chapel Allerton

Drakes Fish and Chips is a fish and chip takeaway at 128 Potternewton Lane in the Chapel Allerton area of Leeds (LS7 2EG). It serves fish and chips and other fried takeaway items for collection and delivery.

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Takeaway · Pudsey

Fat Haddock is a fish and chip shop at 116A Town Street, Stanningley. It trades as Fat Haddock Limited, incorporated on 26 March 2024, with Humaira Hussain as sole director; the Town Street premises is also her correspondence address on the register. The menu is fish and chips and the usual accompaniments — haddock fillets, scampi, jumbo sausages, potato scallops, children's meals, sides and sauces. Leeds City Council records the premises as a restaurant, cafe or canteen and rated it Very good for hygienic food handling, for cleanliness and condition of facilities, and for management of food safety at an inspection on 29 August 2024.

Takeaway · Armley

Ideal Fisheries is a fish and chip shop at 39 Tong Road, Farnley, in Leeds LS12. Ideal Fisheries Limited was incorporated on 22 May 2013 and is registered at the shop's own address. Companies House records Matthew Anthony Townsley as its sole director, and lists him and Eleanor Mary Abigail Townsley as the company's two people with significant control, each holding between 25 and 50 per cent of the shares and voting rights. The Discover Leeds directory lists the shop as selling fish and chips, pies, chicken and sausages, with seating to eat in, wheelchair access, and both collection and delivery. It gives opening hours of 11.30am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 11.30am to 6.30pm on Saturday, closed Sunday. Leeds City Council inspected the premises on 22 May 2025 and gave it a food hygiene rating of 5.

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Takeaway · Horsforth

Kirbys of Horsforth is a fish and chip takeaway at 24-26 Long Row in Horsforth, Leeds. It is part of Kirby's, an independent Leeds business that also runs a shop in Meanwood, and serves traditional fish and chips and related dishes. The business traces its fish and chip heritage to 1922 and has featured in the UK Top 50 Fish & Chip Takeaways awards.

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Takeaway · Meanwood

Kirby''s of Meanwood is a fish and chip shop at 24 Stonegate Road that has traded since 1922. It was founded by the Kirby family and stayed with them until Robert Kirby, the founder''s great-grandson; Andy Crombleholme bought the business in 2020, weeks before the first lockdown, and also runs a second Kirby''s on Long Row in Horsforth. Fish and chips are cooked to order, with haddock the shop states is MSC-certified and sustainably sourced, and food packed in biodegradable boxes. Alongside the fryer there are pies and rotating specials such as seafood baskets and Irish spice bags. It reports being named in the top 50 fish and chip takeaways in the UK for four years running, most recently for 2026. It closes on Sundays.

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Takeaway · Kirkstall

Kirkstall Fisheries is an independent fish and chip takeaway on Morris Lane in Kirkstall, Leeds, close to Kirkstall Abbey. It serves haddock sourced from Whitby with chips, along with pies, burgers and sausages, for takeaway and delivery. In 2021 it was placed among the top five fish and chip shops in Leeds by the Yorkshire Evening Post.

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Takeaway · Otley

Maypole Fisheries is a fish and chip shop and restaurant at 28 Cross Green, Otley, with around 34 covers for eating in alongside the takeaway counter. Companies House records Maypole Fisheries Limited, incorporated in January 2010, with Eleanor Joan Hodnett and Lee Duncan Hodnett as directors from that date. The shop fries in beef dripping and makes its own batter. It says its fish comes from sustainably managed grounds and is frozen at sea, and its potatoes from local suppliers, with the variety changing through the season; mushy peas are soaked overnight and cooked fresh each day. Gluten-free frying and homemade puddings are on the menu, and the shop is a member of the National Federation of Fish Fryers.

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Restaurant · Yeadon

A fish and chip restaurant and takeaway in Yeadon, opened in summer 1994 and run by the Chadwick family: brothers Andrew and James Chadwick are managing directors, with their daughters involved in day-to-day management. It takes its name from Billy Murgatroyd, the nineteenth-century mill owner whose Moorfield Mills stood on the site. It operates as both a sit-down restaurant and a takeaway counter, the takeaway keeping longer hours. The business says its fish comes from renewable Icelandic waters and is delivered fresh to the kitchen, and puts its throughput at around 1,275 fish a day and 363 tonnes of potatoes a year. Some of its staff have worked there since opening. The Yorkshire Evening Post, in a guide to eating in LS19, called it "the undisputed, world-renowned titan of the area's culinary scene".

Takeaway · Morley

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Takeaway · Guiseley

A fish and chip shop at 3 Springfield Road in Guiseley. It trades as Springfield Fisheries Limited, registered to the shop's own address in December 2018, with Simran Kaur Lalarea as sole director and shareholder; Companies House records its activity as the retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs in a specialised store. It works as a takeaway rather than a sit-in restaurant, frying fish and chips alongside sausages and other fried items. Listings give lunchtime opening from around 11.15am and evening service from 4pm on weekdays, a continuous run through Saturday, and no Sunday trading.

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Takeaway · Headingley

St Michael's Fisheries is a traditional fish and chip shop on St Michael's Lane in Headingley, Leeds, close to Headingley Stadium. Trading since 1923, it is one of the oldest fish and chip shops in the city and serves traditional fish and chips with sides such as mushy peas. It is busy on match days at the nearby stadium.

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Takeaway · Chapel Allerton

Talk of the Town Fisheries is an independent fish and chip shop on Stainbeck Road in Meanwood, north Leeds. Its fish is fried in beef dripping, and the menu runs from battered fish, scampi and fish cakes to pies and fritters, with sides such as mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy. It trades on a walk-in and collection basis and holds a five-star food hygiene rating.

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Takeaway · Guiseley

A fish and chip shop at 43 Victoria Road in Guiseley, trading as Victoria Fisheries. It works as a takeaway, with picnic benches outside rather than a dining room. Fish and chips are the core of what it sells, fried in vegetable oil rather than beef dripping, and gluten-free batter can be ordered with advance notice. Local listings give lunchtime and evening service from Tuesday to Saturday, with a longer Friday, and no opening on Sundays or Mondays.

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Takeaway · Horsforth

Woodside Fisheries is an independent fish and chip takeaway at 274 Low Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. It cooks fish and chips to order and is also known for its homemade steak pies, with other options including haggis fritters and battered cheeseburgers. The shop operates on a walk-in basis, with takeaway and delivery available.