Pirates Fish and Chips

I don’t understand why this place is so busy. Maybe because there aren’t any other fish places around. Not much seating, all seating is outdoors, the trash cans have flies and are close to the seating. Not handicap friendly. Watching the staff in the back grossed me out. Not a lot of cleanliness going on back there. Lots of handling frozen meat products, handling cash, and handling cooked foods and no hand washing in between. Staff are clearly visible by pick up window, and I saw not once did they use gloves. I am pretty sure this place would flunk health inspection.

It’s pirates! This place has been here longer than you lived in chandler more than likely! Not the best fish and chips. but still hits the spot.

For what they are (inexpensive fast food) they have great cheap burgers. I would stop there over the usual chains. You can also ask for grilled onions on your burger and those were really good. No tomato, though. They have a private sauce that is kind of spicy so if you don’t like spice, go for ketchup instead.

Horrible food! Frozen fish squares –even home cooked frozen fish sticks are way better than what this place has to offer. Tartar sauce was watered down and had a nasty artificial flavor. Even at the low prices I could not ever recommend this place.

Have been to Pirates during the day and it is always good. I went this past Saturday night and the service was pathetic. There were 3 young adult workers in there just talking. The female worker was telling the two boys that work with her that she doesn’t like being married. I mean I got the whole story and only 1 out of the 3 workers was working. Waited longer then I ever had and when we tried the onion rings they were not hot nor was the shrimp! Normally you have to wait awhile for food to cool off but not tonight! Very disappointed with food and service tonight!

Not the best. If you want fish n’ chips and its close, go for it. While its not my favorite place, I do enjoy their fish as long as it not over cooked like 60% of the time. Two stars because its not great but has never been horrible for me either.

I never tried their fish but their hamburgers are great. Their prices are pretty low also. I go every week for their pirate burger.

This place was WAY better than Pete’s…neither place is very fancy, BUT the fish is so much better here than at Pete’s! Unbelievable that neither place offers tartar sauce standard. Another review here did make a good point that Pirate’s also takes debit card which is nice compared to Pete’s cash only.

Come on Pirates! Joint has potential, freezer case fries are tolerable, but the over-​fried/​battered tasteless Mrs. Paul’s wanabe is not worth the price nor the visit. After getting my order, reluctantly wishing to enjoy this ‘fishy’ meal got worse with the totally filthy seating/​eating area — dirty and grungy floors, grimy tables, unwiped doorway and a trash can you don’t want to go near to put trash into! Health department where are you? If you don’t believe me, see my pics. My re-​visiting this place is best described in the words of the Raven: ‘nevermore’!

This place has terrible reviews across the board! I don’t understand it. Sure this place isn’t great, but It sure ain’t bad! Since everyone on here compares all fish and chips to Pete’s, I guess I’ll do the same. (Side note, Pete’s is lame)
The fish is standard fast food fish. That is a frozen square of battered fish. Basically a large fish stick. These are virtually identical to the ones Pete’s Fish and Chips serves.
The chicken tenders were pretty good. Again, I’ve had better, but they are far from terrible. Again, on par with Pete’s.
Fried shrimp. They are just fine too.
Fries. These were good. Nice and salty. Not those soggy thin ones like Pete’s. I’ve always hated Pete’s fries. These are far superior.
Pirate sauce is basically Pete’s sauce.
And the number one best thing about this place… THEY TAKE DEBIT. Pete’s cash only nonsense pisses me right the hell off. I’ll take this place over Pete’s just on this principle along.
SUCK IT PETE’S.
I’d also like to point out that anyone complaining about this place being greasy is an idiot. It’s fried food. Find me some that ISN’T greasy.
And the guy who tried to compare the Pirate sauce to Filiberto’s red is also an idiot. Apples and oranges. This is a basically a cocktail sauce. Filiberto’s is a hot sauce. Big difference.
Either I came here on a particularly good day, or everyone else just has unreasonable expectations from a fast food fried fish facility. Everything I got was exactly what I expected. What I expected was high end mediocrity.
If you like Pete’s more than this you are wrong and hate debit cards and yourself. You probably don’t like kittens or puppies either. Or The Beatles. Who doesn’t like The Beatles? You monster.
3 stars because meh.

Friday rolls around and we wanted fish. Saw an ad for Pirates’s fish & Chips so North on Lindsay and as soon as I walked to the window to order, I was saying I should have kept going. Our microwaved over cooked orders came out in minutes. The coating to fish ratio was at least 2 to 1. My combo has 2 fillets and it was impossible to determine which was fish and which was chicken. The fries were average. Where did the great fish & chip places go?

shrimp is amazing the sauce makes it
ill be back!

I wish I had checked Unilocal before I stopped in. This is the first place I have gone to where I felt like I was robbed of my money for the food quality. The quality of taste is on par with frozen food from the supermarket if that. How they are still in business is questionable.

So I went here for lunch with some friends and was not impressed at all. I got the crab and chips, don’t know why I thought it was going to be real crab. Anyways it was just deep fried imitation crab. No flavor and the fries were bland.

If I could get less than one star I would.
I just stopped there last night for a quick bite to eat. The staff was busy on their cell phones not processing orders. I ordered tartar sauce got charged for tartar sauce and realized when I got home but there was no tartar sauce. My items had been pierced by the tongs in the fryer so everything was greasy. I think the only reason this place is still in business is it’s near a high school where kids don’t care what they eat.

One star, because 0 stars isn’t an option.
Every other 1 star review will have the same sad tale of fried tasteless fish squares that don’t come with tarter sauce. Tartar is an extra fee… You get Pirate sauce instead. Pirate sauce is the weakest watery version of the red sauce you get from a Filly B’s. The fries don’t even give this place something to save face.
Honestly? My boyfriend and I went thinking it was a Pete’s fish and chips and we were craving it so badly we decided that Pirate’s should do the trick. We were gravely mistaken. I repeat: DO NOT TRUST PIRATES WITH YOUR FISH OR YOUR CHIPS. THEY WILL RUIN THEM, THEN THEY WILL RUIN YOU.
Shame on us for not checking Unilocal before we let this place rob is out of $ 15 dollars and a tasty dinner.

Horrible food. The fish was extremely oily, as well as the fries. Never going back. The food was tasteless and dry.

The food is as expected but the service is horrible, not a friendly person working in the place.

The other reviews are pretty spot on… this place was downright baaaddd. A buddy and I went there for lunch and I was pretty stoked to eat some fish and chips. The menu was what I expected and there were a decent number of combinations and options. Prices were pretty good. That is where the good ends though.
The fish and chips comes with the ‘special sauce’ and you have to pay an extra 50 cents to get a side of tartar sauce. 50 cents isn’t a big deal but really what kind of fish and chips doesn’t come with tartar sauce included?! That said, the tartar sauce was decent. There is only outside seating and most of the tables were pretty dirty. When our food came I was instantly turned off by the square fish pieces… it just screamed of store-​bought frozen fish pieces. My buddy got the chicken tenders and they looked (and tasted) like an inferior version of the bags of tyson frozen chicken tenders you can get at most grocery stores. The special sauce was sort of a runny ketchup, it was OK but I think I would have just preferred ketchup for my fries. The fish was very bleh. Tasted like old frozen fish. The battering was OK but there was way too much salt that had been sprinkled on top… maybe to mask the old fish taste?
Apparently this place has a decent community following, but if you’re looking for some good fish and chips I’d avoid this place like the plague. Some of the worst fish I’ve ever had.

I’d really been craving fish & chips and was excited to see one right next to the store I was scrapbooking at all day on Saturday.
First off I was annoyed that there was no where inside to sit. But they have pretty good misters, so ok. I stand there looking at the menu, but have to wait for the worker guy to finish flirting with the girl at the counter before I can give my order.
I ordered the combo that contains 1 fish, 4 shrimp, fries and a drink. I’m sitting at the table reading my book with my earphones in waiting for my food, because they said they would bring it to my table. So it’s been a while and I turn around to look back at the place and they are standing in the window with my food. Boo.
The only condiments that came with my food were some sauces that was very thin, kinda like a hot sauce? But not real hot. No condiments anywhere else and no one at the window anymore. So I sit down to eat. These are shrimp? Really? I couldn’t tell with all the breading. They taste like nothing. Literally, they have no flavor at all. The fish was ok, but way overcooked. It was pretty dark. The fries were good, the only thing in the meal worth anything. Oh, and the Dr. Pepper was good, but it’s hard to mess up the Nectar of the Gods!
I ended throwing away half my food which I NEVER do (and if you’ve seen me, you know). Will not be going back, ever. Except maybe for Dr. Pepper.