Tugboat Fish & Chips

I’m in town visiting my godparents and found this little gem. It wasn’t too far off to where I was staying. Love that it is so small and quaint. I’m always down for fish & chips. I used to live here when I was a teenager, and fish & chips was my after school staple. I ordered quite a lot of food for myself but I wanted to try everything! I got the fish & prawns combo but added an extra order of clams. I would have to say, they don’t skimp out on the portions and I love that! So you order at the counter and they’ll bring it out to your table. Food came out relatively fast! Probably about 10 minutes at most! It came out piping hot! And love the fact that it was brought out with all the condiments necessary (tartar, cocktail, malt vinegar, ketchup) I do have to say that their tartar was a little bland for me. And not as thick or had a tang to it as I would like. Fish - it was lovely. super hot & fresh. The fish was cut a little thinner than I would like but the batter makes up for it. It was so nice and crispy! Super flaky. Chips - I barely touched it. It was a lot of chips and I believed it could of been fried a little longer. Wasn’t crispy at all. Needed salt. Clams - I could of done without this. Haha it was a lot of food. The clam strips weren’t bad but didn’t taste much of the clams. It was just heavily breaded. Prawns - these were my favorite! So crispy, airy and light! I ate this up so fast! Would definitely order more of these next time! Would definitely come back the next time I’m in town. Or maybe. Even the day I leave town! It was one of the better meals I’ve had.

Being pregnant and craving fish n chips is a bad combination only because of how hard it is to find good fish n chips. We just moved to the area and I'm so glad I found this place. Satisfied my craving AND more. The onion rings were "mmm chefs kiss". And I'm very picky once it comes to onion rings. We ordered the tugboat for 3 people , I was thinking the fish was going to be the size of chicken strips from McDonald's but boy was I wrong. The size of the fish is HUGE. 3 adults stuffed and doesn't even look like we made a dent in the fish. The tugboat could easily feed 5-6 adults . The fish tastes fresh , it's fall apart tender and not fishy at all. The size of the fish is easily as big as my forearm

Way better than I thought it would be! First time here last night and will definitely be back. Came right before it closed at 8 and was greeted by a friendly man, not sure if he’s the owner… We ordered the Tugboat which is 9 pieces of fish plus chips and 1 coleslaw. He kindly gave us 2 extra coleslaws and and extra piece of fish which was very generous! The fish pieces are huge! I’ve been to London several times and this fish and chips is the closest I’ve found to the real thing here in the USA. Cole slaw was also really great and fresh. We only had to wait about 10 min for the food to be prepared (we were the only ones there). I could here him frying it which explains why the food tasted so fresh. The fries and fish were not salty and did not have an old greasy taste like you may expect. The batter on the fish is crunchy and flavorful. The fish itself is not dry and tasted super fresh. I was surprised! The fries were good as well! Not too salty and not bland. Overall, the service and food here was 10/10. Portions are huge and shareable for sure. For 3 of us, we had leftovers. Definitely try this place out if you haven’t already.

We got the tugboat which was a ton of food for 35 bucks, onion rings, and zucchini bites on the side too. For a person who can eat we barely made a dent. The food was pretty dang good too. The fish and onion rings were amazing and the fries were pretty good too. The zucchini bites were alright... But I definitely recommend coming here.

Hello everyone, my brother who has been living in the Sacramento area for 30 years recommended this restaurant. Please note this family meal is known as the Barge: 12 pieces of fish and fries. Basically multiply the pictures you see below x 2. Well cooked, seasoned, and very filling especially for my family 👪 of four. We couldn't finish it today, but rest assured the other half will be done tomorrow 😋.

This was my first time here and oh dang was I not ready for how big the fish pieces are!! Wow! Bigger than my hand! Everything was tasty and we were able to feed the whole family for $40. My prawns were missing from my order but the sheer size of the fish made up for it. So I'd recommend checking your bag before you leave.