The Pelican Cafe in Torbay

Great chippy, always happy to please. Asked for scraps but they'd just opened so offered to make me some! Chips and beans with scraps and lashings of salt and vinegar.. brilliant.

Three stars seem about right. Jumbo sausages v ordinary, but tea in a cardboard cup oddly excellent. Service and prices so so, but it was functional food by the harbour. Outside seating useful.

A small cafe right on the promenade with lovely views across the bay. Very busy but plenty of staff to serve. We a only had coffee, a little on the pricey side but I guess that's to be expected given the location.

Wouldn’t eat these again even if I were paid. Seems dirty inside. Staff are bordering on rude. Expensive for what you get. Avoid at all costs!

Do not even step inside this place!!! Its disgusting!! Filthy dirty the fish and chips were not fit for human consumption!! This place should be closed ASAP before someone gets realy ill or even worse.... Dies

Great fish and chips, best we have had in Paignton. Fish was fresh, flakey and full of flavor, the chips were nice a crispy too. As to the negative reviews on here, if they're true then the place has really improved. Can't fault them at all, will definitely be back 10/10.

Came in the evening having walked off our fish and chips from Paignton pier. Ordered a Belgian waffle and chocolate ice cream milkshake after a few attempts to find a product they had in stock. Amazing prices until you see the 1 star from food hygiene standards agency. Our table had sticky patches. My wife didn't enjoy the warm waffle, but the ice cream milkshake seemed OK. I recommend ordering takeaway, asking if the oil is fresh today and checking your order before paying. The lavatory was functional, but I had to squeeze past as the family were sat across the back tables.There was an odour coming from someone nearby, a customer I hope.It appears the owners do not take pride in a consistent experience for customers. If it were me, I would refurbish, reduce opening hours, increase prices and serve a smaller menu of things where freshness, quality and speed of service can be maintained.

Nice little fish and chip shop. Fish was very freshly cooked, of a good size and reasonably priced. Chips were nice, good portion size and tasty. Only downside is the toilet, clean but very small in size cannot swing a cat in there!

This place is awful. Whilst waiting for the chips, I noticed cobwebs, dead flies, dripping stuff of surfaces and sticky tables. The chips have been fried way more than once. The owners look scruffy and unkept. I was looking for the food hygiene rating and couldn’t see it. From checking they have a rating of one. Please ignore the good reviews left by people, the council can’t be that wrong and they see more than us visitors. The best part is the guy cooking and touching your food has string instead of a belt ( not joking) and is failing as half his a**e is showing!

The worst chippy by the sea you'll ever know. I know better chip shops in middle of the Sahara. Worst staff ever known. Even the abbatoir would put them to rest. Mensa would need billions of United Nation aid to even get the owner to add 1 plus 1. If you see this hovel, point laugh and revel at myself spending £15 and not getting a penny back because my face was on CCTV and the police would be involved. I hope they are, as this shop is a fraud.