Five of the best places in Scotland for fish and chips

By the clock on Fisherman’s Pier, this van has almost achieved destination restaurant status. Always uses fish and scallops from surrounding Mull waters where supply allows — not for nothing did it win a Les Routiers award. Lemon sole tacos and Glengorm estate beef burgers. There is now a new place nearby so fish and chip wars may ensue, but we love the van and there’s always a queue. Mind the gulls! Details Fish supper £11, @tobermoryfishandchipvan
In a Victorian building right on the harbour (with a deck overlooking) where fish have been landed for 500 years, this café/restaurant and fish and chips takeaway is a collaboration between Edinburgh fishmonger royalty Welch’s (fish merchants) and the sumptuous seafood restaurant Ondine. This was the Edinburgher foodie choice from the first fling of the net. High-end fish without fuss. Excellent wines. Details Fish supper from £17, thefishmarketnewhaven.co.uk
Thought-through chippy/café with branches in Giffnock, Netherlee and the West End. Seasoned restaurateurs serving everything from salt and chilli squid through to proper puds, via all the fish in the sea (maccy cheese with crispy king prawns, anyone?). They pride themselves on the batter, and they’re not wrong. Good for the family tea. Uses rapeseed oil. Vegan options. Details Fish supper from £10.95, catchfishandchips.co.uk
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Legendary in the locale since 1978, though it has changed its name from the Silvery Tay and is now more solidly a Fife thing. On the High Street, the Fifie has been run by the same family since 2003, serving excellent fish and chips, cheesecake puds — takeaway only.Details Fish supper from £6.50, the-fifie.hungrrr.co.uk
This is the original restaurant, an Aberdeen institution, founded on Great Western Road in 1985, but there are five more now in Aberdeenshire, including in Banchory, Elgin and Inverurie. Always crammed, the restaurant/takeaway serves various sizes of haddock, sole and plaice. Homemade stovies etc, all served fresh so you do wait. Veggie and gluten-free options available; eat the Ashvale Whale (1lb haddock fillet) by yourself and you get pudding on the house. Details Fish supper from £13.95, theashvale.co.uk
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