Marchmont Takeaway

Reviews

• Lottie H.

  star star star star star 8 June 2026

  The food is all really fresh and you can tell - the best chippy around. Even the chips are hand cut.  The women are hillarious and the food is great what more can you ask for.

• Shae M.

  star star star star star_border 5 June 2026

  I feel extra compelled to write this review since it only has a 3 star average and most of the reviews are quite old! The owner, Donna, took over this spot 4 years ago. She is an incredible person! She is so committed to local, environmentally sustainable ingredients. Like another reviewer said, she places a LOT of importance on the food being freshly fried. She also replaces her oil once a week, which is costly, but she prefers to have a better product. When I asked her how often other shops replace their oil she just laughed and said "Never!" (she told me she has worked in the industry for about 30 years at this point!)
  
  This was my first visit to a Edinburgh takeaway as I just moved here, and loved how friendly Donna was along with the other younger employee. She took time frying me up a delicious piece of haddock with chips and sauce. Since she replaces the oil so frequently, I found the fish to not be as greasy as other places I'd had it. The haddock supper was £5.60. Next time I am going to try the mushy peas which are apparently delicious, also if you call ahead she will have it ready for when you stop by!

• Kirsty M.

  star star star star star_border 30 May 2026

  This place hasn't had a review in a few years so I thought I'd update it a bit!
  
  A nice  fish and chip shop, with the emphasis on the fish being freshly fried. Whilst this means the food is tastier and less stodgy than the usual fish supper, it also results in not a lot of space in the small premises whilst the meals are cooked.
  
  The fare on offer is pretty standard - fish, sausages, pizza, burgers and chips. We had a choice of fish - haddock or rock cod. I opted for the 'special' (breadcrumbed) haddock supper, which was really good. The chips are also recommended.
  
  Staff are friendly and efficient. All things considered, this is probably the best takeaway option in Marchmont.

• Rezzi I.

  star star star star_border star_border 29 May 2026

  This takeway is quite small, and though it markets itself (if it bothers at all to be honest) as a fish and chips place, I noticed an extensive pizza menu on its walls.
  
  It's highly improbable that you will have the best pizza of your life at one of these places, but the prices are so good and the customers sometimes so inebriated, it all equals out in the end. As a side note, I will agree with some of the other reveiwers about the lack of fantastic fish and chips in Edinburgh... you'd expect some of these less glamorous places to serve decent fish, but the best I've had was at the Doctors pub just off Bristo Square.
  
  Back to this marchmont takeaway, it's worth a shot, for a decent meal and some banter with the owner.

• Terry W.

  star star star star_border star_border 24 May 2026

  I came here quite a lot when I lived in Marchmont, normally on a Friday or Saturday for a treat after eating healthily for the rest of the week. It is always busy as like minded Marchmont based students come here looking for a quick cheap and cheerful bite to eat or a quick meal to line their stomachs for a well deserved night out.
  They serve general fish and chip shop food and I usually went for smoked sausage and chips, the chips however were quite often greasy, the smoked sausage was however always pretty good. Marchmont takeaway also does offer a range of pies, fish and cold drinks.
  They do offer a pretty good pizza deal where they offer a 10 inch pizza with two topping for £3.60, but once again it is pretty greasy.