Carlos

Having been a long term customer of the nearby St Andrews chip shop, I thought I’d give Carlos a try tonight as its had some excellent reviews here. When I saw the fish under the lamps, I should have suspected something as it was very light in colour
Got it home after a 2 min walk and found the batter was far from crunchy. In fact it was more like a soggy pancake wrapped round the fish. It was sticky and you could stretch it to twice its length! I kinda wish I’d taken some photos — there must be an alternative use for it…
The fish inside was perfect — really nice solid piece of fish, very moist and melted in your mouth. The chips were fairly poor — a bit soggy and fairly greasy but 50% of them were edible
My advice for Carlos would be
— Reduce the egg in the batter if used and perhaps add some beer to keep it crisp
— Ensure the oil is hot enough. I suspect the problems were down to the oil not being fully hot
— Dont lay the fish flat on the tray under the heat lamps, stand it up to allow air to circulate to keep it crisp and allow the oil to drain
— Avoid the plastic sheet over the fish or the batter will steam while wrapped and go soggy

Being so close to the sea, Portobello is obviously going to have a fair few fish and chips shops to choose from and this is a good one to go for and located on Portobello High Street, it is only a couple of hundred metres from the beach front.
I have been here twice and the chips are always really tasty and the portions pretty good. The batter on the haddock can be a bit greasy but it provides good value for money.
The restaurant itself is very spacious and you get plenty of room to be comfortable in your surroundings if you choose to eat in. The restaurant does not only do fish and chips, but also kebabs, pizzas and baked potatos, so will cater for most people’s tastes. The place also offers a delivery service if you can’t bring yourself to go there in person.

The food here is really great and the staff are always friendly. By far the best chip shop in this area, and there are a few. They also do pizza, kebabs and baked potatos so there’s something for every taste.

This is a clean, bright chippy that does all the usual plus kebabs and pizza. The chips are consistant and the large fish great value. Always plenty staff and they deliver. A long time ago this used to the a great wee pub called the Bluebell. They used to do a great steak pie. Porty has a few chippys but this is the only one I’d use.