Arkwrights Fish & Chips

Having been a regular at Arkwrights for some time now I have to say that it’s definitely one the best chippies I have come across in Leeds.
I don’t think it requires a fantastically detailed review, when all I really need to say is they do a mean chip supper. The chips are big and chunky, they sell dandelion and burdock (near essential in a chippy) and they have a generous hand with the scraps and some top-​notch mushy peas!
I can almost smell the vinegar just writing this…

After going to an event in the city the other night, I pretty much only had time to shoom straight home and grab a cup of tea before going to the Chemic pub quiz. I was starting to get concerned as I’d not eaten anything properly and then it hit me. Boom. Arkwrights. Perfect!
We pulled up to the Chemic at about three minutes to nine and I went straight over to Arkwrights to grab some chips and whatever else I could nom. The chap was clearly about to close and the shelves were practically empty. Nevertheless, he was an absolute gem. He came and greeted me, explained what they had left and was really friendly as I ummed and ahhed over which extra bit I was going to have to substantiate my chips. I’m so ruddy indecisive!
I opted for a sausage with chips and he kindly offered a load of batter scraps to go with my chips. Yum! I realise they’re not in the slightest bit healthy, but when in Rome, an’ that. Topped of with ketchup, salt and vinegar I hauled my delicious dinner into the pub — yup, they’re totally cool with that! And then I promptly stuffed them all down. Just. What. I needed.
Chips were great, and the sausage was lovely. Not gourmet, but a bloody good portion of chips and sausage for about three quid. Yeah!

Pretty good. Chips are double fried at two different temperatures — pity no airing process inbetween to make them super crispy. Fish could be a little more substantial.
Only second to Brett’s but it couldn’t be better for a local chippe

Blah, Arkwrights Fish & Chip Parlour is yet another chippy that seems great in theory, great in the practice even, well if that practice is a post alcohol brainwave derivative from your aching hunger for anything to soak up the sauce you’ve spent the last few hours consuming out on the razz.
Arkwright’s has an excellent location for the post drinking crowd, it’s smack bang perfect for those falling out of The Chemic Tavern, and when you hand over your loose change slightly worse for wear, it’s a cracking investment. The fish tastes amazing and the batter is to die for, the chips hit the spot and all is right with the world, cos you’ve got your food and you’re not gonna hurl.
Slightly different experience in the daytime without all that sauce and good spirit surging through your blood stream. I find it to be average really, and it doesn’t compare to good olé Blackpool fish and chips, and my fave home chippy, for which the standard is super high and deservedly so. There’s nothing wrong with the food here, not at all, and the staff are nice and chatty without being Stepford creepy, but it’s just average for me I’m afraid.

Arkwrights is delicious. It is the kind of place that makes your mouth water as you walk past (whether you have been in the pub next door or not). So many places in Leeds sell fish and chips and so many commit a big massive FAIL. Not Arkwrights though, they know exactly what they’re doing. The fish is really tasty and the batter is not at all soggy, the chips are gorgeous, a little bit crispy on the outside and warm and soft on the inside (cue stomach growling) and the curry sauce is so flavorsome and more-​ish it’ll leave you licking your paper wrapper.
Although they do close quite early, the pub next door allows you to bring your purchase inside so you can have it with a pint! Sorted.

For a long time, Arkwrights was my favourite chippie in Leeds. Right next door to The Chemic, it’s the perfect way to stumble out of the pub. that is if you’re ready to stumble out of the pub by 9pm.
The batter is crispy and perfect, the chips are making me hungry just thinking about them, and the staff are friendly. All in all the place is a rather sweet little traditional chippy, one you would probably not expect to find in the middle of Woodhouse, but perhaps, in a nearby quiet village.
They have managed to become a bit of a joke amongst me and my friends. We probably should just have a gander at their official opening and closing times, but there has been more than one occasion, when we have decide to go down to Arkwrights to pick up our supper, and it has been closed. I honestly think that if they could find it within themselves to keep it open just a little longer, they’d really benefit their business, particularly with the pub go-​ers next door.

One of the main reasons for the popularity of this fish and chip shop is its proximity to the Chemic and the latter’s refusal to become any sort of foodie pub, prompting peckish drinkers to stumble next door on a regular basis for some battered cod and chunks of deep fried potato. While a little pricier than your average takeaway, the combination of crisp batter, flaky fish and chunky chips soaks up the booze a treat and won’t leave you feeling terrible the next day — unlike that donner kebab.