This ENGLISH FISH & CHIP SHOP in NYC will Make you VOMIT!

[@kjones3424]

You know it's bad when the silver fox shakes his head and mutters 'the batter, it's not good, Lee'.

[@hullster9970]

The shape of the fish gave it away....It looks like the "frozen portion" shaped cod from a supermarket freezer, you know the ones. It certainly does not look like the side fillet of a piece of cod. Elementary my dear Dr Watson......

[@Graham-1888]

Looked like a fish supper i had in a Blackpool amusements arcade once...made me sick for 3 days and i am not lying when i say i could have squirted through the eye of a needle! seeing yours actually brought back the memories and made me feel ill again. Hope you're enjoying yourself ;-)

[@adrianmcgachie]

Whitby today announced celebrations after moving into second place in the worlds worst Fish N Chips rankings!

[@TheMacMaster]

Lol. 😂 Brilliant

[@Anthonyacg138]

So far, I’ve seen nothing in your vlogs to make me want to go to New York

[@martinnaylor]

$51.26.....as a Yorkshire man I fell off my chair at those prices.😳😳😳😳 and yes the fish was undercooked you could see how runny it was. Get back to Murgatroyds.👍🏻

[@louiem2]

Didn't think it would be possible to do bad Fish n Chips... A Salt & Battery: Hold my beer

[@thecarpetman7687]

Your reviews are getting better and better…proof practice makes perfect

[@AlanCooney]

Oil not hot enough!!!! But enjoying all these New York street scenes with Uncle Mac!

[@H247-w4z]

Prices for EVERYTHING in NYC are an absolute liberty Statue of liberty would be proud

[@jonnyg6137]

New exchange rate..tizer 55p converts to 3 dollars 😳

[@adw147]

Cheers , saves me a visit , keep up,the great work

[@nicholasodonnell9501]

Guys, I'm an Expat from Bradford, and YES, Haddock is king. I live just outside Philadelphia and have visited a salt and battery many times, after seeing your visit and what you were served upset me. I contacted the owner over email, linked your review. He was shocked, told me the 2 people are new and left out ingredients in the batter. I told him you are still in New York, maybe he will reach out to give you a second review. It's a difficult time for all restaurants, service establishment s with COVID etc. Would be great to see if you get chance for another review. Cheers, Nick

[@MynameisTMP-]

55p on the can but sold for 3 dollars? Something feels wrong

[@ranavalona24]

Looked like the dreaded "Frozen FORMED fish pieces" from supermarkets, and even the batter looked like the fake batter stuff they're coated in. That was absolutely shocking.

[@rogerlephoque3704]

Fish & chips aside, plastic forks & knives and polystyrene containers tell me all I need to know. Clueless. Forget A Salt and Battery; it's more like GBH!

[@davidorton4487]

I laughed at your mates face when he was trying to eat that disgusting looking Fish. Seriously 😐 Lee, I have NEVER EVER seen Fish looking so proper RANK. Five and a half dollars 💵 for Curry sauce, what’s that all about. The most you would pay in the UK 🇬🇧 is around a pound. You guys need some well deserved luck, at your next destination. Dave

[@michaelcampin1464]

Be lucky to pay more than 80p in the North East

[@richardyuille7632]

Martin has lost his Yorkshire accent, sacrilege 😂

[@coco_onigiri]

As an American who's lived abroad and LOVES fish and chips i want y'all to know we all don't think this shit is good. Watching this i was like, "wtf" lol greasy and pale, bland looking batter. Flat too. Just saying, lol don't think all us Yanks are clueless to good food! Keep up the good work too! Love your channel. Much love from North Carolina 🤗

[@clairejohnson6506]

SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T DO FISH AND CHIPS THEY JUST THINK THEY CAN LOL 🤣

[@Villanade]

Martin’s face at 11.50 said it all. What an absolute rip off price for crap food!

[@Britishworld-UKBaileyMC9361]

Will you ever try woodhall spa fish and chips? Love your videos bro

[@TheMacMaster]

Yes Deffo :0)

[@lesliecarter8322]

I was in Woodhall Spa some years ago, great spot and the fish and chips were good.

[@AGlugofOilJanBennett]

Deary goodness! What a minging plate of (so called English) fish n chips 😬 Martin’s face when he saw the batter made me laugh! I’m bothered about what the Americans think that we would like that! The man from Bedford needs to come back home for a bit as I think he’s lost the plot lol. I’m going for a big fat zero!!! Another great vlog xx

[@lukechelsea26]

Hi Mac. Any chance in the next video could you explain how tipping works in America? And do you HAVE to tip? That Chip Shop and bad diner did not look like they deserved a tip at all lol

[@pboro.d]

Manky soggy batter, no thank you 🤮

[@PaulAnderson-ky8ne]

I like the fact that they are selling Poppies for Remembrance.

[@Crewgotwings]

What’s your favourite curry sauce? Mines the bachelors one with fruit bits in it

[@daroreilly6227]

50 Bucks for battered fish what the.. how much is it, if we just kicked in the balls ?

[@bernardstreedagh2216]

Really appreciate the videos, chaps, thanks for sure. Just that usually more than half the video is over before you have a bite. Funny and entertaining but too long. All the best.

[@davek2276]

September 2019 we were in New York for our wedding anniversary. Went to Macy's for lunch. It was expensive as expected. Great service, nice surroundings and proper crockery and cutlery. Lovely waitress. With the tip, $65 for two meals. Fish, chips, peas, coffees. As good as you get here. About £25 each. Huge portions, if we had known we could have bought one between two. Incidentally, for best value in daytime head to the low level at Grand Central Station. There are numerous food outlets, freshly cooked and it's all good. Get there and order before noon whilst it's quiet because it soon gets chocker with office workers.

[@chriswadwell7317]

...and the thick end of £40...!!! You are kidding me, Are you sure the fish was not frozen as well pfft

[@jamespattison4681]

If you want proper fish and chips get yourself to the Anstruther fish bar in the East Neuk of Fife... Best you'll find anywhere.

[@davemulready]

Nice One Guys . "Great Vlog " .Thanks For The Heads Up

[@Pardus_1970]

That's a real shame I went to Salt & Battery in 2012 and it blew my socks off it was so good, The guy was from Blackburn really knew his stuff . I wonder if the owners have changed used to be a lady from Hackney she owned the tea rooms and grocery store next door as well

[@mcblaze1986]

That looked worse than the frozen fish you get from the local kebab house.

[@mikeb3010]

The death knell for a fish & chip shop.. Old oil..

[@NiallDoran.glasgow]

@5:44 The Irn Bru bet its the proper full sugar !

[@kezzacollinson621]

Oooh that’s embarrassing for the chippie! Batter, shocking!!!!!! 🧐

[@lizzy.c.t407]

Yes Lee, my favourite youtuber... look forward to you're uploads.. I love how you always read and like the comments.. but hope you don't stop once you have 100's of thousands subs lol (righting this at start of video BTW.. Will comment once watched too) x

[@TheMacMaster]

Thanks Lizzy x

[@munnjean]

Also ,, what did they use for batter ?? looks like it might have been left over pancake batter ??

[@tyroneearl1133]

You should've sent it back. It looked rank!

[@leechapman7361]

You guys deserve a medal for trying that the fish looked scary 👻💀👻 something tells me you wouldn’t be rushing back 😵‍💫

[@julieballard8318]

Gosh the batter definitely failed" the crisp test" .Hopefully you will find some better dining options soon. I am looking forward to a special blog of Martin's Bloopers🤣🤣🤣

[@wormsnake1]

Maybe I’m strange but when the food is not so great it makes for a better video!! Loving the warm barbs and the cheeky banter though lads. I’m a northerner myself, so to see the two of you guys hitting New York is a delight. Mc you’ve found your Laurel…or maybe you’re Hardy!!😂. Either way it makes for a great team and viewing.x

[@PeteRumley]

51 dollars and you shared chips!? Wtf lol get that for 15 quid in England mental

[@stephenlapper9958]

The batter on the fish looked awful. Great vlog guys!

[@bcopeland3873]

Food in America are prepared differently, so don't expect anything that is prepared in another country to even resemble it.

[@mikeroberts4588]

Absolutely grim when your fish dribbled onto your plate 😱 "I'm going to quickly eat this and mark it outside" was clearly code for 'this is piss poor' 😂

[@davidtaylor7477]

Speaking as a Yorkshireman it’s cod every time! That fish looked horrible.🤮

[@maddog8621]

Badly Drawn Boy (UK recording artist) did a small tour of UK and every evening meal was takeaway fish and chips. They asked him (on morning TV prog) where was best. He recommended The Magnet, in Bristol, SW UK.

[@paulwright3588]

£2.21 for a tizer with 55p on the can what a rip off 4 dollars for a pot of curry omg

[@hammalamiri12]

Import duty , just like American soft drink cans are 1.50 - 3 pounds here in London

[@da90sReAlvloc]

Wtf that looked disgusting , no frozen fish in fish and chips and soggy batter disgusting When I went to New York they all raved on about biscuits and gravy (which is like a scone in some disgusting white sauce) absolutely horrible, We have the best grub in the UK , Good video 👍 stay safe

[@lliving4today]

Much better to get stuck into New York's diverse food offering, rather than weeing into the wind with stuff that's more than likely going to disappoint..?

[@TheMacMaster]

Been here before as I said in the vlog. It used to be amazing. Been on many many different food programs. Don't know what happened post lockdown. Terrible. :(

[@kiranpatel6521]

What was with the plastec cutlery? Didn't they have proper steel cutlery for sit-in customers?

[@moalf5088]

Hey Lee! Was watching channel “UA Eats” He does the food rating as well He went to “A Salt and Battery” the same place you went with the Silver Fox. His video was today UA rated the food pretty good But, we all know you’re the “expert for “Fish and Chips. So, I can’t go by UA Eats since you didn’t rate it well.

[@gizmo_puglife9280]

£5 for curry sauces mate that a rip off

[@sandrahaigh2976]

Hi. We went to Withernsea for a week 7 years ago. Asked for Cod and chips. Told they don't do Cod. I think we had Haddock. Went to Scarborough a couple of days later, and had Cod and chips in a restaurant 🙂

[@stephenwrennall3497]

That looked like a bigger and more expensive version of something you'd buy from Farmfoods or Iceland Presumably if you hadn't been doing a Vlog it'd gone straight back. Maybe the Whitby one wasn't that bad after all!😄

[@TheMacMaster]

Lol. Whitby now second worst. 👍🏼😂😂

[@RussWWFC]

Prices are a joke, £3.70 for a battered mars bar, £4.45 for chips and £11 for a bit of cod. Best fish and chips from a chippy I had were in Whitby, though usually go for something regional like pudding in Lancs and Haggis in Scotland

[@markjones327]

That’s looks well Pony 😂😂😂 , love my fish n chips but that’s a disgrace .

[@kizzyfarrell9340]

Nice review lee and friend 👏

[@sparkymarky9883]

Hi there I am for West Midlands and I have haddock for my fish and chips some of my family don’t like either they have cod instead but I prefer haddock I don’t like mushy peas much but I like curry sauce but no gravy on mine I know some people love gravy on the fish and chips but I don’t👌

[@TheTwoFingeredBullDog]

Bloody gravy in fish should be an instant death penalty or life in the tower of London giving tours to tourists.

[@sammie4312]

Your mates face says it all 😆

[@peterblease2540]

Well back to Whitby for a fish and chips maybe not .looked disgusting and did i see right tizer $3.50 before tax having a laugh enjoyed the vlog have a good time .

[@paulknox999]

almost cheaper to get on a plane and come to UK to buy it. That was so expensive

[@stevelucas1483]

Hi Lee, when are you going to show us some sightseeing around New York ? Steve & Sheila

[@TheMacMaster]

Gonna do a LIVE walk around when I'm back next week. Some Vegas LIVES coming.

[@keithboddey]

It makes a difference how hungry you are. I noted you wanted to share before entering. The chips and peas looked nice. Its not only over there you get sloppy batter. Ive had it in uk. Had a Chinese takeaway recently and ordered a pineapple fritter . The batter slid off it !

[@michaeljackson5938]

Hello, Chris & Martin $51.00 for Fish and Chips 🤣🤣🤣Even the Batter on the Fish Looked Awful.💩😒👎 I will Score it a 1/10 😢 😥 😪 😓 😭👍

[@StalwartShinobi]

I actually can imagine yorkshire having cod as a rule, ive just noticed alot of chippies in recent years dont get cod as much and haddock seems to be more available to most places so can see bith sides if lee had not long lived in yorkshire

[@gord8743]

Cod almighty!! That looked well undercooked and a soggy mess!! Always thought Yarrkshire is the Mecca for fish n chip aficionados and usually it’s Haddock n chips over there that’s the best!! Good to see the ups n downs of eating in the big apple and loving the funny outtakes at the end!! Keep it up guys!!

[@timdaugherty5921]

Agree!! Fish n chips in USA is awful!!!! I dont even eat it

[@scienceownsimposters2142]

The dynamic duo lol

[@kar23x]

Oh no fish looked frozen no crispy batter. They deffo assaulted that fish and chips 🍟🤣🤣🤣

[@TheWacoKid1963]

That batter looked dire, kind of reminded me of Young's frozen fish from Asda AND as for frying in canola oil, NOOOOO it has to be beef dripping everytime

[@MrMarko4]

No sound / music @ 7:21 just to let you know!.

[@TheMacMaster]

Yeah. Realised after it got 10,000 views. Oh well. Won't do that again. Sorry :) MM

[@MrMarko4]

@@TheMacMaster don't need to be sorry!. Ps fish look absolutely rank haha.

[@THETRENT1972]

I wish you would put a link on where The Silver Fox got his Stones t-shirt. That is awesome!

[@CT-dp1ii]

Wow they looked rough. Are you planning on doing any walking tours this trip?

[@bathman6366]

That was so disgusting! Chips were scraps and that uncooked batter inside the fish made me baulk.

[@nab1uk]

Looks like they got their fish from Aldi!!! Looks pretty crap

[@boostedone1367]

What the hell, that price. You can clearly see it's not fresh, no quality ingredients. Another case of just wanting the highest profit possible and no passion for the trade

[@BassGoesBoom1]

Went there in 2011 it was good.Gone downhill?

[@diannehardwick950]

The batter looked pale and undercooked and the fish was not plump enough. Maybe it had been in the freezer too long. Yorkshire Lass.

[@madwatermelon1316]

It's getting harder to find decent fish & chips in Britain. Let alone the United States. No that did not look appetising. Even Captain Birdseye frozen cod looks better what that did.

[@ergotot45]

Went there many years ago not that long after it opened and it was very good....what happened?

[@jackakaemo]

Always disappointing when you pay good money for food and it's bad, also the cheek of them to charge $3 for those cans that have 55p on them

[@IdarkphoenixI]

If they were imported it would make sense but IDK where they got them from.

[@davidbjohnson1979]

Hey andother great video by the MacMaster, It is a shame that a place you go to for years is a good place to go and has good memories for that person then to find out it has changed hands and the service and food had gone down hill that much that is that the food is that bad you are unable to eat it, But like I said before its good to review places as they change and also educates others to go or not. Like you get the owners to talk at good food places it be also good if you spoken to the plces that have gone down hill to see if you can tell them about their food and to see how to inprove things rather than just keep serving bad food and service, this would help business that arnt aware of their business being bad. I would like to thank both of you and please keep safe....

[@debragarlick6102]

The best fish and chips are in Ashton-under-lyne on Oldham Road they are brilliant

[@TheMacMaster]

Wow!!! Where my beautiful mother was from. ❤️

[@debragarlick6102]

I think it's called the Waterloo chippy honestly Lee if you ever get chance go there I've seen videos of you and your mum she looked like a lovely lady and all the best people come from Ashton-under-lyne 👍❤❤

[@decdeckers]

That fish looked tragic. I thought the batter I had in the Lake District was bad, but this takes the ✅

[@killerk3925]

Scarborough North Bay Fisheries best ever from a true chippy connoisseur.

[@Sublime360vids]

i dunno i'm from wakefield and everyones goto is cod.

[@lizzy.c.t407]

Ahaha making me laugh again.. adult n battery hahaha... omg.. life's banquet, don't starve ohh how ironic.. All serious tho that was NOT English fish n chips.. How can a English man cook that! Nooooo haha. Looking forward to next video guys. Better luck next time 😆

[@sharenfreeman7773]

Lee I was thinking why don't you go to the diner where the cast of the sopranos used to eat,I remember you saying you used to see them there x

[@lawro04]

Oh look at 0:52 you can see a leftover christening food bar according to The MacMaster, probably would have been more edible then the fish & chips you had mate! 😂😂😂

[@robbflynn4325]

At least you can tell people you were mugged in NYC 😂

[@truebrit3578]

I used to live within walking distance of this place and I never rated it. The english grocery shop was good but on my last visit there that too seemed poorer. I think that the shop was the centre piece of the three establishments and now, through the large internet providers, its not difficult to get english stuff anymore in the US. That and rising rents must have made it difficult for them. As for pub fish and chips its a completely different style to UK fish and chip shops.

[@DS-ft6sd]

Come to Canada for fish chips either east coast or west.

[@hullster9970]

I would love to do that one day. I am English and a perfectionist when it comes to "Fish and Chips" like all the rest on here i suppose. I could imagine Canadian Fish and Chips being pretty damn good with cold atlantic fresh fish on your doorstep. I have never been over the pond, the closest i came to that was Sears offered me a job 20 years ago as i was in a unique position at the time being and the only DBA for 2 specific systems, and they were using 1 and being sold the other. I was used as a reference. I always wondered how that would have panned out. If i ever head over the pond Canada will be my port of call, not the USA.

[@Drownedinblood]

I wouldnt call it a tourist trap, more like a local trap. I think they realized locals dont know what its supposed to taste like and just went whatever and charge a premium.

[@leighlitz2481]

Last I knew (April 2020) it was an English husband and wife that owned the shop, the same couple that own(ed)Tea and Sympathy. We were friends on FB and I know they had been using a Gofundme to try to raise money to keep on their employees during the height of COVID. Not sure about that batter…looks to thick. Chips are boaking! Highway robbery.

[@hongk0ngfu3y]

The Spuds n Fish must be imported from UK at that price? Soon as you cut into the fish the batter looked a bit rubbery

[@MrGrumpygit488]

Didn't even have a proper frying range like a proper chippy.

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Alright Maclad, what kind of hairdryer did they cook that fish with?