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Kennedy's Barbican

Restaurant Fish and chips takeaway Fish and chips restaurant Fish restaurant British restaurant Fish and seafood restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Fish restaurants in London


Address

169 Whitecross St, Barbican, London EC1Y 8JT, United Kingdom

Website

www.kennedyslondon.co.uk

Contact

+44 20 7253 1796

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (895 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Friday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 12 to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: chips (20) fish (19) service (8) people (7) good (7) sauce (6) beer (6) staff (6)
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  • 5/5 Jeevan M. 3 years ago on Google
    One of my favourite fish & chips places. Perfectly deep fried cod and a delicious tartar sauce! Their lunch special comes at an amazing value with the twisted potato and glass of wine (or beer if you prefer). The tartar sauce is prepared better than at most other places. On my second visit I opted for the grilled fish for a change and this too was absolutely delicious. The staff are very kind and accommodating. Easy to recommend this place which consistently prepares delicious food.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 pronins 2 years ago on Google
    Proper fish and chips! The cod was extremely fresh and tender. I also really liked the tartar sauce and the side of mushed peas. The portion was really big, and I had the “normal” size - I imagine “large” would be enough for 2 people. The prices were fair and the waitress was nice. Highly recommended.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Christos K. 10 months ago on Google
    I had an absolutely appalling experience at this restaurant. I had been eagerly waiting for 30 minutes, hoping to have a pleasant dining experience, but it turned out to be a complete disappointment. Not a single staff member bothered to welcome me or take my order during that agonizing half-hour. What made matters worse was witnessing customers arriving well after me being promptly attended to while I continued to be ignored. It was crystal clear that I was being discriminated against for some reason unknown to me. When I finally mustered the courage to ask the staff about this unjust treatment, they casually brushed it off with the absurd excuse that they didn't see me. How can anyone believe such a blatant lie? I don't think I've ever felt this disrespected and humiliated in a restaurant before. As a paying customer, I expected basic courtesy and equal treatment, but clearly, this place has no regard for customer satisfaction or fairness. Needless to say, I promptly left the restaurant without ordering anything, and I will never return. I urge others to steer clear of this establishment unless you enjoy waiting endlessly, receiving subpar service, and possibly facing discrimination based on an arbitrary criterion. In a city filled with numerous dining options, there's no reason to subject yourself to such a deplorable experience. I sincerely hope the management of this restaurant takes this review seriously and addresses the fundamental issues that plague their establishment. Until then, I advise everyone to look elsewhere for a more welcoming and respectful dining experience.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sheryll Q. 4 years ago on Google
    OUTSTANDING!!! This is by far the BEST fish & chips I've EVER had. Atmosphere is so charming, but it's all about the FOOD! What do they do to the fries?? WOW, amazingly good! I can't say enough positive things about this meal. It's London on a plate. DELICIOUS!!! 5 STARS!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kiyo G. 1 year ago on Google
    When I arrived the staff member did not greet me or ask me if he could help. Another customer came in after me and he addressed him and took his order. I finally got his attention and he had an attitude with me. The chips were not fresh and the sausage was too greasy with no flavour. Bad service and bad food. Please do not go here. There are plenty of better restaurants in that area. And I see someone named Sue responds to these reviews. Sue, if you're reading and thinking about responding, don't bother. If this were just about the food, I wouldn't have left a review, but people need to know about poor customer service.There's no excuse for rudeness and the best way to correct it is for people to stop frequenting your business.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Viv O. 11 months ago on Google
    Delicious chips, huge portions and very reasonable prices! Will definitely come back to try the plant-based fish and chips. *Update: It took a while before we could come back - definitely worth the wait! Battered Halloumi was lovely. Treated us to dine in this time. Definitely 5 stars. *Update 2023: fantastic food as always, good draught beer too!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mark 5 months ago on Google
    Excellent stop for fish and chips in the city. Great quality and service. Several tables for eat in. Good value and less than 10 minutes walk to the Barbican centre

  • 5/5 Alison H. 5 months ago on Google
    Absolutely loved the service...haddock and chips were so nice..highly recommend. Picture is medium haddock!

  • 5/5 Greg K. 8 months ago on Google
    Fantastic fish and chips! Really tasty tartar sauce and they don’t skimp on the portions. Plus they still have a few tables outside which is nice.

  • 5/5 Dave 11 months ago on Google
    Its a small place with just a few seats outside, the staff is friendly, the serving is fast and the fish is absolutely amazing, fresh juicy fish in a hot crispy coating, not to mention the decent price for the area. If you want to try the real “fish and chips” this is one of the places you can really try it!

  • 1/5 Denisa 6 months ago on Google
    Today I have ordered beer buttered halloumi with chips, tartar sauce, mushy peas and unfortunately this is what I got. I had here beer buttered halloumi couple times without any issue and also this time I explained my order in a detail. Very dissapointing as this is not what I ordered. Unfortunately I found out already at the office.

  • 5/5 Dejris O. 9 months ago on Google
    That was a really great discovery of the recent London trip. They serve delicious and fresh fish: tried the Skate and grilled baby squid - both worth recommendation. But also the best steak and kidney pie I ever ate (and I am tasting those every time I am in London)! This was a true gem really: it tastes very homemade on one hand, but the flavours of meet and kidney works so well together opening level by level, that it also is a chef quality on the other. Definitely place worth visiting. The staff is friendly and nice, if a bit lost sometimes (i.e. forgetting parts of the order - visited twice, got that twice 😉), but this is just minor nuisance. Friendliness prevails.

  • 4/5 Brian G. 1 year ago on Google
    Really good fish and chips. Had the cod and it was a full fillet. Steak fries like usual for the UK. Fortunately they have one beer on tap (Morellis) which is very good (a few more beer in bottles).

  • 2/5 Catherine P. 1 year ago on Google
    We walked for half an hour to get here, as we last had a great meal here a year or so ago, and my partner has been coming here for 40 years. We thought the lady who ran it was lovely, and she was half the reason we wanted to go back. We arrived 20 minutes before it closed but were told we couldn’t eat in (it’s only fish and chips, not a three course meal!). It was pouring with rain by this point, so we asked if we could eat a takeaway sitting under their awning instead (there were already people just starting a meal sitting outside). We were told we couldn’t do that either. We stood under the awning, next to a free table and chairs that we weren’t allowed to sit at, and finished our food long before the people sitting at the other table. The fish and chips, by the way, were mediocre, and definitely not worth a special trip. What a shame that another great British chip shop has been taken over by people who don’t care about either food or service. As a side point, shortly after we arrived a party of seven arrived looking for fish and chips (it looked as though lots of people were leaving the Barbican) and they were refused service altogether.

  • 5/5 Jennifer M. 1 year ago on Google
    Very good fish and chips, servers are friendly and good atmosphere.

  • 1/5 Valentina L. 1 year ago on Google
    Puked 3 times and went to the bathroom 8 times after I ate the sea bass & chips from food poisoning. Never going back again, the oil might have been reused many times or the fish was old.

  • 1/5 Esteban G. 1 year ago on Google
    Worst food in my 10 years in London. - Salmon was dry - Rotten cod fillet, with a really strong disgusting smell. - Very few stuff available in the Menu.

  • 2/5 Joseph H. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was good the portions were generous the service was horrific I can’t help but wonder if it was race. They where quite attentive to everyone who didn’t have brown skin. It’s a shame

  • 5/5 Elliot B. 2 years ago on Google
    I come from Devon where the standard for fish and chips is the best in the country. I can say this is THE best fish and chips I’ve ever had in london after living here for 5+ years. Had Haddock, chips, curry sauce & bread roll.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Braille menu
    • ✓️ Free water refills
    • ✓️ Private dining room
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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