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Rock & Sole Plaice

47 Endell Street, WC2H 9AJ Full details & map

Fish & chip shop: Fish & seafood

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Oct 24 2011

According to the menu at Rock & Sole Plaice, London's third ever chippy opened on this site in 1871. Today, a jolly fish with Union Jack bib and entertainer's cane presides over a green and white frontage with several benches outside.

At lunchtimes, office workers and tourists tussle for custody of the couple of tables on the ground floor, while takeaway customers place their orders at the fryer. Below, the walls of a stuffy basement are decorated with a fading submarine mural of strange smiling dolphins and teeth-gnashing sharks.

Any minor lack of comfort is worth enduring, though, as the food is good - especially the fish. Delicate, flaky cod arrived encapsulated in a light, crisp batter and was served with oversized, golden chips; other options (pies and sausages) and sides (mushy peas, pickled onions) are at least equal to the standard fare normally found in chip shops.

Prices exceed the norm, however, being pretty steep for food that is simply plated up from the fryer.

Tags: Fish & seafood, Chilling out, Outdoor : Dining, Central, Covent Garden, Mid-range, Restaurant, Fish & chip shop

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Rock & Sole Plaice details

Address

Rock & Sole Plaice

47 Endell Street WC2H 9AJ

Transport Covent Garden tube

Telephone

020 7836 3785

Meals served 11.30am-10.30pm Mon-Sat; noon-9.30pm Sun

Main courses £10-£12

Credit cards MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 7, pavement ), Babies and children welcome ( high chairs ), Separate room for parties ( seats 40 ), Takeaway service

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Comments & ratings 3/5 (Average of 3 ratings)

By P Burton - Mar 6 2012

I usually make allowances for fish & chip outlets in London. Having lived by the sea. I know what freshly caught fish should taste like. i recently ordered haddock and a very small portion of chips from The Rock & Sole Place. The fish must have been as old as the man who served it to me, and the chips tasted as if they had been warmed up many times before they were placed in the box with the ancient fish. I live in Covent Garden, and the word on the block is that The Rock & Sole Place has deteriorated and should be avoided.