Porthminster Takeaway
Porthminster Beach, St Ives, 01736 795352

For fish and chips with a glorious view, head to the beach and this concession in the basement of the wonderful Porthminster Cafe. Looking out to the bay, on your left is St Ives harbour, while arcing round to the right is Hayle Sands and the Godrevy Lighthouse. The food is delicious: battered fish is light, flaky and golden, chips are crisp yet fluffy in the centre, and all for £4.75. Local fish is used wherever possible. It's open only during the summer season, but it's worth the wait.
Ishita DasGupta
St Agnes, Cornwall

Morrish's Fish Restaurant
Bucketts Hill, Redruth, 01209 216937

The menu is as traditional as can be (it's stayed much the same since the 1930s), except for the appearance on it of cod whale: a huge, meaty fillet of fish. And the chips are made from local potatoes. Fish and chips is consistently good - this is no-frills, staff-of-life stuff. Neatly uniformed ladies serve all the traditional accompaniments - triangles of bread and butter, cups of tea - amid the gentle hum of true Cornish accents. A full range of takeaway, too, plus the downtown location and easy parking, make the 40-mile round trip from home more than worthwhile. For more than 20 years our family's favourite.
Deborah Richards
Tregony, Cornwall

Stein's Fish & Chips
South Quay, Padstow, 01841 532700

Any mention of Rick Stein these days elicits groans - a visit to his chippy will surely leave us well-fed, but well-fleeced, too. I've travelled the country in search of the perfect fish and chips, I can honestly say I found it here - the fish was cooked to perfection, accompanied by beautiful, brown-mottled, crisp chips with fluffy insides. Yes, perfection does come at a price - they're fried in beef dripping - but if you can forgive them this, then cod and chips is well worth the £5.50 price tag - which, incidentally, is cheaper than my local.
Alice Macdonald
London NW10

Riviere Sands Fish & Chip Shop
Riviere Sands Holiday Park, Riviere Towans, Hayle, 01736 752132

It's life-affirming to fill your stomach with steaming fish and chips after a hard day's surfing. And this über-chippy, due to its location and no-frills tucker, is the place to do it. The shed-like building is right on the egg-yolk-golden sandy beaches around Hayle Towans. Tuck in at sunset nestled in a romantic cove or have your takeaway by a kiddies' rock pool. Everything's freshly cooked to order, not least because of the high turnover (the place serves three caravan sites). Portions are generous, too.
Lita Doolan
Oxford

Tolcarne Inn
Tolcarne Place, Newlyn, Cornwall, 01736 363074

Snug behind the sea defences of England's largest fishing port, this is a real locals' pub, but that doesn't mean the welcome to visitors isn't warm. Far from it. Order the catch of the day (from £6.95) for a succulent piece of cod or haddock that's moist within its crispy, beer-batter casing. It will have been landed that very morning, and just a few hundred yards away, to boot. The pub's cosy in winter, too, with a real fire and low-beamed ceilings, not to mention some classics by local artists on the walls (my personal favourite: Perry With Ling).
Andrea Bayles
London SW18

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