The 9 Most-Recommended Fish and Chips Shops in Singapore
Beer batter, haddock and mushy peas — counted across the lists.
Counted from 4 published lists as of 2026-09-06. 39 fish and chips shops were named in total.
In short: Across 4 independently published Singapore lists of the best fish and chips shops, Greenwood Fish Market, Lad & Co. and Smiths Authentic British Fish and Chips are named most often — each on 4 of them.
We read 4 independently published Singapore food lists for fish and chips shops, took only the venue names, and counted how many named each one. Venues on the same count are tied — shown with a verified NEA licence first, then alphabetically. We have not eaten at these places, we take no payment for placement, and we reproduce none of the sources’ writing. Every list we counted is linked at the foot of this page.
Smiths Authentic British Fish and Chips
Named on 4 of the 4 published lists we counted.
| # | Venue | Lists | NEA grade | Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Big Fish Small Fish | 2 | — | — |
| 7 | Bread Street Kitchen | 2 | — | — |
| 8 | Carnaby | 2 | — | — |
| 9 | Molly Malone’s Irish Pub | 2 | — | — |
About fish and chips shops in Singapore
Fish and chips in Singapore spans a wide gap: a hawker stall doing dory for seven dollars, and a British-run shop flying in haddock and charging three times that. Both are legitimate and they are not really competing — the fish is the difference and it is most of the price.
Batter is where technique shows. A good beer batter is thin, blistered and shatters; the common failure is a thick, bready shell that steams the fish inside it. That is visible before you taste it.
What to look for
- Ask what fish. Dory, haddock, cod and halibut are very different products at very different prices, and shops should tell you.
- The batter should be craggy and audibly crisp, not smooth and thick.
- Chips fried twice — once low, once hot — are fluffy inside and crisp outside. It is the standard and not everyone does it.
Why we count instead of ranking
Every food list is one person’s palate on one visit. That is not a flaw — it is what makes food writing worth reading — but it does mean a single list tells you more about the writer than about the field. Counting across 4 of them cancels out individual preference and leaves the venues that different people, eating on different days, arrived at independently.
It is a deliberately narrow claim. This page does not tell you which fish and chips shop is best; it tells you which ones Singapore’s food press keeps returning to, and exactly how many times. Where the count is close, the honest answer is that the field is close — and we would rather show you that than manufacture a ranking to hide it.
What are the best fish and chips shops in Singapore?
Across 4 independently published Singapore lists of the best fish and chips shops, Greenwood Fish Market, Lad & Co. and Smiths Authentic British Fish and Chips are named most often — each on 4 of them.
How is this fish and chips shops ranking put together?
We read 4 independently published Singapore food lists, took only the venue names, and counted how many of them named each venue. 39 distinct venues were named in total; the 9 shown here appeared on at least 2. We do not taste, rank or accept payment for placement, and no source's writing is reproduced — every list we counted is linked below.
Are these fish and chips shops verified as real businesses?
Each venue is cross-checked against NEA's licensed-premises register, but hawker stalls are usually licensed under the operator's own name rather than the stall name, so few match automatically. We show a hygiene grade only where the match is confident, and nothing at all where it is not.
Why is dory so much cheaper than haddock or cod?
Dory (usually pangasius) is farmed in Southeast Asia and is inexpensive and locally available; haddock and cod are cold-water species flown in from the North Atlantic. The texture differs markedly too — dory is softer and milder — so the price gap reflects both sourcing and eating quality.
- 15 Best Fish And Chips In Singapore For All Budgets | Eatbook.sg — eatbook.sg
- Best fish and chips in Singapore: Top 11 restaurants | Honeycombers — thehoneycombers.com
- 12 Best Fish And Chips In Singapore – A Must-Try Guide — bestlah.sg
- 8 Best Places For Fish And Chips In Singapore — www.timeout.com
We counted venue names from these lists and linked back to every one. Their words, photographs, ratings and ordering are their own and are not reproduced here. Hygiene grades and licensed addresses come from NEA’s licensed-premises register via data.gov.sg. Contains information from data.gov.sg and OneMap, Singapore Land Authority.