Austin Fish & Chip’s Maple Ridge

I really like halibut fish & chip they offer. It’s so tasty and the texture is just unbeatable.
I had on occasions drove all the way from Vancouver to Maple Ridge just for its fish & chip.
Like the other users commented, fish and chips are usually more dissappointing than not.
However for this particular Austin Fish & Chip, they consistently meet my expectation of deliciousness. Always worth the drive.

Chips have been changed. Not sure if its for the better. I have the haddock? Fish was moist but tasted a little off. Overall the meal was ok. Nothing extravagant.

When I’m in the mood for fish and chips, I’m looking for a nice fillet of halibut, served over a handful of french fries that taste like potatoes. I want the fish to be firm and to flake when I cut it; I want the batter to be crisp and dry to the touch. I don’t need a lemon wedge, but I want my fish and chips served with malt vinegar and table salt.
Sadly, like Celine Dion and Stephen Harper, fish and chips disappoints more often than not. Too many places buy Sysco-​style pre-​battered, fry-​from-​frozen, industrial omnifish that comes out of the kitchen sodden and textureless, like a brown, fillet-​shaped dishcloth fresh from the sink. Pubs and non-​specialist restaurants are a typical source of this sort of substandard fare.
Austin Fish & Chips, on the other hand, makes some surprisingly good fish and chips. They hand-​batter their fillets and fry them in the same fryer that is responsible for their french fries, which probably contributes to their excellent taste. Their fish is well cooked but not over-​cooked and their fries are crisp and mouthwatering; their cole slaw could use some help but you didn’t go there for the cole slaw. The fillets are served over a mound of fries and come with the obligatory wedge of lemon and dab of foul tartar sauce, but malt vinegar and salt are readily available if you ask for them.
Don’t worry about the Fisheries Act violations; the fish the owners bought may have been illegal but a nice halibut is a nice halibut, whether you bought it from a respected wholesaler or from the back of someone’s F150. Austin Fish & Chips is everything a fish and chip shop should be and nothing more.
By the way, the secret to not burning your mouth on the clam chowder is to blow on it a bit.

Won’t be hurrying back any time soon. Burnt my mouth on the clam chowder. They tell you the wait but is never the truth always double. Sat and waited for my food, they told everyone that came in the same wait time didn’t bother to check. The one in Pitt Meadows is better.