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The Wee Chippy on Shore Street, Anstruther, on a sunny day, with people eating at the tables outside its front.
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The Wee Chippy

A family fish and chip restaurant and takeaway on Shore Street in Anstruther, frying fresh Scottish fish in beef dripping since 1999.

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Welcome

Fish and chips by the harbour is one of the joys of the East Neuk, and The Wee Chippy has been frying them on Anstruther's Shore Street since 1999.

It's a family business, with a restaurant and a takeaway in an old building that has been a masonic lodge, a bakery and a café in its time, and was rebuilt by local tradesmen before reopening in 2019. The fish is fresh Scottish fish from a local merchant, mostly haddock, with cod and salmon on the specials, fried to order in beef dripping in the shop's own batter. There's a gluten-free menu every day, cooked in separate fryers. Eat in and your meal comes with bread and butter and a hot drink, or take it away and sit out by the water. Dogs are welcome inside and out, there's a kids' menu, and it's open every day from 11.30am, with the restaurant serving until 9pm.

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Before you go

A restaurant and a takeaway, open every day.

Where
4 Shore Street, Anstruther, KY10 3EA, on the harbour front.
Open
Every day: the restaurant 11.30am to 9pm, the takeaway 11.30am to 10pm.
Booking
The restaurant online or on 01333 311439; outside tables are first come.
Gluten free
A gluten-free menu every day, cooked in separate fryers.
Dogs
Welcome in the restaurant and the takeaway, with bowls and treats.
Children
A kids' menu, and a baby change.
Access
A ramp at the side of the building and an accessible toilet.
Phone
01333 311439

Opening hours

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Monday
11.30am–10pm
Tuesday
11.30am–10pm
Wednesday
11.30am–10pm
Thursday
11.30am–10pm
Friday
11.30am–10pm
Saturday
11.30am–10pm
Sunday
11.30am–10pm

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Where it is

On Shore Street, facing the harbour in Anstruther, KY10 3EA.

Close byAnstruther and the East Neuk.
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  2. PittenweemPittenweemThe busiest fishing harbour of the East Neuk of Fife, a village of whitewashed cottages named after the cave of St Fillan, with a famous arts festival.2 miles 4 min by road
  3. Shop window display of framed paintings, patterned ceramics and heart-shaped dish, harbour reflected in glassThe Dory, PittenweemA seafood bistro and art gallery on the harbour at Pittenweem, serving shellfish landed a few steps from the door among the paintings of Malcolm Cheape.2 miles 4 min by road
  4. St Fillan’s CaveSt Fillan’s CaveThe cave in Pittenweem where the missionary St Fillan is said to have lived in the 600s, with a holy well and a stone altar still used for services.2 miles 5 min by road
  5. Golden angel statue against a terracotta wall beside framed pictures and wooden tablesPittenweem Chocolate CompanyA family-run chocolate shop and the Cocoa Tree Cafe on the High Street at Pittenweem, with handmade chocolates, hot chocolate and a courtyard garden.2 miles 5 min by road
  6. The front of Craig Millar @ 16 West End in St Monans: its sign above white-framed windows hung with flower baskets, behind a whitewashed wall.Craig Millar @ 16 West EndCraig Millar's restaurant on the harbour at St Monans, with set lunch and dinner menus of modern Scottish cooking and views over the Firth of Forth.3 miles as the crow flies
  7. The dining room at the Shoregate in Crail, with wooden tables and wishbone chairs on a herringbone floor and big windows onto the street.The ShoregateAn inn on Crail's High Street with a modern dining room, a stone-walled bar in an old smokehouse and four bedrooms, open Wednesday to Sunday.4 miles as the crow flies
  8. CrailCrailThe most easterly village of the East Neuk of Fife, an ancient royal burgh with a tiny stone harbour, a Dutch-style tolbooth and fresh lobster in season.4 miles 8 min by road
Directions
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Timber lodge with covered veranda and hanging flower baskets overlooking open fieldsRestaurantsSt Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Company3.4 miles

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