Mother Hubbard’s Croydon

You're walking down George Street heading towards the town centre, and Mother Hubbard's is doing what a good chippy should—nothing fancy, just excellent. The batter's got that golden crunch that means they're not cutting corners on oil temperature, and the fish inside is actually fish, not some sad filler situation. It's the kind of place where locals queue out the door on a Friday night, not because they're trying to be cool, but because the food's genuinely worth the wait. Proper tartar sauce, decent mushy peas, and they won't judge you for asking for extra salt.