This is strip mall dining at its finest. With few chairs and one seriously truncated menu. Northridge Fish & Chips has managed to carve out a seafood name for itself in the far reaches of the greater Valley, doing inexpensive fries and fish for the strip mall masses.

Springbok Bar and Grill (“The #1 Rugby Bar in the USA,” says the website) fries up sole rather than cod for a fish and chips that’s less oily than most.

When sipping a few evening brews, there’s no better time to dive in to a heaping plate of fried fish. Old Pasadena pub Lucky Baldwin’s serves theirs with wide, thick fries and the requisite British accompaniment, peas.

One wouldn’t expect to find a kitchy British-themed fish and chips house right in the middle of Thai Town, but that’s the deal at Catch 56, a counter-service spot that allows diners to customize their fish selection, cooking style, and side.

This gastropub has settled in nicely on the West Hollywood stretch of Sunset Boulevard. A generous piece of fish is nicely seasoned before being fried and served on fresh French fries in some of LA’s nicest UK-inspired surrounds.

Melrose tavern The Village Idiot is a longtime haunt for Europhiles to frequent. The bar leans on international beers and a multi-cultural local crowds, and has earned a reputation over the years as a place for some pretty killer fish and chips.

One of Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo’s first projects, Son of a Gun also remains among their best. The soulful seafood restaurant is famous for, surprisingly, its fried chicken sandwich, but don’t sleep on the wonderfully crispy fish and chips. This is not the inexpensive boardwalk version though, so price-point conscious diners be aware.

This family-owned business has been slinging fish and chips on Pico since 1993. Come in for sub $10 lunch specials or choose from fried fish specials like catfish, red snapper, sole, and orange roughy.

John O’Groats isn’t just for breakfast. Dive into some of the flakiest fried haddock and seasoned fries in town in its heavily tartan-patterned digs.

超級新鮮的魚是在聖誕老人的名字的遊戲Monica Seafood, where the lines are a testament to the quality of the fried Alaskan cod inside.

This fast-casual chain with locations in Santa Monica, Culver City, and Downtown boats an outstanding quality-to-price ratio in all of its dishes, including its beer battered Alaskan cod.

Manhattan Beach’s preeminent seafood restaurant, Fishing with Dynamite, serves its fish battered in 24th St. Pale Ale with a hearty helping of fries and dill pickle remoulade.

This Redondo Beach restaurant has been serving up fish and chips with views of the Pacific since 1976. Take a gander at all the fresh seafood available, squeeze into a picnic table, and grease up one’s fingers on some of the best fried fish in this neck of the woods.