The White Horse Cafe

A fish and chip shop and café on Old Fore Street, close to the seafront in Sidmouth, The White Horse Cafe keeps to the traditional formula: battered cod and haddock, curry chips, and the usual chip-shop sides, cooked to order rather than left sitting under a heat lamp. Reviewers single out the haddock and chips and the cod as the ones to order, and note the food is well priced for a seaside town where prices can run high in summer.

It's a straightforward, no-fuss setup with outdoor seating, free wifi and card payment, handy for a quick meal after a walk along the esplanade or before heading down to the beach. Staff are quick and attentive even when the queue builds on a busy weekend, and it's the kind of place locals rely on for a reliable, unpretentious fish supper rather than anywhere that's trying to reinvent the format.