Oxfordshire fish and chip restaurant closes until further notice

Fish 4 Lunch at the Osney Mead industrial estate in Oxford has been a favourite meal spot for locals on Fridays and Saturdays for several years.

Housed above and ran by Aldens Fishmarket, the eatery’s menu features a range of dishes with seating available.

Despite its ever-increasing popularity, Fish 4 Lunch has been temporarily closed due to Aldens moving out of the building.

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With rent doubling, managing director Matthew Alden made the choice to move the fish market around the corner to Meatmaster.

This has now successfully reopened in its new home, but the restaurant section has not bounced back as quickly, with a slightly delayed reopening in store.

Fish 4 Lunch will reopen at the new location, but not until this summer, Matthew told this newspaper.

“One casualty of the move is that the popular Fish 4 Lunch restaurant, which offers amazing fish and chips on Fridays and Saturdays, has temporarily closed,” he said

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“But will be reopening the restaurant in the summer in the new location, next to Meatmaster.”

Aldens, originally based at Eastwyke Farm, has always been in Oxford.

Right up until the 1970s, beef, lamb and pork were reared and slaughtered on the farm and transported to the Aldens shops in Oxford’s historic covered market.

Throughout the 20th century, the butchers gained popularity, supplying a growing number of local restaurants and colleges.