Josies Traditional Fish and Chips

Josie's Traditional Fish and Chips is a long-running independent chippy on St Giles Terrace, in the residential streets at the north-west end of the Downfield area. The shop sits in a small parade serving the immediate housing-scheme closes and runs the format that the name implies — a traditional Scottish chip-shop card, with fresh local fish, haddock suppers cooked to order, fish cakes, scampi, sausages, pies and the standard run of fryer-and-grill staples.

The kitchen leans on Scottish chippy specialities: full pizza in batter is on the card alongside the haddock, which puts the shop firmly in the deep-fried-everything west-of-Scotland chippy tradition. Mayonnaise is listed separately as a side. Reviews on the shop's Google listing sit at the upper end of the four-star band, and customers consistently single out the freshness of the fish, the quick and friendly counter service and the value for money on the supper bundles. The shop's own ordering site carries the full menu and a small range of meal deals, and trade is split between walk-up custom from the immediate St Giles Terrace closes and a delivery feed for the wider Downfield area.