Golden Fish

Golden Fish Bar sits on Lion Road in Bexleyheath, just off the Broadway towards the Barnehurst end of the town centre, and is a long-standing fish and chip shop with an unusual sideline in Chinese and Japanese takeaway dishes alongside the traditional cod, haddock and pie counter. The combination is a legacy of the trading family that has held the unit and reflects a fairly common pattern in this part of south-east London — fish-and-chip frontages quietly running a parallel Chinese kitchen.

The shop holds a 4 (Good) Bexley Council food hygiene score from a March 2023 inspection. Trading hours are split-shift, opening for lunch from late morning and again for the dinner trade after a mid-afternoon break, with Sunday closed — a more traditional fish-shop pattern than the open-all-evening kebab and curry operations on the surrounding streets. Reviews lean positive on the fish itself and the customer service from the counter, with the Chinese side mentioned as a useful add-on rather than the main draw. A working fish bar with the chip-shop bones still intact.