Gluten-free fish and chips in Liverpool: 5 places
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Liverpool · gluten-free fish and chips
5 fish and chip places in and around Liverpool say on their own websites that they offer gluten-free fish and chips (◐): The Good Catch in Crosby and Litherland (Mondays and Tuesdays only), Village Fryers in Upton on the Wirral, The Cavern Restaurant on Mathew Street and Nick’s Chippy in Whiston. None of them says how the gluten-free fish is fried, so ask about the oil. Two more places are listed by a directory or an online map listing, and we haven’t checked them yet. Updated October 2026.
How gluten-free fish and chips works in Liverpool
Liverpool’s gluten-free fish and chips is mostly outside the centre: in Crosby and Litherland to the north, Upton on the Wirral and Whiston to the east, with one restaurant on Mathew Street. None of the places describes its fryers, and one serves gluten-free on set days only, so ask about the oil at each one.
Coeliac UK’s advice on takeaways: chips, or fish in gluten-free batter, are not gluten-free if they’re fried in the same oil as battered food with gluten. Ask about the oil for the chips too, because shops often rotate it. Taking the batter off battered fish doesn’t help, because the fish has already picked up gluten. The NHS lists fish as naturally gluten-free, but not breaded or battered fish.
So ask three things when you order. Is the batter gluten-free? Do the gluten-free fish and the chips go into oil that never sees battered food? And is there a gluten-free night or a dedicated gluten-free fryer? Coeliac UK says some shops have one or the other. In the UK, “gluten-free” on a menu means 20 parts per million or less, also for food that isn’t prepacked. Coeliac UK’s Gluten Free Accreditation goes to venues that follow its standards, processes and training; we show it on a card only when the venue’s own site says so.
◐ Gluten-free fish and chips in Liverpool
What we write comes from their own websites; ask how they fry the gluten-free fish when you order.
The Good Catch
◐ GF-serving Fish and chip shops · Mondays and Tuesdays gluten-free📍 Crosby: 9 Liverpool Road, Crosby L23 2SA · north Liverpool · Open in Google Maps ↗
◐ GF-serving Litherland · 102 Sefton Road, Litherland L21 9HQ · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Fish and chips in Crosby and Litherland; its menu says “*Gluten Free Fish & Chips Served Every Monday and Tuesday Along with our usual Menu*”
How they handle it: The same line adds “(Slight traces may be found)”. The menu covers all its shops and doesn’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried.
Watch out: Gluten-free on Mondays and Tuesdays only (the venue’s own info, read in October 2026; one line on its site says Mondays only). Ring ahead to check the day.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · thegoodcatch.co.uk ↗
Village Fryers
◐ GF-serving Fish and chip shop · Chinese takeaway📍 37 Arrowe Park Road, Upton, Wirral CH49 0UB · Upton, on the Wirral · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Fish and chips and Chinese food; its ordering menu has a section headed “Gluteen Free Dishes” (their spelling) with “(Gluten Free)Fish(Regular) +Chips(Regular)” and gluten-free chips.
How they handle it: The menu says “For Any Allergy Enquiries, Please Inform the Restaurant” by phone; it doesn’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried.
Watch out: Closed on Mondays (its own opening hours, read in October 2026). Ask whether the gluten-free fish and the chips go into oil used only for gluten-free food.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · villagefryers.co.uk ↗
The Cavern Restaurant
◐ GF-serving Restaurant📍 7 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE · Mathew Street, city centre · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: A restaurant on Mathew Street whose menu lists battered cod as “FISH AND CHIPS (GF)”, with chunky chips and mushy peas.
How they handle it: The menu also says “Some dishes can also be prepared Gluten Free.” It doesn’t say whether the gluten-free fish has its own batter and fryer.
Watch out: Ask whether the gluten-free fish and the chips go into oil used only for gluten-free food.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · thecavernrestaurant.com ↗
Nick’s Chippy Whiston
◐ GF-serving Fish and chip shop · Chinese and Greek takeaway📍 2 Greenes Road, Whiston L35 3RF · Whiston, east of Liverpool · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: A takeaway for English, Chinese and Greek food; its home page links a “Gluten Free Menu”, a photo of the shop board that lists fish and gluten-free chips.
How they handle it: The site doesn’t say how the gluten-free fish is fried.
Watch out: Ask whether the gluten-free fish and the chips go into oil used only for gluten-free food.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · whistonchippy.co.uk ↗
Gluten-free options, listed by a directory or an online map listing, not yet checked by us
We haven’t yet read in their own words how these places handle gluten-free, so they have no number and no pin. Call ahead and ask the questions above.
- Church Road Chippy, fish and chip shop, Wavertree, 11 Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool L15 9EA · Listed, not yet checked
- Rainhill Fish Bar, fish and chip shop, Rainhill, 570 Warrington Road, Rainhill L35 4LZ · Listed, not yet checked
Map
The numbers on the map match the numbered places above (◐); The Good Catch has two pins. The places we haven’t checked yet aren’t on the map.
Questions
Is fish and chips in Liverpool gluten-free?
Not as standard: the NHS lists fish as naturally gluten-free, but not battered fish. The places on this page say on their own websites that they offer gluten-free fish and chips. Ask for it clearly when you order.
Is gluten-free fish and chips in Liverpool safe for coeliacs?
It depends on the oil, not the city. Coeliac UK says chips, or fish in gluten-free batter, are not gluten-free if they’re fried in the same oil as battered food with gluten. None of the places on this page says how its gluten-free fish is fried, and The Good Catch writes that slight traces may be found, so ask about the oil and say you have coeliac disease.
Where can I get gluten-free fish and chips in Liverpool city centre?
The Cavern Restaurant on Mathew Street marks its fish and chips gluten-free on its own menu. The other places on this page are in Crosby, Litherland, Upton on the Wirral and Whiston.
Which days can I get gluten-free fish and chips at The Good Catch?
Its menu says gluten-free fish and chips are served every Monday and Tuesday, alongside the usual menu; one line on its site says Mondays only, so ring ahead to check. Village Fryers is closed on Mondays.
More on gluten-free in the UK
- Is fish and chips gluten-free? Our A-Z entry
- Gluten-free fish and chips in Southport, up the coast
- Fully gluten-free chip shops in the UK
- Gluten-free UK: the places we track
- Translation cards to show the kitchen, in 60+ languages
Sources: the numbered places’ own websites and menus, read on 3 October 2026 (Nick’s Chippy’s gluten-free menu as a photo on its site); our Atlas entries, each symbol set from the venue’s own published words; for the places not yet checked, a third-party listing; Coeliac UK’s advice on gluten-free takeaways (section Fish and chips) and its page on the Gluten Free Accreditation scheme, read on 3 October 2026; the NHS page on treating coeliac disease, read on 3 October 2026; the UK gluten-free limit of 20 mg/kg (retained Regulation (EU) No 828/2014). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image. Last verified 03.10.2026.
Reviewed against the HTGF methodology: every claim sourced, every listing tiered and dated. This article is practical guidance, not medical advice.
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