Maelfa Fish Bar

04/11/2026

A huge congratulations to Maelfa Fish Bar, officially voted Cardiff's Best Fish & Chip Shop in the 2026 Cardiff Spotlight Awards! 🏆

Following a citywide public vote, Cardiff has spoken, and Maelfa Fish Bar has claimed the coveted Cardiff Spotlight GOLD Award!

It was an absolute pleasure to present Niaz and Hussain from Maelfa Fish Bar (pictured) with their official framed Gold Award certificate, recognising their outstanding reputation, quality, consistency and the fantastic support they've earned from the people of Cardiff.

A massive well done to Niaz, Hussain and everyone at Maelfa Fish Bar, a thoroughly deserved win!

A special thank you to our award sponsor, Framing Wales, who kindly supplied the fantastic framed presentation award. Your support in helping us celebrate Cardiff's outstanding local businesses is hugely appreciated!

And the celebrations aren't over yet! Maelfa Fish Bar have also scooped the coveted Gold Fish & Chips Trophy, which will be presented next month. We're already looking forward to dropping it off and celebrating with the team once again!

Congratulations again to Maelfa Fish Bar, Cardiff's Gold Award-winning Best Fish & Chip Shop! 🥇

Cardiff Spotlight Awards
Celebrating the very best of Cardiff, as voted by Cardiff.

15/10/2026

Don't forget to order your pizzas on the weekend they are still buy one get one half price plus u get free dips we are also doing barbecue base and Garlic base now so order yours for collection or delivery

09/10/2026

Cardiff did you know...? The people of Cardiff have had their say in this year’s Cardiff Spotlight Best in City Chippy Awards, and Maelfa Fish Bar has taken the 2026 Gold award.

This was not simply a case of putting every chip shop in Cardiff into a poll and seeing what happened. To even qualify, a chippy had to hold at least a 4.5-star Google rating backed by a minimum of 250 established reviews, meaning only businesses with a strong record for quality, consistency, service and customer satisfaction made it through to the public vote.

From there, Cardiff decided. Votes were gathered through community groups across the city and through direct submissions, putting the final decision into the hands of the people who actually eat there, which gives this award a very different feel from major industry competitions such as the National Fish & Chip Awards.

Those national awards use experienced judges, mystery dining, inspections and technical assessment to decide who comes out on top, while Cardiff Spotlight took a more people-powered route. First, businesses had to prove they already had a strong public reputation, then Cardiff residents were asked to choose their favourite from the shortlist, and Cardiff chose Maelfa Fish Bar by majority.

That feels quite fitting because few things inspire stronger local loyalty than fish and chips. Everyone has their chippy, everyone thinks theirs does the best chips, and the second somebody mentions batter, curry sauce or portion size, half of Cardiff suddenly develops the confidence of a Michelin inspector.

This year, though, the city was actually asked to make the call, and the result is in. According to the 2026 Cardiff Spotlight Best in City Chippy Awards, Maelfa Fish Bar is Cardiff’s Gold-award winning chippy.

So there we have it, Cardiff. You’ve spoken.

01/10/2026

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26/09/2026

Don't forget our pizzas are still buy one get one half price delivery or collection
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21/09/2026

🥇 A closer look at our Gold winner, Maelfa Fish Bar

Following the announcement of the Cardiff Spotlight Best Chippies in City Award results, we wanted to give a special mention to this year’s Gold winner, Maelfa Fish Bar.

After making the final shortlist by meeting our benchmark of 4.5+ stars on Google with at least 250 established reviews, Maelfa Fish Bar then went on to secure the highest number of votes in our citywide public vote, which was no easy feat.

It was an incredibly close contest, but Cardiff residents ultimately put Maelfa Fish Bar at the top.

A fantastic achievement for the team and a strong reflection of the support they’ve built across the city.

Congratulations once again to Maelfa Fish Bar, Cardiff Spotlight’s Gold Award winning chippy. 🏆🐟🍟

19/09/2026

🏆🐟 THE CARDIFF BEST IN CITY CHIPPY AWARD RESULTS ARE IN! 🍟🏆

Following a citywide public vote across Cardiff, with votes gathered through polls shared across Cardiff Community Groups and direct submissions, the final results are:

🥇 GOLD - Maelfa Fish Bar
🥈 SILVER - Top Deck Fish & Chips
🥉 BRONZE - Penylan Fish Bar

The race for Gold was incredibly close, with Top Deck Fish & Chips finishing only narrowly behind Maelfa Fish Bar after a huge show of support from Cardiff residents. However, only one can take gold.

Every finalist had already met a demanding benchmark of 4.5⭐ or higher on Google with at least 250 established reviews, demonstrating strong standards in quality, consistency, service and reputation.

From there, Cardiff decided, with votes from people across the city, based on real experiences with Cardiff chippies.

These awards recognise the standout independent fish and chip shops in Cardiff, and reaching the shortlist alone was no easy feat.

Our huge congratulations to Maelfa Fish Bar and the winners above, we’re already looking forward to seeing which businesses rise to the challenge in next year’s Cardiff Spotlight Best Chippy Awards.

Cardiff Spotlight Awards.

14/09/2026

Don't forget to try our delicious pizzas they are still buy one get one half price
Collection or for local delivery

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

This Friday is National fish and chips day so order your fish and chips from your favorite chippy