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A Belfast fish and chip shop has been named the best in Northern Ireland.

Fish City Belfast has been announced as Northern Ireland’s top fish and chip restaurant as part of the 2020 National Fish & Chip Awards.

It will now compete against nine other finalists for the chance to take home the coveted title of the ‘UK’s best fish and chip restaurant’.

Marcus Coleman, Chief Executive at Seafish - award organisers , said: "The UK is world-renowned for fish and chip takeaways, but there are plenty of incredible restaurants serving tasty, healthy fish and chips to sit in customers day in day out.

"We have 10 of these exceptional restaurants represented in this list. Each is a credit to our industry and we wish them all good luck in the final round of judging."

The UK’s top 10 fish & chip restaurants are, in alphabetical order:

fish! Borough Market, Borough Market, London

fish! Borough Market, Borough Market, London Fish City Belfast, Belfast

Knights Fish & Chip Restaurant, Glastonbury, Somerset

Malt and Anchor, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Quayside Restaurant & Fish Bar, Gourdon, Aberdeenshire

Saltwater Fish Restaurant, Torquay, Devon

Something Else Fishy, Milborne Port, Sherborne, Dorset

The Cods Scallops, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

The Fisherman’s Wife, Whitby, North Yorkshire

Trenchers Restaurant, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

The restaurant award category is open to all UK fish and chip businesses with a sit-in restaurant at the main business location.

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Judges will make a final round of visits to each of the restaurants for mystery dining assessments, before crowning the UK’s best fish and chip restaurant on 23 January 2020 at the award ceremony in London.

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