Short answer: Seasmiths on Molesworth Street is the best-rated fish and chips in Wadebridge (4.6 from about 850 Google reviews; light batter, eat in or take away, closed Sundays). Rock Fish and Chips is worth the drive for monkfish scampi (closed Sunday and Monday). For pasties, Malcolm Barnecutt's Molesworth Street bakery opens at 7:30am; on Sundays use the Estuary Retail Park branch.
Wadebridge has one standout chippy and a family bakery that's been making pasties for generations.
A restaurant and takeaway at 10 Molesworth Street and the best rated in town: 4.6 from around 850 Google reviews. "Best fish and chips I have ever eaten in the UK," says one reviewer; others praise the light batter. A reviewer says it's dog friendly. Closed Sundays.
A takeaway on Rock Road, about 15 minutes away. Recent reviewers praise very fresh fish, monkfish scampi and scallops, though one notes it isn't cheap. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
At 1 Goldsworthy Way. Mixed reviews, but it's open on Sunday evenings when Seasmiths isn't.
Malcolm Barnecutt, the family-run Cornish bakery, has three branches nearby:
Reviewers praise the steak pasties; a couple found the vegetable one bland.
For artisan bakes instead, the Butchers Bakehouse on Polmorla Walk does sourdough and pastries.
Take it down to the riverside by the old bridge, or onto the Camel Trail.
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