OVER 55 YEARS OF SERViCE

Today, we employ over 250 full and part time team members across our seven branches, serving over 750,000 portions of fish and chips a year.

CLiCK & COLLECT

Click and Collect is fully operational at our Takeaways. But, should all of our time slots be taken, you are welcome to use our Walk Up service (Empire, Outwood - Takeaway and Drive Thru only).

Our Takeaways are open 11.30am until 9.30pm on Friday and Saturday and until 9.00pm on Sunday to Thursday (Click for Tadcaster Opening Hours) and will be delighted to serve you our delicious Fish & Chips.
Click here to place your click and collect order.

Drive Thru at The Empire in Outwood is open 11.30 am until 9.00pm.

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FOR OVER 55 YEARS iT HAS BEEN OUR PRiViLEGE TO SERVE YOU, OUR CUSTOMERS, WITH THE FiNEST VALUE FiSH AND CHiPS iN YORKSHiRE.

A YORKSHiRE TRADiTION. A FAMiLY STORY.

For over 55 years, it has been our privilege to serve you the finest fish and chips in Yorkshire.

The Wetherby Whaler story began in Tadcaster in 1969, when Phillip and Janine Murphy founded a family business built on quality, warm hospitality and a passion for traditional Yorkshire fish and chips.

In 1989, they purchased the first Wetherby Whaler in Wetherby. With a takeaway downstairs and a small café on the first floor, it offered the opportunity to fulfil their ambition of creating a full-service fish and chip restaurant.

Since then, the business has grown to seven restaurants and takeaways across Yorkshire. Today, our team of more than 250 full- and part-time colleagues serves over 750,000 portions of fish and chips each year.

Through every stage of that growth, the business has remained firmly rooted in the family. Phillip and Janine’s daughters, Joanne and Caroline, have been involved for nearly 30 years, helping shape its future while preserving the values and traditions their parents established.

We’re proud of how far we’ve come, and we still bring the same care to every portion and the same warm welcome to every customer. Quality ingredients, exceptional service and traditional Yorkshire fish and chips remain at the heart of everything we do.