Captain D’s is an exceptional fast food seafood chain. Long John Silver’s is AWFUL (less fish, more cheap oil) by comparison. In my home town of Wallingford, CT, Captain Seas is quite good (though I go for the New England style hot dogs there). I haven’t had fish here in Phoenix (it seems wrong), but Pete’s has a decent reputation.
We used to have a Long John’s as well, but they went out of business 30+ years ago..............
Pete’s is pretty good for inexpensive fish & chips. I agree that Long John Silver’s is horrible, possibly the worst anywhere.
When I lived in Oregon, there was a fish & chips chain called Skipper’s that wasn’t bad, but the best was at Elephant and Castle in downtown Portland. They closed 20 years ago, though.
I like the food at Captain “Disease”, but not so much the customer service or the wait times. Sometimes on my way home I’ll try to grab a couple pieces of fish(all the grease i can stand nowadays) and some hushpuppies. If there are any cars in the drive thru its a minimum 15 minute wait and a no go. Heck if its just me and I get lucky where Im the only one its still 5 minutes plus. Im sure it has lots to do with demographics of the help that would rather “clown” than work.