{"id":14908,"date":"2026-08-24T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/14908\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:57:10","slug":"5-restaurant-chains-with-the-best-fried-fish-and-mashed-potatoes-according-to-diners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/14908\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Restaurant Chains With the Best Fried Fish and Mashed Potatoes, According to Diners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular restaurant chains serving great fried fish paired with mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n

Fried fish goes well with so many different sides, but there is something special about fried fish paired with mashed potatoes made from scratch. This combo is found everywhere from steakhouses to casual diners, and fans can\u2019t get enough of the crispy-on-the-outside fried fish and savory, creamy mashed potatoes (sometimes with gravy for that extra down-home touch). If you\u2019re in the mood for excellent seafood and sides, the following restaurants have you covered: Here are five chains with excellent fried fish and mashed potatoes that diners rave about.<\/p>\n

\tTexas Roadhouse<\/p>\n

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Texas Roadhouse diners can enjoy creamy mashed potatoes as a side with their Fried Catfish plate. \u201cNext time you\u2019re at Texas Roadhouse try the catfish platter! Everything was hot, fresh, seasoned well, and delicious!\u201d one fan raved.<\/p>\n

\tCulver\u2019s<\/p>\n

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Culver\u2019s fans can opt for tasty mashed potatoes and gravy with menu items like the North Atlantic Cod Dinner. \u201cCulvers 3 pcs Cod dinner with fries and mashed potatoes and gravy roll $13.65. Very good and big,\u201d one diner said, sharing a picture of their meal on Facebook.<\/p>\n

7 Chain Restaurants Known for Frying Fish Fresh to Order<\/p>\n

\tCracker Barrel<\/p>\n

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Cracker Barrel diners can enjoy both loaded and regular mashed potatoes with gravy alongside the Fried Fish platter. \u201cThe fish was cooked to perfection, they even brought me malt vinegar, which is a must for fried fish for me,\u201d one diner said. \u201cThe greens were almost as good as what I make at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPerkins<\/p>\n

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Perkins Real Food Co. has Real Mashed Potatoes & Gravy as a side for dishes including the Fish N\u2019 Chips. \u201cFish Fry Fridays are a Must! Breakfasts are very good but my favorite is the all you can eat Fish Fry!!!\u201d one diner said.<\/p>\n

\tFamily Pancake House<\/p>\n

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Family Pancake House has a delicious Seafood Combo with cod, scallops, oysters, and prawns diners can enjoy with a side of mashed potatoes. \u201cFast service, friendly staff and delicious, large portions of food for a great price. Awesome, widely varied breakfast choices, big salads, plenty of lunch or dinner items as well. I\u2019ll definitely eat here again!\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Popular restaurant chains serving great fried fish paired with mashed potatoes. Fried fish goes well with so many different sides, but there is something special about fried fish paired with mashed potatoes made from scratch. This combo is found everywhere from steakhouses to casual diners, and fans can\u2019t get enough of the crispy-on-the-outside fried fish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33,34,297,37,8,38,1804],"class_list":["post-14908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-best-restaurants","tag-best-restaurant","tag-best-restaurants","tag-fish","tag-restaurant-chains","tag-restaurants","tag-seafood","tag-side-dishes"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dnc\/117150363469625697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}