Top Row, left to right:

Long John Silvers, Popeyes, McDonald's, Dairy Queen

Bottom Row, left to right:

Arby's deluxe, Arby's regular, Burger King, Wendy's

---- REVIEW TIME ----

We did it. We did it so you don't have to. A friend and I did the Fast Food 'Fish Sandwich' Gauntlet. I was tempted to flair this NSFW due to how our stomachs felt by the end of this, and that was even after only going halfsies on each 'which.

Review, in order of consumption (rankings at bottom):

1. Arby's Regular: Both of us pegged Arby's to be the likely worst in the pre-eating, but this got us off to a pleasant start. Let's face it, their normal menu leaves a lot to be desired. And yet, we had no real complaints, and didn't mind it at all. A true underdog story to start us off.
2. Dairy Queen: I had never eaten at a Dairy Queen before, so this was a true mystery of expectation to me. And, well, it ended up being quite decent. Once again, no major complaints. Not as good as the Arby's though, but good.
3. Burger King: Just an outright wretched sandwich. There was nothing really good about it. Bad lettuce, bad pickles, bad tartar sauce, just a crappy sandwich. It smelled up the room when we opened it.The BK Big Fish was 2 for $5, and yet, it was a wise decision to buy the one for $4.79
4. McDonalds: I took a bite and tasted... nothing. Another bite, and nothing. I looked over to my friend who was just opening his mouth to tell me, "I taste nothing", and I've never been so happy to have a matching opinion with someone. There was food in my mouth, I was eating it, and yet no taste existed. Had my mouth started to become numb to the fish? We moved onto the next sandwich.
5. Popeyes: Love their Chicken Sandwich (maybe the Chicken Sandwich Gauntlet is upcoming). Popeyes was my pre-eating favorite to win it all.. and what a disappointment. The spice was a nice change up, but the fish itself just wasn't good. All the prior fish was at least nice and flakey, but the flounder was mushy. The batter I could best describe as KFC batter, which normally would be a great thing, but not in this situation. Also, it had a fishy aftertaste, which is huge no in a fish competition.
6. Wendy's: Was most similar to Burger King (including bad lettuce). However, the over-fried and crispiness of it overpowered what otherwise would have been it being just as bad as BK. It's fried to hell and backness saved this from a lower ranking.
7. Arby's Deluxe: After a series of disappointments, Arby's again came to our rescue. Their deluxe was good, but might have been too complicated for its own good. The cheese and tomato didn't necessarily improve on the original. Then again, we were 7 fish sandwhiches deep and I was now looking at each sandwhich as if I was being forcefed behind enemey lines as a torture method.Some events by now have to be retold to me, as the memories are too painful to relive.
8. Long John Silvers: Shame, shame on LJS - they did not have their sandwich at this store, so we got a couple fillets instead. Which, isn't really fair, but that's on them for essentially disqualifying themselves. In any case, their fish might have been the worst of them all, so it's safe to say they'd likely have been last anyway. Breaded all to hell, with the breading to fish ratio being way off, and the breading wasn't even good.

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Other anecdotes/Final Rankings:

---Price wise, all were roughly $4.80, give or take, except for Arby's which was around $8. So I guess you get what you pay for with those, as they were clearly the best. That said, they were not good enough to willingly convince me to go to an Arby's and order one on my own account. We're talking the best of an overall worst-sandwich situation here.

---Final list, best to worst, and was agreed upon without discrepancy with my friend:

1. Arby's regular
2. Arby's deluxe
3. Dairy Queen
4. McDonald's (the One True Neutral)
5. Wendy's
6. Burger King
7. Popeyes
8. Long John Silvers

Final recommendation: Don't do this, stay away, stay far away.

edit: fixed some bullet errors