Fish ’n’ Chips
Good for: Solo Travellers, service, atmosphere, food, Budget Travellers
- Address
- 30 Seaport Blvd
- Phone
- 03-6331 1999
- Price
- mains $8-17
- Hours
- lunch & dinner
Lonely Planet review for Fish ’n’ Chips
The late afternoon sunshine on the riverfront deck here makes for a memorable meal. Upmarket fish ’n’ chips cooked fresh to order, seafood salads, antipasto platters and wine by the glass. Hard to beat and kid friendly, too.
Traveller reviews for Fish ’n’ Chips (3)
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No better than an average takeaway store.
elijahp does not recommend this,
Essentially, the quality of you're local suburban takeaway shops' fish and chips offerings will rival the taste, quality and most definitely value of this restaurant's meals. Staff are particularly unfriendly to customers who are not regulars, and restrooms were not up to standard in cleanliness.
Calamari was rather tough and unpleasant, fish was rather bland and dry.
While portion sizes are certainly decent, charging just shy of $30 for two below-par flathead fillets and chips is enough to not recommend -
No roast seagull here - but maybe there should be...
decemberevening recommends this,
This colourful fish-n-chippy wallows in the mud for much of the day, while wheeling seagulls cackle and laugh at it. But it's definitely worth a bite when the sparkling Tamar River is visiting. Just check tides in the local paper first and obey.
Chips and fish are cooked on the fly by chefs hovering over shiny stainless steel. Chips are big and crunchy and the fish is juicy and light. Everything's tasty and filling, so the price is right.
These chefs can cook scallops like nothing else. Fried scallops are often reminiscent of those scary "fish balls" - where you can't tell which part of the animal they were made from, but they weren’t of the scallopus regulatus species. Yuck! But THESE scallops are tender and translucent, subtle and sublime. Sweet and succulent. And those little crunchy orange tails, ah, it’s heaven on a fork! You need these scallops OK.
You can get wine here and beer (and local fantabulous ice cream too), so it's not out of the question to bring your chickadee or man-hunk round for a quiet evening. But families converge during the early evenings on Fridays and weekends, so plan ahead.
Speaking of the kids, they’ll love mucking around with the chalk and chalkboard to their hearts’ content - the board is huge, and there's jazzy paintings of seafood delights in their original live statesswimming around the edges. You can have your dinner and draw it, too.
And folks, the seagulls around here are big cheeky buggers, so for those poultry aficionados who've been cajoled just this once into seafood, just munch your way through big healthful forkfuls of omega-3 fatty acids while planning your roast seagull restaurant for the next empty rental on the waterfront. I believe there's a lot of potential here to close the ecosystem.
One last tip. Don't eat their tartare sauce. It's seriously lame. Smuggle in your own jar inside your handbag today and season like a king!
Good for: atmosphere, food, Solo Travellers, service
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A great spot for a fish feast
cassiopeia22 recommends this,
Sometimes simple is best, and this is certainly the case when it comes to this buzzing restaurant. With an open kitchen and ample outdoor space it makes a great place for a lazy lunch. Portion sizes are huge, and their namesake fish and chips (of which I recommend the mixed fish and chips) come in paper cones served on plates - the best of both worlds! Fresh produce, fast service and a laid-back atmosphere make this a popular choice.
Good for: Budget Travellers, Groups, Solo Travellers, Families
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