Still great fish and chips!! Ordered the snapper, garlic butter chips, salad for $18 and a thick…read moremilkshake for $6 with no regrets. They do charge for tartar sauce and ketchup separately and fish portions seem smaller than the pre-pandemic days, but the prices didn't raise too much. Will always drop by whenever I'm on this side of NZ.

Didn't have many expectations going in since it seemed like a regular fish & chip spot. What…read moreattracted us was the family friendly ambiance and the affordable prices! There's ample seating and a fish & chip meal is only $6! I got the Snapper burger meal ($10) and the buns taste super fresh and warm, not stale. The sandwich was super filling. Everything here comes in generous portions and you will not leave hungry! Would recommend if you're in the area checking out cathedral cove :)

service poor, kept waiting for 5 min or more, only one in shop, girl in front of me refused to…read moreacknowledge me, other girl came over took my order, bad manners, won't be back.

While waiting for my order, I overheard a patron tell his friend, "best fish and chip in New…read moreZealand." He was partially correct. This is, in fact, the best fish and chip on the planet, and I say that after many baskets at recommended UK locales. At Bobby's the fish is a glorious golden fried, light but tasty, perfectly flaky and delicious slice of heaven. An ample helping of chips comes alongside and the whole ensemble parties in your mouth for NZ$6.

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Went to Gibbo's Fresh Fish takeaway shop. They have their own fishing boat that supplies their two…read morestores (this one and another on the wharf). They mainly sell fish and chips but will also grill the fish instead for just 50 cents more. Their kumara chips are very good and not very greasy. They also have a vast selection of other seafood such as various uncooked fish, oysters, and some smoked fish, fritters, marinated mussels, shrimp, scallops, etc. They also have some non-seafood items in the menu. Good seafood, good prices. You order and pay and are given a number which they call when your order is ready.

The food is delicious and fresh, especially the deep fried fish. It also comes with slices of…read morelemon, salt and pepper. Only thing is, they could have more choices of drink selections, such as cocktails etc. Other than that, it is well worth the trip to this place, especially if you are heading towards the Coromandel Peninsula, or are just stopping by in Miranda to see the shorebirds.

Simple fresh fish and chips place. You can pick the fish based in the catch and is delivers to you…read morein a fold of plain paper. It's I very well done and crisp and the chips are equally well done. You need to purchase to extra tartar sauce for a perfect complement. It is very well worth the detailed in your route to the coromandel peninsula . It can get picked at lunch time.

BEST FRESH OYSTERS IN THE WORLD!!!…read more $18NZ for a dozen fresh oysters...the freshest of the fresh! The toppings are limited, but you really don't need to add anything more than a bit of lemon juice...PERFECTION! They also have hot sauce and vinegar if you like that sort of thing. And these are also the cheapest! If you do the math, that's only about 1 US dollar an oyster! Love it! $8 for the seafood chowder...rich and hearty, full of fish and mussels. Makes a great filling complement to the fresh oysters. This is just a little shack off the highway, nothing fancy, but I wouldn't want it anyway else. I think the oysters are harvested from the local waters just a few hundred meters away. It doesn't get any fresher, cheaper, or better than this.

The BEST chowder in the world. Yes I did say that. We bought five more to go and it was great for…read morethe next two days. Try the fried mussels and fried fish (both by the piece) if your not into chowder. Otherwise you must try the mussel or smoked fish (Snapper) chowder and you will be singing praises when you leave.

After our first day of bicycle touring in New Zealand from Auckland to Huntly, we arrived on Main…read moreStreet tired, thirsty and VERY HUNGRY! After walking up and down Main Street, eyeing the restaurants and deli shops as if they were prey to a pack of wolves, there was only one shop which stood out from the rest of the crowd. The fresh seafood on ice, fish & chips, and smoked fish of the day drew me in. There's seating indoors and outside. This is a fish market, don't come here for ambiance or a romantic dinner for 2... or 3... or 4. The decor is the meal, laid out fresh on the counters by the purveyors of this fine seafood establishment. The owner and staff are very helpful, answering questions from customers who are either ordering to eat in or to be freshly packed for home. Taking a seat on the curbside table, we started on the smoked fish of the day. The white flesh of the smoked fish has a firm texture, stronger flavors and medium to high oil content. The anticipation was over when the family size platter of Fish and Chips arrived. The no-frills little chippy shop serves up chunky pieces of moist white fish against a crispy batter. The batter here is better than most chippy shops we've had in New Zealand, generally underwhelming and greasy. The mountainful of chips are crisp and firm. The fried battered oysters and scallops are a good complement to the fish and chips. The family size fish and chips platter was affordably priced. The standout of the meal was the Kina. If you're always on the lookout for the ultimate uni/sea urchin experience on your travels, don't pass up a chance to try the New Zealand version of the spiny shelled creature. Kina has been a part of the local Maori diet for hundreds of years. Having ordered one from the counter as my "dessert" and brought out to our table, an elderly Maori passing by gave a recommendation to eat the dark seedy liquid around the roe. The owner had recommended against the idea, explaining most Kiwis find the taste of the dark liquid too bitter. After separately a few pieces of the roe from the dark liquid inside the half opened Kina shell, the roe was fresh, had a soft texture, and slightly bitter compared to Japanese sea urchins. I tried a small taste of the dark liquid with a roe, and as warned it was indeed very bitter, enough to scrunch up your face. Try the Kina roe on its own. The five star rating for this shop was mainly due to our hungry stomachs after a day of cycling, the affordable and generous portions, the friendly staff, and the Kina experience.

It had been a while since we had come here for fish & chips only because it's a little further from…read moreour place, but closer to the in-laws...but we always constantly got great fish & chips here. Since they changed hands we hadn't been back until today when we decided to give them a try. Well we ordered Tarakihi fish (x4) and 2 very big scoops of chips which came to about $22. We didn't wait long for it, paid and drove about 10 minutes back home. When we unwrapped and plated up, the fish still had all the coating on, it was a thinner coating but crunchy and tasty. The fish was fresh, perfectly cooked and delicious, the chips were not greasy. We'll be back again! They now have different package choices for families, that are inexpensive and plentiful! For example...2 fish and a scoop of chips for around $10, plenty for two people...etc.

You wouldn't expect a simple store would produce some of the tastiest fish and chips I've ever had…read morein my life. The Hoki is so juicy and tender with a fantastic crunchy batter. The chips are outstanding. I've sampled a lot of chips aka "frites" in Belgium where they were invented and sorry my Belgie friends. These are much better than Belgian Frites. Crunchy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside. Add some Watties Tomato Sauce and you've got a fantastic meal wrapped Kiwi style in paper.

I was in Rotorua looking for some good fish and chips. I was browsing on Google Maps and Koutu Fish…read moreShop came up so I decided to give it a go. This is a hole in a wall place in a residential area. The fishes were fresh and was well seasoned. The fries were crispy and really tasty too! I'm not local so I was taken aback when I turned up and saw it was a Chinese food takeaway with fish and chips. I thought maybe they're good at making Chinese food and they just decided to have fish and chips to appeal to a wider audience. Apparently Chinese food+fish and chips shops are common according to my Kiwi friends. A few days later we ate at a proper sit down restaurant in Auckland that had fish and chips that cost way more, and it wasn't as tasty as what I had at Koutu Fish Shop. I'm coming here again if I'm ever in Rotorua. It's nothing like what we have in the states, especially how Kiwis package the meal in butcher paper.

This is more like a 3.5 star. I visited this mom and pop fish and chips/Chinese takeout joint when…read moreI was staying in the area. It is nothing fancy but they are efficient. I had their fish and chips, deep fried mussels, oysters and scallops. The batter is a bit too thick over the fish but they fish and oysters were not overdone. The mussels were a tad chewy and the scallops were bigger and more moist at another shop in the coromandel region. They also incorporate herbs into their batter mix. Overall, I wouldn't go out of my way to try it but it is decent when in the area.

Look, here's the thing - the only thing "traditional" about this is the mediocrity that you would…read moreexpect from a takeaway. Perfectly fine for what it is, and predictably unforgettable.

So disappointed with the amount of chips that were given. We paid for 3 scoops and received maybe…read morejust over 1 scoop. Asked for well done and chicken salt but got normal and no salt at all. The size of the teraki fish fillet must have been split through the middle because it was so so thin and honestly pointless. Well it was nice to have takeaways and not cook but honestly what a waste