The best fish and chips in Australia: Foodies share their nominations for the nation’s best – from roadside hideaways to beachfront shacks
- Australians around the country have named their favourite fish and chip shops
- Hundreds didn’t hesitate to share their recommendations on Facebook
- The takeaway meal is a family favourite enjoyed by thousands internationally
Australians around the country have revealed where they have eaten the best fish and chips they have ever had and where you can purchase the meal from.
From the popular eastern beaches of New South Wales to the opposite end of the country in Western Australia, hundreds didn’t hesitate to share their recommendations.
Off The Hook in Port Macquarie, New South Wales was named multiple times online for serving ‘amazingly delicious’ fish and chips, while The Fish Shop Burrill Lake in New South Wales was also listed for it’s great food and exceptional views.
Australians around the country have revealed where they have eaten the best fish and chips they have ever had
The Fish Shop Burrill Lake in New South Wales (pictured) was listed for it’s great food and exceptional scenery views
Costa’s Seafood Cafe in Queensland (takeaway food pictured) was listed as one of the best fish and chip shops in 2019 according to shoppers who voted in the Australian Fish and Chips Awards
Those in Western Australia seemed fond of Jurien Seafood in Jurien Bay as well as Stingers in Geraldton.
In the New South Wales suburb of Manly, others recommend Corso.
‘Doyle’s Watsons Bay, worth the drive if anywhere near Sydney,’ one person said.
‘Bernie’s at Batehaven (in New South Wales) make their own chips, grow their own oysters [and the] fish is always fresh and delicious,’ another added.
The hot dish is a family favourite enjoyed by thousands internationally and is ideal to eat by the beach or at picnics
Other popular shops included Maddigan’s in Queensland and Sandy’s Famous Seafood in Heatherbrae, New South Wales.
‘They were better in the day when they came wrapped in newspaper, and you sat on the beach while you ate,’ one person wrote.
In 2019 the Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) held the official Australian Fish and Chips Awards.
Off The Hook in Port Macquarie, New South Wales was named multiple times online for serving ‘amazingly delicious’ fish and chips (pictured)
Customers also recommended trying food from Pinjarra Fish and Chips in Western Australia (pictured)
Shops around the country were critiqued by judges as well as voted by customers to determine which one’s reigned supreme.
Based on public opinion, the best fish and chips shop in New South Wales was the Pelican Rocks Seafood Restaurant and Café, in Queensland the Costa’s Seafood Café was named the best and in the Northern Territory the Frying Nemo Fish and Chippery won customers over.
In South Australia the Dolphin Fish Shop and Take Away was named the best, in Victoria the Trident Fish Bar won the best vote, and the Pinjarra Fish and Chips was also crowned a winner Western Australia.