Waited an age, very disappointing when it finally came…read more Suggest sourcing your fish & chips elsewhere despite them being lovely people.

As anyone from the country can attest, for all the vast categories of takeaway food that Melbourne…read moredoes better than small towns, the only real exception is fish and chips. Flakes on Sydney Road is a valiant attempt at fish and chips that, as a generic kind of takeaway meal, is satisfying enough. However, anything that comes in a box and not butcher's paper will fail to be real fish and chips. The chips are more akin to the food court and late night van variety than to the choppy, uneven chips in the traditional fish and chips sense, but they're still tasty and can even have a lick of crispiness to them on occasion. While greasy, the flake, butterfish and whiting are all tasty enough and go down well with a bit of the complimentary tartare sauce (note: it's only complimentary when part of pack). The nuggets and calamari rings are a bit on the generic side of things, though the latter is usually free of excessive chewiness, which is nice. The dim sims and potato cakes are all fine, but the fish cakes can sometimes be a bit undercooked. There're a few family packs from which to choose, as well as a couple of salads. The burgers and souvlakis' are also pretty solid. I'm yet to try any of their recent venture into pastas or pizzas, so it wouldn't be fair to comment on that wing of the business. Flake's does free local delivery from 5.00 to 10.20pm, 7 days a week, for a minimum of $15. All in all, it's not bad, but it's also not what I define as proper fish and chips.

I won't necessarily say that this was a random fish and chip shop, namely because I have past it a…read morenumber of times (though usually on a tram), however I've never been in the position to pay it a visit. However, since I was down in the area for a gaming club, I thought that stopping by for some fish and chips might be appropriate. Well, that turned out to be a bonus because not only did they serve up some pretty good chips, and some rather nice dim sims, but the price wasn't all that bad either. Yep, they certainly meet the benchmark.

These people know a thing or two about customer service. If I have a 'local' fish & chipper then…read morethis is the one. Having been frequenting this place for about five years now, I've never had a dud experience with either the staff or the food here. The fare is standard old-style fish and chips with no pomp or bluster and I love them for that fact alone. They don't try and force manky day-old salads at you, nor do they quibble over a small order. And they do a kid's pack! It fuckin' rules. It's got a small fish and a dimmy and some chips for under a fiver! You won't get that anywhere around these parts these days. In fact, all their deals on the back of the takeaway menu are super good. If there's a gripe to be found here is that they (along with almost every chipper in town) still serve flake as 'flake' rather than labelling it as shark for the dummies. It's a small blemish on an otherwise awesome business however. Their burgers are tops too.

This place isn't bad at all. In fact it is pretty cool. Basically it is one of those places that I…read morehad seen since I do come down here often, and have been meaning to pay it a visit, which I eventually did. Yeah, as a place to grab a meal it's pretty good. It is certainly much better than a lot of other fish & chip shops that I have visited, but you sort of expect that down around Northcote. Actually, it is more than just a takeaway shop since you can also sit down and have your meal, and the options are pretty cool as well. The menu is actually pretty good. Oh, and they also have a nice range of beers that you can have with your meal as well. Yeah, I must say that I do quite like this place.

As someone with two coeliacs in the family it's been really quite hard to find a place where the…read morewhole family can go out and enjoy food out without worrying. Have eaten there countless times and has never disappointed (we have 2 kids ages 7 and 10 who are pretty picky eaters). Even though it's a fish place they also do really good chicken nuggets and some veg options so it's really just good all around.

After many years of living in Fitzroy, and a lot of disappointing fish and chips, I finally found a…read morereliable fish and chip shop in East Melbourne (Kiwi Fish and Chip). Their fish was fresh, batter crisp and chips perfect. Unfortunately now that we live in Brunswick, East Melbourne is a long way to go when the craving for F&Cs hits. So a new search began. There was a recent article in Time Out about the best F&Cs in town and lo and behold, one of them was close-ish to us. This is Union Square Fish and Chips. Therefore it was essential that this place had to be sampled. So, whilst the wife was away off I went to get the 'old school fish and chips of my childhood' (so the article says). I went for a basic battered Flake with a 'small' chips. Lucky I didn't have the medium or large chips as there were hundreds of them in the min size! OK the fish was cooked OK and the batter was not too bad and there was a copious quantity of chips. Overall review: it was alright. Nothing to go 'wow' about but not bad either, just alright. Will I go back? Probably not. I think the search for the holy grail of take away fish and chips in the Brunswick area will continue elsewhere. Once you've had the fish and chips at the Terminus in North Fitzroy it's hard to accept lesser specimens. Oh, they also sell Burgers and Souvlaki (Union Square that is).

One of the best F&C shops, clean, fast, polite, on time for phone orders and great tasting fish and…read moreburgers. Weekly must for our family.

Thanks guys for the lovely seafood I have enjoyed it. It cooked probably and it's very tasty.read more

I pass by the other day for casual brunch. Wow what a fantastic sushi I had…read more So fresh and tasty totally satisfied. My daughters love Argo sushi indeed the sashimi was absolutely fantastic.

Argo is fantastic place.!! The best quality fish and Greek restaurant in town, with 7* service…read more Also fresh fish which arrives daily directly from the fish market.!! And Great grass feed beef burgers.!

I have only ever tried the salmon and chips at this place. Never anything more. It's because I…read moredon't want to mess the idea of perfection. I don't need a kebab. I don't need any other type of fish. To me this place is purely a grilled salmon and fried chip shop. If you've read my other posts, you might know I'm a fried chip aficionado. These chips are pretty good - not great, but pretty good. I like mine a little extra crispy and always ask for the extra crisp and the town hall guys deliver beautifully. The salmon sits on a tray of ice in the huge open front window display. There is always a decent choice when it comes to fish, but since my first try at their salmon I have never felt the need to try another. The staff here are friendly and are easily up for a chat while you wait for your meal. The ambiance is like that of most fish and chip shops, white tiles, coke fridge, TV on top of coke fridge and old copies of woman's weekly and who magazine.

I really don't want to knock this place too much because the guy that was running the place was…read moreactually really nice, however the kebab (or actually souvlaki) that I had really wasn't all that great. In fact the meat simply didn't seemed to be cooked anywhere near as good as some of the other places that I have had souvlaki's at. Mind you, the place is cheap, which is always a huge bonus (about $9.00 for a souvlaki), though sometime cheap doesn't necessarily mean that they are good. Apparently this place does fish and chips as well, however it was the souvlaki that I came for, and it was a little disappointing.

This could be great but is a less than mediocre overall result. For 2 takeaways was $25 (it cost a…read morelot more to eat in). The chips are not fresh at all, they are stale as. Lack of turnover of punters shouldn't be an excuse for not presenting current attendees with freshly cooked chips. It came with no sauce (ketchup or tartare) and at no point did the staff offer to get any. Then the fish, we got battered Snapper and Barramundi and they were cooked absolutely perfectly but the batter was soggy. We were eating within 10 minutes of pickup. The fish was beautiful, shame the chips were soggy. Why are the chips so bad? This isn't good enough...but it could be the best fish and chips in Melbourne if they stepped up!

I have wanted to try this place for some time so tonight I did. I sat in the back room that you…read morecan't see from the street and ordered battered Barra with chips. Fish = sensational, chips = OK. I'll be back. Bonus points for selling locally brewed Temple Anytime IPA.

While I wouldn't say that packaging is the be all and end all of a good Fish and Chip shop, in my…read moremind it does add a lot to whether I like a place or not, and to their sustainability. However, moving on, this place also has been set up to allow you to eat in, which is an absolute bonus because it means that I don't need to go and look for a sheltered place to down my lunch. Oh, and the chips were pretty good as well, so I guess there is that to also take into account (which, of course, is one of the most important factors here).

Showgrounds Fish & Chips offers high quality fish and chips at a reasonable price for anyone in the…read moreinner north west suburbs of Melbourne. It is easy to park out the front and they dont take forever with your order. The shop is clean and the staff are friendly and cheerful. Unfortunately they dont have facilities to pay with a card - you must use cash, but there are ATMs accross the car park in front of the supermarket. What I like the most about the shop is that they have numerous value packs available. Two of the better ones are: Fishermans Basket with 1 grilled fish, 2 calamari rings, 1 scallop, 1 crab stick, 1 king prawn, chips and tartare sauce for $11.90 and Pack For Two with 2 flakes, 2 potato cakes, 2 dim sims, minimum chips and 2 cans of soft drink for $18. The second one is what I usually get - which is enough for myself and my young twins without either wasting food or leaving any of us hungry. However I always get a few scallops with it as well, which brings it to approx $21. I highly recommend this fish and chips shop.

Your entrance into Atlantic Fish and Chip shop is accompanied by the ringing of a bell attached to…read morea brass model sailing ship perched above the doorway. There are a couple of other tokenistic ocean references adorning the blue walls of this rather simple and delightful fish and chippery, along with an arcade grab-a-prize game near the entrance. Prices are standard for city fish and chips, and the usual selection of fish, snacks, souvlakis and burgers along with a couple of vegetarian options and a fritter based desert menu. Although it serves the packs in boxes, it's an example of really good fish and chips. The chips are crispy on the outside and buttery on the inside and eating the flake is like burning your tongue on a greasy piece of heaven. I recommend getting everything fish and chips based covered in chicken salt. Enjoy.