What this Onetangi Road counter does best is fish and chips wrapped in paper, and you can eat them a short walk from the beach. You'll find it in a small shop beside the liquor store and gas station, a short stroll from the sand and a three-minute drive up from the beach, which makes it an easy stop after a swim or a day out. They do lunch from noon most days and dinner until 8pm, though on Tuesday and Wednesday they open at 5pm, so plan around that if you're after an early feed.
You come here for fish, with blue cod the one to ask about when it's fresh and hoki the reliable standby with big fillets, and you can get yours battered or crumbed. The chips are seasoned with salt and pepper and come wrapped in paper, and the portions are generous enough that a single fish and scoop can be a proper meal.
What keeps you coming back is the classic Kiwi takeaway feel and the fresh fish, but the cooking isn't always consistent. The batter can turn out light and crisp one visit and soggy or thick the next, and the chips sometimes carry more salt than you'd like, so it's worth speaking up when you order.
Written from 44 Google reviews, every one we could get, on 12 November 2026. Rated 4.2 from 44 Google reviews.
This is a solid little fish and chip shop that gets the classics right more often than not, especially when the blue cod is fresh. Sometimes the batter and the seasoning aren't quite right, so order with modest expectations and you'll usually leave happy. For a casual takeaway near the beach, it's worth the stop.
The blue cod is the pick when it's available, a fresh piece that comes crumbed or battered and is the best thing on the menu. Get a scoop of chips with your fish, because they're usually crisp and seasoned with salt and pepper, and eat them while they're hot. The burgers come out juicy and packed with flavour.
Service is friendly and easy going, and you order at the counter before taking your parcel away. They're happy to take a late order and keep things moving when the shop is busy, so it feels like a proper local takeaway.
The setting is pure Onetangi convenience, with a small counter beside the liquor store and gas station and a short walk from the beach. You'll take your paper parcel down to the sand, because this is a takeaway stop rather than a sit-down meal, and it's a three-minute drive up from the beach.
Value is good when the fish and chips are right, with big fillets and generous scoops that make a takeaway feed worth the money. Portions do change between visits, though, and a large scoop that looks small for the price is hard to justify.
Best for a casual beach feed, whether you're grabbing one fish and a scoop for yourself or picking up dinner for the family on the way home. It suits takeaway eating rather than a sit-down meal, and it's easy to walk down to the sand with your paper parcel.
Watch out for the batter, which can turn up soggy, thick or undercooked instead of the light, crisp one you're hoping for. Seasoning can be heavy-handed too, whether it's salt on the chips or a salty marinade on the fish, and portion sizes are sometimes generous and sometimes disappointingly small.
Every fact on this page was checked on 8 November 2026 against Google, Onetangi fish & chip co's own website and 44 of its Google reviews. The photo is from the eatout library, not taken here, and no venue pays to be listed or ranked. Something out of date? Tell us
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