Fish ‘n’ chips are the quintessential Kiwi summer takeout and just made for beach-side fun — seagulls not withstanding!

As the season calls for roadies and we visit unfamiliar territory, we need to be sure that we’re visiting the best takeaway spots. So we asked YOU, our fellow foodies, to send in your favourite fish ‘n’ chip shops and curated a list of dish-reader-approved spots across the country.

1. Northland

• Calypso Takeaways, Kerikeri
• Mangonui Fish Shop, Mangonui
• Russell Fish Co, Russell

2. Auckland Region

• Blockhouse Bay Fisheries, Blockhouse Bay
• Burger Shack, Beachlands
• Catch a Fish Takeaway, Parnell
• Catch and Crisps, Auckland CBD
• Clarks Beach Takeaways, Clarks Beach
• Fishes Takeaways, Greenhithe
• FishSmith Herne Bay, Herne Bay
• Grumpys, Papakura
• Kohi Fresh Fish & Takeaways, Kohimarama
• Little Oneroa Takeaways, Oneroa, Waiheke Island
• Mairangi Bay Fisheries, Mairangi Bay
• Marsic Bros, Glen Innes
• Southmall Fisheries, Manurewa
• The Chip Shop, Royal Oak
• The Local – Waiheke’s Fish n Chips, Waiheke Island
• The Seafood Collective, Mt Eden Village

3. Waikato

• Buffalo Beach Takeaways, Whitianga
• Coromandel Oyster Company,
• Coromandel Town
• Glenview Takeaways, Hamilton
• Matangi Takeaways, Matangi
• Pauanui Takeaways, Pauanui
• Sea and Salt, Whangamatā
  Simply the Best, Te Awamutu

4. Taranaki

• Bell Block Takeaways, New Plymouth
• California Takeaways, New Plymouth
• Catch & Co, New Plymouth
• Lucky Horse Chinese Takeaways, New
  Plymouth
• Whitebait Inn LTD, Mōkau

5. Bay of Plenty

• Bobby’s Fresh Fish Market, Tauranga
• Fourteenth Avenue Fish n Chips, Tauranga
• Gibbo’s Fresh Fish, Whakatāne
• Mags Fresh Fish, Mount Maunganui
• Mount Fish & Chips, Mount Maunganui

6. Hawke’s Bay

• Continental Fish Supply, Napier
• Havelock North Fish & Chips, Havelock North
• Shaun’s Takeaways, Hastings
• Ted’s Gourmet Burgers and Fish & Chips, Waipukurau
• Thank God It’s Fryday Fish & Chips, Napier
• Waipawa Fish Supply, Waipawa

7. Manawatū-Whanganui

• Aunty JoJo’s Takeaway, Feilding
• Delish Takeaways, Foxton Beach
• Double 8 Nine Takeaways, Palmerston North
• Fed Up Fast Foods, Paraparaumu Beach
• Foxton Chippery, Foxton
• Maclean Street Fish Supply, Paraparaumu
• Mork & Mindys Food ‘To Go’,
• Palmerston North • Starfish, Levin

8. Wellington Region

• Newton Takeaways, Wellington
• Ocean Blue Seafoods, Lower Hutt

9. Tasman

• Wheelhouse Takeaways, Motueka

10. Canterbury

• Akaroa Fish & Chips, Akaroa
• Cods and Crayfish, Kaikōura
• Creek Road Fish & Chips, Ashburton
• Fresco Fisheries, Christchurch
• Rutland Fish n’ Chips, Christchurch

11. Otago

• Best Cafe, Dunedin
• Johnny’s, Wānaka
• The Fishwife, Moeraki
• Waihola Fish and Chips, Waihola

12. Southland

• Blue Cod Blues, Waikawa