New South Wales sits as well rated overall, with a very large body of customer reviews behind hundreds of shops spread across many suburbs and towns. Several shops rate especially highly and several rate poorly, so the individual entries are worth reading rather than skimming. Coffs Harbour, Campbelltown, Wallsend, Oak Flats, Beresfield and Carlingford are among the better represented places on the list.
Most of these shops do dine-in, about half of them deliver, and nearly all of them are recorded as family friendly. Gluten free options show up at a small number of them, and halal food at a small number as well.
Calamari turns up widely on menus here. Barramundi, flake and prawns each appear at several shops, while salmon, flathead, hoki and snapper appear occasionally. Potato scallops and burgers are widely stocked, battered savs and chiko rolls appear at several shops, and potato cakes, spring rolls, fish cakes and salt and pepper squid appear occasionally. Traditional Aussie is the most common style, with multi-cuisine, modern and Asian fusion kitchens at several shops and Greek-Aussie occasionally. Both light and crispy batter and traditional thick batter are recorded at several shops each.
On the shop menus here that we could collect and price, surveyed in May 2026, plain chips came in around $6, from $2 up to $12. A single piece of fish sat near $13, ranging from $3 to $24, and the median typical main was about $15, from $9 to $27.
By The Sea Fish n Chips & Burgers in Kiama is very strongly rated and listed for halal food, vegetarian options and all you can eat. Innes Boatshed at Batemans Bay is strongly rated, with a fish and chips family meal and fish freshness praised in reviews. Blackheath Fish and Chip Shop, well rated, is noted for chips and gravy and for value.
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