Manly holds a small cluster of shops, well rated across a moderate body of customer reviews. Delivery runs to all of them, all of them are family friendly, and most take dine-in orders. Halal food is available at most of them too.
The counters here lean towards Traditional Aussie menus, with light and crispy batter the style recorded widely. Flathead, John Dory, salmon and prawns turn up widely, while calamari, octopus, hoki and barramundi appear at several shops. On the hot side of the menu, potato scallops, battered savs, fish cakes and onion rings are all widely stocked, with chiko rolls, dim sims and spring rolls at several shops.
Manly Seafoods is strongly rated and carries hoki, flathead, barramundi, John Dory and salmon, along with potato scallops, calamari, battered savs, fish cakes and onion rings, and it records vegetarian options. Fishmongers Manly, also strongly rated, lists prawns and is recorded for halal food, healthy options and vegetarian options, with delivery, takeaway and dine-in. Manly Ocean Foods is solidly rated, with barramundi, grilled fish and calamari named as its signature dishes, a light and crispy batter, a salad bar, and vegan, vegetarian and halal options; its species list runs from flathead and John Dory through to salmon, prawns and octopus, and its iconic items include chiko rolls, dim sims and spring rolls.
There are too few priced menus here to give a suburb figure, so the individual surveys are worth reading on their own terms. Manly Ocean Foods showed plain chips at $6.00, a single piece of fish at $18.00 and a typical main around $17.10 within a $10.00 to $21.00 spread. Manly Seafoods showed chips at $5.90, a single fish piece at $23.90 and a typical main near $15.90.
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