Frankston's fish and chip trade comes through as well rated across a handful of shops, with a moderate body of customer reviews behind it and at least one shop rating especially highly. Nearly all of them are family friendly, most offer delivery, and about half take dine-in customers. Halal food is listed at a minority of them.
The cooking splits between Greek-Aussie and traditional Aussie styles, both common here. Flake and hoki are the fish you will see most often, with prawns and barramundi at several shops, and couta, calamari, flounder and flathead turning up occasionally. Potato cakes and dim sims are standard on these counters, battered prawns and potato chips appear at several, and chiko rolls, spring rolls, fish cakes and a gyros burger show up here and there. A light and crispy batter is recorded at several shops.
Hungry Zaks is very strongly rated, listing flake, hoki and flathead alongside potato cakes, dim sims, chiko rolls and salt and pepper squid, with its chips, fish freshness and value for money all praised in reviews. Captain Gummys Fish & Chips Frankston is strongly rated and carries the widest fish list in the suburb, from barramundi and couta to flounder and calamari, plus a salad bar, vegetarian options and halal food. Nepean Souvlaki is solidly rated, working flake through a light and crispy batter and pairing fish and chips with souvlaki.
Only a couple of local menus were surveyed with prices, so read them individually rather than as a suburb figure. Captain Gummys showed plain chips at $3.00, a single fish piece at $14.00 and mains mostly between $9.00 and $16.90. Hungry Zaks showed a single fish piece at $11.00 and mains from $10.50 to $19.00.
The full Frankston line-up follows below.
