Pakenham's fish and chip shops come in solidly rated overall, on a modest body of customer reviews, and at least one shop here rates poorly, so it pays to read the individual entries. Every shop in the suburb is listed as family friendly, nearly all of them deliver, and only a minority take dine-in customers, which makes this largely a takeaway town.
Barramundi and hoki turn up widely on the menus recorded here. Flake, snapper, calamari, prawns and scallops each appear at several shops. The counter classics are well represented too, with potato cakes, dim sims, battered savs, spring rolls, onion rings, fish cakes and souvlaki all showing up at several shops. Traditional Aussie and Greek-Aussie kitchens both appear across the suburb.
Pakenham Racecourse Fish & Chips is solidly rated and cooks in the Traditional Aussie style, listing barramundi, hoki, flake and snapper. It is takeaway and takes reservations. Its surveyed menu showed plain chips at $2.00, a single piece of fish at $10.30, and mains sitting between $9.80 and $10.80. Lakeside fish & chips is well rated and runs a Greek-Aussie menu, with flake, barramundi, hoki, calamari, prawns and scallops alongside potato cakes, dim sims, battered savs, spring rolls, onion rings, fish cakes and souvlaki. Its surveyed menu showed plain chips at $4.10, a single piece of fish at $12.10, and mains generally between $11.30 and $20.70. Those figures come from menus as surveyed and are a guide only.
Uncle Sam's Food Mart - Burgers & Fish & Chips is the strongest rated of the group and offers delivery, takeaway and dine-in. Cardinia Lakes Fish & Chippery and Pakenham Fish & Chips are both well rated, delivering as well as serving takeaway.
Full details for each Pakenham shop follow below.
