Waihi Beach Seaside Store & Takeaway — Restaurant in North Island

If you want good COOKED food DONT GO HERE....1st BAD REVIEW EVER GIVEN. Had to give 1 star but that is only for awesome location ... .Well what a let down... NEVER GOING BACK.. EVER!!!. Couldn't cook fish & chips to save them selves. Way over priced too. Half the chips were burnt the other half under cooked & soggy. Which I don't understand How?The gurnard fish was stuck to the wrapping, & batter soggy too. The hamburger was tasteless, with way too much sauce. We had already placed & paid for our order, when another man complained to him about his food. Owner completely ignored his complaints & argued nothing wrong with the food. Not even an apology, Suggested it was the customers fault for been too late, to pick up. Which he wasn't. Rude grumpy owner, felt like all he wanted was your money, he even stood there counting the till...BAD business management.. Please change your cooking oil regularly & deep fryer is at correct temperature. HAPPINESS AND GOOD MANNERS ARE...

Hands down this is the worst fish and chip shop in New Zealand, probably in the world. The only thing worse than the service was the food and that is saying something considering we were told our order would take 20minutes but after an hour we were told it would be another 20minutes. The ordering process took about 10minutes and the lady didnt even know which planet she was on. The "fresh" snapper fillet I ordered came in about 10 little peices and tasted like Edmund Hilary's sock after he summited Mt. Everest. If you like soggy fish and chips and long waits this is the shop for you, if not DO NOT visit this establishment. I have never in my life written a negative food review but between the wait time lies, deceit and poor quality this store has left...

I ordered 1 fish, chips, and a battered sausage. The $5 portion of chips seemed about half the normal size, the $4.50 "fish fillet" was actually a reconstituted FISH FINGER from a cardboard box, and the sausage tasted utterly disgusting. And it was all severely overcooked, to the point of being dark brown and barely edible. Also; when I walked in it was pouring with rain, with nobody in sight except myself and the two individuals behind the counter. So I would have thought they might be appreciative of a customer on such a day - perhaps even welcoming. Yet they both seemed surly and reluctant to communicate, and I can only describe the feeling as very unwelcoming...