Kilbirnie Fish & Chips — Restaurant in Wellington

Headed out to Kilbirnie tonight to try the offerings from the Kilbirnie Fish & Chips shop.

Meal: Fish & Chips and a Hotdog. Total: :$16.50

Fish (Warehou) was thick and tasty. Though generally fibrous, it flaked in chunks as expected. The batter felt a little underdone beneath but the crunch was solid with a golden brown hue. Delicious!

Chips. As mentioned before these Chinese takeaways have a knack for dishing up a delicious chip! Large crinkle cut (my fav) chips with that boarder line crunch and pillowy centre. Portion size was very good.

I love a good hotdog in batter. The classic saveloy deep fried in a decent batter. This one...

That shop was my go to fish and chip shop since college so 39 years now. Went there recently and was utterly disappointed with the new owners. Soggy chips, and under cooked batter, and what could only have been, cooked frozen fish. I may give them another try, but not for a while. Footnote- did go back and same again so won’t be going back....

Food is ok. Staff seemed like I'm the last thing she wants to deal with. Also, not much point in putting in signs about the need for a vaccine pass if the shop person is not checking it. This is the most minimal safety system at the moment and you're not even doing that correctly, make me not want to...