🐟 Best fish & chips in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best fish & chips. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Brisbane has Australia’s strongest fish & chips — led by The Fish Factory (4.4★ across 3,007 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best fish & chips	Rating	Reviews
1	Brisbane	The Fish Factory Morningside	4.4★	3,007
2	Hobart	Fish Frenzy CBD	4.3★	2,248
3	Melbourne	Golden Catch Fish & Chips Williamstown	4.9★	744
4	Cairns	Yaya’s Hellenic Kitchen and Bar Cairns City	4.8★	3,197
5	Sydney	Fat Fish Annandale	4.4★	1,175
6	Sunshine Coast	Penny Seafood Maroochydore	4.9★	1,454
7	Perth	Oh My Cod Tuart Hill	4.5★	533
8	Wollongong	Heavenly Indian Restaurant CBD	5★	429
9	Darwin	MERAKI Greek Taverna Darwin City	4.8★	725
10	Newcastle	Light Years - Newcastle CBD	4.7★	1,632
11	Geelong	The Arborist CBD	4.7★	1,125
12	Gold Coast	Chevron Island Seafoods Surfers Paradise	4.5★	547
13	Canberra	Chapman Cafe Chapman	4.4★	154
14	Adelaide	SALTY DOG SEAFOOD AND GRILL Port Adelaide	4.8★	447

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own fish & chips ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Brisbane · Hobart · Melbourne · Cairns · Sydney · Sunshine Coast · Perth · Wollongong · Darwin · Newcastle · Geelong · Gold Coast · Canberra · Adelaide.