Welcome to J's Restaurant & Takeaways Rotorua

“ Recommended by a few people so I thought I’d check it out. $5.50 for the Hoki (good portion too). $3 for a 1/2 scoop of chips, small but for one person. The fish was tasty(not smelly) the batter, a perfect texture, thickness and flavour. The chips were cooked perfectly, crispy hot and not too much salt. of seating very spacious and clean. Overall 9 out of 10 satisfaction, definitely going back ”

“ Thought id try this place after seeing the reviews as I usually go to Devons and te ngae fish shop overall nice food but not the my favourite place to go to Best raw fish $12 in town kara cream spring onion fish is raw not cooked from lemon and flavour was spot on not overpowered does need more tomato but nice amount of fish in there too Got the deep fried flounder fish was cooked to perfection but too much batter for my liking Mussels and chips were nice and crispy Kinas oysters fresh but probly the dearest in town for same size tub everywhere else Deep fried chicken is plain battered was tender and freshly cooked but too much batter Heaps of tables ”

“ Ate in (there are two tables and a couch). To us, “flounder” $14 NZ was the best, very nicely prepared small whole flounder (bones, skin and all) with fairly light but nice batter. Yummy. Tarakihi (unfamiliar to us Americans) was also very good. Fries… ooh sorry chips… were also good. The “squid rings” are disappointing, it’s a processed squid (hopefully) wherein an entire squid and fillers are ground up and reformed into a ring rather than simply slicing a piece of squid thereby having something good, these were same way Burger King does “onion rings”. So squid rings were just okay, you can buy a frozen bag of these things and each would be 10 cents vs. $1.50 NZ here. Oh well no surprise. We tried one sausage and as we kind of expected, it was not good but edible and filling, a bit gross, goodness only knows what it is made from, hopefully mostly grain, believe Germans would be incredulous calling such a thing a sausage. I would call it a sausage shaped cereal cake in a casing with only a trace of garbage “meat”. Our order was aptly taken by a polite ~10 year old (it was Saturday) young workers are something we don’t see elsewhere. His Dad (?) yelled at him a bit when the nice kid was baffled when we asked whether they had coffee, to us demonstrating why kids should be having fun on Saturday vs working in an adult role. The place smells of fish but they did keep the door open so not too bad. We came here hoping for great fish and chips and we were happy with the fish and chips, and the price was okay. So all good. ”

“ After seeing the posts on social media I just had to try it out. I ordered x2 containers of kina + fish ‘n’ chip combo. The kina were fat and creamy, the fish was freshly cooked with a nice crunchy batter and had the right amount of salt on everything. The food is well priced and definitely worth it. ”

“ BEST FISH & CHIPS STORE THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN A LONG TIME. The oil was fresh as evident from the food served, which for me is an important aspect for a good fish and chips store. There were great prices on different combos. The owners kids were helping out, in which they served with charisma and confidence. The atmosphere was clean and the open airy sunny atmosphere was great. Whenever i am next visiting Rotorua, I will visit again!! ”

“ We came to Rotorua from Auckland and stopped here for dinner after a full day of exploring. We ordered two bowls of noodles and a fish and chips, and both adults and kids absolutely loved the food — we even ended up ordering an extra bowl of noodles halfway through the meal. The noodle soup was light yet very flavorful, with tender meat and perfectly chewy noodles. Honestly, even back in China, this is the kind of noodle shop we would happily visit often. The fish and chips were also excellent — not overly salty, and both the fish and fries were cooked just right. We will definitely come back next time we visit Rotorua. This place has already become one of the main reasons our family looks forward to returning here. Highly recommended! ”