Beach cafe fishmonger · Aotearoa

Deep water. Clean plates.

Line-caught and cold-chain packed the same day. Every listing names the region, the method and the best way to cook it.

Fish and chips with grilled prawns at a beach cafe table Landed this week
48 hrs From landing to packing
7 regions Named on every listing
0 guesswork Cooking notes in every box

Why people stay

Built around the cold chain

Every choice we make is about keeping the first hour of freshness intact.

Iced, never frozen twice

Slurry ice on the deck, vacuum sealed on shore. Nothing is thawed and refrozen to buy time.

Shop live catch

Cut the morning it ships

Portioned to order, not pulled from a pre-cut tray that has been sitting since Monday.

Shop the raw bar
Sashimi-grade tuna block on the ice

From the deck

Straight off the boat

Every listing names the region, the boat and the day it landed.

48 hrs

Landing to packing

7 regions

Named on every listing

Jumbo razor clam meat plated on the counter Today's plate

Beach cafe

Eat in the sun, straight off the ice.

Three cafe favourites from our beachside counter — plated simply, priced plainly, and ready the moment the tide turns.

  • Beer-battered fish & chipsHoki, hand-cut chips, lemon wedge $18
  • Grilled seafood platterPrawns, mussels, market fish, herb butter $32
  • Sashimi of the dayTuna or salmon, soy, wasabi, pickled ginger $24
See the cafe menu
Live scallops in the shell on ice

Cold chain, explained

From the boat to your bench in four moves.

No mystery ice, no re-frozen stock. Here is exactly what happens between the deck and your door.

  1. 01

    Iced on deck

    Slurry ice goes on within minutes of landing, so the flesh never sits warm.

  2. 02

    Cut to order

    Fillets are portioned the morning they ship, never pre-cut and held.

  3. 03

    Sealed and chilled

    Vacuum sealed with a region card naming the boat and the landing date.

  4. 04

    Tracked to the door

    Every box carries a cold-chain check and a live tracking link.

Shop the cold-chain picks

Straight from the bench

What people actually say

4.9 average from 318 verified orders.

The salmon arrived colder than my fridge. Cooked it that night and it was perfect.
Amelia R. Auckland · Verified order
I finally know which region my mussels came from. That alone sold me.
James T. Wellington · Verified order
The packing notes told me exactly how long to steam them. No guesswork.
Sophie M. Christchurch · Verified order

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