This the first time we have been there. Everything about the groper was impressive. From the comfortable and clean shop environment to the fresh fish selection and the impeccable service. It is really hard to fault, this is the reason why they are one of the best.
This place is one of my favourite joint if I’m cravin for some top quality fish & chips. Their batter is one of the best I have ever tried in Perth. The fish/seafood they use are always fresh and juicy. They have never disappointed me.
Came here with a family of 5 to feed on a summer Sunday evening and it was very busy. Nice outdoor access to seating. The service was a bit slow because it was so busy but the food was worth the wait it was delicious. Had the family feast which was 4 squid rings and 4 pieces of battered fish and chips which was more than plenty for the 5 of us. The pricing was a bit on the expensive side but would recommend you try it.
3.3 rating. Liked the food location and price minus the dry snapper.
Ordered family feast (with $?? upgrade for a snapper) with large side of squid in tomato sauce. In family feast you get a choice of salad or rocky road. We picked rocky road and we got a big chunk that we couldn't finish.
Snapper was half grilled and half battered. All fish was very dry and you had to buy extra sauces (vinegar is free but everything else including tomato sauce was $2)
On hindsight I wish I didn't pay upgrade to snapper. (Fam feast was $49.95 which is good value but with upgrade and large tomato squid $13.50 total was about $80 something close to $90 if you add coke and 2 sauces).
I didn't think it was all expensive if the fish wasn't so dry. Everything else wAs pretty good including the mountain of crispy chips we had. Will return. Just disappointed with the fresh snapper.
Had group of friends and family drop in for a chat many hours later the decision was to get some fish and chips to eat at home. As we had tried most of the local outlets with varied success we ordered from here. Big thumbs up from all concerned the batter was not oily and the fish was good. Chips were even better. Only complaint is that I had to throw away some of the chips as the servings are very generous. Will certainly buy from here in the future!!
One of the best establishments in perth. The Cartel and Sabroso rice bowls are top quality along with the broccoli salad and crunchy spicy snapper! They do get seriously busy some nights, however the staff manage to keep up and seem to be really switched on. Keep it up!
Best fish and chips in Perth. Haven't found any that beat it! Been getting fish from them since I was a kid and never fails. Go early or call for pick up as it is very busy and popular.
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+5
Best fish & chips in Perth I have had in a long time . Fish cooked perfectly, the squid had a crispy batter and it was very tender. The chips were crunchy and to be honest we could not find a fault . Prices were reasonable, as fish can be very expensive, a bonus is that they are in the entertainment book, and they have a family pack for $49 .. service was spot on .. keep it up guys and maybe open up a store south of the river and show them
How it's done ✅..
These guys get it. Great range of menu options, beyond your standard fish & chips fare. Friendly service. Well worth a visit for a casual dinner near the beach.
Honestly one of the best fish and chips in Perth. We absolutely love this place, the salads are also amazing as is the Italian squid, the way they do the chips is pretty dam good too.
The best fish and chips around!
I regularly eat here with some friends great quality fresh food and generous portions. By far the best fish and chips I've had. Love their inventiveness and creativity with the food they offer.
Best fish and chips around!
I had the crunchy spicy snapper and my wife had the harajuku- both amazing! Chips were perfectly crispy.
Some good looking salads which I'll have to try next time along with the rocky road they were making while I was there.
Will be back soon for sure
Seriously good food! As a young family, fish & chips are a fun option for us when we want to spoil our family... and the food here is so fresh, tasty AND you can have the healthier options with amazing gourmet salads and grilled/crumbed fish.
We'll be coming back!
Love this place!
The food is always fresh and tastes amazing!
The staff are always happy and helpful.
So happy when they finally re opened can't get a better fish and chips anywhere else 😀
Consistently excellent food, decor looks amazing after it's new revamp! Staff are always very friendly and will go above and beyond, top quality fresh fish and the salads are to die for. I LOVE the crumbed or crunchy spicy snapper, given it is actually coated, then cooked on the grill. Every time I get fish and chips elsewhere, I am always disappointed when I order 'crumbed' and get something oily and deep fried, no one does it like the Groper! Awesome to see some new items on the menu, but even better to see the place has maintained it's standard over the years. Would 100% recommend, will always be a favourite :)
Fish cooked perfectly. Very nice and delicious
Chips very nice ................................
Friendly staff .............
nice seating area outside
Captivated by the instagram posts (good work social media manager) we decided Fish n Chip Friday was it. The Empire is amazing and what a hidden gem! Busy with families and others wanting a bite also - tables outside and plenty of options, burgers, pizza, bottle shop and an amazing IGA etc.. The Groper and his Wife was it! We ordered the Fisherman's basket - (snapper, calamari, scallop, prawn with chips) .. and the snapper, chips and coleslaw. Initially I though oh no they've overlooked it but I was wrong, we had the fish crumbed in the G&M crunchy and spicy and it was great! The calamari was so fresh not chewy at all as was the prawn and scallop.. the salad was great to cut through the deep-fry .. really delicious and really clean place - clearly popular by the crowd. A little pricey but my fish was cooked perfect!
Great fish and chips! Love this place - fish is always super fresh and flaky, the arancini balls are ridic, and you can chill out with a wine (from VC) while you watch the kids play in the park. Tried the new Harajuku bowl yesterday too... sooo good. Definitely worth a visit!
The Groper is our favourite place for fish and chips (apart from home-cooked). Delicious crunchy, hot chips, a range of fish and cooking options ... and friendly staff.
Amazing food and service!!. The groper and his wife is a total winner when it comes to fish and chips, it's absolutely delicious! The fish is great quality and really well cooked, and there are lots of options of how to have you fish cooked which keeps it interesting! They also have an awesome range of fresh salads that are really great to go with dinner, and the staff are so friendly! I will be going back again and again, I love this place!
L O V E T H E M. In Amendation of below post: WE ALSO LOVE THIS PLACE & CANNOT WAIT FOR ITS RETURN. however, they have had clearly visible notifications on their website and their answering machine alerting the public of their closure since they closed which was nearly a year a go! I definately haven't driven there with no clue they were shut yet and i eagerly await their reopening! :) Cheers
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Best Fish & Chips in Perth. Reading through some of these reviews i'm surprised at the unsatisfied customers as I am a regular at The Groper and His Wife & me and my family LOVE it! The fish is always tasty, chips crunchy and fresh and staff always extra friendly. Will continue to go as I receive such high quality service. Thanks guys, keep up the good work!
Best Fish and Chips In Perth. Visited The Groper and His Wife using a Cudo voucher. Have to say this is the best fish and chips I've had in a good while. The fish was lovely and fresh, chips were superb and the choice of salads were great. Will happily make the commute from Fremantle to grab a take away from this place.
Thanks!
Great food and great service! The crunchy peri peri fish is to die for
Crunched my Spice. I regularly drive 35 minutes with my wife to eat at the Groper. The staff are incredible friendly.. The owner knows me by name and always makes the effort to make me feel welcomed!
You get what you pay for here.. my favorite is the crunchy spicy grilled! I can never go back to the greasy flake battered at my local after eating here!
I bring interstate guest here on a regular basis.. never disappoints!
My BEST fish & chips experience. I am from Malaysia, and during a recent trip to Perth I got to try this much talked about family-friendly place - Aaron takes the time to serve you personally and ensures you order something you like! LOVED everything I ate here - I had my fish and chips with a little bit of spice.
Heard so much about this place but had no idea it was THIS GOOD. Can't wait to return!!
Best fish n chips in Perth!. As a kiwi I love fish and chips - Groper is the best I have found in Perth! Its a bit of a drive from my house but its certainly worth the trip! If you go I suggest you try the Peri Peri fish! I recommend this place to all my kiwis friends when ever they are visiting in Perth :) Enjoy!
Best Fish & Chips ever. I went here on Saturday after a friend recommended it. I had fish&chips, a feta and sweet potato salad, and pineapple fritter. Everything was delicious. I'm a bit fussy about chips (don't like the big floppy kind) and these were perfectly crisp and crunchy. The fish would just melt in your mouth. They also offer a wide range of desserts that looked simply fantastic. I will definitely be back!!
The best fish and chips we can remember so it must have been pretty good! Instead of one staff member doing everything, this place is pumping with 6 people making fish and chips and that's in winter.
The chips were crunchy and well salted and the fish was fresh. Try the crispy crunchy batter, this was definitely different and a good twist on the usual. The only downside would be the squid rings had far too much batter and a little doughy.
Good clean fish and chips, nice staff
Went to the Groper on the Chrissy holidays and I have to say that I have never had better fish and chips than what these guys gave me. I had the crunchy spicey snapper and tasted my parteners battered snapper and they both were divine!! We tried the garden salad also with some chips! The salad was addictive, so nice and the chips were so tasty and crunchy even after 10 mins of sitting there! I will say that It is expensive, but I am so happy paying for quality. ( I know how much wa seafood can get ). I would recommend this place to any one! Perfect feed for the beach.. Oh and reading the other comments about this place, particularly the bit about the salmon patty being to filled with potato.. News flash that's what a patty usually contains, and for $5.90 what did you expect, a whole salmon in it. Any way!! Was truly impressed by this place..
Best fish and chips in Perth hands down! Fresh snapper and batter that literally melts in your mouth. Will definitely be going back, eager to try their Peri-peri style fish! Highly recommended!
It really is Perths best fish and chips! The snapper was so fresh! Amazing place.
Delicious. From the outside it looks like a normal fish and chips shop but it's honestly the best I have had in perth it is slightly higher priced than the average bogan/asain shop but it is well worth the difference!
Quality. Just used 3 vouchers that expired today. I phoned to order and expected a bit of moodiness about using them, but the girl who took the order couldn't have been any nicer. She asked how I'd like the fish done, but I just went with fried. The fish and chips were great, even after a 15 min drive home, and the salads were beautiful. They have quite a selection of salads, drinks and Il Gelato products. Next time we'll grab some fish and chips and head to the beach.
The Chips are Goooood. The battered fish is firm and crispy. The chips are deliciously done and not too greasy. Friendly and lots of parking.
Among Perth's best fish & chips. The periperi fried Hake is amazing. Good selection of salads & good Rocky Road. Grilled calamari is fab The stuffed fried prawn is a definite miss. The fries are the best in Perth.
Had not known about this place until buying a voucher for it. Went there with my partner and kids for lunch and was pleasantly surprised. Great chips, clean premises on the whole great food and service. Would recommend.
Delicious and non-greasy. Wow the fish was so yummy- some of the best i have ever tried. we had one serve of snapper fish and chips between the two of us which was more than enough. we got the house special spicy crumb on the fish which was very morish. chips weren't greasy and very crunchy.. a little more $$ than the average fish and chip shop but worth it :) staff were very friendly, this place should really have a higher rating on urban spoon- it deserves it!
Best Fish and Chips Around. The best Fish and Chips in WA, no doubt. Never greasy or overcooked and best service in any fish and chip shop I've been to. I'm there every week and it never disappoints!
I was pleasantly surprised at The Groper and his wife. Full of amazing salads you'd expect to find in a cafe (there must have been 10 different salads) and freshly filleted fish. Not a typical fish and chip shop. I had my fish crumbed and it was delicious. Great service too. Will be back.
Fish, chips and beyond!. Went to The Groper for dinner tonight with a few old friends, I have never been so satisfied by fish and chips! this is because the fish was fresh (not frozen) and grilled as well as tasty (we chose a spicy coating.) Great variety of salads, yummy chips and just when I thought things couldn't get better, a chocolate brownie (so worth it.) And i left feeling a happy full, not the sick full you're sometimes left with after fish and chips. I will return again.. and again. thanks guys!
The Best. Took my wife 'out to dinner' at the Groper about a year ago on a Friday night ... and have done so nearly every Friday night since. It is the best fish and chips. I don't order fish at any restaurant we go to now as it is never better. Crumbed Snapper is my favourite.
Fish was amazing, fresh moist fillets of snapper, light golden batter. Chips double fried perhaps? A little overcooked but the fish more than made up for this. My fav F&C place ever.
Never been better. I have been going to the Groper and His Wife since they opened around 18years ago. I did go downhill a few years back - but i have been told there are new owners. Since they have taken over - i have never tasted such good fish and chips in my life. Its now even better than it was 10years ago when it was the crowned the best fish and chips in WA. WELL worth and visit and another try... and another
Very good, especially like the crunchy spicy.. under new management and they've brought in some great new ideas like to-die-for brownies and if you ask they can even make you a fish burger.. Will be back
Under new management as of 19th Feb 2010. Regular fish n chips was tasty. Not muddy, oily or fishy. Friendly staff. Toss and greek salad was also very good. Will definitely be back for more.
What caught our eyes the most was the massive piece of home-made rocky road… I had The Groper's peri peri lightly battered snapper and chips. The peri peri seasoning was also an option for my chips but even as intrigued as I was, I couldn't trade it for my usual chicken sa
The food was fantastic! The fish was definitely a highlight that the Groper & his wife can continue to boast if it keeps its quality constant.
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