Charis Seafoods is a bit of a tourist favourite, and we joined the crowd by bringing some friends their for their first visit involving some beach play, fish and chips, and watching the afternoon pelican feeding.
Food wise we shared 2 family feast packs, $69.90 each:
* 4 fish
* 4 potato scallop
* 12 calamari
* 4 seafood stick
* 4 prawn cutlets
* 4 pineapple fritters
* medium chips
* large Greek salad
* 2 sauces
* 1.25L soft drink & 4 cups
The fish pieces were quite large, and batter on fried items was mostly pretty good in staying crunchy. The fish itself could probably do with a bit more seasoning - might have helped if we realised there was a whole stack of salt & pepper sachets included 😄
As we were there on a public holiday there was an additional 10% surcharge. This was also the reason given for not allowing salad substitutions (wanted to change one of the Greek salads to coleslaw - same size & price). Overall still reasonable value though as we didn't manage to finish all the food.
Finished lunch in time to watch the pelican feeding frenzy that happens at 1:30pm each day - those birds don't need a clock to know when free food is on offer!
Nice place to take a family or friends overseas to show pelican feeding. Fish and chips were pretty fresh. Outdoor sitting with lots of birds waiting you to feed them (my suggestion, please don’t feed them, they would annoy you for asking more food). Place is always busy in the weekend.
Super busy restaurant with wonderful location, offering freshly caught seafood. It’s a nice choice for family or friends gathering during the weekends, enjoy the sunshine, as well as the tasty seafood
Large variety of fish and chips with options of local fresh. I like how’s there is the option to purchase fresh prawns to eat. There are meal deals available. Going on a Sunday lunch it is very difficult to get a car park.
Really delicious thick cut chips and fresh seafood! Always really busy because of the great location on the water. Staff are nice but sometimes a bit rushed and not focused so much on customers. Recommend getting things separately because the combos don’t make a difference, and the sides are delicious and great value too (calamari, potato scallops etc.) Warning that they don’t salt they’re food, but give you facility’s to do so (including chicken salt and vinegar) Definitely recommend Charis because of the fresh seafood, and good quality chips.
Driving from Brisbane down to the Gold Coast today, we decided on some fresh seafood from Charis. Walking in at noon, the store was full of hungry customers, it's the school holidays! Thankfully, I eventually got our lunch order. Yum, time to eat!
The Tasmanian Pacific oysters were freshly shucked and were delicious with a drop of Tabasco sauce. The medium King Prawns were fresh and sweet. And the Spanner Crabs were solid with beautiful white tasty meat.
A wonderful picnic lunch of fresh Australian seafood under the sun. Thank you Charis Seafood!
Been going here since I was a little girl with my family. Best seafood and fish n chips is 10/10. Very good location near the water and it's very clean.
What i love about this place
1. It's located near the beach. I really like the ambiance and atmosphere
2. The seafoods are fresh so they don't smell bad
3. The fish and chip is so 'buttery', I love it
4. The waitress are so nice to me
A bit expensive. In a good location and have plenty of varieties. Essentially a seafood shop plus fish and chips. Tastes like any other fish and chips shop.
BEST FRESH FISH AND CHIPS EVER!!!!!!!
have been having to come here and today was finally the day and without a huge line to wait, chile were good, the fish and calamari pretty much melted in my mouth in one bite I highly recommended this place
Great selection of Seafood. Our lunch of Oyster, Spanner Crabs and Prawns were very enjoyable. Highly recommended!
Long time fan of Charis. Decent quality seafood at a reasonable price.
I typically grab a dozen or two of their fresh oysters (this time we got pacific and Tasmanian) with a few wedges of lemon and sit outside on one of the benches to devour them.
Good place to have combo mix fried seafood!
Remember to try them with 🍋
Hope one day they can provide hot seafood chowder soup🥲
Charis Seafoods has a huge selection. Staff always obliging. Great location on the water with park and swimming bay outside and toilets etc. Seafood always fresh and tastes great.
Orders take a bit, customer service was nice. Meal was fresh. Because alot of people come here, orders can take time.
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