C&C Family Takeaway is a fish and chip shop at 7/28 Bairds Rd in Papatoetoe, Manukau City, Auckland. It holds a 3.6 rating from 90 Google reviews, and feedback has been mixed, with several diners critical of oiliness and quality on some dishes.
A good fish and chip shop lives or dies by its oil and its timing. Fish is best cooked to order so the batter arrives crisp rather than sodden, and chips should be fried fresh, drained well and lightly salted. Oil changed regularly makes an enormous difference — old oil leaves a dark, greasy coating that no amount of salt can hide. Regulars often time their visit for the evening rush, when turnover is high and nothing sits around, and they judge a shop first by a simple order of one fish and a scoop of chips.
For Papatoetoe locals after a quick family tea, C&C Family Takeaway sits handy on Bairds Rd.