Oceanz Seafood Botany is a seafood market and takeaway on Ti Rakau Drive in Botany Downs, Auckland, open daily from 10am until 7pm, and 7.30pm on Friday and Saturday. It scores 4.1 from 1,798 Google reviews, with the fish and chips drawing particular praise from customers; the store credits them with awards, and online ordering is available for pickup.
Freshness is the whole game at a seafood market: fish should smell of clean salt water, sit on ice, and it pays to ask what came in that morning. Regulars also judge a fish and chip shop by the fryer — a light, crisp batter and thick-cut chips cooked to order mark somewhere worth returning to. Friday evening is the busy stretch across the trade, so ordering ahead spares you the queue.
For a fresh catch or a paper-wrapped feed in East Auckland, this Botany Downs store is a handy stop on Ti Rakau Drive.