Master Seafood is a fish and chips takeaway on Ferry Road in Waltham, Christchurch, serving classic Kiwi fish and chip shop fare alongside a large burger menu and fresh fish and seafood. The shop focuses on consistent quality, aiming to serve genuine dishes that taste great every time, whether that's a simple bag of chips or a fully loaded burger.
The fish and chips side of the menu covers the staples of a New Zealand takeaway - battered fish, chips, sausages, meat patties, spring rolls, fritters and nuggets - while the seafood section brings in a range of fresh fish including gurnard, cod, hoki and blue cod, plus mussels.
The burger menu is extensive, running from a plain burger through cheese, bacon, egg, mushroom, pineapple and double meat variations, up to bigger builds like the Hawaiian Burger, Master Burger and Giant Burger, as well as a vegetarian burger and a fish burger with tartar sauce. Master Seafood takes orders online for pick-up, with each order manually confirmed and an on-screen, real-time update when the food is ready to collect.
Master Seafood sits on Ferry Road in Waltham, Christchurch, serving up the kind of straightforward, satisfying takeaway that's a staple of New Zealand neighbourhoods. The shop describes its approach simply: quality, consistent food that tastes great every single time, whether it's a quick bag of chips or a full meal to take home.
At its core, Master Seafood is a fish and chips shop, and the menu reflects that heritage. Alongside battered fish and chips, the shop fries up sausages, meat patties, potato and corn fritters, crab sticks, pineapple rings, spicy wedges, spring rolls, curry rolls, chicken nuggets, fish bites, onion rings and mushrooms - the full spread of a classic Kiwi takeaway counter.
Beyond the battered classics, Master Seafood offers a fresh fish and seafood selection that includes gurnard, cod, hoki, blue cod and mussels. It's a range that lets customers choose their preferred fish for the classic fish and chips combo, or simply pick up fresh seafood on its own.
What sets Master Seafood apart from a typical fish and chip shop is the depth of its burger menu. Starting from a Plain Burger built on a bun with meat pattie, lettuce, onion, tomato sauce and mayo, the menu builds up through Cheese, Bacon, Egg, Mushroom and Pineapple Burgers, each adding a single ingredient to the base.
From there, the combinations get bigger: a Double Meat Burger with two patties, a Bacon & Egg Burger, a Cheese & Pineapple Burger, and the Hawaiian Burger, which stacks pineapple, cheese and bacon onto the classic base. The Master Burger swaps in a chicken pattie alongside cheese and bacon, while the Fish Burger uses battered fish with tartar sauce instead of a beef pattie. There's also a dedicated Chicken Burger and a Vegetarian Burger built around mushroom, pineapple and cheese.
For bigger appetites, the Giant Burger piles on cheese, egg, bacon and two meat patties, and the Angus Beef with Egg and Cheese burger uses an Angus beef pattie as its centrepiece. It's a burger menu substantial enough to stand on its own, even before factoring in the fish and chips side of the shop.
Master Seafood takes orders online for pick-up. Customers place their order, it's manually confirmed by the shop, and an on-screen, real-time update lets them know when their food is ready to collect - a small but useful touch for a busy takeaway counter.
The shop keeps slightly different hours through the week. On Mondays and Tuesdays it opens later in the afternoon, from 4:30pm to 8pm, while Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday it opens earlier, from 11:30am to 8:30pm, covering both lunch and dinner. Saturday hours run from 4:30pm to 8:30pm.
With a menu that spans classic fish and chips, fresh seafood and a genuinely extensive burger line-up, Master Seafood gives Waltham locals a one-stop takeaway for pick-up dinners, whether the craving is for a simple fish and chips or a stacked Giant Burger.