The Little Red Fish Seafood Deli is a fish and chip shop and seafood deli trailer at 2 Alamar Crescent in Mangawhai, Kaipara, rated 4.6 from 33 Google reviews. Customers single out the scallop fritters, fish tacos, snapper and seafood chowder, and reviews mention catering that arrived on time and set up smoothly.
Good fish and chips come down to fresh fish, cooked to order, in a batter light enough to crack rather than go soggy on the drive home. A seafood deli goes further, with fritters that are more shellfish than batter and a counter that stretches to chowder and tacos. Snapper fresh off a Northland boat is the fish worth asking for, and the best measure of a chippy is whether the dinnertime queue is all locals.
One reviewer made the trip up from Auckland to eat here; for Mangawhai locals, it's simply the seafood deli on Alamar Crescent.