Hook Inn Fresh Fish & Takeaway is a fish and chips shop on Kamo Road in Northland, Wellington, with a 4.4 rating on Google.
Fish and chips live or die by freshness and timing. Good shops cook to order, so the batter comes out thin, crisp and golden rather than sitting in a warmer going soft, while the fish inside stays moist and flaky. Chips should be fluffy in the middle with a bit of bite left in them, not limp or greasy at the bottom of the bag. Regulars ask what fish is freshest that day rather than defaulting to one kind, and they time their order for a busy spell, when the fryers are running hot and nothing lingers.
For a hot, paper-wrapped dinner in Northland, Hook Inn sits handy on Kamo Road.