Wellington Seamarket Porirua is the newest store in the Wellington Seamarket family, bringing the brand's famous combination of fresh fish market and classic fish & chips to Porirua City Centre. You'll find it on Norrie Street, right next to the Mad Butcher, with plenty of seating so you can eat in store or take away.
Like the flagship Cuba Street store, which has spent more than 20 years building a reputation for fresh fish landing daily, experienced staff and quality products, the Porirua shop is stocked full of a wide range of fresh whole fish. The team cuts and prepares the fish to your liking right in front of you — as they say, it can't get more fresh than that.
The fish & chips side keeps it classic: hearty size pieces of fish, good portions of chips and all the Kiwi favourites. Simple but delicious, the menu runs from fish of the day (battered or crumbed) and premium fillets to lunch specials, burgers, chips, fritters and fresh shellfish — the bounty of the ocean without breaking the bank.
Beyond the takeaway counter, there's a serious seafood offering: popular fillets like blue cod, blue moki, gemfish line-caught in Cook Strait, albacore and bluefin tuna, butterfish and more, plus crabs, crayfish, mussels, pāua, prawns, salmon, scallops, kina, oysters, whitebait, squid and octopus. Local fishers land catch daily, and most of it can be ordered for home delivery around the Wellington region — packed with ice and shipped in chilled vans, with orders in by 9am Monday to Friday. With a commitment to quality, sustainability and great taste, it's a one-stop shop for dinner cooked for you or dinner cooked at home.
Wellington Seamarket Porirua is the newest addition to a family that Wellington seafood lovers have trusted for more than two decades. Sitting on Norrie Street in Porirua City Centre — right next to the Mad Butcher, so it's hard to miss — the store combines the two things the Seamarket name is famous for: proper Kiwi fish & chips and a genuine fresh fish market, all under one roof.
The Seamarket story began on Cuba Street, where the flagship store has spent over 20 years priding itself on fresh fish landing daily, experienced staff and quality products. The Porirua store carries that same approach into a new neighbourhood, with a team that knows its seafood and is happy to share recommendations and cooking tips along with your order.
The fish & chips here stick to the classics — hearty size pieces of fish, good portions of chips and all the Kiwi favourites. Simple but delicious, it's a way to enjoy the bounty of the ocean without breaking the bank.
The menu covers all the bases: fish of the day, available battered or crumbed; premium fillets for anyone after something a step up; lunch specials with grilled and crumbed options; burgers; chips; old-school fritters; and fresh shellfish, oysters included. There's plenty of seating, so you can eat in store or grab it as takeaway.
Customer reviews of the Seamarket name regularly single out the light, crispy batter — fried without the greasiness that often comes with deep-fried food — along with fast, friendly service. And a telling sign of quality: even during a fish & chips run, locals keep streaming in to buy fresh seafood to take home.
Where the Porirua store really earns its Seamarket name is the fish itself. The counter is stocked full of a wide range of fresh whole fish, and the team cuts and prepares your fish to your liking right in front of you. As they put it: can't get more fresh than that.
Local fishers land catch daily, and the range reflects what's coming off the boats. Among the popular fillets you'll find blue cod, blue moki, blue warehou, butterfish, deep sea cod, albacore tuna, bluefin tuna loins and gemfish line-caught in Cook Strait.
Beyond finfish, the shelves run to crabs, crayfish, lobster and scampi, mussels, pāua, prawns, salmon, scallops, kina, oysters and clams, squid and octopus, and whitebait when available. Whether you're after a weekday fillet for the pan or something special for the table, there's a good chance it came off a local boat that morning.
If you can't make it in, most of the fresh seafood range is available for home delivery. Pick what you'd like and leave the rest up to them: orders are packed with ice and transported around the Wellington region in chilled vans. There's a daily ordering cut-off of 9am, Monday to Friday, with no weekend deliveries.
For orders outside Wellington, product is cooled to below zero, packed with ice in a polystyrene box and shipped with reliable couriers. And if anything isn't right with an order, the team asks to hear about it within 24 hours so they can make things right — quality control is taken seriously here.
Fish & chips orders are for pick-up only, and at the Porirua store they're usually ready in under an hour — handy for a lunch break or an easy dinner. Diners call the Seamarket the best fresh wet fish market in Wellington and a true icon, praising both the fresh fish and the fish & chips in the same breath.
So whether you want dinner cooked for you or beautiful ingredients to cook at home, Wellington Seamarket Porirua delivers on both — fresh, local and, by all accounts, delicious.