Mags Fresh Fish

About Mags Fresh Fish

Mags Fresh Fish is a neighbourhood fish and chip shop on Rata Street in Mount Maunganui, serving the Tauranga community fresh-cooked seafood classics every day of the week. Doors open at 11:30am and the fryers run until 8pm, seven days, making it a reliable stop for a quick lunch, an after-beach snack or a family dinner.

The menu is a love letter to the Kiwi takeaway: Fish of the Day fried to order, chips by the scoop or half-scoop (kumara, if you prefer), and a seafood line-up of mussels, oysters, scallops, prawn cutlets, squid rings and crab sticks. The fritter selection is a real highlight, with potato, corn, mussel, paua and whitebait fritters all coming out of the fryer golden.

Beyond the fryer there are proper fish meals with eggs or salad, battered oysters and mussels, creamed paua, a full burger range including the loaded Rodeo Burger, spring rolls, hot dogs, chicken nuggets and even a square of lasagna. Sharing packs from Pack A through to Pack E scale from a cosy dinner for two to a full beach-day spread for the whole crew.

Ordering is simple: preorder online for pickup at the shop or delivery across Mount Maunganui and a long list of Tauranga suburbs, with secure payment by Visa, Mastercard or PayPal. The shop holds a 4.5 rating on its online ordering page, and delivery fees apply by area.

Mags Fresh Fish: Mount Maunganui's Everyday Fish & Chips Shop

On Rata Street, a short wander from Mount Maunganui's beach and pilot bay, Mags Fresh Fish does exactly what a good Kiwi fish and chip shop should: fresh fish cooked to order, hot chips by the scoop, and a fryer full of the seafood classics people plan their evenings around. It opens at 11:30am every day of the week and keeps serving until 8pm, making it an easy stop for a late-lunch batch of fritters or a proper family tea after a day on the Mount.

The shop carries a 4.5 rating on its online ordering page, and regulars tend to point to the same things when asked why: generous scoops, fish that tastes like it came off the boat, and a menu that goes well beyond the basics.

From the fryer

Fish of the Day is the headline act — whatever is fresh that day, fried to order and ready to pair with chips, salad or eggs. Around it sits a full seafood line-up: mussels, oysters, scallops, prawn cutlets, squid rings and crab sticks, all easy to mix and match so you can build a paper parcel with a bit of everything rather than settle for a single item.

The fritter selection is where Mags really shows its colours. Alongside the humble potato fritter — a takeaway classic — you'll find corn fritters and mussel fritters, plus the two that draw devotees from across Tauranga: paua fritters and whitebait fritters. Order a couple with a pot of tartare sauce and you'll understand why people skip the flash restaurants on the main strip.

More than fish

There are proper fish meals for anyone wanting a full plate — fish with chips, eggs or salad, six battered oysters with chips, six fresh battered mussels with half a scoop of chips, and creamed paua with chips. Burger fans are covered too, from a plain hamburger up to the Rodeo Burger stacked with a patty, cheese, bacon, three onion rings and salad.

Add spring rolls in paua, beef or vege, curry rolls, hot dogs, deep-fried meat patties, cheesy wheezies and the gloriously indulgent Blood and Cut — a scoop of chips buried under melted cheese, mayonnaise and tomato sauce — and the menu reads like a tour of Kiwi takeaway culture. Sauces come by the pot (tartare, mayo, garlic aioli) or by the bottle, and the drinks fridge runs from kids' juice boxes to 2.25L bottles for the table.

Packs built for sharing

Feeding a family or a group of friends after a day at the beach? The packs do the maths for you. Pack A teams two fish with half a scoop of chips, two squid rings, a crab stick and a sausage. By the time you reach Pack D you're looking at five fish, two scoops of chips, nuggets, crabsticks, sausages, a potato fritter and squid rings. Pack E is the seafood lover's choice, pairing five fish with five oysters, five scallops and two scoops of chips.

Order ahead, eat happy

Mags takes orders online for both pickup and delivery, with secure payments by Visa, Mastercard and PayPal. Delivery reaches across Mount Maunganui and much of Tauranga — Otumoetai, Matua, Bethlehem, Bellevue, Brookfield, Judea, Gate Pa, Hairini, Parkvale, Tauranga South and the central suburbs — with delivery fees applying by area.

If you're collecting in person, pre-ordering through the online menu is the smart move on busy summer evenings, when the queue for fresh fish can stretch out the door. Choose your pickup time and dinner is bagged and waiting.

However you order, leave room for a fritter or two — and don't leave without trying the whitebait.

Signature items

• Fish Of The Day
• Fish + Chips
• Whitebait Fritter
• Paua Fritter
• Pack A
• Blood and Cut

Menu

PACKS

• Pack A — 2 fish, 1/2 scoop chips, 2 squid rings, 1 crab stick, 1 sausage
• Pack B — 3 fish, 1 scoop chips, 6 chicken nuggets, 3 squid rings
• Pack C — 4 fish, 1 1/2 scoop chips, 6 chicken nuggets, 2 squid rings, 2 crabsticks, 1 sausage
• Pack D — 5 fish, 2 scoops chips, 6 chicken nuggets, 2 crabsticks, 2 sausages, 1 potato fritter, 2 squid rings
• Pack E — 5 fish, 5 oysters, 5 scallops, 2 scoops chips

PASTA

• Lasagna Square — A square of lasagna

DRINKS

• Soft Drink (330ml Can) — Chilled soft drink can
• Soft Drink (600ml Bottle) - Coke series — 600ml bottle, Coke range
• Soft Drink (600ml Bottle) - Mountain Dew series — 600ml bottle, Mountain Dew range
• Soft Drink (1.5L Bottle) - Coke Series — 1.5L bottle, Coke range
• Soft Drink (1.5L Bottle) - Mountain Dew series — 1.5L bottle, Mountain Dew range
• Soft Drink (1.25L Bottle) - Just Bubble series — 1.25L bottle, Just Bubble range
• Soft Drink (2.25L Bottle) — 2.25L bottle to share
• Fresh Up (440mL) — Fresh Up 440mL
• Fresh Up Big Fizz (500ml) — Fresh Up Big Fizz 500ml
• Sparkling Duet 1.5L — Sparkling Duet 1.5L
• Just Juice 1L — Just Juice 1L
• Kids Just Juice 250mL — Kids-sized Just Juice 250mL
• Golden Circle 375mL — Golden Circle 375mL
• Bundaberg 375mL — Bundaberg 375mL
• H2GO Water (825mL) — H2GO water 825mL
• Pump Water 750mL — Pump water 750mL
• Powerade Blue 750mL — Powerade Blue 750mL

SAUCES

• 120g Watters Tomato Sauce — Bottle of Watters tomato sauce, 120g
• 1 Pot of Tartare Sauce — Pot of tartare sauce
• 1 Pot of Mayo Sauce — Pot of mayo
• 1 Pot of Garlic Aioli Sauce — Pot of garlic aioli
• 120g Rossty Tomato Sauce — Bottle of Rossty tomato sauce, 120g
• 280g Rossty Tomato Sauce Bottle — Bottle of Rossty tomato sauce, 280g

BURGERS

• Hamburger — Classic burger
• Cheese Burger — Burger topped with cheese
• Egg Burger — Burger with egg
• Bacon + Egg Burger — Burger with bacon and egg
• Hawaiian Burger — Burger, Hawaiian style
• Rodeo Burger — Patty + cheese + bacon + 3 onion rings + salad
• Fish Burger — Burger with fish
• Chicken Burger — Burger with chicken

FRITTERS

• Potato Fritter — Classic golden potato fritter
• Corn Fritter — Golden fried corn fritter
• Paua Fritter — Fritter packed with paua
• Whitebait Fritter — Fritter loaded with whitebait
• Mussel Fritter — Fritter packed with mussel

FISH MEALS

• Fish Meal — Fish + chips + 2 eggs + salad (for one)
• Fish + Chips + Salad — Fish and chips served with salad (for one)
• Fish + Chips + 2 Eggs — Fish and chips with two eggs (for one)
• Fish + Chips — Fish with a serve of chips (for one)
• Fish + Salad — Fish served with salad (for one)
• Fish + 2 Eggs — Fish with two eggs (for one)
• 6 Battered Oysters + Chips — Six battered oysters with chips
• 6 Fresh Battered Mussels + 1/2 Chips — Six fresh battered mussels with half a scoop of chips
• Creamed Paua + Chips — Creamed paua served with chips

Top Sellers

• 1 Scoop Chips — A full scoop of hot chips
• Fish Of The Day — The day's fresh fish, fried to order
• Hot Dog — Classic fried hot dog
• Potato Fritter — Golden fried potato fritter
• Fish + Chips — Fish served with a scoop of chips
• Squid Ring — Crispy fried squid ring

SEAFOOD N FRIES

• Fish Of The Day — Fresh fish fried to order
• Mussel — Fried mussel
• Oyster — Fried oyster
• Scallop — Fried scallop
• Prawn Cutlet — Fried prawn cutlet
• Squid Ring — Crispy fried squid ring
• Crab Stick — Fried crab stick
• 1/2 Scoop Kumara Chips — Half scoop of kumara chips
• 1/2 Scoop Chips — Half scoop of hot chips
• 1 Scoop Kumara Chips — Full scoop of kumara chips
• 1 Scoop Chips — Full scoop of hot chips
• Wedges — Served with sour cream and bacon
• Plain Sausage — Classic fried sausage
• Battered Sausage — Sausage in crispy batter
• Hot Dog — Classic hot dog, fried
• Deep Fried Meat Patty — Savoury meat patty, deep fried
• Cheesy Wheezies — Golden cheesy bites from the fryer
• Blood and Cut — 1 scoop chips and cheese melted with mayonnaise sauce and tomato sauce
• Chicken Nugget (5 Pcs) — Five crispy chicken nuggets
• Chicken Nugget (1 Pc) — A single chicken nugget
• Spring Roll (Paua) — Paua spring roll
• Spring Roll (Beef) — Beef spring roll
• Spring Roll (Vege) — Vegetable spring roll
• Curry Roll — Curry-filled fried roll
• Onion Ring (5 Pcs) — Five golden onion rings
• Onion Ring (1 Pc) — A single onion ring
• Seafood Kebab — Kebab stacked with seafood
• Pineapple Ring — Fried with sugar and cinnamon
• Donut — Fried with sugar and cinnamon

Frequently asked questions

Where is Mags Fresh Fish located?

At 2 Rata St, Mount Maunganui 3116, in Tauranga.

What are the opening hours?

11:30am to 8pm, seven days a week.

Does Mags Fresh Fish deliver?

Yes, delivery is available with fees applying. Delivery suburbs include Mount Maunganui, Tauranga CBD, Otumoetai, Matua, Bethlehem, Bellevue, Brookfield, Judea, Gate Pa, Hairini, Parkvale and Tauranga South.

Can I order online?

Yes. You can preorder online for pickup or delivery, with secure payments by Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.

What's in the sharing packs?

Pack A has 2 fish, 1/2 scoop chips, 2 squid rings, 1 crab stick and 1 sausage, scaling up to Pack D with 5 fish and more. Pack E pairs 5 fish with 5 oysters, 5 scallops and 2 scoops of chips.

What fritters are on the menu?

Potato, corn, paua, whitebait and mussel fritters.

Is there food besides fish?

Yes — burgers (including a Rodeo Burger), hot dogs, chicken nuggets, spring rolls, curry rolls, lasagna, donuts and drinks.

Tips

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Good to know

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