Phoenix Takeaways is a fish and chips takeaway at 2 Kenya Street in Crofton Downs, a small hill suburb of Wellington, holding a 4.1 rating on Google. Good fish and chips come down to timing: fish fried to order in batter that stays crisp rather than going soggy with oil, and chips from a hot, fresh batch rather than ones left sitting. Regulars at any chippy know the tricks: phone ahead on a Friday night when queues build, and ask what went in freshest that day rather than what's been sitting under the lights. In a suburb this size, the local takeaway tends to double as the neighbourhood meeting point, with the Friday queue as good a place to catch up as any. For Crofton Downs, having that just up the road is the whole point.