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Overall Total Score
4.5 out of 5
Outstanding | 5075 reviews

What Sharon Fraser likes about Cods Crayfish:
Awesome freshly cooked hot blue cod. Dined inside due to tiresome seagulls. Not the owners fault! Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: NZ$10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Blue Cod Fish 1 2 Scoop of Chips, Blue Cod View all feedback. What Angel Mason doesn't like about Cods Crayfish:
Warning tourists do not go here I didn’t get what I paid for. Charged extra for fresh fish it wasn’t fresh fish nor was it what I ordered, it was shark priced as fresh fish . ordered $80 worth of dinner for 3 people and Didn’t receive what I paid for either. the order was missing $30 worth of the food. The older lady was so rude to us I could have sworn she intentionally left out part of our order cause she knew we w... View all feedback.

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Google
4.6 ★ from 59 reviews
Joshua
14.01.2025 - 17:42

True to their name, absolutely delicious Garlic butter Crayfish, Cod Chips. (Chips are also fantastically crispy, not your regular old chips). If you're in or p...

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MARVEL
14.01.2025 - 17:42

We tried the blue cod and it was quite good. However, not close to some other fish and chips I had in NZ, therefore only 4 stars. The amount of salt on the chip...

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Tim
14.01.2025 - 17:42

Lovely lady served us, even though they were nearly closed. Groper was delicious. We sat outside. It was a perfect place to stop for dinner. Recommended. Servic...

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Danni
14.01.2025 - 17:42

The shop owner and staff are very kind and patient. The little boy is very cute. At the time of eating behind is the snow mountain️, the scenery is very beautif...

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Denise
14.01.2025 - 17:42

Stopped by this open air seafood shack by the side of the 1 highway. We got the seafood platter for 6 with lobster, which they call crayfish here. It was a lot...

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Yelp
4.9 ★ from 11 reviews
Wesley
22.06.2024 - 11:10

The fish was good, the fry, just ok. The oil that they use to fry was either old or they overheated it. It permeated the crust and produced a semi foul flavor....

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Pixie
22.06.2024 - 11:10

Got the seafood basket. Was okay. Too much breading on the seafood. You have to pay extra for condiments, cups and cutlery.

Nicolas
22.06.2024 - 11:10

Cods Crayfish is a small seafood shop in Kaikoura with a variety of local fresh seafood. My wife and I visited for lunch recently and had Green-Lipped Mussels a...

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Marilyn
22.06.2024 - 11:10

Some of the best Fish and Chips we tried. We shared one of the Crayfish and shared the Blue Cod F&C and that was enough for a great lunch. Perfect location near...

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Mark
22.06.2024 - 11:10

We ate here for lunch one day after seeing the reviews on here and let me tell you, this lives up to the hype. It's a cute little orange building on the main ro...

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Int Restaurants
4.1 ★ from 4017 reviews
Yves
10.01.2024 - 21:22

Fantastic experience! Got their seafood platter at $120 , includes their signature blue cod, lobster and hand cut fries. Saw them bringing in and cutting fish a...

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PeaPie
10.01.2024 - 21:22

We went for dinner. It was super fresh. Bluecod fish&chip and crayfish were yummy. Next day we came back again for lunch order 3 crayfish and bluecod. You shoul...

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Ben
10.01.2024 - 21:22

The crayfish feast was delicious. Crayfish was live in the tank on-site before cooking and was served in melted garlic butter. The blue cod, scallops, prawns an...

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Karen
10.01.2024 - 21:22

They serve one of the best Grilled Crayfish I have had. It was fresh and well cooked, just nicely cooked. We also had the battered blue cod and battered scallop...

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Leon
10.01.2024 - 21:22

Fish and chip shop which also does crayfish. I had some blue cod fish and chips and crayfish. Both were absolutely delicious. We managed to get one of the two t...

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Facebookpag
5.0 ★ from 1 reviews
Janice
14.01.2025 - 17:42

Just had an excellent meal of freshly cooked fish and chips from Cod’s and Crays. Huge very fresh pieces of fish and superb crispy chips. Very good service too....

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Restaurantguru
4.3 ★ from 631 reviews
Tripadvisor
4.6 ★ from 356 reviews

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