Trawling Sea Market

Fish and chips are on my to eat list during my visit to NZ. After Googling for «best fish and chips in Wellington», I headed over to Trawling Sea Market, which happens to be about 4 blocks from my hotel. This place is not a restaurant. It’s a seafood market that also cooks your fish for you. They can grill or fry it. They do have a few tables and chairs but most people take their food to go. The store is clean! I walked in there and did not smell «dead fish» at all even though they are there. That shows you how fresh everything is!
They sell combo meals that come with X pieces of fish and hot dogs with fries and drink (s). I really just wanted to try their fish and chips. One piece of fried fish is $ 4.10 (NZ dollars). Since everything I ate in NZ seemed to come in smaller portions compare to US, I ordered 2 pieces and skipped the chips (about $ 3). All the cooked orders are placed in paper bags. As soon as I got mine, I rushed back to my hotel room.
As I took it out from the bag, I was very impressed with the size of each piece! I could have just ordered 1 piece! It was also very crispy outside with very fresh fish inside. I LOVED it but I could only each one piece. The other piece will be my breakfast tomorrow.
The staff in the market were very friendly. The older guy at the counter greeted many of the customers by their names.

No sane person would eat in there, it has all the charme and glamour of a fish market in the 18^th century as presented in the Tom Tykwer’s 2006 movie Perfume The Story of a Murderer.
The fish you buy to cook at home or to savage it raw on the way is truly excellent! I have tried so far tuna for sushi (excellent, melts in the mouth), salmon for teriyaki (excellent, melts in the mouth), and shrimps (absolutely fine, didn’t expect them to melt in the mouth anyway).
I wouldn’t call the staff unfriendly, nor would I call them friendly.