Auckland Fish Market

Home of the freshest fish in town, apart from catching it yourself. Some weird and wonderful specimens the day I visited. If you’re ever up at 5am on weekdays you can wander through the cool store and view the catch before the auctioning starts. One side of the fish market has pre filleted fish, the other sells the whole fish, but offers a free filleting service (this way you get the option to make stock from the leftovers). There’s also a selection of smoked salmon which is smoked on the premises. Available plain or flavoured with rubs. I can recommend both types. Also, there’s a café and grocery/​vegetable section to browse through while you’re there.

Waking up bleary eyed to the beautiful sun but totally lacking energy, it’s one of those days where you have to treat yourself to breakfast at your local café.
I love the pulse of central cafes but it’s always a pleasure to head to places out of the rush. The Market Café inside the Fish Market is one of those where you are guaranteed great coffee and time out at your own leisure.
This breakfast bagel surprised me with generous amount of smoked salmon, tomato relish and mayo. While the side salad was doused in sauce, the leaves were still lively and crisped in my mouth.
Not exactly an eggs benedict on the menu, it was enough to make you think it was with the salmon and poached egg. Everything seemed pretty standard — first egg was perfectly poached, the second was overdone but not enough to get worked up about. The thing that brought this breakfast to life was the smoked salmon — and especially when hot smoked salmon is not normally a preference for me — good job Auckland Fish Market!

We visited here a few wks ago on a sunny Sunday, thinking this would be a great place to enjoy some fresh food outdoors.
Once we eventually managed to grab the attention of a staff member we ordered the deluxe platter $ 59 and a beer and wine.
The platter arrived and it did look pretty good. However there were no sauces or lemon with it, which seems strange for sea food. The food was not very warm and felt like had to rush to eat it before it got cold. There was no flavour to anything, just grease. Could not even taste any salt.
The fish was terrible. The prawn skewers and twists were the only somewhat tasty items.
The staff are also not very good and don’t seem to have any interest. Will not be returning here. Really expected a fish market to know how to cook and serve delicious sea food.

We were taken there by NZ residents. We ate outside, ordered the tasting plate $ 60. /​2. Fish fries, wine, beer excellent. Service adequate and friendly. We had to get up to ask for some mayo or tartar sauce to accompany the fish. Must be a very active place with wine tasting parties, and wholesale fish market full bar. We were there for a late lunch and were satisfied with the food, locale and service. However, neither the food nor the service was anything to rave about.

Hmph. I don’t know how this is considered a fish market. Honestly… it’s very touristy, and very, very small. Yeah, the fish is fine, but it doesn’t warrant the hype. I’d heard so much about the place and when I finally took a look at it I was hunting around for about 30 minutes before I realized «oh. This is it???» I’m not sure how many Aucklander’s come here, maybe it’s more geared towards visitors who want to eat seafood at the market? I’m not too sure… they sell vegetables their too, and wine. Yeah, the quality is good but there are other places you can go, this isn’t anything special in my opinion.

It’s a market of fish. All types of fish. Fish you can take home, fish you can eat there. Fish you can throw at a friend, fish a friend can throw at you. Here, the fish is fresh. Some fish markets do not smell so fresh, or look as well presented.
They have lots of little samples, so you can walk around the centrepiece and try a whole lot of different types of Fish before choosing what Fish you want to take home.
No doubt once the Wynyard Quarter housing development is in place, this market will be a hive of activity, even more so in the weekends — as already people can end up packed in like. well, sardines.
If you like Fish, try the Fish market. Otherwise, get a box of hot chips.

My mother has been taking me to this place for years, although, human nature being fickle, she has recently switched allegiance to Wynard Quarter for it’s superior views. We still sometimes make a detour down to the fish market. I have never bought anything to take home and cook, probably because the fish shop smells like you expect a fish shop would and I don’t find it does much for my appetite. We do eat at the attached fresh seafood bistro/​restaurant sometimes though, and I have found the fresh fish to be delicious and well cooked. I think given the prices (at least $ 20+ for the fish options to around $ 100 for crayfish etc) they could give it less of a canteen feel and make it a bit more upmarket.

Sometimes you visit a place that should be absolutely awesome, but its not. It should be bustling with beautiful people, talking, eating and simply enjoying life. The Auckland Fish Market is this place. Everything here screams social centre 101, yet there is something missing, it is almost as if its got no soul. (Pardon the pun.)
The fish is fresh and on ice, the beer is cold and on tap, there is a beautiful and well-​stocked deli with plenty of outdoor seating. So why does it not work? There is no vibe. What they need to do is change the menu, get some live music and make it more of a festival, because at the moment it just disappoints. And it only disappoints, because you expect it to be awesome.

Fresh Fish fillets, whole fish, prawns, oysters, scallops, lobsters, if you are after fresh fish and seafood then this is the place to head to.

You can either buy fish to take home and also grab some other groceries while you are there. They sell whole fish which can be filleted or de-​scaled, cleaned and left whole. Or if you would rather stay here and eat then there are a number of different restaurants that serve up the lovely fresh fish as you like and you can have a wine or beer and listen to some live music (on some days). Its situated in the Wynyard Quarter area so afterwards you can go for a nice walk along the water to burn of the calories from your delicious meal (and wines).
This really is a fantastic place to bring friends, family and out of town visitors who love fish and seafood and the location is also easy to get to with plenty of parking in the area.