Pelican’s Nest By The Bay

Today we, by chance, ended up here for an excellent meal of fish and chips (their flathead special). The kids had a cheese burger and chicken nuggets which also seemed to be quite enjoyable. Adding on the four milkshakes and 1,5 litre of bottled water, we spent some 65 $ in the place including the three sauces. All good, but when asking for four plastic cups to drink the purchased water in, I’m asked to pay 5c per cup… This really kills the whole experience for me… It’s not the money, but being ask to pay for something minor like this when already spent all that… Sadly, I don’t think we’ll return…

We were going to go to the other fish n chips shop down the street, but they were closed. In fact, most of the shops were closed as it was a Monday, so we were only left with this option.
The take-​away shop has outside seating and it was extremely busy on this beautiful day. We waited about 10 mins to order and when we got up front, we put our orders in and went outside until our name was called.
The plates weren’t terribly expensive. Average was $ 17 each for a calamari and chips, a cod fish n chips, and a whole fried sea bream.
Food was hot and fresh and for a take-​away place, it was decent.
Best part is the park across the street leading towards the Wynuum jetty. You can choose to have your food take-​away and eat at the end of the pier.

There is an abundance of place to get fish and chips around the Bayside area, particularly in the Manly and Wynnum areas.
One of my favourites is Pelican’s Nest by the bay. The services is quite fast, even in busy times. The menu has a nice range of chips, fish burgers, drinks, cakes and ice cream. Defiantly worth a try if you are in the area.
I came here yesterday with my Dad. We both got a Snack Pack with chips and crumbed cod plus a drink. The fish was delicious and well seasoned. The chips were good, not award winning but not bad either.

Not gourmet, but local best. Chips, or should I say fries, were the best I had in Australia. There’s limited dining option around here. Oil they used to fry seems fresh, and the chips were not greasy at all. People were taking a large quantity of fish across to the family park across for feast. Price also was reasonable for Queensland.

Wynnum Esplanade and the foresshore from Wynnum North to Lota is amazingly popular with the good people of Brisbane. Historically speaking (I mean horse and cart days) a day trip to the shores of Moreton Bay was a common occurance on holidays and weekends.
Nothing has changed, and on any sunny weekend crowds flock to the Esplanade for a day out with family and friends. That’s why the obligatory fish and chip shops appear every few hundred metres along this waterfront drive.
One of the best of these is the Pelicans Nest; it’s modern and clean, the owners have sexed up the regular fish and chips a little with nice Greek salads etc. and to finish there’s good coffee, cake and ice-​cream, but without too much fuss or an exorbitant price tag. You still order at the counter and go back to collect, and select your own drinks from the fridge, or byo, so to me it’s a happy medium, between the more expensive table service seafood places in Manly and the straight up paper wrapped fish and chips at lots of the other shops. The chilli, lime and garlic calamari with chips and salad for $ 12 is great.