Hooked @ Fitzroy review

It's been more than a year since I last dined at Hooked in Fitzroy and it remains the best fish and chips that I have had in Melbourne!

I first discovered Hooked when I came across a list of top 10 fish and chips in Melbourne on news.com.au a few years ago. After trying out fish and chips from a number of restaurants on that list, I found that Hooked is the best so far.

There are 3 Hooked restaurants in Melbourne. The Hooked in Fitzroy is located on the busy Brunswick St where heaps of cafés and restaurants are. It is a simple yet cozy restaurant fitted with wooden tables and chairs. It looks like one of those beachside cafés/restaurants. I particularly like the take away menus which are printed in the style of traditional newspaper. How creative!

Hooked offers a variety of food on their menu as compared to the traditional fish and chips shop. There are standard fish and chips as well as seafood, salads, burgers and even taco & burritos! There are lunch box specials too. Oh, by the way, their chips and potato cakes are hand cut and freshly made instead of frozen.

Grilled house fish with superfood salad

 During the recent visit, we had grilled house fish with superfood salad and light tempura battered house fish with Asian salad as well as some calamari. The house fish is blue grenadier.

Light tempura battered house fish with Asian salad

Both the grilled and light tempura battered fish were cooked to perfection. The fish were tender, juicy and very fresh (as if the fish were freshly caught from the sea)! The tempura batter was crispy too.

As for the salads, I prefer the superfood salad. It is not only nutritious but delicious! The light yoghurt and garlic aioli dressing together with the fresh green produce made it a perfect salad. However, I don't really like the Asian salad as I'm not a fan of raw Thai basil because it tasted a bit bitter.

Calamari

There was nothing to brag about the calamari as it was pretty average.

The lunch specials are a good value for money. You could get grilled or battered fish with chips or rice and Asian greens for $10.95. Or fish with salad for $12.95! More importantly, there's no compromise on the quality of food.

I reckon Hooked is one of the best fish and chips restaurant in town. It's always my first choice when it comes to fish and chips!