How lucky that one of Hobart’s favourite seafood shops is also one of its most affordable. Perched right on the water at Constitution Dock, Flippers serves up fast, freshly cooked fish and chips, starting from $17.50 for a flathead with thick-cut chips. Prawn cutlets, potato cakes, calamari rings, crab sticks, battered scallops and fried dim sim go for just $1.80 a pop, or you can snag a mixed box of treats for only $14.50.

Our pick is Flippers, an enduring favourite with a voluptuous fish-shaped profile. Fillets of flathead and curls of calamari come straight from the deep blue sea and into the deep fryer. The local seagulls will adore you.

This fish-shape floating chip shop on Constitution Dock is one of the top places in town for an alfresco waterfront fish-and-chips meal.

At Flippers you can order battered Trevalla for $7 or crumbed Blue Grenadier for $6. Tasmanian scallops, famous the world over, can be crumbed or battered for just $1.50 each. Fishy Business, next to Flippers (pictured below, top left) is just as cheap and cheerful but the chips come in huge helpings and the benches nearby offer the best waterfront dining around, with the option of a stroll to admire the boats afterwards.

Sit-down restaurants have taken things up a notch in Hobart in the last few years, but traditional, takeaway fish and chips joints will always have a place in the waterfront city. Head to Constitution Dock, where half a dozen floating eateries sell fresh and cooked seafood from to-go windows. The most famous, Flippers, deep-fries local trevalla, flake, and grenadier, as well as calamari and scallops.

One of four floating fish punts lining the docks of Constitution Wharf, the fish-shaped Flippers provides a classic Hobart experience. You sit on the steps of the docks eating fish and chips in view of the city's fishing fleet. Grab a classic fish and chips, or take a taste tour of the sea with a fisherman's basket of fresh fish, scallops, crab sticks, calamari and prawn cutlets.

Flippers is one of four floating fish punts lining the docks of Wharf, the fish-shaped Flippers offers an exotic Hobart experience. You can sit on the steps of the docks eating fish and chips watching the city’s fishing fleet. Grab a classic fish and chips, or take a tour of the sea with a fisherman’s basket of fresh scallops, fish, crab sticks, calamari and prawn cutlets.

You can’t talk about cheap eats in Hobart without mentioning Flippers. Located right on the waterfront, this floating seafood joint offers some of the best fish and chips in town. For just $14, you can enjoy a generous seafood combo that includes a scallop, crabstick, garlic prawn, prawn cutlet, two calamari rings, and two fish cocktails.

Where: Hobart Waterfront Enjoy a quintessential Hobart experience at Flippers, a floating fish punt on Constitution Wharf. Sit by the docks and savor classic fish and chips or a fisherman’s basket packed with fresh fish, scallops, calamari, and prawn cutlets. It’s a true taste of the sea.

Flippers, a local institution on the Hobart waterfront, is renowned for its delicious fish and chips. Lastly, Jackman & McRoss is a popular destination for its delectable scallop pies, offering a taste of Tasmania's culinary heritage.