Ocean and Paddock

This big blue shopfront plays facade to plates of gorgeously crumbed fillets and piles of golden chips. Forget digital menus, or even printed ones, because the offerings have been written up by hand on chalkboards all around the joint. Aside from all the classics, they have some enticing, and interesting, specials, like baked brie, buttermilk lobster burgers, battered mushroom wedges and crumbed sardines, and for dessert, deep-fried Mars Bars. The type of fish varies each day based on what’s been caught but some regular features include snapper, hammerhead shark and blue groper, all from the area. Albany has a wealth of bays and beaches to be discovered so Ocean and Paddock makes for the perfect lunch stop-off.