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# Pier Street Fresh Seafood

A proper old-school fishmonger and takeaway on the Dromana foreshore, point, pay, and walk the parcel across to the sand.

Known for   Dromana Foreshore Fishmonger Daily Fresh Catch Fish and Chips to the Sand Flathead and Whiting

+61 3 5981 4085

Why we’d go

Pier Street Fresh Seafood is the Peninsula fish-and-chips ritual in one address, buy at the counter, eat on the Dromana foreshore with your feet in the sand.

Pier Street Fresh Seafood is the Peninsula fish-and-chips ritual in one address. The cabinet holds whatever came off the boats that morning, the fryer runs non-stop on a hot afternoon, and the move is the one the locals already know: point at what looks good, pay at the counter, carry the parcel across to the Dromana foreshore and eat it with your feet in the sand.

The fish is unglamorous and excellent, flathead, whiting, flake, calamari done properly, and the sides are honest. This is not a restaurant and it is not pretending to be. It is the place that keeps the Peninsula's fish-and-chips credibility intact while every other bayside town moves toward something more polished. When everything else on the bayside has a wait, Pier Street is already done.

Go in the late afternoon on a clear day. Sit on the grass. Take the salt and vinegar seriously.

Worth knowing

**Best for**

Beach proximity · Family outings · Food lovers · Budget stays

If you only do one thing

Go in the late afternoon on a clear day, point at the flathead or the whiting, and eat it on the foreshore.

Works well with

Small Stone Pantry · Phaedrus Estate

Filed under   Waterfront Quick Bite Family All Year Families Couples Locals

At a glance

**Type**

Providore

**Location**

34 Pier St, Dromana VIC 3936 · [Directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Pier%20Street%20Fresh%20Seafood%2C%2034%20Pier%20St%2C%20Dromana%20VIC%203936>)

**Call**

+61 3 5981 4085

**Directions**

[Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=-38.3353%2C144.9688>)

**Live status**

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