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If you are thinking of a South Coast sojourn in summer, the next thing to know is where to buy the best fish and chips.
![Sam Cardow, owner of The Pelican Rocks Cafe at Greenwell Point, with his award for the best fish and chips in NSW. Photo: Facebook Sam Cardow, owner of The Pelican Rocks Cafe at Greenwell Point, with his award for the best fish and chips in NSW. Photo: Facebook](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-ct-migration/0b8e1026-b564-48ab-a726-7e8f3b4060c7/r0_0_896_960_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The number one pick was The Pelican Rocks Cafe at Greenwell Point, about 13km east of Nowra. The same cafe also recently won NSW's best judged fish and chips at the Sydney Fish Market Seafood Excellence awards.
![Will these be the best fish and chips in Australia? The award-winning fish and chips from The Pelican Rocks Cafe at Greenwell Point. Photo: Facebook Will these be the best fish and chips in Australia? The award-winning fish and chips from The Pelican Rocks Cafe at Greenwell Point. Photo: Facebook](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-ct-migration/287f2647-cb3b-4498-8dce-c461f14e67b2/r0_0_872_960_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Sam and Rebecca Cardow run the cafe and will now represent NSW in the national finals, with the best fish and chips in Australia to be named on September 28.
The remaining top 10 according to the Narooma readers were:
2. Hungry's Fish n' Chips, 1/11 Merimbula Drive, Merimbula
3. Anton's, 65 Dalmeny Drive, Kianga
4. Hooked on Seafood, 253 Imlay St, Eden
5. Shoalhaven Seafood, Shop 2 110 Kalander Street, Nowra
6. Wheelers Restaurant, 162 Arthur Kaine Drive, Pambula
7. Sanctuary Point Seafood, 2/10 Paradise Beach Road
8. Blue Wave Seafood Bermagui, 73-79 Lamont Street, Bermagui
9. . Zac's Place, 3/1 Piscator Avenue, Currarong
Equal 10th Tiger's Fish & Chips, 22 Wason Street; Ulladulla
Equal 10th Michaels at Dalmeny, 1 Noble Parade, Dalmeny