Fish in the Family - Cooks Hill
227 Darby St, Cooks Hill NSW 2300, Australia
Open nowToday 07:00 – 19:00 · by the venue's published hoursFull hours



A well-regarded seafood spot at Cooks Hill in Newcastle with a 4.1 rating across 22 reviews.
Practical details
Opening hours
Open now- Monday
- 07:00 – 19:00
- TuesdayToday
- 07:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 07:00 – 19:00
- Thursday
- 07:00 – 19:00
- Friday
- 07:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 07:00 – 19:00
- Sunday
- 07:00 – 19:00
Menu
Menu link from the venue's own website. Prices and items can change — the venue's page is the source of truth.
Open menuWhy it's worth checking out
Fish in the Family - Cooks Hill is a seafood-focused market option in Cooks Hill, Newcastle, with the wider Fish in the Family range presented as a place to buy fish and seafood for home cooking. The online range includes fillets, whole fish, shellfish, smoked seafood, sashimi-style products, marinated options and ready-to-cook selections, giving home cooks plenty of directions for a simple meal or a larger seafood spread.
The listed range includes wild-caught ling, saddletail snapper and flathead, along with barramundi, Atlantic salmon, ocean trout, prawns, mussels, oysters, octopus and squid. Some products are prepared for convenience, including deboned fillets, cleaned squid, cooked prawns and marinated barramundi. Availability can change, so the website’s current product listing is the best guide to what is being offered.
Sustainable sourcing is a stated focus, with Paul Papacosta responsible for sourcing sustainable seafood where possible. The business highlights supplier relationships including Eyre Peninsula Seafoods, Infinity Blue Barramundi and Mt Cook Salmon. For cooking ideas, the site also features seafood recipes such as chilli jam ling, crispy spiced sardine fritters and Harry Butterfield’s tuna koftas. That makes it a practical stop for seafood shoppers, whether they are planning a weeknight dinner, looking for ingredients for a gathering or wanting inspiration for something beyond their usual recipe.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.1 from 22 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 60
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 41
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 19 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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