Welcome to JFC….
Fully licensed restaurant, indoor/outdoor dining
on Paihia’s waterfront
check our menu below!!
We don’t take bookings - just come on in!!
(if your group is 8 or more please give us a call, we’ll look after you!)
Open 6 days Tuesday thru’ Sunday
Closed Mondays
Tuesday thru’ Friday - open from 4pm until around 9pm
Saturday & Sunday - open from 12pm until around 9pm
We don’t take bookings - just come on in!!
We love to do special functions!
Thinking of having a function?? - post or pre wedding gathering, birthday, corporate event, club get together??
Come and talk with us and we’ll make sure you have the best event ever!! Depending on the numbers the whole restaurant is available for your private function and we can cater for just about anything based on our menu.
We also have a private room the “Jack Nicholson Suite” that can be booked for functions - seats up to 30 max
PETANQUE
On the front lawn of JFC we have a Petanque Court, so get a group together and come along for an hour or three of great fun and lots of humour while having a few drinks and our great food!
LIVE TV
In the “Jack Nicholson Suite” at the rear of JFC we have a huge 75” HD TV and when there is good live sport happening inside our operating hours we will be showing it LIVE! The Black Caps, the All Blacks, Super Rugby, Women’s Rugby World Cup, The Warriors, Commonwealth Games, America’s Cup, the Olympics and more…
GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS
If you’re looking for Gluten Free options we will be able to help you. Our chips are cooked in vats that only have chips cooked in them. We make a gluten free batter using rice flour and the fish is cooked separately by shallow frying in canola oil. We have gluten free breadcrumbs for crumbed fish and we have gluten free buns for our burgers. You just need to make sure our front-of-house staff are aware of your requirements.
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CHECK OUT OUR SEAFOOD PLATTER BELOW!!
Oysters may not always be available as they are seasonal and not in their best condition January, February and March
we will see them “Fat As” around April (hopefully!!) - we substitute them with scallops, which are great!!
ABOUT JFC
Louise and Chester Rendell are long time residents of Paihia and originally purchased the property in 1983 when it was a Motel and Tea House. It took about six weeks for them to work out that there was no money in “scones, jam and cream”, and it wasn’t long before the ‘Courtyard Restaurant’ morphed out of the original Tea House. Later this became ‘Bistro 40’ and then ‘Only Seafood’ was established above Bistro 40 in 1991.
Fast forward to 2019, Chester and Louise decided to re-open the restaurant, under the JFC brand, with the simple aim of providing just good, honest, fresh fish & chips, but as the business has evolved a much larger range of seafood is now available.
Produce is sourced in the Bay of Islands first, then Northland and certainly New Zealand if at all possible.
JFC is fully licensed with a fantastic selection of wines, spirits craft beers.
Come on in and experience something special!
AND BY THE WAY!!
If you are looking for an all-in-one Bay of Islands experience, stay at our
which is located behind the JFC. With stunning sea views and all the facilities needed for a very comfortable stay, it’s your home away from home! Sleeps up to 10 comfortably.
Your Hosts - Chester and Louise
Location
On the Waterfront
40 Marsden Road
Paihia, Bay of Islands
Northland, NZ 0200
Ph 09 402 5113
Where to find us
40 Marsden Road,
Paihia
Bay of Islands
Northland 0200
New Zealand
tel: +64 9 402-5113
Email: chester@jfcpaihia.co.nz
