Fish On Drews

Fish On Drews is a takeaway fish and chip shop at Unit 6, 2-10 Ascot Drive in Loganholme, and the honest pitch for dog owners is a pickup stop rather than a sit-down meal. The menu is classic chippy: battered and grilled fish, calamari, prawn cutlets, potato scallops, burgers and family value packs, and the shop's own appeal is that the food travels well to a park bench. Trade hours run Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 7:30pm and Sunday from 11:30am, with Mondays closed.

The dog setup

There is no dedicated outdoor dining area here, so this is not a place to settle in with your dog. The paved footpath out the front is fine for waiting with a leashed dog while someone ducks in to order or collect, and that is the whole routine: order, wait on the footpath, walk the parcel somewhere green. Bring your own water bowl because none is provided, and if the dog is a puller, a second person to hold the lead makes the counter exchange easier. The reward for the restraint is that Alexander Clark Park is minutes away.

Worth knowing

Regulars point at the crispy chips, generous portions and phone-ahead ordering as the reasons to come back, and the takeaway menus list dagwood dogs and chicken salt everything alongside the seafood. Because it is a small complex shop rather than a strip cafe, service is quick, which is exactly what you want when the dog is tied up outside a fish shop. Ask for chips cooked fresh if you are taking them to the park; that is the recurring tip from the order queue.

Getting there and parking

The shop is at Unit 6, 2-10 Ascot Drive, Loganholme, in a small complex with off-street parking at the door, so the car-to-counter walk is short. It sits on the Loganholme side of the M1, handy to both the Tansey Street shops and the river parks.

Where to eat it

The Alexander Clark Park fenced dog park is the obvious destination: gated small and large dog runs with agility equipment, gazebos and water, plus leashed riverfront tracks beyond the fences. The Loganholme dog park is the alternative run, and if you are pairing the pickup with a coffee, Fold and Rise Cafe and Aunty Lunas are the suburb's dog-friendly cafe stops.

More options around the suburb are on the Loganholme destination page, and the full list sits in the QLD restaurants index.