Published: 22:34 BST, 16 August 2026 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 16 August 2026
A Brisbane restaurant owner has called out customers complaining about high prices after a fish and chip shop was blasted for selling a 'large wedges' for $28.
George's Grill Seafood and Burgers owner George Tselepis, 59, said the days were long gone when customers could buy kilos of chips for just $5.
His comment comes after a northern Sydney fish and chip shop sparked outrage for selling large chips for $18.50, a Chiko roll for $3.50 and wedges for $28.
An outraged customer shared a photo to social media, where Aussies were quick to slam the exorbitant prices.
Mr Tselepis said cost-of-living pressures were forcing business owners to increase prices for very little profit.
'Having fish and chips is certainly not cheap,' he told Yahoo.
'We notice when the price of fuel goes up, the sales drop off. When there's an interest rate rise, obviously sales drop off.
'If you run a business well, I don't think you get worried about the price increases. People who are fortunate are gonna pay.'
George Tselepis has worked at George's Grill Seafood & Burgers in QLD for nearly 40 years
Customers online have blasted a Sydney fish and chip shop for selling a tray of wedges for $28
Mr Tselepis, who started working in the shop when he was aged 22, said the balance of food costs, staff wages, superannuation, rent and insurance has meant he has had to raise prices by $1 to $2 every few years.
'I do remember back in the day, a basket of chips, which would have been about four kilos of chips, we'd retail for $5,' he said.
'Now, what we call large chips, which we weigh out to 1.2 kilos, we retail for $12. So a big jump there.'
According to his online menu, a fish dinner – which comes with 200 grams of fresh dragon snapper or barramundi, a 300-gram portion of chips and a salad – will set customers back $29.50.