Hollywood Fish Farm Mt Roskill
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Auckland's Largest Aquatic Specialists with over 35 years experience. Over 150 Aquariums filled with Livestock
Welcome to Hollywood Fish Farm Mt Roskill, a haven for aquarium enthusiasts! Our store is renowned for its friendly and knowledgeable staff who are always ready to assist you. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced aquarist, you can expect a great selection of healthy fish and aquarium accessories.
Highlights of our aquarium include:
- Excellent customer service: Customers consistently praise our staff for their helpfulness and expertise.
- Wide variety of tropical and non-tropical fish: We have fish that cater to all preferences and setups.
- Clean and well-organized environment: Our shop is meticulously maintained, providing a pleasant shopping experience.
- Helpful advice: Our team is dedicated to offering tailored guidance, ensuring that you make informed choices for your aquarium.
- A rewarding shopping experience: Enjoy our customer rewards program that encourages repeat visits.
We strive to create a welcoming atmosphere where every visit is enjoyable. We look forward to helping you create the aquatic environment of your dreams!
🕒 Opening hours
- SUNDAY: 10H-18H
- MONDAY: 10H-18H
- TUESDAY: 10H-18H
- WEDNESDAY: 10H-18H
- THURSDAY: 10H-18H
- FRIDAY: 10H-18H
- SATURDAY: 10H-18H
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🗣️ Hollywood Fish Farm Mt Roskill: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff. It's great seeing tanks full of healthy animals too.
Fantastic experience: Bert assisted me with my concerns regarding my plans and requirements. Good listener and gave good advice. The place is really nice and clean. Now my tank looks nice and looking to go back to buy some fish.
Fantastic experience: Great service, great selection of Tropical and Non Tropical fish. Love this place
Fantastic experience: Great setup, reasonable prices as far as aquariums and accessories can be expected. Great service from a huge South African behemoth. Thanks guys. Another visit and great service once again. Many thanks
Fantastic experience: Fantastic shop with brilliant staff
Negative experience: Wouldn’t recommend this store due to bad customer service. Female staff member think her name is Victoria, needs to work on her customer service skills, have dealt with her twice and found her to be rude both times. No hello when approached her asked for advice on an item all we got was it’s over there and she walked away. We were there to buy a new fish tank with all equipment. Luckily there was another staff member who we approached with a better manner when speaking with. We ended up spending $700 that day. Two weeks later spent another $300 was served by another male staff member. Third return well was served by the owner and nothing had improved with her customer service. I have and will not go back there again due to bad customer service from the owner. I have reward points that I can use there but I am willing to forfeit them due to the owners bad customer service. I live in New Windsor and travel all the the way to Albany or East Tamaki store and spend my money where the staff that work there actually enjoy assisting there customers and know how to say hello and have a smile on there face. Reading previous comments I am not the first to experience this.
We feel it's important to share our side of the interaction, as your review leaves out key details and includes personal attacks that are both unfair and deeply disappointing. First and foremost, it’s concerning that you chose to edit your review to name and target an individual staff member personally — especially someone who, at the time of your visit, was dealing with an extremely distressing family emergency. This was explained to you clearly in-store. Despite knowing that a close family member was critically ill and we were preparing to shut the store early to be by their side, you showed no empathy whatsoever. Instead, you continued to raise your voice, interrupt staff, and escalate the situation, completely disregarding what had just been shared with you. The person you referred to is, in fact, myself — the owner. I did not assist you during your initial visit. You were helped by a male staff member who sold you your aquarium. I only dealt with you once, and after that experience, I can honestly say I hope I never have to again. From the moment you walked in, your demeanor was aggressive and confrontational. You spoke over both staff members, raised your voice repeatedly, and eventually shouted to the point that one of our team members (the owner) — already under emotional strain — was brought to tears. Even after we tried to calmly explain the situation, your behavior only worsened. As for the aquarium light, which was the reason for your last visit, we made it clear it was being replaced under warranty at no cost to you. The delay was due to the supplier being out of Auckland and required some back-and-forth. Rather than calling for an update, you chose to storm into the store and verbally attack our staff. Your impatience and lack of basic decency made a difficult situation even harder for us. Frankly, your actions showed a complete lack of compassion and basic human decency. We ended up sending the replacement light directly to you just to ensure our staff wouldn’t be subjected to that kind of treatment again. Your review reflects selective memory at best — and deliberate misrepresentation at worst. We’re more than happy for you to shop elsewhere, and any store that ends up dealing with you is welcome to the experience.
Fantastic experience: Excellent selection of products and knowledgeable staff made getting started with a new aquarium easy.
Negative experience: I don't recommend going BUT If you want to experience some awful customer service. I get it's the holiday period but when its the staff's job to help and be friendly to customers especially when they're being friendly to the staff and patient .. I don't expect to be spoken to like I'm nuisance demanding to much! I bought a Arowana from here and the staff member didn't even ask general care questions that should be asked when people are buying livestock. Eg : what size tank I have?, do i have any experience ?, etc. I got a "is that all?". Like come on. Atleast make it seem like you wanna be there. Hire friendly & knowledgeable staff please. Edit to response below: Im unsure as to what cctv footage you'd be looking at as i never specified which day or time I came. I do know for a fact that you guys have arowanas for sale most of the time I come in so its odd to say you checked cctv footage. Just confused as to how you can respond and say the interaction was different from what im saying when I never specified a time or date. I have no reason to write this review if this didn't actually happen. :) always wanting to support businesses whether they be local or international. Just expect a good service as i walk in as customer giving a positive attitude to those doing their job.
Hello. Sorry to hear about your experience. After reviewing our CCTV footage that day we feel the interaction you had with the staff member went differently to what you describe and there was far more conversion that what was stated. If you could come into the store and have a talk with the owner/manager we would like to make this right with you. 01/07/25 - In response to your reply - We’d like to clarify that the CCTV footage we reviewed was from our own store. Due to the rarity of the fish you purchased — which we typically only stock one or two of at a time — we didn’t need the exact date and time to locate the transaction. Additionally, as you had visited us on previous occasions, we were familiar with who you were and when you came in. We chose to review the footage because your comments in the review seemed out of character from our previous positive interactions. As we previously mentioned, the footage showed a friendly exchange with visible conversation and smiling between you and our staff member, which contrasts with your recollection that the only thing said was “is that all?” and that there was no discussion about your tank’s suitability. In our response to your review, we invited you to come in and speak with us directly. You have visited the store since then, but the matter hasn’t been raised. Our offer still stands — we’d be happy to discuss it further and try to resolve any concerns you may have.
Fantastic experience: Great service and advice and a generous rewards system. Highly recommended!
Fantastic experience: Came in to get fish really friendly and helpful
Fantastic experience: The team at Hollywood are very knowledgeable, patient and helpful with water testing, recommending tank mates and educating me and my kids on all things aquarium related, well worth a visit!
Negative experience: The staff was so rude, I accidentally went to shop opening 20 mins before. I ask few questions to one of the staff and he said we are close at the moment if you need to ask anything come when we open the shop. Extremely rude and no coust9mer interaction. Staff looked like they didn't wanna be there
Hi Pratham, Thank you for your feedback. We’d like to clarify a few important points about your visit. You entered our store approximately 30 minutes before our official opening time, through a door that was closed. Our hours are clearly displayed at the entrance, indicating we open at 10:00 AM. At the time, staff had just arrived and were still in the process of setting up for the day — lights were being turned on, and not all team members were even present yet. Understandably, the staff member on site was surprised to see someone already inside the store with coffee in hand, as the store was not yet open to the public. He asked if you were okay and politely suggested returning in half an hour, once we were officially open and we would be ready to assist and answer any questions. We always aim to treat our customers with respect and provide the best experience possible. We would have appreciated it if you had waited until we were open, rather than leaving an inaccurate 1-star review. Small businesses like ours are deeply impacted by reviews, and we kindly ask for fairness and understanding in return. Thank you for your consideration.
Fantastic experience: We travel up from Tauranga to shop with these guys, Super friendly and a wealth of knowledge. The sales and reward points are awesome. Cheers guys keep up the great customer service...
Fantastic experience: Super helpful and knowledgeable staff member. Great selection, my son can’t wait to populate his tank.
Fantastic experience: Great service ,with excellent knowledge about products and stock ,I'm more than happy to recommend Hollywood fish to friends and family
Fantastic experience: Always had a good experience at this store. The staff have been friendly and happy to help. I've come back to the hobby in recent months after about 8 years or so. Miss some of the old display tanks but hey, some things can't stay forever. The club/rewards system is great, along with periodic offers/sales on particular items. The selection of fish that come through the store has always been good from my experience. Already feeling the effects of multi tank syndrome haha! Will definitely be making more visits soon to very happily throw my credit card at the eftpos machine
Fantastic experience: The team at Hollywood Fish Farm Mt Roskill are always friendly and helpful. They've given me great advice for my tank, and the fish are always healthy. It's my go-to spot—highly recommend!
Negative experience: Unfortunately experienced unwarranted, hostile customer service from the old woman who works here when asking for assistance. Will avoid this branch in the future.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful and informative staff, made the whole process of setting up a fish tank easy, give yourselves a pat on the back
Thanks for the Google Review. Good to hear!
Fantastic experience: Such a great shop with lots of fish and other tanks related stuff. I've always had positive experiences with staff there. Very helpful.
Thank you for the review.
Fantastic experience: Highly recommended and all people are very helpful. Thanks to Levon for being so helpful…..AAA+++ ratings
Fantastic experience: Excellent service from knowledgeable staff. Makes it easy to setup and maintain your own pond or aquarium. Thanks guys...
Fantastic experience: Great store. The staff who work there have a wealth of knowledge and are willing to give ethical advice. They truly care about the wellbeing of their fish which means I have great confidence their products are of top quality.
Fantastic experience: Great staff and customer service ! Came in on the weekend and was greeted with smiles. Fish looked healthy and prices were good. My tank is looking good. Big thanks to hollywood fish farm mount Roskil. Not to mention the loyalty Programe is great as I get cash back rewards.
Fantastic experience: I had an exceptional experience with Hollywood Fish Farm Mt Roskil! They were not only friendly and professional, but their knowledge was impressive. They took the time to thoroughly explain all my questions and provided helpful recommendations. It's clear they are highly trained and passionate about what they do. Highly recommend their store to anyone looking for expert advice and support!
Fantastic experience: The staff are always knowledgeable and helpful. It is worth the journey every time.
Fantastic experience: I was here buying some fish and an employee named Alannah was extremely helpful, she provided great expertise helping me choose the best types of fish for me. She was very helpful and knowledgeable and the shop was very good.
Fantastic experience: Always an awesome customer experience here at Hollywood Fish Farm. Incredibly knowledgeable staff who are happy and willing to guide rookie fish hobbyists when help is needed. This is my son’s second home!
Fantastic experience: Great range of products! Reasonable variety of fish that look healthy. Wonderful service by Levon who set us up with everything we needed to get our new tank started! We will definitely be back!
Fantastic experience: We recently went into the Hollywood fish farms for some advice. They were extremely helpful and we’re able to steer us in the right direction. So happy with their service. We look forward to seeing them again.
Fantastic experience: Best place, very helpful and informative. Thank you
Fantastic experience: I had been to other pet stores but was not very happy with my experiences at those shops. A friend at work recommended Hollywood and we went there and ended up getting a whole aquarium package. The guy who helped us was not pushy and didn’t pretend to know everything there was to know. Following their instructions has been helpful in getting our setup running smoothly. Their rewards system takes you back to their store and it is quite a long drive for us from South Auckland. But we probably will be going there for all our aquarium needs unless we find someone that offers the same or better shopping experience near our home. I would recommend the Mount Roskill store if you’re looking to set up an aquarium at home. They’ve got packages to suit all budgets and tastes. The variety of fish stock is also much better than their competitors.
Fantastic experience: Great store with some awesome fish
Positive experience: I always live coming to Hollywood fish farm everyone there is so friendly helpful and expert on everything I need.
Fantastic experience: Staff are really friendly great shop I've been going there for a while worth the trip to bases there and back will always be my favorite fish shop
Fantastic experience: I Bought 2x Female Ciclids and wowww just changed the whole dynamics of 2x Males & 1x female now 3x females… Males are so much happier now and more active.
Fantastic experience: Hollywood Fish Farm in Mount Roskill stands out for its exceptional staff. Each team member is kind, helpful, and genuinely caring, creating a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. They are knowledgeable and go the extra mile to ensure customers get the best advice and products for their aquariums. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced aquarist, their expertise makes navigating the world of aquatic life much easier. It’s clear they’re passionate about what they do, making every visit a positive experience. Highly recommended for anyone looking to set up or maintain an aquarium.
Fantastic experience: Staff were very helpful and gave lots of advice about setting up the Tank.
Fantastic experience: Thank you for your help with my latest purchase. Very much appreciative of your knowledge and expertise.
Fantastic experience: Awesome staff and great prices. Love shopping there.
Fantastic experience: Great bunch of people to always deal with and they all have extensive knowledge of fish
Fantastic experience: This is a place to buy your fish for your aquarium
Thank you for the review! Be sure to mention this when you come in next!
Fantastic experience: They have a great in-store experience with very helpful employees.
Fantastic experience: Best pet fish store. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Health fishes. Highly recommend!!
Thank you for the review!
Fantastic experience: Well, one of the main people there is very patient, considering the time and inane questions I asked. Oh, like, will this work on its side, having been designed upright? Or can I avoid water changes using an ammonia filter? Ha! Yes, they are good. The new air pump is actually noisier than my old one, but ok, it was dying, so I guess that should not be a surprise.
Fantastic experience: Love this particular Hollywood Fish Farm beach! The staff is very friendly and approachable and their reward system is super convenient too.
Thanks for the review! Great to hear!
Fantastic experience: Really helpful! Talked to the team at mt Roskill and they help me fix my issue with my water, I’m on bore water and they suggested switching to tank water that has completely fixed all the issues I was having with my tank! Thanks!
Great to hear thank you!
Fantastic experience: Awesome service and advice from Levon on a ver busy day. The entire Team was friendly and always keen to help. Wide range on tropical fish, plant and aquarium products. Great shop. My new favorite place to go
Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff and always happy to offer advice, thanks Team !
Thanks for the review!
Positive experience: Store prices are not the same on the website. Didn't check the website price while in the store, thought the price went up since I last bought from North Shore store, I didn't know north shore and Mt roskill are fun separately until at checkout. The shop manager(?) refused refunding the fish or price difference. I'd think twice if going there again. Massive confusion led to unpleasant purchase, unfortunately.
As a response to your review we would like to point out the following: Some prices can differ from in store vs online prices. Yes, the Mt Roskill branch is independently owned. This was discussed with you even before we caught the fish, we said we would match the Albany price you said they were. When you saw our multibuy you decided to go for that rather than the single fish price as you felt that was a better deal. Only after you got home did you decide to try and get a refund on your purchase, as you stated you saw the online price that was slightly cheaper even though that fish was currently showing as out of stock online and you said at the time our multibuy price was better. Both shops source fish from multiple suppliers so pricing does reflect this.
Fantastic experience: Bought two small little fish from here. Fish is very cute. Heaps of selection of aquarium fish. Customer service was nice.
Fantastic experience: great service, friendly helpful staff. great selection of fish and supplies with reasonable prices.
Fantastic experience: Friendly helpful staff. With an awesome display of fish and products. Love the plants
Fantastic experience: Had a great selection of fish, food, ornaments and tank systems. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Great shop.
Fantastic experience: Best selection, healthiest fish, and friendliest staff in town.
Fantastic experience: Being a beginner in the hobby, i nearly knew nothing about the fish keeping but the staff was very helpful and cheerful in offering me the expert advise and recommendations. Bryce is worthy of a special mention who went above and beyond to get me going and continues to do so every time I go to the store. Amazing guy, he even delivered some of the supplies to my house upon request after hours and literally spent so much time explaining everything to me. Cheers Bryce and thank you for your helpful insights and service. Highly recommended store and cheers to the whole staff.
Hi Lakhveer great to hear! Thank you for the feedback and the review!
Fantastic experience: Really good experience, the fishes looks well taken care of and the staff is very friendly and always there to help.
Fantastic experience: Great place with great service. They'll even give you advice as to how to spend less
Thank you for the review!
Fantastic experience: Excellent service thanks Sophie and quality fish and products. I'll be back
Thanks for review!
Negative experience: Great shop, nice and friendly staff, great selection. Unfortunately, I purchased 2x Apistigramma that had fin rot. Being relatively new to the hobby I was not aware at time of purchase. I would have thought the staff were aware (or at least noticed during bagging) and advised accordingly. Hopefully these fish can be brought back to heath.
Hi Evan sorry if you feel you had a bad experience. We strive to make sure our livestock is in good health before sale. The Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid that you bought can appear to have a ragged tail/fins sometimes which could be mistaken as fin rot. The fish was in good health the day previous to purchase. Could you please get in contact with us as we would like to rectify this if you are having a problem with them.
Fantastic experience: So knowledgeable and helpful. Always a pleasure to shop at Hollywood Fish Farm Mt Roskill
Positive experience: Best place too go too friendly staff and great variety of fish and for starters too choose from.
thanks for the review
Fantastic experience: Great experience shopping at Hollywood Mt Roskill. Lovely and helpful staff making fish choices and purchases easy. Knowledge throughout all staff make a friendly and non stressful environment to choose the most suitable fish for your tanks at home. Highly recommend!
Fantastic experience: The best store i have ever visited.Heaps of collection.more than whatever it is i love the customer support from them.Highly recommended.
Fantastic experience: Best aquarium store in the region! Staff always very helpful and patient. Fish healthy and a huge number of species and variations available.
Fantastic experience: I love shopping from Hollywood, staff are friendly and knowledgeable of their products, my fish are healthy and the gadgets are reasonably priced.
Fantastic experience: Great people with a lot of knowledge on fish. Definitely go there if you are just starting out
Fantastic experience: I popped in today mainly to take advantage of the weekend sale. I found the staff very friendly and helpful…and, of course, I was very pleased with my purchase.
Fantastic experience: I am a complete tropical aquarium novice, the staff who are clearly highly knowledgeable have been incredibly friendly, warm, welcoming and helpful in assisting me with my myriad of queries, and have taken the time to explain in ways that are easy to myself as novice to understand all the different options available to help me I figure out what I want to purchase, what suits both my desires and the keeping fish alive and healthy requirements as I work towards creating my very own dream tropical tank. Highly recommend.
Positive experience: Beautiful selecting of fish and supplies. Staff were very busy, but once it was my turn, they were very helpful and knowledgeable
Fantastic experience: Nice shop layout, friendly staff really knows their aquatic life, any problems with your aquatic marine life pets, they will give great advice and help you out and suggest or recommend, what you need . Whether your a beginner or expert they can help you out family owned business. thank you to all staff there. I went from beginner to breeder of betta and guppies.
Fantastic experience: Been here twice and was helped both times by Bryce, he answered our millions of questions and gave us every detail about the fish, plants, and products…and he’s overall just good vibes :)) Thanks heaps Bryce, definitely will see you again soon!
Thanks for the review good to hear!
Fantastic experience: Staff are very friendly and helpful. Especially for someone like me just getting in to the hobby.
Fantastic experience: The staff was very helpful and resolved my fish tank drama. I highly recommend Hollywood Fish as a positive aquarium shopping experience.
Great to hear! Glad we got that all sorted out for you.
Fantastic experience: First time there. Wonderful variety of everything for tropical fish. Friendly and helpful staff
Thank you for the review!
Fantastic experience: Wonderful Business, good location and on a bus route. Parking available. Knowledgeable people to help you with choosing the right fish or product. The tanks are clean, bright and draw you in. From salt water to fresh and tropical it's available. They have lots of different fish for small tanks where other shops sell fish for tanks 140 Lt which the average person does not have. I will be going back for as long as they are open!
Fantastic experience: In love with this shop as it has very helpful staff and a range of products that help my fish get a healthy habitat
Fantastic experience: Love the shop with all its beautiful fish selection and staff are friendly and are always helpful.
Fantastic experience: This store is the best fish store to visit in the area. They have the best quality plants out of any other fish store I have visited. Their staff are also well informed. I was also impressed to see them politely advise a lady not to buy fish, after she showed up with an inappropriate vessel for the fish (a bowl). She said she had no interest in buying proper gear and the employee said they couldn’t sell her fish to live in the bowl. I liked this as it shows they are serious about animal welfare.
Fantastic experience: Great shop with lots of supplies & good advice from the professional staff. Also aesthetically pleasing to browse the tanks of tropical fish.
Negative experience: Could not buy the fishes though we happy to pay. Although my aquatank was just a couple of days old, the water is in perfect condition after I did the test using the kit bought from them. However, they still refused to sell the fishes to me and said I could only get them after a couple of weeks. That's rigorous. The female staff who served me was so unfriendly also.
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Fantastic experience: I’m definitely joining the membership club because it’s the staff that answered the questions about how I would best be able to set up my new fish tank, plus the array’s of fish that are on awesome displays- makes the creativity of my own home plans come alive
Positive experience: Always a great shop with helpful staff. Just research and challenge prices first as items we wanted were 10% dearer in store than listed online.
Fantastic experience: Staffs are friendly and very helpful in what you need, they will take their time in giving their best opinion and shared knowledge.
Fantastic experience: Absolutely amazing service, explained everything I needed to know really well and made sure that I knew what I needed to do in order for my fish to have a good, long, healthy life.
Fantastic experience: I have been shopping at this shop for a few years now, the staff have always been very helpful and good service.
Fantastic experience: We love Hollywood Fish Farm. Bryce was extremely helpful and informative helping us pick out our first fish for our tank! Can’t wait to be back ☺️
Fantastic experience: Great store handy location to me the staff always have great knowledge. Always a good selection of all your aquarium needs
Fantastic experience: Easily the best pet store. So many cool fish and my fish from Hollywood have always done well in my tank
Positive experience: Bryce was very helpful, answered all my questions to a professional level, went above and beyond. Very patient with my questions. Can tell this guy knows about fish care!
Fantastic experience: Always friendly and helpful staff! We love visiting the store and receive great service every time. Definitely the go to place for all things fishy!
Fantastic experience: Staff are super informed and have a great range of products! Unsure of her name but the blonde lady has fab customer service :))
Fantastic experience: Excellent and knowledgable staff. Great customer service too. I highly recommend this small shop with a big heart
Fantastic experience: Greatest store, customer service excellent the veriety of animals and products are outstanding. The staff are always willing to help and very knowledgeable with everything in store. They also keep animals very healthy and looked after very very well. I highly recommend this store.
Fantastic experience: Super helpful and even though we couldn’t get the tank we wanted they still helped us with the advice needed to be able to set it up in preparation for our new fish. Huge thanks
Great to hear thank you!
Fantastic experience: Today, as always, I was greeted, made welcome, when I entered the store and I was given helpful advice, which I needed for my latest purchase at HFF Mt Roskill of an otocinclus. This is a great place for everything for our fish families!
Fantastic experience: dealing with Andrew the live stock manager has been.nothing but amazing service can't wait to place another order keep up the great work team
Fantastic experience: Very helpful, a good selection given the size of the store and great advice from folks who know their fish. They are my number 1 store for fish.
Fantastic experience: Knowledgeable, reliable information and good branded products. Good variety of fish species. Dont forget to ask which fish can live together in the same tanks. When you buy electrical equipment make sure you get an account so they can keep track of your purchases, unfortunately I did not from day 1 and lost out on a heater warranty because I did not have my receipt, my fault.
Fantastic experience: Love the team at Hollywood. Everytime visit I love- everyone is happy to give advice and you can see that all the employees really love their jobs and are passionate about fish- and it’s catching. So many stunning varieties of fish, and they all look really healthy. The only place I’ll ever go for my fish!
Great thank you for the review.
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