boatshed cafe

went here for dinner then breakfast the next morning and i must say it was amazing food was excellent price was fair and staff are great and the dessert well i can say i won't need to go beyond the city for a great dessert bar cause it was to die for the whole fam enjoyed it and will def go back again even if just for coffee and treats we had salmon, whittling penne pasta followed by banana spring rolls the salted caramel was the highlight plus lemon curd desserts ect and breakfast smashed avocado was great look forward to returning thankyou boat shed for supplying down south dinners to an amazing restaurant/cafe as we are well overdue for something great and local

my wife and i went to a 30th last night in the upstairs function part. awesome food. by far the best chicken i have ever had. huge selection of food, all being top shelf. friendly staff. great venue!

smoked chicken pizza. with bacon and aoli, washed down with a local prancing pony amber ale.

disappointing. in a nutshell - the service / attitude of the staff is poor.
the quality of the food/coffee is average.
the location is great.
this could be a really great little cafe/restaurant with just a few improvements. it's such a small little place that no-one really expects to be blown away by the quality of the food, but on the occasions i've been there i've felt like i'm imposing. the staff never smile and don't seem to have the ability to make customers welcome. it seems to be a common phenomena in most cafes situated on the water's edge of adelaide's seaside suburbs. almost like "we've got the location and that's all that matters."

beautiful location. the setting for this lovely cafe is amazing. beautiful sea views complemented by great service. the breakfast was good and you can walk it off on the beach!

tandoori pizza - 10th may 2013. this was our first visit to the boatshed café and we will be back. we had tandoori pizza and its the best pizza we have ever tasted. well done guys. amazing recipe.

tandoori pizza we just had was awesome. give it a go. new indoor & outdoor furniture too. the service was fine aswell. update. 2015. still a great place for a drink on the weekend. foods still ok too 👍🏻


-----11 may, 2013-----

great place for a feed or coffee. we had a coffee & sat outside, overlooking the water, watched the dolphins play. service is ok and getting better. give it a shot and relax. note if you don't want a main meal, ask for a roll or sango, it's not on the menu but they will make on. top place

so overall, the food gets a tick. service was ok – the problem with our reservation soured things a little and i did get the impression that there weren’t enough staff (or, the staff that were on were not experienced enough). however, the real killer was the noise inside.

when we walked in staff did not welcome us and were rude. we felt like a nuisance to them. i ordered the salt and pepper squid salad that was advertised to contain mango. the description did not say that the squid would be battered. i chose this meal because of the mango ingredient. the meal that arrived was not a salad, it was a large plate of very oily heavily battered squid with a some salad leaves that were not fresh on the side which would have been the size of a small fist. the salad contained no mango. i couldn't eat the meal, it was foul. the service was very slow and none of the staff were friendly or appeared to have any concern about whether we were enjoying our experience. they did not ask. i complained to the covid marshal on the day (sat 7th nov) and the solution that was offered was more of this disgusting meal to take home. extremely overpriced. i'm so disappointed.

this cafe has recently been renovated so it looks very different. we sat outside, which was nice because you could open the blinds and experience an incredible view. we only wanted a small bite so ordered some entrees, they were slightly overpriced but they were tasty. we had the chicken wings which were super salty with nice spices. we also had the fried halloumi with pomegranate molasses, which was such a great combination except that the halloumi itself was a rubbery so maybe changing the produce itself would make this better. nice spot for lunch for the area.

the menu shown here is very out of date, also the prices. the food is good and service friendly. lovely location and views, but cafe itself is so noisy, impossible to have conversation. hard copy menu prices need to have prices updated, coffee is more expensive than stated but still good,

brunch on sunday morning

we took a couple of overseas visitors here for brunch, had a table booked and arrived at 11.10. ordered and paid at 11.20. by 11.50 nothing except coffee had arrived so we enquired as to how much longer our food might be. err what did you order said the young lad, we told him and eventually he came back and said he couldn't find our order. well, we said, other people who ordered after us have been fed so could you please do something about it?

our meals eventually arrived at 12.20, exactly one hour after we ordered! sure it was busy (and very noisy) but that is no excuse for losing our order! no apology from anyone, not even an offer to refresh our by now cold coffees. dreadful service, our overseas visitors were not impressed, we will not be back!

the location is really good as it is the only restaurant / cafe at this amazing place. however it's a shame the view is to their car park :/ it could be sea view but it's not.. the food was good, i tried the veggie burger and my partner ordered the beef burger. the only bad thing is the service, really slow, and the girl who served us was really rude.

what a great gem hidden away in hallet cove. with spectacular views looking onto the beach and water if you’re perched seated on the bench table, it’s a great place to be on a beautiful day we had. grab a menu, make your order and payment at the counter and they’ll bring out the items to you. very friendly service.

had a bit of an appetite that day as missed out on eating breakfast. we had wiener schnitzel (veal) which had two large crispy pieces with a good fresh serving of apple slaw and fries. got an addition of mushroom gravy which came in a bowl. great value for money to be had. the trio of sliders were pork, beef, and chicken and tasted great. side of polenta chips were oh so crunchy. drinks were lovely too.

well worth a visit if you’re in the area and looking for fantastic views to go with the delicious food.

went here for lunch today amazing view good ambiance. ordered arancini to come as first course and salt and pepper squid with asian slaw for second course to come at the same time as hubbies steak sandwich. food did not arrive as requested so arancini sat on table:( it did taste good though. ordered lemon tart for dessert which unfortunately the tart filling was runny and had no lemon flavour at all very disappointed. also asked for frosé which was on special list to drink was served rose :( toilet room floor and walls need a good scrub.