ishka restaurant at the breakwater

great atmosphere, lovely food, servicegoodat first. went for our anniversary, service wasgoodearly but when it got busy thought they were a bit unattentive, they could have sold another bottle of wine if they'd asked. scallops were gorgeous, crispy skin barramundi was cooked to perfection and we thought the bit of noise down stairs added to the atmosphere, although it wasn't a busy night at the breakwater. the view is fabulous. the overrall menu is pricey but when you receive quality you don't tend to mind as much. the drinks were also overpriced but then that is perth in general.

girls lunch - disappointing experience. a very disappointing lunch at ishka at hillarys today ! my friend and i's steak and mash both came out cold, so we sent them back, they came back not even 5 minutes later, ...... still not hot - too embarrassed to send back again and not knowing what they may do to them, we all know what happens if you send back your food !! when the steaks returned, still not hot enough, still cold, the waitress never even came back to check it was now acceptable ?? when the waitress took the plates away we explained that the meal was still not hot enough and we were too embarrassed to complain again so the on duty manager came over and said that if we had desert "that desert would be on us and is on the house" - when we got the bill she had only taken one desert off the bill, so after debate between myself and my 2 friends, the waitress and the manager, she totally denied that she had said "desert was on the house" unbelievable, wont be going there again !!! and your pudding wasn't even great either !!! fine dining - i don't think so ! the other 2 friends are regular customers too which the manager also acknowledged recognising them, and did nothing to make our experience a pleasurable one so i don't think that i will be recommending this restaurant to my very large network at all !!!!!

i wont be going back either - if you cant offergoodservice or any compensation for a bad meal then you are not worthy of agoodrecommendation which i am happy to do for great food and great service but sadly ishka you disappoint me !

went to ishka on on sunday night father’s day had the special 2 course dinner. great service and quality food, if you are into huge portions this is not pub food!
sunday music from downstairs might be a bit loud but i loved it.
went down for cocktails after dinner,goodatmosphere

i’ve been here so many times and it’s always nice. gorgeous setting looking out over the marina. the staff are always very professional and courteous. the menu seems to change quite regularly. the lunch special of $32 for a meal and a glass of wine is reallygoodvalue (i think they do this every day except sunday). its a lovely place to enjoy a quiet lunch in a beautiful location.

having a bit of a break from adelaide in scarborough, perth foodie mate and myself decided to head to ishka for dinner. although we had read mixed reviews from different sites, we thought, we will try anyway! well! my foodie friends! we really should have taken notice and not bothered, severe waste of money.

the décor is actually quite lovely (except the dining chairs look a bit cheap which i found unusual).

service was good, except for the fact that they did not handle complaints too well, the most difficult job for a waiter, as this is usually not their fault.

we started with some cocktails, which were okay, the marshmallow martini i had was uber sweet, so beware!

i ordered the lobster, cuttlefish entrée and foodie mate had the beetroot ricotta ravioli, underwhelming, you know? when you have finished your entrée and no one has anything to say about it! i am not even sure that i had wa lobster, tasted like slipper lobster and was overcooked. the cuttlefish had no flavour, sauces were okay and a bit of shredded iceberg and cherry toms, not really fine dining fare. the ravioli was under seasoned and lacking in ricotta. we also shared some oysters with the crispy bacon and smoked chilli, really nice but no crispy bacon. i had a second entrée as my main, which was the smoked duck dish and didn’t eat this, the combination does not work, cold slices of duck, fat not rendered properly, skin not crispy at all and yet the pears were warm! crisp bread doesn’t belong on the plate either, goat cheese nice though! although these are allgoodingredients, they didn’t come together as a whole dish. foodie mate had the pork dish, which any home cook could have done, this is not the standard we were expecting. had mash as a side which was also left, just wasn’t up to standard.

 the biggest disappointment of all, was the dessert platter to share.

we had a terrible choc pudding which was not a pudding at all, like a dry brownie with cheap choc bits, lime rice coconut was just a bit of dry rice with zero taste, brulee was okay, rasp & almond tart was passable, again lacking taste and the eton mess was just that.

we did say a few words to our waitress about our meals, which was taken on board and referred back to the kitchen, but, we received no acknowledgement. it was only when we went to pay, that we were refunded the duck and the mash, but still, no words from the kitchen or management.

what we found, overall, was that the décor and service just didn’t match the food that was being served, there is room for improvement here and this should be acted upon immediately.

not awful ........... but,
the wife's birthday so went to ishka as its a bit special, well, usually it is.
something has changed, not for the better, i feel the quality of the ingredients are not asgoodas they used to be. starters was over seasoned and a weird textured fish was being passed off as salmon, i am pretty certain it was not. my steak was tough, the wife's chicken was bland, we didn't chance desert. i think it may have been the chefs night off perhaps.
to conclude, i will give it another go, but if it hasn't improved, i will not bother beyond that. i really could do better at home.

the venue, view and customer service were excellent, however we were not so happy with the food.  we had a table of four - my kingfish cerviche entrée appeared undressed and was quite dry and unappetising.  two of our contingent had whiting for their entrée which had decent sized bones, making it awkward to eat.  this dish also seemed to be without dressing.  the guest who had the soufflé enjoyed it.  mains were good but not special and for the price we paid, we were expecting more.  eton mess desert similarly was okay but certainly didn't have a 'wow' factor.  this is the first time i have written a review for a restaurant.  i have no problem paying higher prices for dinner, especially when we were entertaining interstate visitors who have never been to perth before.  my issue is that the higher prices did not give us a memorable 'foodie' experience which is what we were expecting and hoping for.  the saving grace was the view, service and company, which ultimately made the evening enjoyable.

came here for valentine's day. $115 per person which we were required to prepay fully at the time of booking. so, for that price we had high expectations. we were not disappointed. service and food was good. the only things i would criticise about is that there could have been a couple more scallops (there were only 3) and the green leaves that came with it weren't that nice, and my chicken lacked sauce/dressing. the dessert platter was delicious. overall, we were satisfied. although it was somewhat expensive, we didn't forget we were paying for the occasion as well.

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30/10/2017 -
came here again for a second time. great cocktails.goodfood. i had the pork loin. i did think however, there was a lack of sauce. i was told that the trout dish had too much of the chia seeds i believe, it was a bit overloaded. we all thought the entrees (which we all happened to have chosen seafood) were better than the mains. the desserts were great.

however, we weren't too happy about the water. found out when paying the bill at the end that the bottle of water was $10, and we asked for a second bottle not realising the cost, so it costed us $20 just for water! we would have rather paid for another dish of food or another cocktail for that amount.

not the best value for money had the whiting as a main it was tasty but lacked something, had a side of shredded vegetables tasty but missing something was lacking colour overall not verygoodvalue for money service was very ordinary took a while for our meals to come out. sat outside overlooking the beach was really nice for a sunday afo

this place oozes sophistication as soon as you walk in from the decor, the lighting everything feels expensive. the view across hillary boat harbor is breath taking.. food is beautifully presented. mains are $40+.( main only) and you have to order sides, which ends up costing another $20. portions are small considering $$$. i could easily eat two mains myself. if only the food tasted asgoodas it looked. the wine list is extensive, covering wines from various regions. overall found it an expensive experience- fine dinning i guess.

i've been here a few times - for the lunchbspexial, which is great value and again for dinner a few times. the service is verygoodand the food is consistently good. the overall ambiance of the restaurant is lovely - formal but spacious and the view over the marina is lovely.

really dissapointing... very nice looking place, best restaurant in oz 2010, you would thinkgoodthings. unfortunately a terrible experience all round. food took along time to come out, an hour for steak and got 2 of them wrong. it was a wednesday night and tables free all over. when giving marco the manager honest feedback in a nice way, he jumped on the defence and didn't do anything about it. $300 bill, happy to take the money with no interest in repeat business. that's what they will get. never felt the need to complain in my life, but this was the first and i will spread the word. i hope people thinking of visiting do not have the same experience.

entrees (seared wagyu skirt steak, scallops and turkish bread with olives,chorizo and evil) were ok. one of the mains (fillet steak) was fabulous, however the seared duck was disappointing as it had been overcooked, no sign of pink at all. we passed on dessert however a couple of guests ordered the truffles at $3 each. they weregoodbut overpriced for the size.

overpriced and not impressive. had a meal at this restaurant recently and was served a raw lamb dish
service wasgoodand meal was deducted from bill but generally overpriced and not very good!

verygoodfood but far too noisy for anyone over 40 on a saturday night for dinner. 4 of us went for dinner on a saturday night at 7.30pm and all had reallygoodfood - barramundi, trout, duck and risotto were all excellent. we also enjoyed the breakwater cabernet merlot, one of the cheaper bottles of wine at $40 but a fairlygooddrop. however, the noise from the bar below was really loud. there is also another bar upstairs across from the restaurant but most of the noise came from the bar area below which was open to the restaurant area above. i could not hear my friend sitting to the left of me. we did not have entrees because we planned then to go to a quieter place for dessert and coffee. by the time we had had our main course i was really ready to leave. this is a shame because it hasgoodsurroundings and serves excellent food.