Waterfront Hotel
Reviews
Had lunch there this week with a group of four. One couple shared a Seafood Tower ($49) using a voucher they had won somewhere. (That is why we went there). There was so much much food on the tiered platter we could have have shared it between the four of us. The seafood was plentiful and looked really good. They said it was very nicely cooked and tasty. A dinner plate or bowl would have been better, however, than the bread and butter plate they were given for their meal. My husband and I had a senior's meal each ($13.50), which included a main and a choice of garlic bread or dessert. He had the chicken schnitzel and I had rump steak. Both came with chips and salad. We both had dessert. This is where the meal failed miserably. The schnitzel must have come from a pre-prepared pack, It was thin and dry and tasteless. The chips were ok and the tiny salad was ok. The steak was so thin it lay on the plate like a piece of brown cardboard. I was asked how I wanted it cooked - medium I said. The meat was a little pink in one spot, but well done from the centre to the blackened edges. It would be almost impossible to cook a steak like that to anything other than well done. Then came the dessert. Two preprepared fruit puddings with a large squirt of aerated cream. The puddings were heated in a microwave at the service counter and literally plonked on a plate in front of me. They need a knife to cut into them, because a spoon did not work. They tasted like a Christmas plum pudding, quite nice, plenty of fruit, but the texture was very firm, apart from right in the middle. I left mine after a few bites. it was not pleasant at all. We sat outside on the verandah, overlooking the lake. The whole place is in need of an upgrade. It's a bit scruffy and tired looking. It has a real outdated "pub" feel and look.The laminated menu we had had bits of food stuck to it. Why do some places think it's ok to serve second rate food to seniors. Sure we might choose to pay a bit less, but that is no reason not to serve a tasty, edible meal. This would be the worst seniors meal we have eaten. I organise a monthly lunch for around thirty seniors, and we have been to a lot of restaurants on the Sunshine Coast. We won't be going to the Waterfront.
This place by far has the best chicken schnitzel I have ever had!!!! Some of the staff are a little off putting but the manager and another younger girl there were extremely nice and helpful would defently visit this place again!
I have literally sent food back every time ive been there, which for pub standard food, is not a great compliment. Plus they keep messing up the orders every time as well. Even with a 2 for 1 voucher its not worth it. Avoid at all costs
New menu, great steaks, good service
Good food. I've been there twice and both times some staff have be a bit abrupt.