Sandpipers Restaurant

4 Reviews on “Sandpipers Restaurant”

• Jen Jia Ng

  This restaurant has a good ambience, okay service and serve decent food. But the price is on the high side and the portion is small. The prices are easily a lot more expensive than a comparable restaurant in Sydney. They charged $33 for 12 small pan fried prawns.

  June 30, 2020, 2:22 am

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• Angela.Ped

  If I could rate this place lower than a one star I would. I have eaten at many places but this experience has been by far the worst and has left the most disgusting taste in my mouth. My husband and I dined here on our last night of our vacation at nelsons bay. We were served by a man who provided a service which obviously looked like had no training at all. From the moment we sat down we didnt feel welcomed at all, and was just rushed by just telling us the specials of the night- the waiter stated that there were two fishes of the day swordfish and maya maya. My husband and I decided on the turkish bread and dips which was mediocre. When the food arrived the food was basically dumped in front of us without any explanation for even at least what type of dip was provided (as nothing stated in the menu). For mains I ordered the seafood tasting plate and my husband ordered the meat sandpipers tasting plate. The seafood tasting plate specified on the menu fish of the day. The waiter didnt even bother asking me which of the fish of the day I wanted. But I didnt want to make a big fuss about it so I let it slide. Anyway the food took 45 mins to come out. Once the food arrived our orders were switched. I received my husbands meal and he received mine. I asked what type of fish was included and the waiter wasnt even sure which fish it was. He just concluded it was maya maya, which he probably just guessed. Which could have just been a simple mistake no big deal but where is the eye for detail in your service?? So, we just simply switched our meals back. When I took a slice of the fish I noticed an insect crawling in the bed of salad which the fish was presented on. I really wanted to bring it the waiters attention but my husband just took it out and just told me not to eat the salad. It was obvious the salad was not washed properly. Which is very slack considering the tasting plate is $42 each. You would think they would take more pride in the presentation as it is so overpriced. Furthermore, the food was tasteless, overcooked and definitely did not meet the expectation for what it is priced. After we had finished our mains our plates were taken away straight away and the waiter didnt even ask us how our meal was or if we would be interested in looking at the dessert menu. We requested for bill as we wanted to.leave this place asap. My husband was left waiting at the table for 20 mins to pay. When the waiter returned with the eftpos machine. The waiter was so rough with swiping the card and inserting the card then stating the card chip does not work. So my husband just paid with different means. After all this the waiter doesnt even thank us or anything just simply walks away from us. This was definitely the cherry on top of this worst experience. I mean I dont expect above and beyond service everytime I dine out because lets face it, thats just not realistic these days but as a paying customer there has to be at least basic standard of customer service that you should meet and this service was unfortunately below low. This is an absolute shame as my husband and I are actually returning customers. We dined here many years ago. I must say the standards with both food and service has drastically dropped. Im not sure if it is because they have been running this reataurant for a long time and the people working there are over it- which is understandable but this is unfair to be treating people this way. If your over running your business I suggest just shut it down. Absolutely no passion in hospitality, poor service, poor quality food. Beware do not dine here!! We Will never be returning here to dine again.

  June 2, 2020, 2:22 am

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• Tulika Kabra

  This restaurant is highly rated but for no valid reason! Heavily priced guys so beware before stepping in! Our friend wanted to have the seafood here and that was the whole point of going here. We being vegetarians, the options were limited. Ordered for a ravioli and dumplings whereas our friend got a chance to quench his seafood desire by ordering prawns. The food was good but not standing up to the level of spending so much money. The service was ok. Food – 3/5Service – 2/5Value for Money – 2/5Ambience – 3/5

  May 25, 2020, 2:22 am

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• Animesh K

  Nothing fancy, very basic fish & chips restaurant on the overpriced side :)Grilled Barra meal with chips and salad for $22 was good but the fillet of barra was more for kids meal.The chips were really good!

  March 27, 2020, 2:22 am

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