Wilson’s Boathouse Seafood Restaurant

9 Reviews on “Wilson’s Boathouse Seafood Restaurant”

• Mark N Juliet

  We had been to the boathouse a while ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Whilst we had to wait a while for our meals, they were sumptuous and delicious. This time though, was a different story. Yes, we waited again, patiently and willingly, for we anticipated the same great food as last time. OMG the food was disappointing this time.The entree, seafood chowder was a big bowl of milky soup with with little chunks of fish and ONE single prawn. The calamari was ok but a very small serving, Neither was worth the money.The serving of salmon for the main was fine, but it tasted odd and terrible, and not worthy the money we paid.My husband ordered steak. The serving was very small on a bed of mashed potatoes. but nothing else. Won’t it be nice to have some vegs to make the meal complete?We will NEVER AGAIN eat at Wilson’s Boat House. They have burnt us forever! Shame, because it used to be so very good. They must have a different chef or new management?

  June 5, 2017, 4:33 am

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• Melanie Richards

  Extremely disappointed. We purchased a Groupon voucher but it was not at all what was advertised. We have eaten here quite a while ago, also on a Groupon voucher and the service and food were excellent. Today it was deplorable! We were told that as it was a busy week more than a few items were unavailable. The voucher stated price limits but that was ok, on checking the menu Wilsons supplied on the Groupon site before purchasing the voucher, there were only a couple of meals above the cut-off price…WRONG, on arrival there were less meals on the menu provided with even less under the cut-off price and then most of those not available. When asking if we could then order a higher priced meal and pay the difference they said ok, but not the difference shown on the menu. For example, a meal with a higher difference of $3.50 meant we had to pay a difference of $10.00…doesn’t make sense to me! To top it off the service was so slowwww!!! . The food was only just so so too! With our original choices all unavailable, for entree my husband had a chowder, which on a hot day had him dripping with sweat, and I had slices baguette with oil and dukkah, and for mains we had fish of the day with salad and chips. The dessert of course did not happen. With the voucher $69.00 and the 2 beers and a sparkling water another $24.00 the total cost was a joke for what we got. Frustrating considering I checked out the menu etc before purchase. After finishing our mains, the plates sat on the table for a half hour, we tried to catch the waiters eye to order our dessert but to no avail. We gave up, paid for our drinks and left. As we were paying we did let the waiter know we were not happy, but he didnt appear to care at all. It must also be noted there were only 3 other tables occupied when we arrived with another 2 parties of diners arriving by the time we left, 5 tables in total. All in all, feeling very disappointed and will never go back!!!!!

  May 19, 2017, 2:17 pm

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• Paul Leonard

  I would not have been a bit surprised if Gordon Ramsay made an appearance. The wait staff made the best of a bad situation. 90 minute wait for food and then 1 order was wrong. Steak under cooked and wrong veggies. Didn’t dare send it back in case we had another 90 minute wait. We actually had a laugh with another couple when their dessert ended up being served before their mains.It appears the owner stuffed up a booking and then decided to hide out in the kitchen for the evening. Might have made allowances if the owner had perhaps made the rounds and apologized but nope, no sign and we won’t be back. A bit of a disappointment for a wedding anniversary dinner.

  May 18, 2017, 4:27 pm

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• Don

  Restaurant does not pay Staff/Contractors. The owners and managers of this Restaurant group, do not care about its loyal staff/contractors. After months of being told that we would get paid and being promised it will get fixed, we have had no choice but to make it public. If you eat at this restaurant you are supporting a business that does not pay its staff/contractors.

  May 14, 2017, 4:49 pm

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• Jennywren

  We have had a couple of exceptional visits to Wilson’s Boathouse over the years, so thought we would take mum there as a special treat for lunch to celebrate her birthday. I booked a table several days ago and was told we would be given a front table with a fabulous view. We arrived for the beginning of the lunch sitting and were taken over to our table- which was against the wall between the large open sliding glass doors. We asked to sit at one of the tables in front of the glass doors, but were told that table was booked!!!! THE PLACE WAS EMPTY!!!! After a bit of uncomfortable conversation (as we had a booking too) we were seated at a table in front of the open window. The waited presented the 3 of us with our menu’s- in mismatched folders and told us the fish of the day, then the multitude of dishes we couldn’t have, because they had run out last night. You have got to be kidding me!!!! 2 of our table ordered fish of the day- Gold band snapper, and I ordered a hot/cold seafood platter, and we ordered a garlic bread for entree. Quite a while later our garlic bread came out- burnt on the edges. It was nearly an hour from ordering to receiving our main meals. There was 2 other tables dining by then, but notably- not anywhere around us- where the other table was supposedly booked! $36 fish of the day consisted of 1/2 fillet each for mum and hubby- obviously 1/2 of the SAME fillet each, and it was overcooked. The hot part of my seafood platter was lovely, as were the 3 prawns. The 2 bug tails and 1/2 sandcrab however, had been frozen- despite us being told they were fresh!!!! We are fishos. We catch and dine on sandcrab regularly. We know frozen shellfish. It is watery, mushy and powdery. The 2 bugtails were soooo devoid of meat that there was no way they were fresh. I questioned the waiter and he insisted they were fresh. I couldnt eat them. The bill came out and there was no offer of discount. So I paid $52 for very little. Not going back there again. Very disappointed.

  May 11, 2017, 4:30 pm

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• Buzzin88

  Wow. What can I say? I would never go back here, nor recommend it to anyone. Ridiculously expensive, poor (and somewhat bizarre) service, a 45 minute wait for food and no apology, with less than 10 customers in the entire restaurant. It seems they had to go out and catch the fish, harvest the iceberg lettuce and 2 tomatoes from the farm. The food was nothing special, massively overpriced, and the menu was extremely minimal, especially after the waiter listed off the many dishes they didn’t have today. Don’t expect to find anything to eat if you’re vegetarian or have dietary requirements.

  April 27, 2017, 10:35 am

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• Jadester

  9 of us dined here recently with a Groupon deal. The place was quite busy, with other coupon diners which I think ensured that the seafood served was fresh. Outside of these deals, I doubt they have the patronage to ensure quality product all of the time. The deal made the food great value, but I would never pay full price. $19 for an entree of a couple of pieces of calamari and iceberg lettuce is very ridiculous! The service is horrendous! Dropping dishes, pushing past diners, servers shouting and arguing with each other. The joke of the night was it was just like Fawlty Towers. Noisy, echoey dining area that is darkened not for mood but to hide the less-than-up to date and unclean decor. The outside of the restaurant is littered with disused kitchen equipment and has a strong smell of gas. Apparently Angela Jolie was taken here for lunch when she was filming in Moreton Bay – that is cringe worthy! Whoever’s job it was to choose the lunch location dropped the ball on that one!

  December 6, 2016, 9:29 am

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